Households and Holiness: The Religious Culture of Israelite Women

by Carol L. Meyers

Book Overview

For too long, some scholars have overlooked women's role in the Israelite religion. Others have treated it as part of "non-orthodox" religion. Carol Meyers identifies this problem and seeks to correct... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637313
• ISBN13: 9780800637316
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

It's a very small short book with an original premise.

Meyers maintains that many of women's ancient religious practices took place in the home not the temples and have therefore been overlooked by Biblical scholars. In order to get an accurate picture of the religious lives of ancient Hebrew women one must take into account all aspects of archeology, ethnography, and anthropology as well as Biblical texts and put them into context.