I need some help on anceint jewish culture please. Preferably around the persian occupation or before than (around 500 BCE ?) I am looking for religious traditions, the way life is for jewish women more specificly but anything really helps. But please no wikipedia or any other encyclopedias. They have good basic information but I am looking for more specifc information.
Anything Helps.
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2007-01-09 15:18:09 · 3 answers · asked by Kurious_Kat 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The Jews of Elephantine around that time is a great study. Woman actually had the right to divorce their husbands! A good resource book would be, Bezalel Porten, "Archives From Elephantine", (Los Angeles, University Of California Press, 1968)
2007-01-10 04:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by hope 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What are you specifically looking for?
-Jewish traditions in the time of the Achaemenid occupation?
-Jewish tradition from before that period?
-Does your search and study only wish to focus on the region of the Levent, or are you interested in other regions as well, such as Jewish populations in Egypt and in Babylonia?
-Are you interested in Jewish law related to women or only practical application of the law to the social situation of the time?
I suggest that your first place to begin your research, seriously, be the Torah. It is more than just a religious text and certainly is the basis for much of the study of the Ancient Jews.
I wish you luck on your research.
2007-01-10 00:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Phil 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out "the Jews of Iran" by Habib Levy and Encyclopedia Judaica.
2007-01-09 15:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by nestorian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