{"product_id":"dinahs-daughters-gender-and-judaism-from-the-hebrew-bible-to-late-antiquity-paperback-1","title":"Dinah's Daughters: Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelena Zlotnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDinah's Daughters Gender and Judaism from the Hebrew Bible to Late Antiquity Helena Zlotnick \"This is the single best book I have seen on the nexus between sex\/gender and the formation of national identity in antiquity.\"--Daniel Boyarin, author of \u003ci\u003eCarnal Israel\u003c\/i\u003e \"Bold and fearless, which is exactly what is needed when treading your way through a mine field.\"--David Noel Freedman, Editor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003eAnchor Bible Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnchor Bible Commentaries\u003c\/i\u003e \"This is an important title. . . . It will be valuable in graduate-level study of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e The status of women in the ancient Judaism of the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic texts has long been a contested issue. What does being a Jewess entail in antiquity? Men in ancient Jewish culture are defined primarily by what duties they are expected to perform, the course of action that they take. The Jewess, in contrast, is bound by stricture. Writing on the formation and transformation of the ideology of female Jewishness in the ancient world, Zlotnick places her treatment in a broad, comparative, Mediterranean context, bringing in parallels from Greek and Roman sources. Drawing on episodes from the Hebrew Bible and on Midrashic, Mishnaic, and Talmudic texts, she pays particular attention to the ways in which they attempt to determine the boundaries of communal affiliation through real and perceived differences between Israelites, or Jews, on one hand and non-Israelites, or Gentiles, on the other. Women are often associated in the sources with the forbidden, and foreign women are endowed with a curious freedom of action and choice that is hardly ever shared by their Jewish counterparts. Delilah, for instance, is one of the most autonomous women in the Bible, appearing without patronymic or family ties. She also brings disaster. Dinah, the Jewess, by contrast, becomes an agent of self-destruction when she goes out to mingle with gentile female friends. In ancient Judaism the lessons of such tales were applied as rules to sustain membership in the family, the clan, and the community. While Zlotnick's central project is to untangle the challenges of sex, gender, and the formation of national identity in antiquity, her book is also a remarkable study of intertextual relations within the Jewish literary tradition. \u003cb\u003eHelena Zlotnick\u003c\/b\u003e (in reality Hagith Sivan) teaches at the University of Kansas. 2002 264 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3644-6 Cloth $75.00s  49.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-1797-1 Paper $29.95s  19.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0401-8 Ebook $29.95s  19.50 World Rights History, Women's\/Gender Studies, Religion Short copy: \"This is an important title. . . . It will be valuable in graduate-level study of Western and Middle Eastern antiquity.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena Zlotnick (in reality Hagith Sivan) teaches at the University of Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596657692768,"sku":"9780812217971","price":63.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/VjlHY0xGTDhDNlFWUXIzTEpYUDdMZz09.webp?v=1771646132","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/dinahs-daughters-gender-and-judaism-from-the-hebrew-bible-to-late-antiquity-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}