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Anat Israeli presents the first feminist commentary in the series
on a chapter from the "Order of Women." She discusses the last
chapter of Tractate Qiddushin, devoted to "betrothals." Chapter 4
deals in general with two major topics: the first is Jewish
genealogies (what parts the mother and father play in deciding who
is a Jew and who can marry whom). The second topic is about
forbidden seclusions between members of the opposite sex (since
they can bring about promiscuity, adultery and other unwanted
sexual contacts). In this study, Anat Israeli and her collaborators
first analyze the Mishnah and show what its authors had considered
important about these two topics, and then they show how the
emphases had shifted on the way between the land of the Mishnah
(Israel) and the land of the Talmud (Babylonia).
Every single name in the Bible has a meaning. Without knowing the
meanings of the names leaves any reading of the Bible incomplete.
Have you ever wondered what 'Adam' means? David, Saul, Solomon?
What does Jehovah and God mean? What about Jesus and Mary?
Revelation: A True Translation of the Bible explains all the
meanings of the Biblical names. This book answers all the mysteries
of the Bible which have puzzled Biblical scholars for centuries,
and it explains the meanings through language and culture which the
author, Hawaa Ayoub, draws on and has personal experience with.
Revelation also explores the background of the Bible and discusses
cultural, geographical, and language phenomena - topics that are of
interest to Biblical scholars and professors, linguists, other
experts and serious readers of the Bible as well as those with a
personal interest in Biblical stories. From the Biblical names of
characters and places, the stories of wanderings, sacrifices at
altars, warring, taking over land, punishment and reward, infertile
women and miraculous pregnancies - Hawaa Ayoub explains in great
detail what the Biblical stories are all about. Ideal for scholars,
and those with a personal interest in the Bible, and anyone seeking
an authoritative and detailed explanation of the Biblical stories,
its figures and places. Ayoub not only translates the names in the
Bible, but also shows who authored the Biblical stories and why
they were created.
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