Author: John WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Title-Deeds of the Holy Land, and Identification of the Heir
Author: John WilsonOur Race
Author: A Vindication of Christ's Character as the Prophet, Matthew Xxiii, Xxiv
Author: John Wilson (of Cheltenham.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Trübner's Bibliographical Catalogues
Author: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
Book Description
The Banner of Israel
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Catalog of the Oriental Institute Library, University of Chicago
Author: University of Chicago. Oriental Institute. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
R. D. Dickinson & Co. Book Sale Catalogs
Author: R. D. Dickinson & CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Author: Horace BinneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Harlot or Holy Woman?
Author: Phyllis A. BirdPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1646020189
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Harlot or Holy Woman? presents an exhaustive study of qedešah, a Hebrew word meaning “consecrated woman” but rendered “prostitute” or “sacred prostitute” in Bible translations. Reexamining biblical and extrabiblical texts, Phyllis A. Bird questions how qedešah came to be associated with prostitution and offers an alternative explanation of the term, one that suggests a wider participation for women as religious specialists in Israel’s early cultic practice. Bird’s study reviews all the texts from classical antiquity cited as sources for an institution of “sacred prostitution,” alongside a comprehensive analysis of the cuneiform texts from Mesopotamia containing the cognate qadištu and Ugaritic texts containing the masculine cognate qdš. Through these texts, Bird presents a portrait of women dedicated to a deity, engaged in a variety of activities from cultic ritual to wet-nursing, and sharing a common generic name with the qedešah of ancient Israel. In the final chapter she returns to biblical texts, reexamining them in light of the new evidence from the ancient Near East. Considering alternative models for constructing women’s religious roles in ancient Israel, this wholly original study offers new interpretations of key texts and raises questions about the nature of Israelite religion as practiced outside the royal cult and central sanctuary.