Suchergebnisse

Bryson's Management of the estate : English translation -- Background. Introduction ; Text and transmission -- Economy. Property ; Slaves -- Family. The wife ; The boy -- Text and translations of Bryson

Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The emergence of the Polish-Jewish intellectual: Chapter 1. A new elite -- Chapter 2. From Krewo to Warsaw: the formative years -- Part II: With or without a stethoscope, Between the two world wars -- Chapter 3. In the new Polish Republic -- Chapter 4. New state, New life: 1923-1935 -- Chapter 5. Between Here and there: The first Jewish physicians' congress in Palestine -- Chapter 6. Years of disillusionment, 1936-1939 -- Part III: Unfinished symphony -- Chapter 7. Death watches me from all sides: 1939-1943 -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Appendix: the fate of the Milejkowski family -- Bibliography and abbreviations -- Index.

Mesopotamian and biblical societies in antiquity were characterized by their patriarchal structure. The father was head of the family unit, and his rule extended over many areas of life. He had broad legal authority over the members of his household, including his offspring. It is therefore expected that in the ancient sources a dominant father figure would be mentioned alone or almost alone. And yet, in Mesopotamian and biblical texts, particularly legal writings, the exclusivity of the father is not always explicit. In many of the Mesopotamian and biblical writings, especially legal texts, the mother is mentioned in various contexts and in a range of realms, mainly those pertaining to her offspring. This intriguing phenomenon raised the question whether the mother in the ancient Near East and ancient Israel had legal authority in the household. The book The Legal Status of the Mother in the Ancient Near East and the Bible sheds light on the world of the ancient mothers and their status within the households and the societies in which they lived. This study demonstrates that the mother acted by virtue of the legal status she possessed in matters related to her sons and daughters' marriages and their behavior towards her. This book is for those walking in the fields of Mesopotamian and biblical research, and for readers interested in the universal subject in question - the relations between the mother and her offspring