Writing the wayward wife : rabbinic interpretations of sotah /

Writing the wayward wife : rabbinic interpretations of sotah /

Writing the Wayward Wife is a study of rabbinic interpretations of sotah, the law concerning the woman suspected of adultery (Numbers 5:11-31). The focus of the book is on interpretations of sotah in tannaitic and amoraic texts: the Mishnah, Tosefta, Midrash Halakhah, Midrash Aggadah, and the Palest...

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Main Author: Grushcow, Lisa, 1974-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity 62.
Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity Online, ISBN: 9789004365223.

Subjects:

Adultery (Jewish law)
Ordeal (Jewish law)

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Call Number: KBM4184 .G78 2006

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Jealousy: The Beginning of Sotah
  • Priestly Proceedings Part One: Standing before the Priest, the People, and God
  • Priestly Proceedings Part Two: Words Spoken, Written, and Dissolved
  • Punishment and Reward
  • Disappearance of the Ritual
  • Conclusion
  • Biblical Text and Annotated Translation: Num. 5:11-31
  • References to Sotah in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 4Q270 4 and 4Q266 12
  • Miracle or Mamzer? Isaac AND Jesus in Jewish and Christian Traditions
  • References to Sotah in the Genizah: Jtsl Ena 3635.17 and T.-S. K 1.56
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Primary Sources
  • General Index
  • Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity.