Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality: Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel
Author:   Susan Ackerman (Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Dartmouth University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   408
Publication Date:   29 October 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality: Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel


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Author:   Susan Ackerman (Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Dartmouth University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 23.50cm , Length: 2.70cm
Weight:   0.677kg
ISBN:  

9780197809655


ISBN 10:   0197809650
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   29 October 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Prologue: Of Universals and Not Introduction: The Nature of Women's Life-Cycle Rituals Part I. A Girl's Birth and Coming into Maturity 1: The Birth of a Female Child 2: Women's (and Men's) Coming of Age Part II. Marriage 3: Israelite Betrothal Rituals 4: A Young Woman's Wedding Part III. Motherhood 5: Pregnancy and Childbirth 6: Naming a Child 7: Nursing and Weaning a Child Interlude 8: Menopause Part IV. Mortality 9: Ritually Marking a Woman's Death Epilogue: Of Fragments and (W)holes

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Susan Ackerman is Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, at Dartmouth College.

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