Gods, Goddesses, and the Women Who Serve Them

By: Susan Ackerman

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Synopsis: A wide-ranging study of women in ancient Israelite religion. Susan Ackerman has spent her scholarly career researching underexamined aspects of the world of the Hebrew Bible—particularly those aspects pertaining to women. In this collection drawn from three decades of her work, she describes in fascinating detail the worship of goddesses in ancient Israel, the roles women played as priests and prophets, the cultic significance of queen mothers, and the Hebrew Bible&’s accounts of women&’s religious lives. Specific topics include:the &“Queen of Heaven,&” a goddess whose worship was the object of censure in the book of JeremiahAsherah, the great Canaanite mother goddess for whom Judean women were described as weaving in the book of Kingsbiblical figures considered as religious functionaries, such as Miriam, Deborah, and Zipporahthe lack of women priests in ancient Israel explored against the prevalence of priestesses in the larger ancient Near Eastern worldthe cultic significance of queen mothers in Israel and throughout the ancient Near EastIsraelite women&’s participation in the cult of Yahweh and in the cults of various goddesses

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781467463218
Related ISBNs:: 9780802879561
Publisher:: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Date of Addition:: 09/17/22
Copyrighted By:: Susan Ackerman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.