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Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity
Helena Zlotnick
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Description for Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity
Paperback. "This is an important title.. It will be valuable in graduate-level study of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity."-Choice Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
The status of women in the ancient Judaism of the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic texts has long been a contested issue. What does being a Jewess entail in antiquity? Men in ancient Jewish culture are defined primarily by what duties they are expected to perform, the course of action that they take. The Jewess, in contrast, is bound by stricture.
Writing on the formation and transformation of the ideology of female Jewishness in the ancient world, Zlotnick places her treatment in a broad, comparative, Mediterranean context, bringing in parallels from Greek and Roman sources. Drawing on episodes from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812217971
SKU
V9780812217971
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About Helena Zlotnick
Helena Zlotnick (in reality Hagith Sivan) teaches at the University of Kansas.
Reviews for Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity
"This is the single best book I have seen on the nexus between sex/gender and the formation of national identity in antiquity."
Daniel Boyarin, author of Carnal Israel
"Bold and fearless, which is exactly what is needed when treading your way through a mine field."
David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief, Anchor Bible Dictionary and Anchor Bible Commentaries
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Daniel Boyarin, author of Carnal Israel
"Bold and fearless, which is exactly what is needed when treading your way through a mine field."
David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief, Anchor Bible Dictionary and Anchor Bible Commentaries
... Read more