Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature - Their Status and Roles

Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature: Their Status and Roles explores the different attitudes toward the woman's guilt for the expulsion from the Garden and human's calamities and the legal ramifications of her lower social and legal status regarding independence, ownership and membership in the community.

About the author

Dr Paul Heger is a Research Reader at the University of Toronto. He has published several monographs on Scripture, the Talmud, Qumran and many articles on various aspects of these subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Heger
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2014
• EAN: 9789004276918
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27691-8
• No. of pages: 436
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 839 g
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the De
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations