Discovering Eve : Ancient Israelite Women in Context.

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 Is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meyers, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1988.
Temas:
To 70
Jewish women > Palestine > History.
Women in Judaism.
Women in the Bible.
Juives > Palestine > Histoire.
Femmes dans le judaïsme.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Jewish women
Manners and customs
Women in Judaism
Women in the Bible
Palestine > Social life and customs > To 70 A.D.
Palestine > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 70.
Middle East > Palestine
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (443 pages)
ISBN:9780195362190
0195362195

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