Women at work in the Deuteronomistic history
By: Mercedes L. García Bachmann
Series: Society of Biblical Literature. International voices in biblical studies -- number 4; International voices in biblical studies -- no. 4.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781589837553; 9781589837614; 9781589837560
Subjects: Bible; Berufstätigkeit; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Deuteronomistisches Geschichtswerk; Frau; Biblical teaching; Employment; Women in the Bible; Women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: An overview of female labor in the Hebrew Bible; title: The challenge of studying working women; title: Standing on the shoulders of our predecessors; title: Society's conditions affecting women's lives in ancient Israel; title: Female slaves and dependents, literal and ideological, in Israel; title: Hide and seek: miscellaneous women; title: Female workers related to the royal household; title: Prostitutes or "sex workers"; title: Reassessing the social location of female in DtrH.