The house of the mother : the social roles of maternal kin in Biblical Hebrew narrative and poetry / Cynthia R. Chapman.

Author
Chapman, Cynthia R., 1964- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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    Upending traditional scholarship on patrilineal genealogy, Cynthia Chapman draws on twenty years of research to uncover an underappreciated yet socially significant kinship unit in the Bible: "the house of the mother." In households where a man had two or more wives, siblings born to the same mother worked to promote and protect one another's interests. Revealing the hierarchies of the maternal houses and political divisions within the national house of Israel, this book provides us with a nuanced understanding of domestic and political life in ancient Israel.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-301) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Disrupting the begats (tôlēdôt)
    • 1. House (bayit)
    • 2. The house of the mother (bêt 'ēm)
    • 3. Chamber of her who conceived me (ḥeder hôrātî)
    • 4. My brothers, the sons of my mother ('aḥay bĕnê-'immî)
    • 5. No, son of my womb (ma-bar-bịtnî)
    • 6. Like a brother to me, one who had nursed at my mother's breasts (kĕ'āḥ lî yônēq šĕdê 'immî)
    • 7. The one who opens the womb (peṭer reḥem)
    • 8. The house of the father of his mother (bêt-'ăbî 'immô)
    • 9. Like Rachel and Leah who together built up the house of Israel (kĕrāḥēl ûkĕlē'a 'ăšer bānû šĕtêhem 'et-bêt yiśrā'ēl).
    ISBN
    • 9780300197945 ((alk. paper))
    • 0300197942 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016934919
    OCLC
    945946547
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