"Women like this" [electronic resource] : new perspectives on Jewish women in the Greco-Roman world / edited by Amy-Jill Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levine, Amy-Jill, 1956-

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 01

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Women in Judaism.

Apocryphal books--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Apocryphal books.

Greek literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, c1991.

Contents:

Understanding a Patriarchy: Women in Second Century Jerusalem Through the Eyes of Ben Sira / Claudia V. Camp

Philo's Portrayal of Women—Hebraic or Hellenic? / Judith Romney Wegner

The "Woman with the Soul of Abraham": Traditions about the Mother of the Maccabean Martyrs / Robin Darling Young

Portraits of Women in Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities / Betsy Halpern-Amaru

Revelatory Experiences Attributed to Biblical Women in Early Jewish Literature / Randall D. Chesnutt

Patriarchy with a Twist: Men and Women in Tobit / Beverly Bow and George W. E. Nickelsburg

Aseneth and Her Sisters: Women in Jewish Narrative and in the Greek Novels / Richard I. Pervo

From Narrative to History: The Resurrection of Mary and Martha / Adele Reinhartz

Women in the Third Gospel and the New Testament Apocrypha / Stevan Davies

Did Ancient Women Write Novels? / Mary R. Lefkowitz

Women's Authorship of Jewish and Christian Literature in the Greco-Roman Period / Ross S. Kraemer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.