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Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue

Bernadette Brooten
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  • Cover
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  • Title
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  • Copyright
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  • Dedication
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  • Contents
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  • Publishers’ Preface
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  • Introduction to the Digital Edition
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  • Acknowledgement
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  • Introduction
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  • Part One: The Inscriptional Evidence
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    • I. Women as Heads of Synagogues
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      • A. The Inscriptional Evidence for Women as Heads of Synagogues
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        • EXCURSUS: What is an Honorific Title?
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      • B. The Meaning of “Head of the Synagogue”
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        • 1. Literary Reference to the Title
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        • 2. Inscriptional Reference to the Title
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        • 3. Reconstruction of the Office of Head of the Synagogue
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        • 4. The Role of Women Synagogue Heads
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    • II. Women as Leader
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      • A. The Inscriptional Evidence for a Women as Leader
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      • B. Archēgos in Ancient Literature and Inscriptions
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      • C. The Meaning of archēgissa/archēgos in Jewish Inscriptions
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    • III. Women as Elders
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      • A. The Inscriptional Evidence for Women as Elders
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      • B. The Meaning of “Elder”
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        • 1. Literary Reference to the Title
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        • 2. Inscriptional Reference to the Title
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        • 3. Reconstruction of the Office of Elder
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        • 4. The Role of Women Elder
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    • IV. Women as Mother of the Synagogue
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      • A. The Evidence for Mother of the Synagogue
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        • 1. Inscriptional Evidence
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        • 2. Literary Evidence
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      • B. The Meaning of “Mother/Father” and “Mother/Father of the Synagogue”
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        • 1. The Received Scholarly Opinion
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        • 2. Further Literary Reference to the Title
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        • 3. Further Inscriptional Reference to the Title
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        • 4. Possible Non-Jewish Parallels
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    • V. Women as Priests
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      • A. The Inscriptional Evidence for Female Priests
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      • B. Possible Interpretations of hiereia/hierissa
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        • 1. Hiereia/hierissa is simply the Greek equivalent of kōhenet (Aramaic: kahanttā')
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        • 2. Hiereia/hierissa in the inscriptions means “priest” in the cultic sense of the term
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        • 3. Hiereia/hierissa could denote a synagogue function
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      • C. References to Male Priests in Inscriptions and Papyri
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  • Part Two: Background Questions
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    • VI. Did the Ancient Synagogue Have a Women's Gallery or Separate Women's Section?
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      • A. Is there Archaeological Evidence for a Women's Gallery or a Separate Women's Section?
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        • 1. Synagogues in Roman and Byzantine Palestine
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        • 2. Synagogues in the Diaspora in. the Roman and Byzantine Periods
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      • B. Is there Literary Evidence for a Women’s Gallery or Separate Women’s Section?
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      • C. Further Considerations
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    • VII. Further Background Issues Relating to Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue
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      • A. Women's Participation in Synagogue Worship Services
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      • B. Women as Donors to and of Synagogues
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      • C. Women as Proselytes to Judaism
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  • Conclusion
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  • Abbreviations
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  • Appendix: Women as Donors in the Ancient Synagogue
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    • A. Women as Donors of Synagogues or to Synagogues
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    • B. Women Donating Together with Their Husbands
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    • C. Donations on Behalf of Women
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  • Plates
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  • Notes
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  • Indices
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Published: 1982
Publisher: Brown Judaic Studies
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-951498-07-8 (ebook)
  • 978-1-951498-08-5 (PDF)
Subject
  • Religion
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