The Female Body in Israel and Judah before the Exile

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Mesopotamia
5. The Voices of Ištar 3
6. The Hebrew Bible and Its Environments
7. The Female Body in Israel and Judah before the Exile 43
8. Menstruation and Impurity 54
9. Early Judaism
10. “She Undid Him with the Beauty of Her Face” (Jdt 16.6) 73
11. The Female Body in Second Temple Literature 109
12. The Personification of Wisdom and Folly as Women in Ancient Judaism 128
13. “Pillars of Gold on a Silver Base:” 155
14. Women’s Roles in the Narrative and Theology of the Book of Tobit 173
15. Judith as a Female David 186
16. Christianity and Gnosticism
17. Female Imagery in the Book of Revelation 213
18. Female Body? 225
19. The City without(?) Women 246
20. Index of Sources 263