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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baumgarten, Elisheva
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022.
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish > History > To 1500.
Bible > Influence > Medieval civilization.
Bible > Influence > Civilisation médiévale.
Bible. > Old Testament
Bible
To 1500
Women in the Bible.
Women in Judaism > Europe > History > To 1500.
Judaism > Europe > History > To 1500.
Jewish way of life > History > To 1500.
Jews > Europe > Social life and customs > To 1500.
Jews > Europe > History > To 1500.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Judaïsme > Europe > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1500.
Juifs > Europe > Mœurs et coutumes > Jusqu'à 1500.
RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice
Women in Judaism
Judaism
Jews > Social life and customs
Jews
Jewish way of life
Women in the Bible
Europe
History
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

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