Who is “Worthy of Honour”? Women as Elders in Late Second Temple Period Literature
Groups and individuals known as “elders” (Greek: presbyteros, gerousia; Hebrew: zaqan) are often found in ancient Jewish texts and inscriptions. Their ubiquity in such texts and inscriptions is accompanied by very little information about their actual function. Generally, this may be because we have...
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University of Sheffield
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://jibs.hcommons.org/2022/11/02/4-2-scales-worthy-of-honour/ |