RITUALES DE ALIANZA: LA MECÁNICA PROCESAL DE LA BODA EN EL ANTIGUO ISRAEL, EL JUDAÍSMO DEL SEGUNDO TEMPLO Y SU SISTEMATIZACIÓN RABÍNICA

RITUALES DE ALIANZA: LA MECÁNICA PROCESAL DE LA BODA EN EL ANTIGUO ISRAEL, EL JUDAÍSMO DEL SEGUNDO TEMPLO Y SU SISTEMATIZACIÓN RABÍNICA This study examines the procedural structure of nuptial rituals in ancient Israel, tracing their development from predominantly oral customary practices in the Iron Age II to their progressive legal formalization in the Second Temple and early Rabbinic periods. Moving beyond romanticized modern projections onto ancient marriage, the analysis approaches the wedding as a dynamic sequence of authority negotiation and capital transfer designed to secure clan stability and genealogical legitimacy within the Bet ʾAb framework. Key economic mechanisms such as the mohar and the shilluhim are reassessed through a socio-legal lens as instruments of bilateral alliance formation rather than as isolated transactions. The study further analyzes the juridical distinction between erusin (betrothal) and nissuin (marital consummation), highlighting the function of the huppah as a spatial marker of transferred reshut (jurisdictional authority). Finally, the research traces the documentary transition represented by the ketubah, demonstrating how this instrument operated as a deferred financial guarantee aimed at protecting patrimonial continuity within the household economy.