Product Description: This brief study provides a clear and succinct overview of the role women played in ancient Israelite religion. Meyers points out that too many scholars have left women out of the picture of Israelite religion all together, and that others have treated them simply as part of "non-orthodox" official religion. The author stresses the diversity of religious practices in ancient Israel and that we should take into account "magic" as an important avenue of inquiry, as well as "practices" (not just beliefs).
Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 221.83054 EAN: 9780800637316 ISBN: 0800637313 Label: Fortress Press Manufacturer: Fortress Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 105 Publication Date: May 31, 2005 Publisher: Fortress Press Studio: Fortress Press
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a short and lacking treatment
Carol Myers' treatment of ancient Israelite domestic, mainly female religion in Households and Holiness suffers from too much compression of its subject matter. Myers meant this to be a short treatment, but it is entirely too short to do justice to the wealth of ideas present. At best, this work can be the jumping off point for further research into introductory material on ancient Israelite domestic religion.