Rediscovering Eve : ancient Israelite women in context /
Overview: 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 pictu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Overview: 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 depicts Israelite women not as submissive chattel in an oppressive patriarchy, but rather as strong and significant actors within their families and in their communities. In so doing, she challenges the very notion of patriarchy as an appropriate designation for Israelite society. |
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| Item Description: | This work was published in 1988 under "Discovering Eve : ancient Israelite women in context." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199875948 0199875944 9780199979332 0199979332 9781283733090 1283733099 |