LEADER 04298nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910787546103321 005 20220114030942.0 010 $a0-8122-0401-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204018 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418237 035 $a(OCoLC)646557343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748505 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26867 035 $a(DE-B1597)449652 035 $a(OCoLC)1013938905 035 $a(OCoLC)1037944011 035 $a(OCoLC)1041979965 035 $a(OCoLC)1045535274 035 $a(OCoLC)979578135 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204018 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442116 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748505 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442116 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418237 100 $a20010525d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDinah's daughters$b[electronic resource] $egender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to late antiquity /$fHelena Zlotnick 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 311 0 $a1-322-51152-7 311 0 $a0-8122-1797-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: Setting the Stage --$tPart I. Projections of Biblical Spheres of Women --$t1. From Dinah to Cozbi --$t2. Patriarchy and Patriotism --$t3. From Esther to Aseneth --$tPart II. Visions of Rabbinic Order --$t4. Keeping Adultery at Bay --$t5. The Harmony of the Home in Late Antiquity --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tGeneral Index --$tIndex of Citations --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aThe 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, 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. 606 $aWomen in the Bible 606 $aWomen in rabbinical literature 606 $aWomen in Judaism 610 $aAncient Studies. 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aGender Studies. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 610 $aWomen's Studies. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aWomen in the Bible. 615 0$aWomen in rabbinical literature. 615 0$aWomen in Judaism. 676 $a221.8/3054 700 $aZlotnick$b Helena$01519384 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787546103321 996 $aDinah's daughters$93809439 997 $aUNINA