Women in the Ancient Near East
eBook - ePub

Women in the Ancient Near East

  1. 706 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Women in the Ancient Near East

About this book

Women in the Ancient Near East offers a lucid account of the daily life of women in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE until the beginning of the Hellenistic period. The book systematically presents the lives of women emerging from the available cuneiform material and discusses modern scholarly opinion. Stol's book is the first full-scale treatment of the history of women in the Ancient Near East.

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Yes, you can access Women in the Ancient Near East by Marten Stol in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781501500213
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Map
  7. 1 Her outward appearance
  8. 2 Marriage
  9. 3 The marriage gifts
  10. 4 The family
  11. 5 A second wife
  12. 6 Concubines
  13. 7 Marriage between equals
  14. 8 Marriage to a slave
  15. 9 Divorce
  16. 10 Adultery
  17. 11 Rape
  18. 12 Incest
  19. 13 The widow
  20. 14 Levirate marriage
  21. 15 Women’s rights of inheritance
  22. 16 Women-trafficking under the guise of adoption
  23. 17 Women robbed of their freedom
  24. 18 Women and work
  25. 19 The witch
  26. 20 Prostitution
  27. 21 Temple prostitution
  28. 22 Her physical life
  29. 23 The court and the harem before 1500 BC
  30. 24 The court and the harem after 1500 BC
  31. 25 Priestesses
  32. 26 Old Babylonian convents
  33. 27 Married holy women
  34. 28 Soothsaying
  35. 29 Women and worship
  36. 30 The Sacred Marriage
  37. 31 The Middle Assyrian law-book about women
  38. 32 The value placed on women
  39. Bibliography
  40. Indexes
  41. Endnotes