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Title Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / edited by Victor H. Matthews, Bernard M. Levinson and Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Published Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 262
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 262.
Contents Gender and law: an introduction / Tivka Frymer-Kensky -- Women and psalms: toward an understanding of the role of women's prayer in the Israelite cult / Marc Zvi Brettler -- The 'whore' of Ezekiel 16: the impact of ramifications of gender-specific metaphors in light of biblical law and divine judgment / Carol J. Dempsey -- Virginity in the Bible / Tivka Frymer-Kensky -- Honor and shame in gender-related legal situations in the Hebrew Bible / Victor H. Matthews -- A riposte form in the song of Deborah / Geoffrey P. Miller -- False weights in the scales of biblical justice? Different views of women from patriarchal hierarchy of religious equality in the Book of Deuteronomy / Eckart Otto -- Wives and daughters, bond and free: views of women in the slave laws of Exodus 21.2-11 / Carolyn Pressler -- Gender and law: a case study from Ancient Mesopotamia / Martha T. Roth -- 'Lest he die in the battle and another man take her': violence and the construction of gender in the laws of Deuteronomy 20-22 / Harold C. Washington -- The female slave / Raymond Westbrook
Summary This striking new contribution to gender studies demonstrates the essential role of Israelite and Near East law in the historical analysis of gender. The theme of these studies of Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite law is this: What is the significance of gender in the formulation of ancient law and custom? Feminist scholarship is enriched by these studies in family history and the status of women in antiquity. At the same time, conventional legal history is repositioned, as new and classical texts are interpreted from the vantage point of feminist theory and social history. Papers f
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SUBJECT Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Subject Women in the Bible.
Women (Jewish law)
Jewish law.
Women -- Middle East -- History
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Middle East
Women in Judaism -- Middle East -- History
Sex role -- Biblical teaching
Bible and feminism.
BIBLES -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference.
Sex role -- Biblical teaching
Bible and feminism
Jewish law
Women
Women in Judaism
Women in the Bible
Women (Jewish law)
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Oude Testament.
Sekseverschillen.
Wetten.
Middle East
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Matthews, Victor Harold.
Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm)
Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone.
ISBN 9780567620941
0567620948
1281814253
9781281814258
9786611814250
6611814256