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Varieties Of Religious Expression In The Domestic Setting
Abstract
Religious activities in Israel were enacted in real time and space and required the use of both ritual and commonplace artifacts. This chapter suggests that family elders of both sexes oversaw religious practice at these household shrines, but these elders held no monopoly over expressions of domestic piety. It addresses some of the questions raised by the use of domestic space for ritual activities. How can cultic areas within the domestic venue be identified and cultic acts reconstructed? What do they contribute to our knowledge of family religion? Finally, what does the consideration of mixed-use space as the locus of cultic activities contribute to ongoing discussions about gender and religion?. Keywords: domestic setting; religious expression
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“In towns such as Mizpah (Tell en-Nasbeh), Tirzah (Tell el-Far'ah [N]), and Rehov (Tel Rehov), simple”
From Women in Israelite Religion: The State of Research Is All New Research (2019) · cites this paper as Nakhai 2011
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“A panoply of small, easy-to-move cultic objects that might include figurines, votive vessels, lamps, little stone altars, ceramic offering stands, amulets, specially colored beads, and more, some configuration of which is found in most four-room houses, highlights women's agency in domestic religion (Meyers 2005;Willett 2008;Nakhai 2011, pp. 355-59;2014a, p. 56).”
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“Elders in towns and villages, heads of households, and individuals as well, all shared responsibility for the physical-and hence spiritual-maintenance of the community (Nakhai 2011).”
From Women in Israelite Religion: The State of Research Is All New Research (2019) · cites this paper as Nakhai 2011
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“Women, as well as men, would have been counted among Israel's elders, adjudicating conflicts, dispensing justice, and-most significant for this discussion-participating in ritual ceremonies (Nakhai 2011).”
From Women in Israelite Religion: The State of Research Is All New Research (2019) · cites this paper as Nakhai 2011
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nakhai, B. A.
- Corresponding author
- Nakhai, Beth Alpert
- ORCID
- Nakhai, Beth Alpert
- Venue
- Household Archaeology in Ancient Israel and Beyond
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2011-01-01
- Pages
- 347-360
- OpenAlex
- W270319163
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 8.08
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Jewish Identity and Society
- Keywords
- household shrines, domestic piety, family religion, ritual space, mixed-use space, gender and religion, family elders, sacred objects, Israelite religion, domestic space
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