| Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature: Their Status and Roles Contributor(s): Heger, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004276912 ISBN-13: 9789004276918 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $166.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 296.108 |
| LCCN: 2014012751 |
| Series: Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.85 lbs) 436 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature begins with an objective interpretation of the biblical narratives of the Creation and the Fall, the intellectual basis of Jewish attitudes toward women, and then analyzes the divergent interpretations of Qumran and the Rabbis, the grounds of their distinct doctrines and halakhot. |