Silencing the queen : the literary histories of Shelamzion and other Jewish women /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ilan, Ṭal
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2006]
Series:	Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum ; 115.
Subjects:	Women in rabbinical literature. Jewish women > History > To 1500. Rabbinical literature > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

A king, not a queen: the principle of dynastic succession in the Hasmonean kingdom
The whore of Nineveh: Queen Shelamzion in the eyes of the Dead Sea sect
Women Pharisees
Women's rights: Tosefta vs. Mishnah
Daughters of Israel, weep for rabbi Ishmael: the school of rabbi Aquiva vs. the school of rabbi Ishmael
Stolen water is sweet: Yerushalmi vs. Bavli
You shall not suffer a witch to live: witches in ancient Jewish history
In the queen's name.