Silencing the queen
Subtitle: the literary histories of Shelamzion and other Jewish women
By: Tal Ilan.
Series: Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum = -- Texts and studies in ancient Judaism -- 115,; Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum -- 115.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9783161488795
Subjects: Salome Alexandra, -- 139-67 B.C.; Women in rabbinical literature.; Jewish women -- History -- To 1500.; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-298) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: A king, not a queen : the principle of dynastic succession in the Hasmonean kingdom; value: The whore of Nineveh : Queen Shelamzion in the eyes of the Dead Sea sect; value: Women Pharisees; value: Women's rights : Tosefta vs. Mishnah; value: Daughters of Israel, weep for rabbi Ishmael : the school of rabbi Aqiva vs. the school of rabbi Ishmael; value: Stolen water is sweet : Yerushalmi vs. Bavli; value: You shall not suffer a witch to live : witches in ancient Jewish history; value: In the queen's name.