Women leaders in the ancient synagogue inscriptional evidence and background issues
This book argues that women served as leaders in a number of synagogues during the Roman and Byzantine periods. The evidence for this consists of nineteen Greek and Latin inscriptions in which women bear the titles "head of the synagogue," "leader," "elder," "mothe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Providence, RI] :
Brown Judaic Studies
2014
Atlanta : 2020. |
| Series: | Brown Judaic studies ;
36. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423991706719 |
| Summary: | This book argues that women served as leaders in a number of synagogues during the Roman and Byzantine periods. The evidence for this consists of nineteen Greek and Latin inscriptions in which women bear the titles "head of the synagogue," "leader," "elder," "mother of the synagogue" and "priestess." These inscriptions range in date from 27 B.C.E. to perhaps the sixth century C.E. and in provenance from Italy to Asia Minor, Egypt and Palestine. While new discoveries make this a growing corpus of material, a number of the inscriptions have been known to scholars for some time. The book contains a new preface by the author. |
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| Item Description: | The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. To use this book, or parts of this book, in any way not covered by the license, please contact Brown Judaic Studies, Brown University, Box 1826, Providence, RI 02912. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 281 p. ) illustrations (greyscale), plates, tables |
| Production Credits: | Publication of this book is made possible in part by The Max Richter Foundation of Rhode Island. |
| ISBN: | 9781951498085 9781951498078 |
