AN N EA 15 Chapter Gruber: AN N EA 15 Chapter : Gruber-Ancient Levant-Womens Roles

• School: UCLA
• Department: Ancient Near East
• Course: AN N EA 15
• Professor: Cooney Kara

Document Summary

Gruber-ancient levant-women"s roles: attribution of natural forces & cultural arts to goddesses -> enhanced women"s role (goddesses with positive divine qualities, but also single male deity in e. g. judaism, christianity & islam -> only male can be clergy. Concentration of divine power exclusively in he & exclusion of women from power in all settings. Women remained in some public roles in ancient israel for some time