Women leaders in the ancient synagogue : : inscriptional evidence and background issues / Bernadette Brooten.
This book argues that women served as leaders in a number of synagogues during the Roman and Byzantine periods. The evidence for this consists of nineteen Greek and Latin inscriptions in which women bear the titles "head of the synagogue," "leader," "elder," "mothe...
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| Superior document: | Brown Judaic studies; 36 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | [Providence, RI] : : Brown Judaic Studies,, 2014 Atlanta : : Scholars Press,, 2020. ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 2020 |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
| Series: | Brown Judaic studies ;
36. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 281 p. ); illustrations (greyscale), plates, tables |
| Notes: | The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. To use this book, or parts of this book, in any way not covered by the license, please contact Brown Judaic Studies, Brown University, Box 1826, Providence, RI 02912. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: The Inscriptional Evidence
- Part Two: Background Questions.
- Women as Heads of Synagogues
- Woman as Leader
- Women as Elders
- Women as Mothers of the Synagogue
- Women as Priests
- Did the Ancient Synagogue Have a Women's Gallery or Separate Women's Section?
- Further Background Issues Relating to Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue.