Sex rewarded, sex punished a study of the status "female slave" in early Jewish law / [electronic resource] :
Diane Kriger.
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 398 p.)
- Judaism and Jewish life .
- Judaism and Jewish life. .
"Final editing and preparation for publication by Tirzah Meacham leBeit Yoreh."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is a 'female slave' : context and comparison -- The pilegesh : status or topos? -- The amah of Exod 21:2-11 -- The shifah neerefet of Lev 19:20-22 -- The 'inheritance' of slavery in rabbinic law : the non-linearity of the matrilineal principle -- Rabbinic interpretations of Lev 19:20-22 -- Literature in support of law : the problem of Bilhah and Zilpah.