Sex rewarded, sex punished a study of the status "female slave" in early Jewish law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kriger, Diane.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Yoreh, Tirzah Meacham leBeit.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
Series:Judaism and Jewish life.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is a 'female slave' : context and comparison
  • The pilegesh : status or topos?
  • The amah of Exod 21:2-11
  • The shifah neerefet of Lev 19:20-22
  • The 'inheritance' of slavery in rabbinic law : the non-linearity of the matrilineal principle
  • Rabbinic interpretations of Lev 19:20-22
  • Literature in support of law : the problem of Bilhah and Zilpah.