Ackerman, Susan, <br/><br/>
Warrior, dancer, seductress, queen :  women in Judges and Biblical Israel /  [print] 
Susan Ackerman. 
 - New Haven, Connecticut ;  London :  Yale University Press,  (c)2009. 
 - xiii, 352 pages ;  25 cm. 
 - Anchor Yale Bible reference library .
 - Anchor Yale Bible reference library. .
<br/><br/> Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1998. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300140859 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA857530  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>014590378  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Judges--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1305 BS1305.A182.W377 2009