did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780567196446

Women's Lives in Biblical Times

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780567196446

  • ISBN10:

    0567196445

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-04-07
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
  • Purchase Benefits
  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
List Price: $39.95 Save up to $13.24
  • Buy New
    $39.75
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    PRINT ON DEMAND: 2-4 WEEKS. THIS ITEM CANNOT BE CANCELLED OR RETURNED.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

This volume describes the lifecycle events and daily life activities experienced by girls and women in ancient Israel. It examines recent biblical scholarship as well as other textual evidence from the ancient Near East and Egypt including archaeo

Author Biography

Author Jennie R. Ebeling is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville

Table of Contents

Introduction
Birth and Background
Bet'Av and Bet'Em
Four-Room House and Women's Space
Diet and Economy
Agricultural Cycle
Childhood
Baking and Brewing
Pottery Production
Spinning and Weaving
Education and Literacy
Womanhood
Grape Harvest and Wine Making
Menstruation and Purity
Incense and Perfume
Household Religion
Marriage
Marriage Arrangements
Wedding Customs
Music and Dancing
Clothing
Childbirth
Midwifery
Childbirth
Amulets and Jewelery
Basketry
Motherhood
Breastfeeding and Weaning
Olive Harvest and Olive Oil Production
Hide Working
Pilgrimage to Shiloh
Old Age and Death
Widowhood
Health and Medicine
Funerary Rituals
Mortuary Cult
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program