Christine Neal Thomas

Royal Women at Ugarit (eBook, PDF)

Reconceiving the House of the Father

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume challenges patrimonialism as a political model for the ancient Near East by engaging with letters and legal texts concerning royal women at Late Bronze Age Ugarit, demonstrating women's pivotal roles in the exercise of power and then bringing these insights to bear on the Hebrew Bible.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040130575
• Artikelnr.: 72270927

Autorenporträt

Christine Neal Thomas is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Xavier University in joint appointment with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Politics and Patrimonialism
2. Royal Mothers and Sons in the Ugaritic Letters
3. Royal Mothers and Sons in Imperial Perspective
4. The Divorce of the Daughter of the Great Lady
5. "Her Brother May Not Speak with Her": Embattled Kingship
6. Ugarit and Beyond: Points of Contact with Biblical Patrimonialism
Conclusion.