Rediscovering Eve
Subtitle: ancient Israelite women in context
By: Carol Meyers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199734559; 9780199734627
Subjects: Jewish women; Women in Judaism; History; Women in the Bible; Social life and customs
Notes: This work was published in 1988 under "Discovering Eve : ancient Israelite women in context".

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Eve and Israelite women: understanding the task; title: 2. Resources for the task; title: 3. Setting the scene: the ancient environment; title: 4. Eve in Eden: Genesis 2-3; title: 5. Eve out of Eden: Genesis 3:16; title: 6. Eve's world: the household; title: 7. Women and household maintenance, part I: economic, reproductive, and socio-political activities; title: 8. Women and household maintenance, part II: religious activities excursus: professional women; title: 9. Gender and society: reconstructing relationships, rethinking systems; title: Epilogue: Beyond the Hebrew Bible.