ISBN:
0195065816
,
0195049349
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource ([x], 238 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Bird, Phyllis A., 1934 - Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context. Carol Meyers 1990
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Yee, Gale A., 1949 - [Rezension von: MEYERS, CAROL, Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context] 1990
Parallel Title:
Print version Discovering Eve : Ancient Israelite Women in Context
DDC:
305.4/862
Keywords:
Jewish women History
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Women in Judaism
;
Women in the Bible
;
Jewish women ; Palestine ; History
;
Palestine ; Social life and customs ; To 70 A.D
;
Women in Judaism
;
Women in the Bible
;
Electronic books
;
Palestine Social life and customs To 70 A.D
Abstract:
This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our views of women's roles and worth, in order to reconstruct the typical everyday lives of women in ancient Israel. Meyers argues that biblical sources alone do not give a true picture of ancient Israelite women because urban elite males wrote the vast majority of the scriptural texts and the stories of women in the Bible concern exceptional individuals rather than ordinary Israelite women. Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in anc
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Note on Translations, Transcriptions, and Documentation""; ""Contents""; ""1 Eve as the Symbol of Women: Understanding the Task""; ""2 The Problem of Patriarchy""; ""3 Setting the Scene: The Highland Environment of Ancient Israel""; ""4 The Genesis Paradigms for Female Roles, Part I: Genesis 2-3""; ""5 The Genesis Paradigms for Female Roles, Part II: Genesis 3:16""; ""6 Eve�s World: The Family Household""; ""7 Household Functions and Female Roles""; ""8 Reconstructing Gender Relationships""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Epilogue: The Monarchy and Beyond""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Scriptural References""; ""General Index""
Note:
Includes bibliography: p. 211-227 and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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