{"product_id":"gods-goddesses-and-the-women-susan-ackerman-9780802879561","title":"Gods, Goddesses, and the Women Who Serve Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging study of women in ancient Israelite religion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Ackerman has spent her scholarly career researching underexamined aspects of the world of the Hebrew Bible--particularly those aspects pertaining to women. In this collection drawn from three decades of her work, she describes in fascinating detail the worship of goddesses in ancient Israel, the roles women played as priests and prophets, the cultic significance of queen mothers, and the Hebrew Bible's accounts of women's religious lives. Specific topics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe \"Queen of Heaven,\" a goddess whose worship was the object of censure in the book of Jeremiah \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsherah, the great Canaanite mother goddess for whom Judean women were described as weaving in the books of Kings \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebiblical figures considered as religious functionaries, such as Miriam, Deborah, and Zipporah \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe lack of women priests in ancient Israel explored against the prevalence of priestesses in the larger ancient Near Eastern world \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe cultic significance of queen mothers in Israel and throughout the ancient Near East \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsraelite women's participation in the cult of Yahweh and in the cults of various goddesses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Ackerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080287956X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802879561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.31w x 1.07d","brand":"Susan Ackerman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059747057919,"sku":"9780802879561","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a9732ca-7ce4-4cc5-bcb2-f82c1a76b373.jpg?v=1685060090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-goddesses-and-the-women-susan-ackerman-9780802879561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}