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Zlotnick Helena |
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Dinah's daughters [[electronic resource] ] : gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to late antiquity / / Helena Zlotnick |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2002 |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Women in the Bible |
Women in rabbinical literature |
Women in Judaism |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and indexes. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Setting the Stage -- Part I. Projections of Biblical Spheres of Women -- 1. From Dinah to Cozbi -- 2. Patriarchy and Patriotism -- 3. From Esther to Aseneth -- Part II. Visions of Rabbinic Order -- 4. Keeping Adultery at Bay -- 5. The Harmony of the Home in Late Antiquity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Citations -- Acknowledgments |
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The status of women in the ancient Judaism of the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic texts has long been a contested issue. What does being a Jewess entail in antiquity? Men in ancient Jewish culture are defined primarily by what duties they are expected to perform, the course of action that they take. The Jewess, in contrast, is bound by stricture. Writing on the formation and transformation of the ideology of female Jewishness in the ancient world, Zlotnick places her treatment in a broad, comparative, Mediterranean context, bringing in parallels from Greek and Roman sources. Drawing on episodes from the Hebrew Bible and on Midrashic, Mishnaic, and Talmudic texts, she pays particular attention to the ways in which they attempt to determine the boundaries of communal affiliation through real and perceived differences between Israelites, or Jews, on one hand and non-Israelites, |
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or Gentiles, on the other. Women are often associated in the sources with the forbidden, and foreign women are endowed with a curious freedom of action and choice that is hardly ever shared by their Jewish counterparts. Delilah, for instance, is one of the most autonomous women in the Bible, appearing without patronymic or family ties. She also brings disaster. Dinah, the Jewess, by contrast, becomes an agent of self-destruction when she goes out to mingle with gentile female friends. In ancient Judaism the lessons of such tales were applied as rules to sustain membership in the family, the clan, and the community. While Zlotnick's central project is to untangle the challenges of sex, gender, and the formation of national identity in antiquity, her book is also a remarkable study of intertextual relations within the Jewish literary tradition. |
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UNINA9910787747303321 |
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Hastings David <1952-> |
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Over the mountains of the sea : life on the migrant ships, 1870-1885 / / David Hastings |
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Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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1-77558-600-6 |
1-86940-521-8 |
1-77558-135-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (479 p.) |
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British - New Zealand - History - 19th century |
Immigrants - New Zealand - Social conditions - 19th century |
Ocean travel - History - 19th century |
Seafaring life - New Zealand - History |
New Zealand Emigration and immigration History 19th century |
Great Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th century |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 A great wrench at the heart; 2 The mountains of the sea; 3 A time to every purpose; 4 Enemies easily made; 5 Disorder, crime and punishment; 6 Mutinies and Hyde Park meetings; 7 The virgins' cage; 8 Birth, death and the doctor; 9 Land fever; 10 So here ends my journey; Glossary of maritime terms; Bibliography; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Copyright |
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Over the Mountains of the Sea is a lively, well-illustrated and very readable book that draws on shipboard diaries and archival sources to give a vivid picture of the voyage out to New Zealand during the crucial Vogel period. Using information on individual ships, voyages and passengers, author David Hastings follows the narrative of the voyage and the way in which the space on the ship was allotted according to gender, class and marital status. He then explores the social dynamics on board dealing with the routines of daily life, crime, mutiny, health, religion and an interesting chapte |
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