Women at work in the Deuteronomistic history /

Garcia Bachmann, Mercedes L.,

Women at work in the Deuteronomistic history / Mercedes L. Garcia Bachmann. - 1 online resource (430 pages). - International voices in biblical studies : Society of Biblical Literature ; number 4 . - International voices in biblical studies ; number 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

An overview of female labor in the Hebrew Bible --The challenge of studying working women -- Standing on the shoulders of our predecessors -- Society's conditions affecting women's lives in ancient Israel -- Female slaves and dependents, literal and ideological, in Israel -- Hide and seek: miscellaneous women -- Female workers related to the royal household -- Prostitutes or "sex workers" -- Reassessing the social location of female in DtrH.

9781589837560 (e-book)


Bible.--Deuteronomy--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Women--Employment--Biblical teaching.
Women in the Bible.


Electronic books.

BS1199.W7 / G38 2013eb

221.8/3054