Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue

• Главный автор: Brooten, Bernadette (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: Brown Judaic Studies
• Предметы: Judaism
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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...