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{en} Integrating Jewish Women into Second Temple History (1999) is a book by Tal Ilan.

Abstract

"Most studies about women, Jewish and other, are usually confined to the domestic sphere: the home, the family, the bed. Yet women were present at all historical events, and it is not only their presence but also their significance for these events which should be recognized. All the sources seem to militate against an approach which assumes the presence of women at public events. When dealing with politics, war and religion they ignore women; when dealing with women, they confine themselves to their prescribed region of the home. In this book Tal Ilan seeks to discover women in public places and at the main events of Second Temple Judaism. The primary principle guiding her work is that if by chance women are mentioned in sources, they should not be treated as a means for explaining the event but rather as an end in themselves. Thus sources showing women as remote or obscure turn out to yield much relevant material. Tal Ilan investigates women's association with the Pharisees and other sects, and analyses women's role in the writings of Josephus, Ben Sira and other important sources. Furthermore she presents us with new insights into famous women: Shelamzion Alexandra, Beruriah, Berenice and others. Special space is devoted to the importance of the Judaean Desert Documents for women’s history."--Publisher description.

"In diesem Werk versucht Tal Ilan, Frauen an den öffentlichen Orten und bei den Hauptereignissen des Judentums des zweiten Tempels aufzuspüren. Dabei legt sie zugrunde, daß die Erwähnung von Frauen eigentlich in den Quellen nicht als Mittel zur Erklärung des Ereignisses, sondern um ihrer selbst willen verwendet werden sollte. Dadurch erweisen sich Quellen, die Frauen als unnahbar oder unbedeutend darstellen, als Fundgrube vielen wichtigen Materials. Tal Ilan untersucht die Beziehung der Frauen zu den Pharisäern und zu anderen Sekten und analysiert die Rolle der Frau in den Schriften von Josephus, Ben Sira und anderen wichtigen Quellen. Sie gibt uns Einsichten über berühmte Frauen wie Shelamzion Alexandra, Beruriah, Berenice und andere, und widmet sich insbesondere der Bedeutung der Dokumente der judäischen Wüste für die Geschichte der Frau."--Publisher description (German).

Editions

Published in Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 1999 (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism, 76); and Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2001.

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External links

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