Memories of Mixed Marriage: Women's Mobility and Subaltern Agency in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond

This article explores memories of royal intermarriage in the Hebrew Bible and beyond. I demonstrate that the sources either promote or downplay women's mobility depending on how the story functions for the subaltern group remembering it. I first investigate the book of Esther in which the prota...

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Main Author: Uusimäki, Elisa 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Die Welt des Orients
Year: 2025, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 291-307
IxTheo Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
NCF Sexual ethics
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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