Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue

• मुख्य लेखक: Brooten, Bernadette (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Brown Judaic Studies
• विषय: Judaism
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...