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Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel / Susan Ackerman.

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A synthetic reconstruction of women's religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel "This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women�...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Ackerman, Susan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2022]
Series:The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library.
Subjects:
Jewish women > Religious life > Israel.
Jews > History > 1200-953 B.C.
Jews > History > 953-586 B.C.
Jewish women > Religious life.
Jews.
Israel.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Where? The Sites of Women's Religious Practice
  • 1. "Micah's Mother Had Made a Cast-Metal Figurine": Women and Ancient Israelite Household Religion
  • 2. "The Women Knead Dough": Women and Ancient Israelite Household Religion
  • 3. "She Went Up with Her Husband to Offer the Annual Sacrifice": Women and Ancient Israel's Regional Sanctuaries
  • 4. "She Prayed to Yahweh, She Wept . . . and She Made a Vow": Women and Ancient Israel's Regional Sanctuaries
  • 5. "This Is the King's Sanctuary and a Temple of the Kingdom": Women and Ancient Israel's State Temples
  • 6. "At the Time of Her Menstruation, She Shall Be Unclean": Women and Ancient Israel's State Temples
  • Part 2. When? The Calendar of Women's Religious Lives
  • 7. "There Is a Yearly Sacrifice . . . for All the Family": The Israelite Woman's Ritual Year
  • 8. "You Will Make Three Pilgrimage Journeys to Me": The Israelite Woman's Ritual Year
  • Part 3. Who? Women Religious Functionaries
  • 9. "When the Young Women of Shiloh Come Out to Dance in the Dances": Women Ritual Musicians in Ancient Israel
  • 10. "The Daughters of Your People Who Prophesy": Ancient Israel's Women Prophets
  • 11. "Find Me a Woman Who Is a Medium": Ancient Israel's Women Magicians
  • 12. "The Sōbě'ôt Who Served at the Entrance to the Tent of Meeting": Determining Their Religious Role
  • 13. "The Qe˘dēšâ Among the Daughters of Israel": Defining Her Identity Within the Israelite Cult
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Ancient Sources.

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