RT Book T1 Women in the Bible, Qumran, and early Rabbinic literature: their status and roles T2 Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah JF Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah A1 Heger, Paul 1924-2018 LA English PP Boston PB Brill YR 2014 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/856940844 AB "Women in the Bible, Qumran and Early Rabbinic Literature: Their Status and Roles portrays the tension between the unity of husband and wife and their different legal and social status from a wide range of perspectives, as deduced from the texts of the three corpora. The volume discusses the related topics of divorce, polygamy, woman's obligations to fulfill precepts, membership in the community, genealogy and attitudes toward sex, such as rejection of asceticism"-- AB The creation narrative and the status of women -- Interpretations of the fall narrative -- The father's authority and responsibility, and their limitations : a debate with scholarly theories -- Women's obligations to fulfill biblical precepts -- Were women members of the Eda-Yahad? -- The polygamy rules of CD IV:20-V:2 and 11Q19 LVII:15-19 and their sources : implications for divorce and remarriage -- Asceticism in scripture and in Qumran and rabbinic literature -- Genealogy and holiness of seed in Second Temple Judaism : facts or creative supposition? CN BS575 SN 9789004277113 K1 Women in the Bible K1 Women in rabbinical literature DO 10.1163/9789004277113