“The Status of Women in Israelite Society”
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Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
Part 1
Israel’s Social Concern for Women
Chapter 2 Israel’s Concern for Women
Chapter 3 The Status of Women in Israelite Society
Chapter 4 The Deuteronomic Concern for Women
Chapter 5 The Tenth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21)
Chapter 6 The Law of the Hebrew Slave
Part 2
Women Prophets
Chapter 7 Women Prophets in the Old Testament
Chapter 8 Miriam the Prophetess
Chapter 9 Deborah the Prophetess
Chapter 10 Isaiah’s Wife
Chapter 11 Huldah, A Prophet in Israel
Chapter 12 Noadiah the Prophetess
Chapter 13 The Nameless Prophetesses in the Book of Ezekiel
Chapter 14 The Seven Prophetesses of the Old Testament
Chapter 15 Women Who Proclaim the Good News
Chapter 16 The Daughters of Heman
Chapter 17 “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy”
Part 3
The Mothers of Israel
Chapter 18 Sarah: A Mother in Her Old Age
Chapter 19 Hagar: The Surrogate Mother
Chapter 20 Rachel: The Struggles of a Barren Woman
Chapter 21 Moses’s Two Mothers
Chapter 22 Sisera’s Mother: The Humanization of the Enemy
Chapter 23 Samson’s Mother: A Mother’s Disappointment
Chapter 24 Hannah: “The Barren Has Borne Seven”
Chapter 25 Rizpah: Reflections on a Mother’s Love
Chapter 26 Bathsheba: A Mother with Determination
Chapter 27 Solomon and the Two Mothers
Chapter 28 Jeroboam’s Wife: A Mother’s Agony
Chapter 29 Jesus’s Great-Grandmothers
Chapter 30 The Other Great-Grandmothers of Jesus
Chapter 31 Jezebel: A Great-Grandmother of Jesus
Chapter 32 The Genealogy of Jesus According to His Great-Grandmothers
Part 4
Abused Women
Chapter 33 Dinah, the Daughter of Jacob
Chapter 34 Tamar, the Wife of Er
Chapter 35 The Levite’s Concubine
Chapter 36 Bathsheba, the Wife of Uriah
Chapter 37 Tamar, the Daughter of David
Part 5
Women of Distinction
Chapter 38 Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?
Chapter 39 Deborah, A Judge in Israel
Chapter 40 Jael: A Heroine in Israel
Chapter 41 Ruth, the Moabite
Chapter 42 Ahinoam, the Mother of Amnon
Chapter 43 Abishag, the Shunammite
Chapter 44 The Greatness That Was Jezebel
Chapter 45 Esther, the Queen of Persia
Bibliography
Index of Scriptures
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Hebrew Words
I hope you will enjoy reading the book and develop a new appreciation for these amazing women of Ancient Israel.
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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>Evidence that I think contributes to this discussion is the growing collection of those Hebrew bulla and seals that bear the name of a woman. That there are any tells one story. That they are a relatively small percentage of the known bulla and seals tells another related story.
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>Duane,Thank you for this information. I was not aware that we had found seals bearing the names of women. Do you know where I can read more about this?Claude Mariottini
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>According to Reich, Ronny and Sass, only about 2% of all known Hebrew seals, bullae and impressions indicate that the owner was a womanYou might look at Reich, Ronny and Benjamin Sass, “Three Hebrew Seals from the Iron Age Tombs at Mamillah, Jerusalem,” Amit, Yarah, et al, eds, Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context, A Tribute to Nadav Na’aman, Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2006, 313-320Reifenbert, Adolf, Ancient Hebrew Seals, London: Horovitz Publishing Company, 1950 Vattioni, Francesco, “I segilli ebraici,” Biblica, 50, 1969, 357-388Or you might checkout my old post “The Seal of Women of Authority in Ancient Times” at http://www.telecomtally.com/blog/2006/12/the_seal_women_of_authority_in.html and the post, “The Seal of a Woman,” to which it links. I think the seal of “yhwhħn , daughter of pq‛t” (I use ħ for het) is of special interest. Not only was she a woman but she as likely not of the governing class. Her seal was found in an Iron Age II burial site at Mamillah near Jaffa gate. As Reich, Ronny and Sass tell us, “The interred at Mamillah probably tended more to agriculture and the crafts than serving in the administration, hence, the scant number of seals.”
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>Dr. Mariotti,Thanks for posting on this topic. I was wondering if you’re going to reflect on the status of women in light of Pauline teaching. Is there a continuity?You wrote “Because of the social limitations imposed upon women, most women in Israel found their sense of worth, fulfillment, and personhood in being a mother and a wife.” In other words, you’re arguing that women’s function as mother and wife respectively are not rooted in the created order as many complementarians propose, rather, it is a social construction (?).I look forward for a response at your convenience and Part II.Blessings,Lou
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