TY - BOOK AU - Xeravits,Géza G. TI - Religion and female body in ancient Judaism and its environments T2 - Deuterocanonical and cognate literature studies, SN - 9783110410099 AV - BS575 .R45 2015eb U1 - 220.8/3054 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Boston PB - Walter de Gruyter KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Congresses KW - New Testament KW - New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses KW - Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congesses KW - fast KW - Women in the Bible KW - Human body in the Bible KW - Middle Eastern literature KW - History and criticism KW - BIBLES KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Reference KW - Handbooks KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Contents; Mesopotamia; The Voices of Ištar; The Hebrew Bible and Its Environments; The Female Body in Israel and Judah before the Exile; Menstruation and Impurity; Early Judaism; "She Undid Him with the Beauty of Her Face" (Jdt 16.6); The Female Body in Second Temple Literature; The Personification of Wisdom and Folly as Women in Ancient Judaism; "Pillars of Gold on a Silver Base:"; Women's Roles in the Narrative and Theology of the Book of Tobit; Judith as a Female David; Christianity and Gnosticism; Female Imagery in the Book of Revelation; Female Body?; The City without Women N2 - "This volume publishes papers read at the ninth International Conference on the Deuterocanonical Books, Budapest, 2012. The authors explore various aspects of manifestations of the female principle within the literature of the Ancient Near East, Early Judaism, and the nascent Christianity"-- UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=987996 ER -