Women in the Bible, Qumran, and early Rabbinic literature : their status and roles /

Women in the Bible, Qumran, and early Rabbinic literature : their status and roles /

Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature: Their Status and Roles portrays the tension between the unity of husband and wife and their different legal and social status from a wide range of perspectives, as deduced from the texts of the three corpora. The volume discusses the related...

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Main Author: Heger, Paul, 1924-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 110.
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah Online, ISBN: 9789004378346.

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Women in the Bible.
Women in rabbinical literature.

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Call Number: BS575 .H44 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Creation Narrative and the Status of Women
  • 2 Interpretations of the Fall Narrative
  • 3 The Father's Authority and Responsibility, and Their Limitations: A Debate with Scholarly Theories
  • 4 Women's Obligations to Fulfill Biblical Precepts
  • 5 Were Women Members of the Eda-Yahad?
  • 6 The Polygamy Rules of CD IV:20-V:2 and 11Q19 LVII:15−19 and Their Sources: Implications for Divorce and Remarriage
  • 7 Asceticism in Scripture and in Qumran and Rabbinic Literature
  • 8 Genealogy and Holiness of Seed in Second Temple Judaism: Facts or Creative Supposition?
  • Epilogue: Some Reflections
  • Bibliography of Works Cited
  • Citations Index.