This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections.

Peled explores issues beginning with the wide societal perspective of gender equality and inequality, continues to the institutional perspective of economy, palace and temple, the family, and lastly, sex crimes. All the texts mentioned or referred to in the book are given in an appendix, both in the original languages and in English translation, allowing scholars to access the primary sources for themselves.

Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible offers an invaluable resource for anyone working on Near Eastern society and culture, and gender in the ancient world more broadly.

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections.

Peled explores issues beginning with the wide societal perspective of gender equality and inequality, continues to the institutional perspective of economy, palace and temple, the family, and lastly, sex crimes. All the texts mentioned or referred to in the book are given in an appendix, both in the original languages and in English translation, allowing scholars to access the primary sources for themselves.

Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible offers an invaluable resource for anyone working on Near Eastern society and culture, and gender in the ancient world more broadly.

This book focuses on the element of thresholds – makeshift gates, makeshift structures and house doors – as concepts of liminality in ancient Near Eastern magical rituals and the idea of transformation they reflect.

Readers gain an in-depth understanding of theories of liminality and rites of passage and how they illuminate fascinating aspects of social behavior and religious and cultic practices in ancient Near Eastern societies, specifically Hatti and Mesopotamia. Ritual liminality, manifested in the use of makeshift and permanent architectural elements, was meant to facilitate two different aims: transformation from one category to the other (using makeshift gates and structures) and separation between categories (using house doors). The book presents the pertinent ritual texts in their original languages, analyzes these texts in detail, and offers comparative discussions of the different cultures that practiced these rituals.

Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals is suitable for students and scholars interested in ancient religions, rituals, and cults, particularly in the ancient Near East, as well as those working on ancient history, philology, anthropology, and religious studies more broadly.

This book focuses on the element of thresholds – makeshift gates, makeshift structures and house doors – as concepts of liminality in ancient Near Eastern magical rituals and the idea of transformation they reflect.

Readers gain an in-depth understanding of theories of liminality and rites of passage and how they illuminate fascinating aspects of social behavior and religious and cultic practices in ancient Near Eastern societies, specifically Hatti and Mesopotamia. Ritual liminality, manifested in the use of makeshift and permanent architectural elements, was meant to facilitate two different aims: transformation from one category to the other (using makeshift gates and structures) and separation between categories (using house doors). The book presents the pertinent ritual texts in their original languages, analyzes these texts in detail, and offers comparative discussions of the different cultures that practiced these rituals.

Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals is suitable for students and scholars interested in ancient religions, rituals, and cults, particularly in the ancient Near East, as well as those working on ancient history, philology, anthropology, and religious studies more broadly.

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections.

Peled explores issues beginning with the wide societal perspective of gender equality and inequality, continues to the institutional perspective of economy, palace and temple, the family, and lastly, sex crimes. All the texts mentioned or referred to in the book are given in an appendix, both in the original languages and in English translation, allowing scholars to access the primary sources for themselves.

Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible offers an invaluable resource for anyone working on Near Eastern society and culture, and gender in the ancient world more broadly.

This volume examines how gender relations were regulated in ancient Near Eastern and biblical law. The textual corpus examined includes the various pertinent law collections, royal decrees and instructions from Mesopotamia and Hatti, and the three biblical legal collections.

Peled explores issues beginning with the wide societal perspective of gender equality and inequality, continues to the institutional perspective of economy, palace and temple, the family, and lastly, sex crimes. All the texts mentioned or referred to in the book are given in an appendix, both in the original languages and in English translation, allowing scholars to access the primary sources for themselves.

Law and Gender in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible offers an invaluable resource for anyone working on Near Eastern society and culture, and gender in the ancient world more broadly.

This book focuses on the element of thresholds – makeshift gates, makeshift structures and house doors – as concepts of liminality in ancient Near Eastern magical rituals and the idea of transformation they reflect.

Readers gain an in-depth understanding of theories of liminality and rites of passage and how they illuminate fascinating aspects of social behavior and religious and cultic practices in ancient Near Eastern societies, specifically Hatti and Mesopotamia. Ritual liminality, manifested in the use of makeshift and permanent architectural elements, was meant to facilitate two different aims: transformation from one category to the other (using makeshift gates and structures) and separation between categories (using house doors). The book presents the pertinent ritual texts in their original languages, analyzes these texts in detail, and offers comparative discussions of the different cultures that practiced these rituals.

Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals is suitable for students and scholars interested in ancient religions, rituals, and cults, particularly in the ancient Near East, as well as those working on ancient history, philology, anthropology, and religious studies more broadly.

This book focuses on the element of thresholds – makeshift gates, makeshift structures and house doors – as concepts of liminality in ancient Near Eastern magical rituals and the idea of transformation they reflect.

Readers gain an in-depth understanding of theories of liminality and rites of passage and how they illuminate fascinating aspects of social behavior and religious and cultic practices in ancient Near Eastern societies, specifically Hatti and Mesopotamia. Ritual liminality, manifested in the use of makeshift and permanent architectural elements, was meant to facilitate two different aims: transformation from one category to the other (using makeshift gates and structures) and separation between categories (using house doors). The book presents the pertinent ritual texts in their original languages, analyzes these texts in detail, and offers comparative discussions of the different cultures that practiced these rituals.

Magical Passages in Ancient Near Eastern Rituals is suitable for students and scholars interested in ancient religions, rituals, and cults, particularly in the ancient Near East, as well as those working on ancient history, philology, anthropology, and religious studies more broadly.