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Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East /

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 ancie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Matthews, Victor Harold, Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm), Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1998.
Colección:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 262.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.