Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections.

Autorentext

Ilan Peled is an Assyriologist working at the University of Amsterdam, author of Masculinities and Third Gender: The Origins and Nature of an Institutionalized Gender Otherness in the Ancient Near East, and editor of Structures of Power: Law and Gender Across the Ancient Near East and Beyond.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. The Societal Perspective: Social Status and Gender (In)equality 2. The Institutional Perspective: Bureaucracy and Economy: The Palace, Temple, and Beyond 3. The Familial Perspective: Regulation of Family Life 4. The Individual Perspective: Morality and Sex Crimes 5. Summary, Analysis and Conclusions Part II 6. Texts: The Primary Sources Mentioned and Discussed in the Book