Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women
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Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women   -     By: Carol Meyers

Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women

Oxford University Press / 1988 / Paperback

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This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our views of women's roles and worth, in order to reconstruct the everyday lives of women in ancient Israel. Meyers argues that biblical sources alone do not give a true picture of ancient Israelite women because urban elite males were the authors of most biblical texts and because the stories of women in the Bible concern exceptional individuals rather than ordinary Israelite women. Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeolgical discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women not as submissive chattel in an oppressive patriarchy, but rather as strong and significant actors within their families and society.

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Title: Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women
By: Carol Meyers
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 256
Vendor: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1988
Dimensions: 5 X 8 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 0195065816
ISBN-13: 9780195065817
Series: Facets
Stock No: WW65816

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This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our views of women's roles and worth, in order to reconstruct the typical everyday lives of women in ancient Israel. Meyers argues that biblical sources alone do not give a true picture of ancient Israelite women because urban elite males wrote the vast majority of the scriptural texts and the stories of women in the Bible concern exceptional individuals rather than ordinary Israelite women. Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women not as submissive chattel in an oppressive patriarchy, but rather as strong and significant actors within their families and society.

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Carol Meyers is Professor of Religion at Duke University.

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