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Sex Rewarded, Sex Punished: A Study of the Status 'Female Slave' in Early Jewish Law

Sex Rewarded, Sex Punished: A Study of the Status 'Female Slave' in Early Jewish Law

Hardcover

Series: Judaism and Jewish Life

JudaismBible Studies

ISBN10: 1934843482
ISBN13: 9781934843482
Publisher: Academic Studies Pr
Published: May 1 2011
Pages: 424
Weight: 1.66
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
A masterful intersection of Bible Studies, Gender Studies, and Rabbinic law, Diane Kriger explores the laws pertaining to female slaves in Jewish law. Comparing Biblical strictures with later Rabbinic interpretations as well as contemporary Greco-Roman and Babylonian codes of law, Kriger establishes a framework whereby a woman's sexual identity also indicates her legal status. With sensitivity to the nuances in both ancient laws and ancient languages, Kriger adds greatly to our understanding of gender, slave status, and the matrilineal principle of descent in the Ancient Near East.

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