1st Century Palestinian Society

Question 1

What were the foundation drivers for one’s conduct?

Answer 1

honor/shame

Question 2

Patriarchal

Answer 2

elder males’ domination of public life

Question 3

Gender

Answer 3

divided in terms of roles and social space

Question 4

Kinship patterns

Answer 4

patrilineal, patrilocal, endogamous, and complex dowry-giving

Question 5

Group orientation

Answer 5

strong-group rather than weak-group

Question 6

Government

Answer 6

imperial province of Roman empire combined with client-aristocracy

Question 7

Advanced agrarian subsistence

Answer 7

plow-farming, viticulture, herding, horticulture, fishing

Question 8

Patronage

Answer 8

Patronage/clientage as a powerful mechanism in vertical social relationships

Question 9

Economy

Answer 9

tributary economy in which “surplus” is consumed by a distant, elite minority

Question 10

Peasants

Answer 10

formed vast majority of population but were dominated by urban elites

Question 11

Life-expectancy

Answer 11

approximately twenty years for live births, and approximately forty years for those who lived past five

Question 12

Religion

Answer 12

centrally regulated by the state, hierarchical, and focused on sacrifice and communal ritual

Question 13

Literacy

Answer 13

highly limited; culture passed on predominantly orally