Women's Lives in Biblical Times

ISBN-13: 9780567398307 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 192 str.

Associate Professor Jennie R. Ebeling

Opis

This volume describes the lifecycle events and daily life activities experienced by girls and women in ancient Israel examining recent biblical scholarship and other textual evidence from the ancient Near East and Egypt including archaeological, iconographic and ethnographic data. From this Ebeling creates a detailed, accessible description of the lives of women living in the central highland villages of Iron Age I (ca. 1200-1000 BCE) Israel. The book opens with an introduction that provides a brief historical survey of Iron Age (ca. 1200-586 BCE) Israel, a discussion of the problems involved in using the Hebrew Bible as a source, a rationale for the project and a brief narrative of one woman's life in ancient Israel to put the events described in the book into context. It continues with seven thematic chapters that chronicle her life, focusing on the specific events, customs, crafts, technologies and other activities in which an Israelite female would have participated on a daily basis.

Spis treści

Introduction Chapter 1: Birth and Background Bet 'Av and Bet 'Em Four-Room House and Women's Space Diet and Economy Agricultural Cycle Chapter 2: Childhood Baking and Brewing Pottery Production Spinning and Weaving Education and Literacy Chapter 3: Womanhood Grape Harvest and Wine Making Menstruation and Purity Incense and Perfume Household Religion Chapter 4: Marriage Marriage Arrangements Wedding Customs Music and Dancing Clothing Chapter 5: Childbirth Midwifery Childbirth Amulets and Jewelry Basketry Chapter 6: Motherhood Breastfeeding and Weaning Olive Harvest and Olive Oil Production Hide Working Pilgrimage to Shiloh Chapter 7: Old Age and Death Widowhood Health and Medicine Funerary Rituals Mortuary Cult Conclusion