Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue : Inscriptional Evidence and Background Issues / Bernadette J. Brooten.

Providence, RI : Brown Judaic Studies, 1982-2020.

Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, 1982-2020.

x, 281 pages : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; pages cm.

Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.

Publication of this book is made possible in part by The Max Richter Foundation of Rhode Island.

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Part One: The Inscriptional Evidence -- Part Two: Background Questions.

Women as Heads of Synagogues -- Woman as Leader -- Women as Elders -- Women as Mothers of the Synagogue -- Women as Priests -- Did the Ancient Synagogue Have a Women's Gallery or Separate Women's Section? -- Further Background Issues Relating to Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue.