In this volume the presupposition is investigated whether women in a polytheistic society had a better position than women in a monotheistic society. To this en

In modern literary studies intertextuality is at the centre of interest. Although the relationship between texts has always been an important aspect of Old Test

"Freed from contemporary theological categories that have been informed by ideological and psychological issues, but ever mindful of the social location of gend

This richly illustrated, non-technical reconstruction of "folk religion" in ancient Israel is based largely on recent archaeological evidence, but also incorpor