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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
The Bible and women ; Number 3.1
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Bible and women ; v. 3.1.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
LXX Esther : a hellenistic Jewish revenge fantasy / Adele Reinhartz -- Judith : beautiful wisdom teacher or pious woman? reflections on the Book of Judith / Barbara Schmitz and Lydia Lange -- The holy and the women : gender constructions in the Letter of Jeremiah / Marie-Theres Wacker and Sonja Ammann -- Intersections of gender, status, ethnos, and religion in Joseph and Aseneth / Angela Standhartinger -- The sins of the first woman : Eve traditions in Second Temple literature with special regard to the life of Adam and Eve / Magdalena Díaz Araujo -- Illicit male desire or illicit female seduction? a comparison of the ancient retellings of the account of the "sons of God" mingling with the "daughters of men" (Gen 6 : 1-4) / Veronika Bachmann -- "The princess did provide all things, as though I were her own" (Exagoge 37-38) : reading Exodus 2 in the late Second Temple Era / Hanna Tervanotko -- Flavius Josephus and the biblical women / Tal Ilan -- Between social context and individual ideology : Philo's changing views of women / Maren R. Niehoff -- Real women and literary airbrushing : the women "therapeutae" of Philo's De vita contemplativa and the Identity of the Group / Joan E. Taylor -- The world of Qumran and the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls in gendered perspective / Maxine L. Grossman. |
| Summary |
This collection of essays deals with aspects of women and gender relations in early Judaism (during the Persian, Greek, and Roman empires). Some essays focus on specific writings: the Greek (Septuagint) version of Esther, Judith, Joseph and Aseneth, and the Letter of Jeremiah. Others explore how certain biblical texts are reinterpreted: Eve in the Life of Adam and Eve, the mixing of the sons of God with the daughters of men from Genesis 6:1-4, the Egyptian princess at the birth of Moses, and how Josephus retells biblical stories. The third group of essays explore specific social contexts: Philo's views of women in the Roman empire, the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls, and women philosophers of the Therapeutae in Egyptian Alexandria. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Feminist criticism.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Feminist criticism. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Women in the Bible.
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Women in the Bible. |
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Women in rabbinical literature.
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Women in rabbinical literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schuller, Eileen M., 1946- editor.
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Wacker, Marie-Theres, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Early Jewish writings. Atlanta : SBL Press, [2017] 9781628371833 (DLC) 2017019564 |
| ISBN |
9780884142324 (ebook) |
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0884142329 |
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9781628371833 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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