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.