Journal of Law and Religion · 2002 · 186 citations · 0 references
Ancient Near EastWomen's RightLawSocial SciencesIslamic LawGender IdentityGender TheoryJewish StudiesGender StudiesNear East LawFeminist IdentityMiddle Eastern StudiesCultural HistoryFeminist Literary TheoryClassicsSexismFeminist ScholarshipFeminist PerspectiveFeminist TheoryBiblical StudyGender StereotypeLegal HistoryGender JurisprudenceJewish ThoughtHebrew BibleAncient Law
These studies enrich feminist scholarship by examining family history and women's status in antiquity, while repositioning conventional legal history through feminist theory and social history interpretations of ancient texts. The study investigates the significance of gender in shaping ancient law and custom across Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite traditions. The collection centers on papers presented at the SBL Biblical Law Section. The work demonstrates that Israelite and Near East law plays an essential role in the historical analysis of gender.
This striking new contribution to gender studies demonstrates the essential role of Israelite and Near East law in the historical analysis of gender. The theme of these studies of Babylonian, Hittite, Assyrian, and Israelite law is this: What is the significance of gender in the formulation of ancient law and custom? Feminist scholarship is enriched by these studies in family history and the status of women in antiquity. At the same time, conventional legal history is repositioned, as new and classical texts are interpreted from the vantage point of feminist theory and social history. Papers from SBL Biblical Law Section form the core of this collection.