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

Title
Women in the Bible, Qumran, and early Rabbinic literature : their status and roles / by Paul Heger.
Author
Heger, Paul, 1924-
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]

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Description
xiii, 420 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"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 topics of divorce, polygamy, woman's obligations to fulfill precepts, membership in the community, genealogy and attitudes toward sex, such as rejection of asceticism"--
Series Statement
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 110
Uniform Title
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 110.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The creation narrative and the status of women -- Interpretations of the fall narrative -- The father's authority and responsibility, and their limitations : a debate with scholarly theories -- Women's obligations to fulfill biblical precepts -- Were women members of the Eda-Yahad? -- The polygamy rules of CD IV:20-V:2 and 11Q19 LVII:15-19 and their sources : implications for divorce and remarriage -- Asceticism in scripture and in Qumran and rabbinic literature -- Genealogy and holiness of seed in Second Temple Judaism : facts or creative supposition?
Call Number
JFE 16-3592
ISBN
  • 9789004276918
  • 9004276912
  • 9789004277113 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014012751
OCLC
879119434
Author
Heger, Paul, 1924- author.
Title
Women in the Bible, Qumran, and early Rabbinic literature : their status and roles / by Paul Heger.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 110
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 110.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
9789004277113
(GyWOH)har145012666
Research Call Number
JFE 16-3592
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