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Title Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East / edited by Victor H. Matthews, Bernard M. Levinson and Tikva Frymer-Kensky.

Publication Info. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 262
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 262.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Gender and law: an introduction / Tivka Frymer-Kensky -- Women and psalms: toward an understanding of the role of women's prayer in the Israelite cult / Marc Zvi Brettler -- The 'whore' of Ezekiel 16: the impact of ramifications of gender-specific metaphors in light of biblical law and divine judgment / Carol J. Dempsey -- Virginity in the Bible / Tivka Frymer-Kensky -- Honor and shame in gender-related legal situations in the Hebrew Bible / Victor H. Matthews -- A riposte form in the song of Deborah / Geoffrey P. Miller -- False weights in the scales of biblical justice? Different views of women from patriarchal hierarchy of religious equality in the Book of Deuteronomy / Eckart Otto -- Wives and daughters, bond and free: views of women in the slave laws of Exodus 21.2-11 / Carolyn Pressler -- Gender and law: a case study from Ancient Mesopotamia / Martha T. Roth -- 'Lest he die in the battle and another man take her': violence and the construction of gender in the laws of Deuteronomy 20-22 / Harold C. Washington -- The female slave / Raymond Westbrook.
Summary This striking new contribution to gender studies demonstrates the essential role of Israelite and Near East law in the historical analysis of gender. The theme of these studies of Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite law is this: What is the significance of gender in the formulation of ancient law and custom? Feminist scholarship is enriched by these studies in family history and the status of women in antiquity. At the same time, conventional legal history is repositioned, as new and classical texts are interpreted from the vantage point of feminist theory and social history. Papers f.
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Subject Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. Old Testament.
Bible. Old Testament.
Women in the Bible.
Women in the Bible.
Women (Jewish law)
Women (Jewish law)
Jewish law.
Jewish law.
Women -- Middle East -- History.
Women.
Middle East.
History.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Middle East.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women in Judaism -- Middle East -- History.
Women in Judaism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Added Author Matthews, Victor Harold.
Levinson, Bernard M. (Bernard Malcolm)
Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone.
Other Form: Print version: Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1998 1850758867 9781850758860 (DLC) 98189276 (OCoLC)39685338
ISBN 9780567620941 (electronic book)
0567620948 (electronic book)
1850758867
9781850758860