CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. IN MEMORIAM ix
4. CONTENTS xi
5. FOREWORD xv
6. NOTES ON SOURCES, TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS xvii
7. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xix
8. INTRODUCTION 1
9. CHAPTER 1. What is a “Female Slave”? Context and Comparison 35
10. CHAPTER 2. The pilegesh: Status or Topos? 89
11. CHAPTER 3. The amah of Exodus 21:2-11 121
12. CHAPTER 4. The shifḥah neḥerefet of Leviticus 19:20-22 151
13. CHAPTER 5. The “Inheritance” of Slavery in Rabbinic Law: The Non-Linearity of the Matrilineal Principle 219
14. CHAPTER 6. Rabbinic Interpretations of Leviticus 19:20-22 251
15. CHAPTER 7. Literature in Support of Law: The Problem of Bilhah and Zilpah 313
16. CONCLUSION 345
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 353
18. CITATIONS INDEX 385