Biblical women and Jewish daily life in the Middle Ages /
In Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Elisheva Baumgarten examines how medieval Jewish engagement with the Bible--especially in the tellings, retellings, and illustrations of stories of women--offers a window onto aspects of the daily lives and cultural mentalités of Ashkenazi...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2022.
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Series: | Jewish culture and contexts.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Cultural Paradigms: Blessed Like Eve
- 2 Personal and Communal Liturgy: Prayers to the Matriarchs
- 3 At Her Husband's Behest: Deborah and Yael
- 4 Women as Fiscal Agents: Charitable like Abigail
- 5 A Woman of Every Season: Jephthah's Daughter
- 6 From Medieval Life to the Bible . . . and Back
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments