Kriger, Diane.

Sex rewarded, sex punished a study of the status "female slave" in early Jewish law / [electronic resource] : Diane Kriger. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011. - xxiii, 398 p. - Judaism and Jewish life .

"Final editing and preparation for publication by Tirzah Meacham leBeit Yoreh."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a 'female slave' : context and comparison -- The pilegesh : status or topos? -- The amah of Exod 21:2-11 -- The shifah neerefet of Lev 19:20-22 -- The 'inheritance' of slavery in rabbinic law : the non-linearity of the matrilineal principle -- Rabbinic interpretations of Lev 19:20-22 -- Literature in support of law : the problem of Bilhah and Zilpah.


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2011.
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Women (Jewish law)
Women slaves (Jewish law)
Women in the Bible.


Electronic books.

KBM526 / .K75 2011eb

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