Sexuality and Law in the Torah (Hardcover)

Preface Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction Hilary Lipka and Bruce Wells Chapter 1. Categories of Sexuality Indigenous to Biblical Legal Materials David Tabb Stewart Chapter 2. The Daughter Sold into Slavery and Marriage Pamela Barmash Chapter 3. Rachel's Betrothal Contract and the Origins of Contract Law F. Rachel Magdalene Chapter 4. Judah, Tamar, and the Law of Levirate Marriage Eryl W. Davies Chapter 5. On the Beds of a Woman: The Leviticus Texts on Same-Sex Relations Reconsidered Bruce Wells Chapter 6. The Offense, Its Consequences, and the Meaning of ??? in Leviticus 19:29 Hilary Lipka Chapter 7. Priestly Marriage Restrictions Sarah Shectman Chapter 8. The Inheritance Injunction of Numbers 36: Zelophehad's Daughters and the Intersection of Land Inheritance and Sex Regulation M. L. Case Chapter 9. Reproducing Torah: Human and Divine Sexuality in the Book of Deuteronomy Steffan Mathias Chapter 10. Divorce in Archaic Crete: Comparative Perspectives on Deuteronomy 24:1-4 Anselm C. Hagedorn Chapter 11. Divorce Instruction and Covenantal Unfaithfulness: A New Examination of the Reuse of Deuteronomy 24:1-4 as Metaphor in Jeremiah 3:1-10 Kenneth Bergland Chapter 12. Sexual Relations and the Transition from Holy People to Human Sanctuary in Second Temple Times Hannah Harrington Index of Ancient Sources Index of Subjects Index of Authors