Deborah W Rooke

A Question of Sex? Gender and Difference in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond Deborah W Rooke

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Publisher Marketing: Gender differences between men and women are not just a matter of sexual differentiation; the roles that men and women play are also socially and culturally determined, in ancient Israel and post-biblical Judaism as in every other context. That is the theme of these ten studies. What understandings of masculinity and femininity underlie the regulations about incest? And what kind of rights did mediaeval Middle-Eastern Jewish women have within their marriage relationships?