The Women of Israel by Grace Aguilar

Two Volumes in One with a New Introduction and Commentary

Mayer I. Gruber

• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781463216368
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Jewish Theology

For almost a century after it was first published in 1845 Grace Aguilar's Women of Israel was presented as a high school graduation gift and even as a Christmas present to employees. More than 150 years before the current proliferation of books on women in biblical narrative and biblical law, Aguilar offered brilliant and innovative interpretations of abiding value. She took for granted that her readers could read Hebrew and that they, like herself, knew the King James Bible from memory. The extensive introduction and notes will make this new edition once again accessible to laypersons, students, and scholars.

Table of contents

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• FOREWORD
• ABBREVIATIONS
• EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
• VOLUME ONE
• INTRODUCTION
• FIRST PERIOD. THE WIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS
• CHAPTER I. EVE
• CHAPTER II. SARAH
• CHAPTER III. REBEKAH
• CHAPTER IV. LEAH AND RACHEL
• SECOND PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. EGYPTIAN CAPTIVITY AND JOCHEBED
• CHAPTER II. THE EXODUS–LAWS FOR THE MOTHERS OF ISRAEL
• CHAPTER III. LAWS FOR THE WIVES OF ISRAEL
• CHAPTER IV. LAWS RELATING TO THE WIDOWS AND DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL
• CHAPTER V. MAID SERVANTS IN ISRAEL, AND SUNDRY OTHER LAWS
• THIRD PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. MIRIAM
• CHAPTER II. FEMALE WORKERS OF THE TABERNACLE– CALEB’S DAUGHTER
• CHAPTER III. DEBORAH
• CHAPTER IV. WIFE OF MANOAH
• CHAPTER V. NAOMI
• CHAPTER VI. HANNAH
• VOLUME TWO
• FOURTH PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MONARCHY–PATRIOTISM OF THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL MICHAL
• CHAPTER II. ABIGAIL
• CHAPTER III. WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH; WOMAN OF ABEL; RIZPAH; —JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON; WIDOW OF ONE OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS
• CHAPTER IV. THE SHUNAMMITE
• CHAPTER V. LITTLE ISRAELITISH MAID– HULDAH–INFLUENCE OF WOMEN DURING THE MONARCHY
• FIFTH PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. THE CAPTIVITY. REVIEW OF CHAPTERS ONE TO SEVEN OF THE BOOK OF EZRA. –SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE IDENTITY OF THE AHASUERUS OF SCRIPTURE, AND DATE OF HIS ROYAL FEASTS, &C. –CHOICE OF ESTHER
• CHAPTER II. ESTHER (CONTINUED)
• CHAPTER III. ESTHER (CONCLUDED)
• CHAPTER IV. REVIEW OF THE EVENTS NARRATED BY EZRA AND NEHEMIAH
• SIXTH PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. REVIEW OF THE JEWISH NATION, FROM THE RETURN FROM BABYLON, TO THE APPEAL OF HYRCANUS AND ARISTOBULUS TO POMPEY
• CHAPTER II. FROM THE APPEAL TO POMPEY TO THE DEATH OF HEROD
• CHAPTER III. GENERAL SKETCH CONTINUED FROM THE DEATH OF HEROD TO THE WAR
• CHAPTER IV. THE MARTYR MOTHER
• CHAPTER V. MOTHER OF JOHN HYRCANUS. WIFE OF JOHN HYRCANUS. ALEXANDRA
• CHAPTER VI. MARIAMNE
• CHAPTER VII. MARIAMNE (CONTINUED)
• CHAPTER VIII. MARAIAMNE (CONTINUED)
• CHAPTER IX. MARIAMNE (CONCLUDED)–ALEXANDRA–SALOME
• CHAPTER X. HELENA, QUEEN OF ADIABENE. BERENICE
• CHAPTER XI. GENERAL HISTORY, AND CONCLUSIONS THENCE ELICITED
• SEVENTH PERIOD
• CHAPTER I. THE WAR.— ITS HORRORS. – ORIGIN AND END. FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY. REAL CAUSE OF JEWISH CHASTISEMENT –DISPERSION. THOUGHTS ON THE TALMUD
• CHAPTER II. ORDINANCES AND TALES OF THE TALMUD, RELATING TO THE WOMEN OF ISRAEL
• CHAPTER III. EFFECTS OF DISPERSION AND PERSECUTION–GENERAL REMARKS
• ILLUSTRATIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• GENERAL INDEX
• INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES (ORDER OF THE BOOKS AND THE CHAPTER AND VERSE DIVISIONS REFLECT THE KING JAMES VERSION UTILIZED BY GRACE AGUILAR)