TY - BOOK ID - 64897425 TI - Sex Rewarded, Sex Punished : A Study of the Status 'Female Slave' in Early Jewish Law AU - Kriger, Diane, AU - Kriger, Akiva, AU - Meacham, Tirzah, AU - Knowledge Unlatched PY - 2008 SN - 1644693291 9781644693292 PB - Academic Studies Press DB - UniCat KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. KW - Social Science KW - Gender Studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64897425 AB - A masterful intersection of Bible Studies, Gender Studies, and Rabbinic law, Diane Kriger explores the laws pertaining to female slaves in Jewish law. Comparing Biblical strictures with later Rabbinic interpretations as well as contemporary Greco-Roman and Babylonian codes of law, Kriger establishes a framework whereby a woman’s sexual identity also indicates her legal status. With sensitivity to the nuances in both ancient laws and ancient languages, Kriger adds greatly to our understanding of gender, slave status, and the matrilineal principle of descent in the Ancient Near East. ER -