TY - BOOK AU - Ackerman,Susan TI - Warrior, dancer, seductress, queen: women in Judges and Biblical Israel T2 - Anchor Yale Bible reference library SN - 9780300140859 AV - BS1305 PY - 2009/// CY - New Haven, Connecticut, London PB - Yale University Press KW - Bible KW - Judges KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Women in the Bible N1 - Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1998; 2; 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; 2 ER -