Sex rewarded, sex punished : a study of the status "female slave" in early Jewish law /

A masterful intersection of Bible Studies, Gender Studies, and Rabbinic law, Diane Kriger explores the laws pertaining to female slaves in Jewish law. Comparing Biblical strictures with later Rabbinic interpretations as well as contemporary Greco-Roman and Babylonian codes of law, Kriger establishes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kriger, Diane
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
Series:	Judaism and Jewish life.
Subjects:	Women (Jewish law) Women in the Bible. Women slaves (Jewish law) Femmes dans la Bible. RELIGION > Judaism > General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

What is a 'female slave' : context and comparison
The pilegesh : status or topos?
The amah of Exod 21:2-11
The shifah neerefet of Lev 19:20-22
The 'inheritance' of slavery in rabbinic law : the non-linearity of the matrilineal principle
Rabbinic interpretations of Lev 19:20-22
Literature in support of law : the problem of Bilhah and Zilpah.