TY - BOOK ID - 78044834 TI - Sex rewarded, sex punished : a study of the status "female slave" in early Jewish law AU - Kriger, Diane. AU - Yoreh, Tirzah Meacham leBeit. PY - 2011 SN - 1618111132 9781618111135 1934843482 9781934843482 9781934843482 PB - Boston : Academic Studies Press, DB - UniCat KW - Women (Jewish law) KW - Women slaves (Jewish law) KW - Women in the Bible. KW - Jewish law KW - Jewish women (Jewish law) KW - Women KW - Legal status, laws, etc. (Jewish law) KW - Women, Enslaved (Jewish law) KW - Enslaved women (Jewish law) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78044834 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 -