Jessica M. Keady is Researcher in Biblical Studies and Gender at the University of Chester, UK.
Keady's erudite book combines insights from all of textual analysis, theory of gender and im/purity and archaeology to construct a nuanced and plausible picture of everyday Essene life ... A welcome foray of gender and masculinity into the corpus of DSS writings. * The Expository Times * [This book] is well structured and the argumentation is clear and straightforward. When referring to ancient texts, Keady provides both the ancient text and its translation ... Sheds new light on the DSS and the community at Qumran by providing insights into the everyday experience of purity and impurity ... This is a major contribution to the topics of purity, women, and gender in the DSS and the Qumran communities. * Biblische Notizen *