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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
  • 0300140851
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1305.6.W377 2009
  • BS1305.6.W7.A182.W377 2009
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Contents:
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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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction BS1305.6.W7A29 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001586334

Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1998.

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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