Rachel Zelnick‐Abramovitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628149 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Zelnick‐Abramovitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Zelnick‐Abramovitz |
| SIGNATURE | ABRAMOVITZ R Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity , by Sarah F. Derbew
Citizenship in Antiquity
The Verb Katalegein in Herodotus
This paper examines Herodotus’ use of verba dicendi as a narrative device. Investigating the application of verba dicendi in historiography, one of the earliest products of Greek prose, may teach us about the evolving conventions of this genre and help us detect its development and its divergence from Homer, as well as trace semantic developments across genres and periods. This paper focuses on the verb katalegein, a frequently applied verb of sp…
Mapping Inequality in Ancient Greece
Mapping Inequality in Ancient Greece
Xenoi
The basic sense of the word xenos (plural xenoi) is “foreigner” – an outsider who stays for a short while in another community without becoming a full member of it. Xenoi usually applies to freeborn foreigners, but the word has a wider semantic range. A xenos could be (a) a “stranger” or “foreigner”; (b) a “guest” or a “host”; (c) a “mercenary soldier.”
Prostates
The prostates is a person who “stands before” or “in front,” but the word's semantic array is wider: it can mean protector, guardian, leader (political or military), and supervisor. In these functions, the prostates could act for a whole community, polis , or an individual – a metic or a manumitted slave.
Xenodokoi
The xenodokoi were entrusted with hosting, safeguarding, and protecting foreigners ( xenoi ) in some Greek poleis .
Manumission, Greek and Roman
Manumission was the termination of the state of slavery – of the total domination and confinement of one person by another – and the annulment of his or her legal condition as property. Being freed, the slave became a subject of rights, but these were often limited.
Greek and Roman Terminologies of Slavery
The Greeks had no single generic term for ‘slave’, but a variety of terms for diverse relations of dependence and unfree people, many of which were also used to describe free people. Although much less complex, the Roman slave terms show similar features. Despite the ambiguity of the ancient terminology, we may make inferences about various aspects of unfreedom, about ambiguities in social and juridical distinctions, and about attitudes to menial…
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, which record payments made to the poleis by manumitted slaves. In this original study the author explores the purpose of and the motivation behind these payments, apparently exacted as a federal impost, and places them in a wider historical and economic context. Based on a close examination of the epigraphic and literary evidence, Ta…
Prostates
The prostates is a person who “stands before” or “in front,” but the word's semantic array is wider: it can mean protector, guardian (e.g., of the city gates in Aesch. Sept . 408; of the peace in Dem. 15.30). In this sense prostates is also an epithet of gods (e.g., of Apollo in Soph. Trach . 209).
Xenoi
The basic sense of the word xenos (plural xenoi ) is “foreigner” – an outsider who stays for a short while in another community without becoming a full member of it. Xenoi usually applies to freeborn foreigners, since slaves – although xenoi by definition – had their special terminology.
Manumission, Greek and Roman
Manumission was the termination of the state of slavery – of the total domination and confinement of one person by another – and the annulment of his or her legal capacity as property. Being freed, the slave became a subject of rights, limited as they were.
