Gender And Difference In Ancient Israel

Author : Peggy Lynne Day
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451415761

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Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel by Peggy Lynne Day Pdf

"Freed from contemporary theological categories that have been informed by ideological and psychological issues, but ever mindful of the social location of gender analysis, these essays provide fresh and exciting looks at otherwise unfamiliar texts. They jar our minds and our biases.... This book is a valuable contribution to gender-oriented biblical scholarship. Its content is accessible to both the scholarly and the less technically trained reader. All will be well served by this important collection of essays."? Naomi Steinberg, DePaul University"This book is a credit to the quality and breadth of feminine biblical scholarship and presents some creative interpretations of the texts and a wealth of Ancient Near Eastern material."? J. Massyngbaerde Ford, University of Notre Dame

Author : Deborah W. Rooke
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015076142945

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A Question of Sex? by Deborah W. Rooke Pdf

Gender differences between men and women are not just a matter of sexual differentiation; the roles that men and women play are also socially and culturally determined, in ancient Israel and post-biblical Judaism as in every other context. That is the theme of these ten studies. The first part of the volume examines the gender definitions and roles that can be identified in the Hebrew Bible's legal and ritual texts. The second part uses archaeological and anthropological perspectives to interrogate the biblical text and the society that formed it on issues of gender. The third part explores similar gender issues in a range of material outside the Hebrew Bible, from the Apocrypha through Josephus and Philo down to mediaeval Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot). Among the questions here discussed are: Why are men, but not women, required to bathe in order to achieve ritual purity after incurring certain types of defilement? What understandings of masculinity and femininity underlie the regulations about incest? Was ancient Israel simply a patriarchal society, or were there more complex dynamics of power in which women as well as men were involved? What do post-biblical re-interpretations of the female figures of Wisdom and Folly in Proverbs 1-9 suggest about heterosexual masculinity? And what kind of rights did mediaeval Middle-Eastern Jewish women have within their marriage relationships?

Author : Kathryn F. Kravitz,Diane M. Sharon
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781575061245

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Bringing the Hidden to Light by Kathryn F. Kravitz,Diane M. Sharon Pdf

Geller is Irma Cameron Milstein Professor of Bible at Jewish Theological Seminary. Geller's attention to language and interest in applying the methods of literary analysis to the Hebrew Bible are reflected in his work throughout his career. He has addressed such topics as "The Dynamics of Parallel Verse" in Deuteronomy 32, the "Language of Imagery in Psalm 114," and the literary uses of "Cleft Sentences with Pleonastic Pronoun." Combining a historical orientation with deep exegeses of individual texts, he has focused on the contribution that the literary approach might make to the study of biblical religion. He has developed what he terms a "literary theology," in which, by examining the literary devices in the passage under consideration, he has been able to formulate emerging religious ideas that the ancient writers did not express in systematic treatises. His method is illustrated in his studies of texts that represent the major religious traditions of the Hebrew Bible; these studies have been collected in Sacred Enigmas, published in 1997. The essays in this volume were contributed by colleagues, friends, and students of Stephen A. Geller to mark the occasion of his 65th birthday. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, Marc Z. Brettler, Alan Cooper, Frank Moore Cross, Stephen Garfinkel, Edward L. Greenstein, Robert A. Harris, S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Kathryn F. Kravitz, Anne Lapidus Lerner, David Marcus, Yochanan Muffs, Benjamin Ravid, Michael Rosenbaum, Raymond P. Scheindlin, William M. Schniedewind, Diane M. Sharon, Benjamin D. Sommer.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917381657

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Persons and Mistakes Identities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elizabeth W. Goldstein
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498500814

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Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible by Elizabeth W. Goldstein Pdf

Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible explores the role of female blood in the Hebrew Bible and considers its theological implications for future understandings of purity and impurity in the Jewish religion. Influenced by the work of Jonathan Klawans (Sin and Impurity in Ancient Judaism), and using the categories of ritual and moral impurities, this book analyzes the way in which these categories intersect with women and with the impurity of female blood, and reads the biblical foundations of purity and blood taboos with a feminist lens. Ultimately, the purpose of this book is to understand the intersection between impurity and gender, figuratively and non-figuratively, in the Hebrew Bible. Goldstein traces this intersection from the years 1000 BCE-250 BCE and ends with a consideration of female impurity in the literature of Qumran.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589837775

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Prophets Male and Female by Anonim Pdf

Because gender is an essential component of societies of all times and places, it is no surprise that every prophetic expression in the ancient social world was a gendered one. In this volume scholars of the biblical literature and of the ancient Mediterranean consider a wide array of prophetic phenomena. In addition to prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible, the essays also look at prophecy in ancient Mesopotamia and early Christianity. Using the most current theoretical categories, the volume demonstrates how essential a broad definition of gender is for understanding its connection to both the delivery and the content of ancient prophecy. Attention to gender dynamics will continue to reveal the fluidity of prophetic gender performance and to open up the ancient contexts of prophetic texts. The contributors are Roland Boer, Corrine Carvalho, Lester L. Grabbe, Anselm C. Hagedorn, Esther J. Hamori, Dale Launderville, Antti Marjanen, Martti Nissinen, Jonathan Stökl, Hanna Tervanotko, and Ilona Zsolnay.

