Jewish and Christian women in the ancient Mediterranean
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction for instructors -- A letter from us to you -- Components in each chapter -- Assessment ideas -- Online primary source resources -- 1 Introduction -- Wha...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Parks, Sara, 1973-, Jewish and Christian women in the ancient Mediterranean; VanderKam, James C., 1946-, An introduction to early Judaism] (2023) (Uusimäki, Elisa, 1986 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Christian woman
/ Jewish woman
/ Religious life
/ Antiquity
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Women in Judaism-History
B Jewish women-Religious life-History B Electronic books B Christian women-Religious life-History |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction for instructors -- A letter from us to you -- Components in each chapter -- Assessment ideas -- Online primary source resources -- 1 Introduction -- What sort of book is this? -- What is gender studies? -- What is a text and what is reading? -- What is a text? -- From codex to canon -- The ancient Mediterranean world -- How to read a text -- Conclusion: what role do our assumptions play in our reading? -- Discussion questions -- Glossary terms -- Further reading -- 2 Religious systems of antiquity -- antiquity Standard religious categories and why we challenge them -- Problematic vocabulary: Jewish, Christian, pagan -- The academic study of religion -- What is religion? -- Greco-Roman religions: an overview -- Conclusion -- Discussion questions -- Glossary terms -- Further reading -- 3 Bodies of literature -- Introduction: diversity in ancient Judaism and Christianity -- What bodies of literature are available from antiquity? -- Hebrew Bible -- Septuagint/LXX -- Apocrypha -- Pseudepigrapha -- New Testament -- Early Christian apocrypha -- Rabbinic literature -- Patristic and apostolic literature -- Conclusion: tools for these texts -- Discussion questions -- Glossary terms -- Further reading -- 4 Accessing ancient sources -- Introduction to hermeneutics -- Subjectivity and the text -- Interpretive lenses -- Historical criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Marxist criticism -- Postcolonial and aware-settler criticism -- Queer criticism -- Textual criticism -- Conclusion: off you go! -- Discussion questions -- Glossary terms -- Further reading -- 5 Ancient Judaism -- Introduction: Judaism in the Second Temple period -- The Jewish temple -- History and ancient historians -- Philo -- Josephus. |
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| ISBN: | 1351005979 |