Gender and social norms in ancient Israel, early Judaism and early Christianity : texts and material culture / Michaela Bauks, Katharina Galor, Judith Hartenstein (eds.).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bauks, Michaela, 1962- editor.

Galor, Katharina, editor.

Hartenstein, Judith, editor.

Conference Name:

Gender and social norms in ancient Israel, early Judaism and Christianity. (2016 : University of Koblenz-Landau)

Series:

Journal of ancient Judaism. Supplements ; v. 28.

Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements, 2198-1361 ; volume 28

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Religious aspects--Judaism--History--Congresses.

Sex role.

Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--Congresses.

Social conditions.

History.

Women in Christianity.

Women in Judaism.

Women.

Antiquities.

Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex role--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Israel--Antiquities--Congresses.

Israel.

Sex role--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Women--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Christianity--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Man-woman relationships.

Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Middle East.

Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Judaism--Middle East--History--Congresses.

Man-woman relationships--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Women in Judaism--History--Congresses.

Women in Christianity--History--Congresses.

Judaism--History--Congresses.

Judaism.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.

Church history.

Middle East--Social conditions--History--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

382 pages : 100 illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, [2019]

Language Note:

11 English, 7 German contributions.

Summary:

Back cover: The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gender. Paradigmatically the significance and meaning of gender and sexuality is explored in the context of private and public, religious and secular spaces. Historical, cultural, and social norms (and deviations) of daily life are examined through the lens of textual, archaeological, and art historical investigations to interpret relics of ancient Israelite, Jewish, and Christian communities from the Iron Age through Late Antiquity. Scholars from varied disciplines such as biblical and classical archaeology, epigraphy, Old and New Testament exegesis and religious studies assembled to engage in a dialogue involving both texts and material culture.

Contents:

1. Social Skin. Die göttliche Einkleidung Adams un seiner Frau (Gen 3:21) in ihrem altorientalischen und biblischen Kontext / Thomas Staubli

What were they wearing? Jewish women and social practice in classical and late antiquity / Katharina Galor

Aphrodite in the archive: exploring the role of women in the Hellenistic archives of the Near East / Lisa Ayla Çakmak

Balnea mixta: a comparison of the Jewish and Christian views on communal bathing in the public Roman baths / Stefanie Hoss.

2. Space and Ritual. Will the real women please sit down. Interior space seating arrangements, and female presence in the Byzantine synagogue of Horvat Kur in Galilee / Jürgen K. Zangenburg

"...und sie saß zu Füßen des Herrn" (Lk 10:39). Geschlechterdiskurse in antiker und frühchristlicher Mahlkultur / Angela Standhartinger

Wo und wann musizierten Frauen im alten Israel? / Wolfgang Zwickel

Gender-specific pollution in the Hebrew Bible / Saul M. Olyan

Archaeological and textual evidence for menstruation as gendered taboo in the second temple period? / Dorothea Erbele-Küster

Dea abscondita. Göttinnenbilder in Juda und ihr 'Verschwinden' in der Perserzeit / Manfred Oeming

Vom Kunstwerk zur Erkenntnissucherin: Die Frau im Garten von Eden / Andreas Schüle

Physical attributes of memorials : Could the tomb of Jephthah and the dietary restrictions of Tekufot give an insight into the intention of Judges 11:29-40? / Michaele Bauks.

3. Social Practices. How do ancient Jews and gender matter? / Cynthia Baker

Julia Crispina of the Babtha Archive revisited: a woman between the Judean desert and the Fayum in Egypt, between the diaspora revolt and the Bar Kokhba War / Tal Ilan

"Ich bin kein Wolf"

phyrygishce Prophetinnen in der frühen Kirche / Heidrun Mader

Women for sale? The Sigma building at Nysa-Scythopolis / Rachel Bar-Nathan

War Eheschließung im Judentum 63 v.u. Z.-70 u.Z. eine soziale Norm? / Martin Leutzsch

Of childbirth and salvation: 1 Timothy 2:15 in light of ancient medicine and the Artemis cult in Ephesus / Annette Weissenrieder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"The present volume features the proceedings of the international symposium "Gender and social norms in ancient Israel, early Judaism and Christianity. Texts and material culture in Eastern Mediterranean context" organized by Prof. Michaela Bauks (University of Koblenz-Landau) and held on February 18th-20th, 2016 at the University of Koblenz-Landau" -- Preface.

ISBN:

9783525552674

352555267X

OCLC:

1090542578

Publisher Number:

9783525552674