Gender and law in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. (©1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Victor H. Matthews, Bernard M. Levinson and Tikva Frymer-Kensky.
• Other Names: Matthews, Victor Harold; Levinson, Bernard M (Bernard Malcolm); Frymer-Kensky, Tikva Simone
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Copyright Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (251 pages)
• Subjects: 220.8/3054; Women in the Bible; Women (Jewish law); Jewish law; Women -- Middle East -- History; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Middle East; Women in Judaism -- Middle East -- History; Femmes dans la Bible; Rôle selon le sexe -- Enseignement biblique; Bible et féminisme; Femmes -- Moyen-Orient -- Histoire; Femmes -- Droit juif -- Législation; Femmes -- Droit -- Législation -- Moyen-Orient; BIBLES -- General; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General; RELIGION -- Biblical Reference; Jewish law; Women; Women in Judaism; Women in the Bible; Women (Jewish law); Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Oude Testament; Sekseverschillen; Wetten; Middle East; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567620941; 0567620948
• Related ISBNs: 1850758867; 9781850758860
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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