Women and the religion of ancient Israel
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, CT
Yale University Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ackerman, Susan, 1958-, Women and the religion of ancient Israel] (2023) (Budin, Stephanie Lynn, 1969 -)
[Rezension von: Ackerman, Susan, 1958-, Women and the religion of ancient Israel] (2023) (Oxsen, Kate) |
| Series/Journal: | The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Israel (Antiquity)
/ Woman
/ Jewish woman
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| Further subjects: | B
Jewish women
Religious life (Israel)
B Jews History 953-586 B.C B Jews History 1200-953 B.C B Women / HISTORY |
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| Summary: | 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 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's religious lives in preexilic times."-Carol Meyers, Duke University Throughout the biblical narrative, ancient Israelite religious life is dominated by male actors. When women appear, they are often seen only on the periphery: as tangential, accidental, or passive participants. However, despite their absence from the written record, they were often deeply involved in religious practice and ritual observance. In this new volume, Susan Ackerman presents a comprehensive account of ancient Israelite women's religious lives and experiences. She examines the various sites of their practice, including household shrines, regional sanctuaries, and national temples; the calendar of religious rituals that women observed on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis; and their special roles in religious settings. Drawing on texts, archaeology, and material culture, and documenting the distinctions between Israelite women's experiences and those of their male counterparts, Ackerman reconstructs an essential picture of women's lived religion in ancient Israelite culture |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0300264887 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.12987/9780300264883 |