Rediscovering Eve ancient Israelite women in context Meyers, Carol L. creator text bibliography Electronic books. History nyu New York Oxford University Press ©2013 2013 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) 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. 1. Eve and Israelite women: understanding the task -- 2. Resources for the task -- 3. Setting the scene: the ancient environment -- 4. Eve in Eden: Genesis 2-3 -- 5. Eve out of Eden: Genesis 3:16 -- 6. Eve's world: the household -- 7. Women and household maintenance, part I: economic, reproductive, and socio-political activities -- 8. Women and household maintenance, part II: religious activities excursus: professional women -- 9. Gender and society: reconstructing relationships, rethinking systems -- Epilogue: Beyond the Hebrew Bible. Carol Meyers. This work was published in 1988 under "Discovering Eve : ancient Israelite women in context." Includes bibliographical references and index. a-is--- Jewish women Palestine History Women in Judaism Women in the Bible Palestine Social life and customs To 70 A.D Juives Palestine Histoire Femmes dans le judaïsme Femmes dans la Bible Palestine Mœurs et coutumes Jusqu'à 70 SOCIAL SCIENCE Women's Studies Jewish women Manners and customs Women in Judaism Women in the Bible Middle East Palestine To 70 fast HQ1172 .M49 2013eb 305.4/862 Rediscovering Eve Meyers, Carol L. New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 (DLC) 2012008782 (OCoLC)779472260 9780199875948 0199875944 9780199979332 0199979332 9781283733090 1283733099 9780199734559 9780199734627 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/8458 N$T 121105 20260318191531.0 in00005709216 eng