Burial statistics indicate high infant mortality when large families were economically necessary. Fear of infant mortality resulted in mythologies of child-stealing goddesses and family religious practices to combat them. In addition to childbearing, women managed household economies, especially clothing production and food storage and preparation. Tools connected with these activities occur in houses at Israelite sites like Tell Masos, Tell el-Far'ah, Beersheba, and Tell Halif together with ritual lamps, female figurines, and amulets women used to control supernatural forces. Ancient Near Eastern house shrines and neighborhood cult rooms where residents presented offerings to personal deities provide parallels that help interpret the votiv...
In the built environment of a past society it is often difficult to distinguish between sacred and p...
Fertility was the basis of primitive man’s economy. It is therefore not surprising to find that vari...
This archaeological study of healing shrines in North Lebanon begins with the story of why scholars ...
High infant mortality and short female life span threatened Israelite women, who were respected as h...
El presente trabajo analiza la posición de la mujer en la sociedad hebrea, respecto a la maternidad....
Historically, those studying Israelite religion have ignored the existence of women in Iron Age Isra...
This dissertation explores one aspect of Jewish women's religious lives, namely that of women mourni...
In pre-modern societies, childbirth was an extremely dangerous time in a woman’s life, exposing her ...
This dissertation explores one aspect of Jewish women's religious lives, namely that of women mourni...
Following the canonization of the Hebrew Bible, a new process of interpreting this text was initiate...
Women interviewed at a maternity hospital in Jerusalem were found to have selected childbirth ritual...
In spite of the sons and daughters received their names from their mother’s, at some point in Israel...
This investigation aims to ascertain whether or not the Israelites believed in the supernatural bene...
Textual and archaeological evidence confirms the use of fetuses in sorcery and magic in Roman Egypt,...
Textual and archaeological evidence confirms the use of fetuses in sorcery and magic in Roman Egypt,...
In the built environment of a past society it is often difficult to distinguish between sacred and p...
Fertility was the basis of primitive man’s economy. It is therefore not surprising to find that vari...
This archaeological study of healing shrines in North Lebanon begins with the story of why scholars ...
High infant mortality and short female life span threatened Israelite women, who were respected as h...
El presente trabajo analiza la posición de la mujer en la sociedad hebrea, respecto a la maternidad....
Historically, those studying Israelite religion have ignored the existence of women in Iron Age Isra...
This dissertation explores one aspect of Jewish women's religious lives, namely that of women mourni...
In pre-modern societies, childbirth was an extremely dangerous time in a woman’s life, exposing her ...
This dissertation explores one aspect of Jewish women's religious lives, namely that of women mourni...
Following the canonization of the Hebrew Bible, a new process of interpreting this text was initiate...
Women interviewed at a maternity hospital in Jerusalem were found to have selected childbirth ritual...
In spite of the sons and daughters received their names from their mother’s, at some point in Israel...
This investigation aims to ascertain whether or not the Israelites believed in the supernatural bene...
Textual and archaeological evidence confirms the use of fetuses in sorcery and magic in Roman Egypt,...
Textual and archaeological evidence confirms the use of fetuses in sorcery and magic in Roman Egypt,...
In the built environment of a past society it is often difficult to distinguish between sacred and p...
Fertility was the basis of primitive man’s economy. It is therefore not surprising to find that vari...
This archaeological study of healing shrines in North Lebanon begins with the story of why scholars ...