TY - BOOK AU - Milgram,Jonathan S. TI - From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah: tannaitic inheritance law in its legal and social contexts T2 - Texts and studies in ancient Judaism, SN - 3161540212 U1 - 290 23 PY - 2016/// CY - [Tübingen] PB - Mohr Siebeck KW - Herencia y sucesión (ley judía) N1 - Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations, terminology, and transliteration -- Introduction -- Gifting and inheriting in tannaitic law and in the Ancient World -- Firstborn inheritance in tannaitic law and in the Ancient World -- Testate succession in tannaitic law and in the Ancient World -- Inheritance by daughters in tannaitic law and in the Ancient World -- Inheritance by Wives in tannaitic law and in the Ancient World -- Conclusions : how Jewish is Jewish inheritance law? -- Appendix : gifts in contemplation of death in tannaitic law and Ancient Parallels -- Bibliography -- Index of foreign terms -- Index ot contemporary authors -- Index of sources -- Index of subjects; SEG42; SEG41; SEG40; SEG39; P94; P87; P86; P85; P77; P76; P35 ER -