TY - BOOK AU - Rosenfeld,Ben-Zion AU - Menirav,Joseph TI - Markets and Marketing in Roman Palestine T2 - Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism SN - 9789047416517 AV - HF5475.P36 U1 - 381/.0933/09015 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - BRILL KW - Jews KW - History KW - 70-638 KW - Marketing KW - Palestine KW - To 1500 KW - Markets N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The book presents a variety of topics relating to the market in Roman Palestine. The book deals with the main elements of commercial life - the different types of markets and the entities and figures that played a part in it. It portrays the process by which the flow of goods in the market occurs - from the end of the production process, via the entire range of middlemen, to the end user. A chapter is devoted to the pricing of merchandise in the economy of Roman Palestine. It offers a comprehensive framework which includes the techniques by which prices were determined and enforced. Other chapters deal with the image of the different market vendors, as viewed by the public and by the Jewish sages, and the commercial activity that took place in and around the synagogues. The book is based on a combination of rabbinic, literary and archaeological sources as well as epigraphic findings. It depicts the economy of Roman Palestine against the backdrop of the Roman Empire UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047416517 ER -