Author : Michaela Bauks,Katharina Galor,Judith Hartenstein
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647552675

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Gender and Social Norms in Ancient Israel, Early Judaism and Early Christianity: Texts and Material Culture by Michaela Bauks,Katharina Galor,Judith Hartenstein Pdf

The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gender. Paradigmatically the significance and meaning of gender and sexuality is explored in the context of private and public, religious and secular spaces. Historical, cultural, and social norms (and deviations) of daily life are examined through the lens of textual, archaeological, and art historical investigations to interpret relics of ancient Israelite, Jewish, and Christian communities from the Iron Age through Late Antiquity. Scholars from varied disciplines such as biblical and classical archaeology, epigraphy, Old and New Testament exegesis and religious studies assembled to engage in a dialogue involving both texts and material culture.

Author : Stephanie Lynn Budin,Megan Cifarelli,Agnès Garcia-Ventura,Adelina Millet Albà
Publisher : Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788491680734

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Gender and methodology in the ancient Near East: Approaches from Assyriology and beyond by Stephanie Lynn Budin,Megan Cifarelli,Agnès Garcia-Ventura,Adelina Millet Albà Pdf

This collection of 23 essays, presented in three sections, aims to discuss women’s studies as well as methodological and theoretical approaches to gender within the broad framework of ancient Near Eastern studies. The first section, comprising most of the contributions, is devoted to Assyriology and ancient Near Eastern archaeology. The second and third sections are devoted to Egyptology and to ancient Israel and biblical studies respectively, neighbouring fields of research included in the volume to enrich the debate and facilitate academic exchange. Altogether these essays offer a variety of sources and perspectives, from the textual to the archaeological, from bodies and sexuality to onomastics, to name just a few, making this a useful resource for all those interested in the study of women and gender in the past.

Author : Hennie J. Marsman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004493407

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Women in Ugarit and Israel by Hennie J. Marsman Pdf

In this volume the presupposition is investigated whether women in a polytheistic society had a better position than women in a monotheistic society. To this end the social and religious position of women in Ugarit according to its literary texts is compared to that of women in Israel according to the Hebrew Bible, while the wider context of the ancient Near East is also taken into consideration. After an overview of feminist biblical exegesis, the book discusses the roles of women in the family and in society. It also provides an analysis of the roles of women as religious specialists and as worshippers. Finally, the data on the position of women in the literary texts is compared to that in non-literary texts.

Author : Phyllis Ann Bird
Publisher : Overtures to Biblical Theology
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015040076963

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Missing Persons and Mistaken Identities by Phyllis Ann Bird Pdf

In these outstanding studies, Phyllis Bird retrieves the identities of women in ancient Israel through penetrating investigations of Israelite religion, the creation stories in Genesis, harlots and hierodules, and the interpretation and authority of the Bible. -- Book cover.

Author : Paula M. McNutt
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066422265X

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Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel by Paula M. McNutt Pdf

In this volume Paula McNutt provides a synthesis of recent research on the nature and development of the society of ancient Israel. Focusing on Israelite history from the tribal period through the time of Persian domination, McNutt employs a social-scientific perspective to examine recent reconstructions of the social and cultural contexts that nurtured the literature of the Hebrew Bible. She also offers a helpful overview of the components and dynamics of ancient Israelite society. By investigating the intricate social processes that sustained the society of ancient Israel, McNutt enables the reader to discern the forces at work during key periods of transition and transformation in early Israelite history.

Author : Susan Ackerman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300141788

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Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel by Susan Ackerman Pdf

A synthetic reconstruction of women’s religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel “This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women’s religious lives in preexilic times.”—Carol Meyers, Duke University Throughout the biblical narrative, ancient Israelite religious life is dominated by male actors. When women appear, they are often seen only on the periphery: as tangential, accidental, or passive participants. However, despite their absence from the written record, they were often deeply involved in religious practice and ritual observance. In this new volume, Susan Ackerman presents a comprehensive account of ancient Israelite women’s religious lives and experiences. She examines the various sites of their practice, including household shrines, regional sanctuaries, and national temples; the calendar of religious rituals that women observed on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis; and their special roles in religious settings. Drawing on texts, archaeology, and material culture, and documenting the distinctions between Israelite women’s experiences and those of their male counterparts, Ackerman reconstructs an essential picture of women’s lived religion in ancient Israelite culture.

Author : Carl S. Ehrlich,Sara R. Horowitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110418873

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Jewish Studies on Premodern Periods by Carl S. Ehrlich,Sara R. Horowitz Pdf

This volume examines new developments in the fields of premodern Jewish studies over the last thirty years. The essays in this volume, written by leading experts, are grouped into four overarching temporal areas: the First Temple, Second Temple, Rabbinic, and Medieval periods. These time periods are analyzed through four thematic methodological lenses: the social scientific (history and society), the textual (texts and literature), the material (art, architecture, and archaeology), and the philosophical (religion and thought). Some essays offer a comprehensive look at the state of the field, while others look at specific examples illustrative of their temporal and thematic areas of inquiry. The volume presents a snapshot of the state of the field, encompassing new perspectives, directions, and methodologies, as well as the questions that will animate the field as it develops further. It will be of interest to scholars and students in the field, as well as to educated readers looking to understand the changing face of Jewish studies as a discipline advancing human knowledge

Author : Victor Harold Matthews,Bernard Malcolm Levinson,Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850758860

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Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East by Victor Harold Matthews,Bernard Malcolm Levinson,Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky Pdf

The essays are based on studies of ancient Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite laws. The authors examines the significance of gender in the formulation of law and custom.

Author : Leo G. Perdue
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255671

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Families in Ancient Israel by Leo G. Perdue Pdf

Four respected scholars of the Hebrew Bible and early Judaism provide a clear portrait of the family in ancient Israel. Important theological and ethical implications are made for the family today. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.