The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gender. Paradigmatically the significance and meaning of gender and sexuality is explored in the context of private and public, religious and secular spaces. Historical, cultural, and social norms (and deviations) of daily life are examined through the lens of textual, archaeological, and art historical investigations to interpret relics of ancient Israelite, Jewish, and Christian communities from the Iron Age through Late Antiquity. Scholars from varied disciplines such as biblical and classical archaeology, epigraphy, Old and New Testament exegesis and religious studies assembled to engage in a dialogue involving both texts and material culture.
Light Against Darkness : Dualism in Ancient Mediterranean Religion and the Contemporary World
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Biblical Quotations and Allusions in Second Temple Jewish Literature
Armin Lange, Matthias Weigold
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Between Text and Text : The Hermeneutics of Intertextuality in Ancient Cultures and Their Afterlife in Medieval and Modern Times
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The Ways of a King : Legal and Political Ideas in the Bible
Geoffrey P. Miller
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Between Symbolism and Realism : The Use of Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Language in Ancient Jewish Apocalypses 333-63 B.C.E
Bennie H. Reynolds Reynolds
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Between Cooperation and Hostility : Multiple Identities in Ancient Judaism and the Interaction with Foreign Powers
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"See, I will bring a scroll recounting what befell me" (Ps 40:8) : Epigraphy and Daily Life from the Bible to the Talmud
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Religious Competition in the Third Century CE: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World
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Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls : Archaeology and Literature of the Qumran Caves
Hanan Eshel
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The Faces of Torah : Studies in the Texts and Contexts of Ancient Judaism in Honor of Steven Fraade
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"You Shall Not Kill" : The Prohibition of Killing in Ancient Religions and Cultures
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Institutionalized Routine Prayers at Qumran: Fact or Assumption?
Paul Heger
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