Freed slaves, their status and state control in Ancient Greece
Freed slaves in the ancient Greek world usually held the legal status of foreigners or non-citizen residents. The Greek states adopted various means to control social distinctions, and in many cases actively engaged in the process of manumission and its publication, thus applying public interests to private concerns. This is evident from many manumission documents, which allude to the involvement of political institutions in manumission, and to p…
The Reality of Freedom
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Conclusions
Slavery and Freedom
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Manumittors and Manumitted Slaves
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Manumission
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Laws and Legal Actions
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
The Act of Manumission
Not Wholly Free
Not Wholly Free is a comprehensive study of manumission in the Greek world, based on a thorough appraisal of the extant evidence and on a careful examination of manumission terminology. R. Zelnick-Abramovitz investigates the phenomenon of manumission in all its aspects and features, by analyzing modes of manumission, its terminology, the group composition of manumittors and freed slaves, motivation, procedures and conditions of manumission, legal…
Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens
Rachel ZELNICK- ABRAMOVITZ, Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens ? - L'article examine l'opinion selon laquelle les relations entre patron et client, qui la Rome ancienne, n'existaient pas dans l'Athènes classique. Effectivement, une terminologie claire définissant de telles relations est absente des textes grecs, et ce que nous savons des relations interpersonnelles à Athènes ne concorde pas avec les modèles de patronage, tels qu'ils sont for…
Supplication and Request
The status of foreigners in the Greek world was always delicate; outside his own polis the foreigner was usually without rights or protection. These he could obtain by applying to the authorities in another polis. However, the sources do not provide a detailed description of the procedures established in these cases, and these procedures have to be inferred from the large number of inscriptions that refer to the granting of privileges to foreigne…
Not Wholly Free
Not Wholly Free is a comprehensive study of manumission in the Greek world, based on a thorough appraisal of the extant evidence and on a careful examination of manumission terminology. R. Zelnick-Abramovitz investigates the phenomenon of manumission in all its aspects and features, by analyzing modes of manumission, its terminology, the group composition of manumittors and freed slaves, motivation, procedures and conditions of manumission, legal…
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, which record payments made to the poleis by manumitted slaves. In this original study the author explores the purpose of and the motivation behind these payments, apparently exacted as a federal impost, and places them in a wider historical and economic context. Based on a close examination of the epigraphic and literary evidence, Ta…
Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens
Rachel ZELNICK- ABRAMOVITZ, Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens ? - L'article examine l'opinion selon laquelle les relations entre patron et client, qui la Rome ancienne, n'existaient pas dans l'Athènes classique. Effectivement, une terminologie claire définissant de telles relations est absente des textes grecs, et ce que nous savons des relations interpersonnelles à Athènes ne concorde pas avec les modèles de patronage, tels qu'ils sont for…
Citizenship in Antiquity
Freed slaves, their status and state control in Ancient Greece
Freed slaves in the ancient Greek world usually held the legal status of foreigners or non-citizen residents. The Greek states adopted various means to control social distinctions, and in many cases actively engaged in the process of manumission and its publication, thus applying public interests to private concerns. This is evident from many manumission documents, which allude to the involvement of political institutions in manumission, and to p…
Supplication and Request
The status of foreigners in the Greek world was always delicate; outside his own polis the foreigner was usually without rights or protection. These he could obtain by applying to the authorities in another polis. However, the sources do not provide a detailed description of the procedures established in these cases, and these procedures have to be inferred from the large number of inscriptions that refer to the granting of privileges to foreigne…
Supplication and Request
The status of foreigners in the Greek world was always delicate; outside his own polis the foreigner was usually without rights or protection. These he could obtain by applying to the authorities in another polis. However, the sources do not provide a detailed description of the procedures established in these cases, and these procedures have to be inferred from the large number of inscriptions that refer to the granting of privileges to foreigne…
Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens
Rachel ZELNICK- ABRAMOVITZ, Did Patronage Exist in Classical Athens ? - L'article examine l'opinion selon laquelle les relations entre patron et client, qui la Rome ancienne, n'existaient pas dans l'Athènes classique. Effectivement, une terminologie claire définissant de telles relations est absente des textes grecs, et ce que nous savons des relations interpersonnelles à Athènes ne concorde pas avec les modèles de patronage, tels qu'ils sont for…
The Reality of Freedom
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Conclusions
Slavery and Freedom
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Manumittors and Manumitted Slaves
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Manumission
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
Laws and Legal Actions
Based on a thorough investigation of the literary and epigraphic sources, this comprehensive study presents Greek manumission as a form of social relations, rooted in concepts of freedom and dependence and reflected by the terminology and the conditions of manumission.
