Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue

• Yazar: Brooten, Bernadette (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Brown Judaic Studies
• Konular: Judaism
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book argues that women served as leaders in a number of synagogues during the Roman and Byzantine periods. The evidence for this consists of nineteen Greek and Latin inscriptions in which women bear the titles "head of the synagogue," "leader," "elder," "mothe...