Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality: Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel

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Susan Ackerman (Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Dartmouth University)

Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality

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Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel

Susan Ackerman (Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, Dartmouth University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
20 March 2026

History of religion; Old Testaments; Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships

Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality is a deft study of women's life-cycle rituals in ancient Israel. These include rituals that marked a young woman's coming of age (

By: Susan Ackerman (Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion Emerita Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion Emerita Dartmouth University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9780197809655
ISBN 10: 0197809650
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 20 March 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prologue: Of Universals and Not Introduction: The Nature of Women's Life-Cycle Rituals Part I. A Girl's Birth and Coming into Maturity 1: The Birth of a Female Child 2: Women's (and Men's) Coming of Age Part II. Marriage 3: Israelite Betrothal Rituals 4: A Young Woman's Wedding Part III. Motherhood 5: Pregnancy and Childbirth 6: Naming a Child 7: Nursing and Weaning a Child Interlude 8: Menopause Part IV. Mortality 9: Ritually Marking a Woman's Death Epilogue: Of Fragments and (W)holes

Susan Ackerman is Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, at Dartmouth College.