Rediscovering Eve: ancient Israelite women in context
Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: MEYERS, CAROL L., Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context] (2014) (Bailey, Wilma Ann)
[Rezension von: Meyers, Carol L., 1942-, Rediscovering Eve] (2015) (Graybill, Rhiannon, 1984 -) |
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| Summary: | Includes bibliographical references and index This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our views of women's roles and worth, in order to reconstruct the typical everyday lives of women in ancient Israel. Carol Meyers argues that biblical sources alone do not give a true picture of ancient Israelite women because urban elite males wrote the vast majority of the scriptural texts. Also, the stories of women in the Bible concern exceptional individuals rather than ordinary Israelite women. Drawing on archaeological discoveries and ethnographic information as well as biblical texts, Meyers |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0199734550 |