- Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- Upending traditional scholarship on patrilineal genealogy, Cynthia Chapman draws on twenty years of research to uncover an underappreciated yet socially significant kinship unit in the Bible: "the house of the mother." In households where a man had two or more wives, siblings born to the same mother worked to promote and protect one another's interests. Revealing the hierarchies of the maternal houses and political divisions within the national house of Israel, this book provides us with a nuanced understanding of domestic and political life in ancient Israel.
- Series Statement
- The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
- Uniform Title
- House of the mother (Online)
- Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
- Alternative Title
- House of the mother (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-301) and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: Disrupting the begats (tôlēdôt) -- 1. House (bayit) -- 2. The house of the mother (bêt 'ēm) -- 3. Chamber of her who conceived me (ḥeder hôrātî) -- 4. My brothers, the sons of my mother ('aḥay bĕnê-'immî) -- 5. No, son of my womb (ma-bar-bịtnî) -- 6. Like a brother to me, one who had nursed at my mother's breasts (kĕ'āḥ lî yônēq šĕdê 'immî) -- 7. The one who opens the womb (peṭer reḥem) -- 8. The house of the father of his mother (bêt-'ăbî 'immô) -- 9. Like Rachel and Leah who together built up the house of Israel (kĕrāḥēl ûkĕlē'a 'ăšer bānû šĕtêhem 'et-bêt yiśrā'ēl).
- LCCN
- 2016934919
- OCLC
- ssj0001867236
- Author
Chapman, Cynthia R., 1964-
- Title
The house of the mother [electronic resource] : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman.
- Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Series
The Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-301) and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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