Dinah's daughters : gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to late antiquity /
The status of women in the ancient Judaism of the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic texts has long been a contested issue. What does being a Jewess entail in antiquity? Men in ancient Jewish culture are defined primarily by what duties they are expected to perform, the course of action that they take. The J...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2002.
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- pt. I. Projections of Biblical Spheres of Women. 1. From Dinah of Cozbi: Rape, Sex, and Foundational Moments. From Rape to Parental Reticence. Why Not Marry a Shechemite? Dinah and Matriarchal Betrothals. A Woman of the Wilderness: The Rape of Cozbi. Foundation Murders and Rapes. 2. Patriarchy and Patriotism: Integrating Sex into Second Temple Society. Birth of a Nation: Marriage and Patriotism in Ezra. Private and Public in Yehud. Sin, Scripture, and Intermarriage. The Fate of Foreign Spouses. The Case of the Defiant Daughter: Jubilees' Dinah. 3. From Esther to Aseneth: Marriage, Familial Stereotypes, and Domestic Felicity. Marriage Between Gentiles, Model 1: Ahasuerus and Vashti. Marriage Between Gentiles, Model 2: Haman and Zeresh. The Jewish Family. Intermarriage: Ahasuerus and Esther. Integrating Brides into the Family: Aseneth and Joseph
- pt. II. Visions of Rabbinic Order. 4. Keeping Adultery at Bay: The Wayward Wife in Late Antiquity. Theologies and Theories of Sexuality: Roman and Rabbinic Perspectives. Suspecting Adultery. Preliminaries: Singling Out Adulteresses. The Right to Accuse: Constantinian and Rabbinic Innovations. The "Other": Lovers and Aftermath. 5. The Harmony of the Home in Late Antiquity: Jewish, Roman, and Christian Perspectives on Intermarriage. Why Not Marry a Goy? Early Christianity and Marital Peripheries. Banning Jewish-Christian Marriage: Roman Legal Perspectives
- Conclusion: To Die like a Woman? To Live like a Woman? Is There a Jewess in Judaism?