Rediscovering Eve - Ancient Israelite Women in Context (Hardcover)

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 and 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 society. In so doing, she challenges the very notion of patriarchy as an appropriate designation for Israelite society.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2013
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Carol Meyers (Mary Grace Wilson Professor of Religion)
Dimensions:	237 x 162 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-973455-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Middle & Near Eastern archaeology > Biblical archaeology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian life & practice > General Books > Christianity > Christian life & practice
LSN:	0-19-973455-0
Barcode:	9780199734559

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