Women in the Hebrew Scriptures
Feminist translation of the Book of Ruth and Illustrations from many different periods an excellent site
The Book of Ruth from the Catholic Encyclopedia
The Song of Songs explores the text as music about women
The Book of Judith from the CatholicEncyclopedia
Rings of Passion: Anguish PSB site on The Book of Judith
Women of the Hebrew Bible created by students
- The Bible
- Full text versions of the Bible, in several translations. (Includes New Testament, not accepted as canonical by Jews).
- The Bible Gateway
- Search the King James Version (KJV) or the revised standard version (RSV) for assigned keywords and phrases. Restrict your answer to passages from the Pentateuch (Torah: Genesis, exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) excellent site.
- Story
of the Levite and his concubine from Judges 19-21 from the Bible
Gateway. Includes audio files. This story illustrates the notion of
women as property in the Hebrew texts.
Story of Lot and the Sodomites from Genesis 19 from the Bible Gateway. Includes audio files. This story illustrates the notion of women as property in the Hebrew texts.
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Lilith links and articles
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Women in Judaism a multidisciplinary journal
The Jewish Virtual Library -- Women
Center for the Study of Women in Judaism
Women in Judaism an online course available through subscription
Women in Judaism some study sheets and articles
Lilith magazine independent Jewish woman's magazine
- Israel: Archaeology from the air
- A wonderful series of aerial photographs, capturing the history of Israel from Biblical through Roman times!
- Israel in old maps and views
- An exciting introduction to the art of cartography, which provides some interesting glimpses into the world view of the ancient, medieval, and early modern world.
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