Tresses and Distresses: Literary and Social Aspects of Women’s Hair in Second Temple Jewish Literature

This article explores the literary context of three types of hair modification in Second Temple Jewish literature: disarranging, unveiling, and cutting, when they occur and the social categories they embody. All of these behaviors mark women as mourners, with the tearing/cutting and disheveling of h...

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Main Author: Livneh, Atar (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 417-445
Further subjects:B Hair
B Biblical Exegesis
B Supplication
B Veiling
B Gender
B Mourning
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