Women's Lives in Biblical Times
by Ebeling, Jennie R.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-04-07
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Summary
This volume describes the lifecycle events and daily life activities experienced by girls and women in ancient Israel. It examines recent biblical scholarship as well as other textual evidence from the ancient Near East and Egypt including archaeo
Author Biography
Author Jennie R. Ebeling is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Birth and Background | |
| Bet'Av and Bet'Em | |
| Four-Room House and Women's Space | |
| Diet and Economy | |
| Agricultural Cycle | |
| Childhood | |
| Baking and Brewing | |
| Pottery Production | |
| Spinning and Weaving | |
| Education and Literacy | |
| Womanhood | |
| Grape Harvest and Wine Making | |
| Menstruation and Purity | |
| Incense and Perfume | |
| Household Religion | |
| Marriage | |
| Marriage Arrangements | |
| Wedding Customs | |
| Music and Dancing | |
| Clothing | |
| Childbirth | |
| Midwifery | |
| Childbirth | |
| Amulets and Jewelery | |
| Basketry | |
| Motherhood | |
| Breastfeeding and Weaning | |
| Olive Harvest and Olive Oil Production | |
| Hide Working | |
| Pilgrimage to Shiloh | |
| Old Age and Death | |
| Widowhood | |
| Health and Medicine | |
| Funerary Rituals | |
| Mortuary Cult | |
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