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.
