A Biblical Investigation of Matriarchal Structures in Ancient Semitic Life

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" A Biblical Investigation of Matriarchal Structures in Ancient Semitic Life "
Margaret English de Alminana

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079672
Doc. No	:	LA123301
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17455251-02501009‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Margaret English de Alminana
Title & Author	:	A Biblical Investigation of Matriarchal Structures in Ancient Semitic Life [Article]\ Margaret English de Alminana
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	25/1
Page No	:	58–73
Abstract	:	This article demonstrates that a gender-stratified template for the leadership of family and government believed to be modeled after ancient Semitic patriarchal structures according to a pattern found in Old Testament biblical texts is erroneous. It shall demonstrate that strong elements of matriarchalism existed alongside of patriarchalism and that Old Testament texts offer no accurate template for gender-based governance. This article demonstrates that a gender-stratified template for the leadership of family and government believed to be modeled after ancient Semitic patriarchal structures according to a pattern found in Old Testament biblical texts is erroneous. It shall demonstrate that strong elements of matriarchalism existed alongside of patriarchalism and that Old Testament texts offer no accurate template for gender-based governance.
Descriptor	:	eponym
Descriptor	:	kinship
Descriptor	:	matriarch
Descriptor	:	matrilineal
Descriptor	:	patriarch
Descriptor	:	patrilineal
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17455251-02501009‬