Women In Ugarit And Israel

Author : Hennie J. Marsman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 51,5 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 : Hennie J. Marsmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Alter Orient
ISBN : 9004133070

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Women in Ugarit and Israel by Hennie J. Marsmann Pdf

Author : Peggy Lynne Day
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 : Jennie R. Ebeling
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567196446

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Women's Lives in Biblical Times by Jennie R. Ebeling Pdf

This volume describes the lifecycle events and daily life activities experienced by girls and women in ancient Israel examining recent biblical scholarship and other textual evidence from the ancient Near East and Egypt including archaeological, iconographic and ethnographic data. From this Ebeling creates a detailed, accessible description of the lives of women living in the central highland villages of Iron Age I (ca. 1200-1000 BCE) Israel. The book opens with an introduction that provides a brief historical survey of Iron Age (ca. 1200-586 BCE) Israel, a discussion of the problems involved in using the Hebrew Bible as a source, a rationale for the project and a brief narrative of one woman's life in ancient Israel to put the events described in the book into context. It continues with seven thematic chapters that chronicle her life, focusing on the specific events, customs, crafts, technologies and other activities in which an Israelite female would have participated on a daily basis.

Author : Grace Aguilar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Jewish women
ISBN : HARVARD:32044010483659

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The Women of Israel by Grace Aguilar Pdf

Author : Eleanor B. Amico
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89088441092

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The Status of Women at Ugarit by Eleanor B. Amico Pdf

Author : Ginny Brewer-Boydston
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781666787450

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Good Queen Mothers, Bad Queen Mothers by Ginny Brewer-Boydston Pdf

The regnal formulas in 1-2 Kings list the name of the king’s mother for Judah, signaling an importance of her position and place within the books’ theological presentation. This book investigates the passages in which the king’s mother appears outside of the formulas through narrative criticism and integrates that study with a theological discussion of the formulas in order to demonstrate 1-2 Kings’ view of the queen mother’s place in the monarchy. She held a sanctioned position within the court and had such great influence upon her son that she receives blame as part of the monarchy for the exile.

Author : Eleanor Amico Wilson
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1492157805

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Women of Canaan by Eleanor Amico Wilson Pdf

A detailed and thorough study of the documents found at the ancient site of Ugarit in present-day northern Syria, illuminating the status of women in that culture, which also sheds light on the status of women in other Canaanite city-states. The documents available include myths and legends, court and diplomatic documents, letters, economic texts, and others, and they are in Ugaritic, the native language of the city-state, as well as various other languages, showing the cosmopolitan nature of the city.

Author : Morny Joy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319431895

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Women, Religion, and the Gift by Morny Joy Pdf

This book introduces the special dynamics of women and their close relationships with the gift in both past and contemporary religious settings. Written from a cross-cultural perspective, it challenges depictions of women’s roles in religion where they have been relegated to compliance with specifically designated gendered attributes. The different chapters contest the resultant stereotypes that deny women agency. Each chapter describes women as engaged in an aspect of religion, from that of ritual specialists, to benefactors and patrons, or even innovators. The volume examines topics such as sainthood and sacrifice so as to refine these ideas in constructive ways that do not devalue women. It also examines the meaning of the term “gift” today, embracing the term in both figurative and literal ways. Such a collection of diverse women’s writings and activities provides a significant contribution to their quest for recognition, and also suggests ways this can be understood and realized today.

Author : Francesca Stavrakopoulou,John Barton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567032164

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Religious Diversity in Ancient Israel and Judah by Francesca Stavrakopoulou,John Barton Pdf

This volume of essays draws together specialists in the field to explain, illustrate and analyze this religious diversity in Ancient Israel.

Author : Susan Ackerman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 55,6 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 : Sarah Shectman
Publisher : Sheffield Phoenix Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781906055721

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Women in the Pentateuch by Sarah Shectman Pdf

Feminist study of Pentateuchal narrative -- The matriarchs outside the priestly corpus -- Other women outside the priestly corpus -- Women in P's genesis -- Women in P's Exodus--Numbers.

Author : Carl S. Ehrlich,Sara R. Horowitz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Esther J. Hamori
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300178913

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Women's Divination in Biblical Literature by Esther J. Hamori Pdf

Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of women associated with divination. This sensitive and incisive book by respected scholar Esther J. Hamori examines the wide scope of women's divinatory activities as portrayed in the Hebrew texts, offering readers a new appreciation of the surprising breadth of women's “arts of knowledge” in biblical times. Unlike earlier approaches to the subject that have viewed prophecy separately from other forms of divination, Hamori's study encompasses the full range of divinatory practices and the personages who performed them, from the female prophets and the medium of En-dor to the matriarch who interprets a birth omen and the “wise women” of Tekoa and Abel and more. In doing so, the author brings into clearer focus the complex, rich, and diverse world of ancient Israelite divination.

Author : Barbara Deutschmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780567704573

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Creating Gender in the Garden by Barbara Deutschmann Pdf

What can explain the persistence of gender inequality throughout history? Do narratives such as the Eden story explain that dissymmetry or contribute to it? This book suggests that the Hebrew Bible began and has sustained a rich conversation about sex and gender throughout its life. A literary study of the Garden of Eden story reveals a focus on the human partnership as integral to the divine creation project. Texts from other Hebrew Bible genres build a picture of robust and flexible partnerships within a patriarchal framework. In popular culture, Eve still carries the stench of guilt while Adam, seemingly unscathed by Eden events, remains a positive symbol of manhood. This book helps explain why they have had such different histories. The book also charts the subversive alternate streams of interpretation of women's writings and rabbinic texts. The story of Adam and Eve demonstrates how conceptions of gender in both ancient and modern worlds reflect larger philosophical schemes. Far from existing as timeless verities, female and male relations are constructed according to cultural imperatives of the day. Understanding the different ways that Adam and Eve have been conceived gives us perspective on our own twenty-first century gender architecture.