Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue : inscriptional evidence and background issues

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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Main Author: Brooten, Bernadette J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Atlanta : Scholars Press, 2020.
Series:Brown Judaic studies ; no. 36.
Subjects:
168 B.C.-638 A.D.
Women in Judaism > History.
Synagogues > Organization and administration > History.
Jews > History > 168 B.C.-135 A.D.
Jews > History > 70-638.
Judaism.
Jews
Synagogues > Organization and administration
Women in Judaism
e-books.
History
Livres numériques.
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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.

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