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Royal women at Ugarit : reconceiving the house of the father
Title
Royal women at Ugarit : reconceiving the house of the father / Christine Neal Thomas.
ISBN
100301738X
1040130577
1040130593
9781003017387
9781040130575
9781040130599
9780367820664
9781032850566
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
Copyright Notice Date
©2025
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages).
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Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 01, 2024).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Christine Neal Thomas is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Xavier University in joint appointment with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Hebrew Bible and Northwest Semitics and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary.
Summary
"This volume challenges patrimonialism as a political model for the ancient Near East by engaging with letters and legal texts concerning royal women at Late Bronze Age Ugarit, demonstrating women's pivotal roles in the exercise of power and then bringing these insights to bear on the Hebrew Bible. The book offers a new vision of how women figure in ancient political systems. Through an analysis of royal letters, legal verdicts, and regional records, it examines overt claims and implicit anxieties concerning the pivotal roles of royal women. Three case studies from Late Bronze Age Ugarit reveal that a single woman functioning in a range of modalities-mother, daughter, sister, and wife-brokered a network of relationships among a range of men. Patrimonialism depended on the political polyvalence of women. Texts from Ugarit attest to this reality, and the biblical royal women of the House of David amplify its significance. This analysis of women's activity within and among royal households is productive not only for the study of the Late Bronze Age Levant, but also as a model for analogous inquiries into ancient societies and other systems in which data are thin and patrimonialism widely in evidence. Royal Women at Ugarit is suitable for students and scholars working on women and gender in the ancient Near East, as well as those interested in the political realm of the Late Bronze Age and the intersections of biblical literature with other ancient texts"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Thomas, Christine Neal. Royal women at Ugarit Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2024
Series
The ancient word
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Politics and patrimonialism
Royal mothers and sons in the Ugaritic letters
Royal mothers and sons in imperial perspective
The divorce of the daughter of the great lady
Her brother may not speak with her : embattled kingship
Ugarit and beyond : points of contact with Biblical patrimonialism
Conclusion.
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