Iudeae benemerenti
Towards a Study of Jewish Women in the Western Roman Empire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3937460 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Serena Zabin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3/4 |
| Pages | 262 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1192653 |
| OpenAlex | W2325173155 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
epitaphs.2 Many of these epitaphs are formulaic in the extreme, while others offer us brief glimpses of emotion. Some are in Latin, many more in Greek. Only by collating and comparing as many of these epitaphs as possible will we squeeze any information about Jewish women's lives from these stones. Recently, the lives ofJewish women in classical antiquity have begun to attract scholarly notice. Bernadette Brooten was the first modern scholar to studyJewish women's epitaphs as a separate entity. Her work primarily assesses whether the titles of leadership in the synagogue given to women on inscriptions were functional or honorific. She concluded that women's socio-political status in
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Empire · Judaism · Roman Empire · Sociology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Gender Studies · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |