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

By:

Ackerman, Susan [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9780300140859

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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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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

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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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