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"""While much ink keeps spilling over the proscriptive texts about men and women in Scripture (particularly about women), much is done at the neglect of imagining the context of real-life, on-the-ground conduct and responsibilities in their homes, synagogues, and society. These short essays are packed with quality scholarship and insight into a more multidimensional approach to 'the biblical world of gender.' This approach will certainly help shape our future discussions on the proscriptive texts."" --Aimee Byrd, author of The Sexual Reformation ""What role did gender have in the 'daily lives' of biblical characters? . . . By starting with the material culture of Israelite and Jewish communities, the authors bring women out of isolation and into their proper place as valuable contributors to the community. Gaining insight into the assumed cultural context of the ancient world allows the authors to suggest new interpretations of gender in the biblical world and starts a conversation that I hope will be ongoing."" --Cyndi Parker, owner and creative director of Narrative of Place"

While much ink keeps spilling over the proscriptive texts about men and women in Scripture (particularly about women), much is done at the neglect of imagining the context of real-life, on-the-ground conduct and responsibilities in their homes, synagogues, and society. These short essays are packed with quality scholarship and insight into a more multidimensional approach to 'the biblical world of gender.' This approach will certainly help shape our future discussions on the proscriptive texts. --Aimee Byrd, author of The Sexual Reformation What role did gender have in the 'daily lives' of biblical characters? . . . By starting with the material culture of Israelite and Jewish communities, the authors bring women out of isolation and into their proper place as valuable contributors to the community. Gaining insight into the assumed cultural context of the ancient world allows the authors to suggest new interpretations of gender in the biblical world and starts a conversation that I hope will be ongoing. --Cyndi Parker, owner and creative director of Narrative of Place

While much ink keeps spilling over the proscriptive texts about men and women in Scripture (particularly about women), much is done at the neglect of imagining the context of real-life, on-the-ground conduct and responsibilities in their homes, synagogues, and society. These short essays are packed with quality scholarship and insight into a more multidimensional approach to 'the biblical world of gender.' This approach will certainly help shape our future discussions on the proscriptive texts. --Aimee Byrd, author of The Sexual Reformation What role did gender have in the 'daily lives' of biblical characters? . . . By starting with the material culture of Israelite and Jewish communities, the authors bring women out of isolation and into their proper place as valuable contributors to the community. Gaining insight into the assumed cultural context of the ancient world allows the authors to suggest new interpretations of gender in the biblical world and starts a conversation that I hope will be ongoing. --Cyndi Parker, owner and creative director of Narrative of Place

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Celina Durgin is the Director of Operations at the Center for Hebraic Thought, editor of The Biblical Mind, and has written and reported on politics, religion, and culture. Dru Johnson is an associate professor of biblical studies at The King's College in New York City and director of the Center for Hebraic Thought.

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