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Warrior, dancer, seductress, queen : women in Judges and Biblical Israel / Susan Ackerman. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anchor Yale Bible reference libraryPublication details: New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, (c)2009.Description: xiii, 352 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780300140859
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1305
  • BS1305.A182.W377 2009
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Contents:
"Awake! Awake! Utter a song!" : Deborah, women, and war -- "Most blessed of women" : Jael, women, and the cult -- "Out of the window she peered" : Sisera's mother, queen mothers, and the gods -- "You shall conceive and bear a son" : Manoah's wife, barren women, and the story of the virgin birth -- "Ravish them and do to them whatever you want" : Delilah, the Levite's concubine, and determining the status of men's lovers and wives -- "When the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances" : wine, women, and song.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS1305.6.W7A29 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001586334

Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1998.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : "Now the house was full of men and women" : female characters in the book of Judges -- "Awake! Awake! Utter a song!" : Deborah, women, and war -- "Most blessed of women" : Jael, women, and the cult -- "Out of the window she peered" : Sisera's mother, queen mothers, and the gods -- "You shall conceive and bear a son" : Manoah's wife, barren women, and the story of the virgin birth -- "Ravish them and do to them whatever you want" : Delilah, the Levite's concubine, and determining the status of men's lovers and wives -- "When the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances" : wine, women, and song.

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