The Empowerment of Women in the Book of Jubilees (Supplement to the Journal for the Study of Judaism #60)

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-90-04-11414-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Journal for

This volume examines the unusual interest in women characters displayed in the Book of Jubilees, an interpretive reworking of the biblical narratives of Genesis through Exodus 12, written in the second century BCE. Demonstrating a pattern in the characterizations, the study shows how a matrilineal standard of ethnic purity and elevation of the biblical matriarchs function as key aspects in a polemic against the acceptance of foreigners into the community.
The latter part of the book explores the exegetical techniques used to develop the portraits and places the polemic in the historical context of Second Temple Judaism.
The work is important for those interested in the history of biblical interpretation, in post biblical Jewish literature and the historical development of Judaism, and the portrayals of women in Hebrew Scriptures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halpern-Amaru, Betsy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Über Autor(innen)

Betsy Halpern-Amaru, Professor of Religion at Vassar College, has published extensively on the characterizations of women and on Land theology in Second Temple Jewish literature including Rewriting the Bible: Land and Covenant in Post-Biblical Jewish Literature (Trinity International, 1994).