LEADER 03387cam 2200589 i 4500001 on1343160795 003 OCoLC 005 20230425161032.0 008 220307s2022 miua b 001 0 eng 010 2022011160 020 9780802879561 020 080287956X 035 (Sirsi) 40031557565 035 40031557565 035 (OCoLC)1343160795 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 aw----- 050 00 BL473.5 |b.A25 2022 082 00 200.82/09394 |223/eng20220831 084 REL006090REL114000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Ackerman, Susan Ellen, |d1949- |eauthor. |=^A816721 245 10 Gods, goddesses, and the women who serve them / |cSusan Ackerman. 264 1 Grand Rapids, Michigan : |bWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, |c[2022] 300 296 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-265) and indexes. 520 "A collection of scholarly works on women in ancient Israelite religion, with subjects including the worship of goddesses, the roles women played as religious functionaries, and the Hebrew Bible's accounts of women's religious lives"-- |cProvided by publisher. 505 0 Part One: Goddesses -- 1. "And the Women Knead Dough": The Worship of the Queen of Heaven in Sixth-Century Judah -- 2. Asherah, the West Semitic Goddess of Spinning and Weaving? -- 3. The Women of the Bible and of Ancient Near Eastern Myth: The Case of the Levite's pîlegeš -- Part Two: Priests and Prophets -- 4. Why Is Miriam Also among the Prophets? (And Is Zipporah among the Priests?) -- 5. The Mother of Eshmunazor, Priest of Astarte: A Study of Her Cultic Role -- 6. Priestesses, Purity, and Parturition -- Part Three: Queen Mothers -- 7. The Queen Mother and the Cult in Ancient Israel -- 8. The Queen Mother and the Cult in the Ancient Near East -- Part Four: Women and Worship -- 9. At Home with the Goddess -- 10. Women and the Worship of Yahweh in Ancient Israel -- Bibliography -- Indexes. 650 0 Goddesses, Middle Eastern. |=^A1451565 650 0 Women and religion. |=^A54982 651 0 Middle East |xReligion. |=^A16597 650 0 Women in Judaism. |=^A81166 650 0 Women in the Bible. |=^A38328 630 00 Bible. |pOld Testament |xCriticism, interpretation, etc. |=^A18034 650 7 RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament. |2bisacsh 650 7 RELIGION / Ancient. |2bisacsh 630 07 Bible. |pOld Testament. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01808092 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 7 Goddesses, Middle Eastern. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01747715 650 7 Religion. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01093763 650 7 Women and religion. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01177110 650 7 Women in Judaism. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01177801 650 7 Women in the Bible. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01177997 651 7 Middle East. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01241586 |?UNAUTHORIZED 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 949 |i30372017352342 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s59.99 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 6025206