A Woman's Place is in the House : Royal Women of Judah and their involvement in the House of David
Archaeological discoveries have increasingly brought to light evidence of women's involvement in the royal houses of the ancient Near East, yet such evidence has not fundamentally altered the perception of monarchy as an exclusively male-gendered theological, political, and social institution. Solvang's study assembles the evidence in search of an integrated view of royal women's position and power in critical functions of monarchy, challenging customary assumptions about women's place in the royal harem. The historical information serves as a backdrop for a literary reading of biblical texts
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1 WHO ARE THE ROYAL WOMEN OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST?
Access
Industry
Service to the Kingdom
Cult
Dynasty
Chapter 2 WOMEN'S PLACE IN THE HOUSE
The Women of the Palace
To What Does 'Harem' Refer?
The Middle Assyrian Palace Decrees
Gender Segregation and Royal Women's Activity
Analogy to Imperial Turkish Harems
Gender Segregation and Royal Women's Activity in Turkish Harems
Women's Place in the Royal House
Women of the House
Leaving One Set of Houses and Entering Another. Part II
Chapter 3 WHO ARE THE ROYAL WOMEN OF THE HEBREW BIBLE?
The gěbîrâ
Mother of ... Wife of ... Daughter of
The Shape of the Regnal Notices
What's a Mother to Do?
Beyond the Titles
Chapter 4 MICHAL: A ROYAL DAUGHTER
A Man's Place Is in the House
The Woman of the House
Women Between Houses
Women of a Fallen House
A Woman without a House
A Man without a House
God's Place Is in the House
A Woman's Place Is in the House
Chapter 5 BATHSHEBA: A QUEEN MOTHER
One House Only
Taking in the Royal House
Keeping an Eye on the House. A New Woman in the House
Dis-placement in the Royal House
Re-placement in the Royal House: A Matter of Succession
Securing the Royal House
A Queen Mother in the House of David
Chapter 6 ATHALIAH: A QUEEN AND A KING
One House or Two?
Missing a Link
Emptying Out the House
A House within a House
Replacing the House
Retaking the House
The Missing Link: Remembering Athaliah
CONCLUSION: THE ROYAL WOMEN OF JUDAH AND THE HOUSE OF DAVID
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors
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