ISBN 9781589837614 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)
International voices in biblical studies : Society of Biblical Literature ; number 4
Print version: Garcia Bachmann, Mercedes L. Women at work in the Deuteronomistic history. Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2013] xiv, 413 pages ; 24 cm. International voices in biblical studies : Society of Biblical Literature ; number 4 ISBN 9781589837553
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
An overview of female labor in the Hebrew Bible --The challenge of studying working women -- Standing on the shoulders of our predecessors -- Society’s conditions affecting women’s lives in ancient Israel -- Female slaves and dependents, literal and ideological, in Israel -- Hide and seek: miscellaneous women -- Female workers related to the royal household -- Prostitutes or "sex workers" -- Reassessing the social location of female in DtrH.