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Drums, Women, and Goddesses: Drumming and Gender in Iron Age II Israel

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Date

Date
2007
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Paz, S. (2007). Drums, Women, and Goddesses: Drumming and Gender in Iron Age II Israel (Vol. 232). Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Abstract

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Abstract

The numerous depictions of drumming – mainly figurines of female drum players as well as the Old Testament – indicate that the drum was a feminine instrument. The present study considers the gender-related contexts of drumming in Iron Age II Israel. Following a survey and analysis of the archaeological, biblical, and ethnographic data, the study ascertains a gender model characterizing this musical activity and its contexts in Israelite society. One facet of drumming by women, very pronounced in the archaeological record, but totally

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Creators (Authors)

  • Paz, Sarit

Place of Publication

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Place of Publication
Fribourg, Switzerland / Göttingen, Germany

Publisher

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Publisher
Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

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Monograph

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English

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2007

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2017-12-19

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Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis

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Volume
232

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Number of pages

Number of pages
143

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978-3-7278-1610-9

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Green

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Paz, S. (2007). Drums, Women, and Goddesses: Drumming and Gender in Iron Age II Israel (Vol. 232). Academic Press / Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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