The Act of Manumission
Not Wholly Free
Not Wholly Free is a comprehensive study of manumission in the Greek world, based on a thorough appraisal of the extant evidence and on a careful examination of manumission terminology. R. Zelnick-Abramovitz investigates the phenomenon of manumission in all its aspects and features, by analyzing modes of manumission, its terminology, the group composition of manumittors and freed slaves, motivation, procedures and conditions of manumission, legal…
Freed slaves, their status and state control in Ancient Greece
Freed slaves in the ancient Greek world usually held the legal status of foreigners or non-citizen residents. The Greek states adopted various means to control social distinctions, and in many cases actively engaged in the process of manumission and its publication, thus applying public interests to private concerns. This is evident from many manumission documents, which allude to the involvement of political institutions in manumission, and to p…
Prostates
The prostates is a person who “stands before” or “in front,” but the word's semantic array is wider: it can mean protector, guardian (e.g., of the city gates in Aesch. Sept . 408; of the peace in Dem. 15.30). In this sense prostates is also an epithet of gods (e.g., of Apollo in Soph. Trach . 209).
Xenoi
The basic sense of the word xenos (plural xenoi ) is “foreigner” – an outsider who stays for a short while in another community without becoming a full member of it. Xenoi usually applies to freeborn foreigners, since slaves – although xenoi by definition – had their special terminology.
Manumission, Greek and Roman
Manumission was the termination of the state of slavery – of the total domination and confinement of one person by another – and the annulment of his or her legal capacity as property. Being freed, the slave became a subject of rights, limited as they were.
Taxing Freedom in Thessalian Manumission Inscriptions
In Taxing Freedom Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz examines manumission inscriptions from Hellenistic and Roman Thessaly, which record payments made to the poleis by manumitted slaves. In this original study the author explores the purpose of and the motivation behind these payments, apparently exacted as a federal impost, and places them in a wider historical and economic context. Based on a close examination of the epigraphic and literary evidence, Ta…
Xenoi
The basic sense of the word xenos (plural xenoi) is “foreigner” – an outsider who stays for a short while in another community without becoming a full member of it. Xenoi usually applies to freeborn foreigners, but the word has a wider semantic range. A xenos could be (a) a “stranger” or “foreigner”; (b) a “guest” or a “host”; (c) a “mercenary soldier.”
Prostates
The prostates is a person who “stands before” or “in front,” but the word's semantic array is wider: it can mean protector, guardian, leader (political or military), and supervisor. In these functions, the prostates could act for a whole community, polis , or an individual – a metic or a manumitted slave.
Xenodokoi
The xenodokoi were entrusted with hosting, safeguarding, and protecting foreigners ( xenoi ) in some Greek poleis .
Manumission, Greek and Roman
Manumission was the termination of the state of slavery – of the total domination and confinement of one person by another – and the annulment of his or her legal condition as property. Being freed, the slave became a subject of rights, but these were often limited.
Greek and Roman Terminologies of Slavery
The Greeks had no single generic term for ‘slave’, but a variety of terms for diverse relations of dependence and unfree people, many of which were also used to describe free people. Although much less complex, the Roman slave terms show similar features. Despite the ambiguity of the ancient terminology, we may make inferences about various aspects of unfreedom, about ambiguities in social and juridical distinctions, and about attitudes to menial…
Mapping Inequality in Ancient Greece
Mapping Inequality in Ancient Greece
The Verb Katalegein in Herodotus
This paper examines Herodotus’ use of verba dicendi as a narrative device. Investigating the application of verba dicendi in historiography, one of the earliest products of Greek prose, may teach us about the evolving conventions of this genre and help us detect its development and its divergence from Homer, as well as trace semantic developments across genres and periods. This paper focuses on the verb katalegein, a frequently applied verb of sp…
Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity , by Sarah F. Derbew
Citizenship in Antiquity
Classical Antiquity Studies (18 works) · Philosophy (16 works) · History (15 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Terminology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Epistemology (6 works)