Midwives in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Ancient Israel: An Intersectional Investigation

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Biblical Theology Bulletin Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.1177/01461079221102970

Gale A. Yee

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Abstract

Although we have some artifacts of birth equipment from archaeology, this study will argue that the knowledge we have about midwives in ancient Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia primarily comes to us from the hegemonic domain of ideologies, myths, ideas, and symbols. Texts about the goddesses of birth relate something about the social roles and practices of midwives in the human sphere. The decline or complete absence of the goddess in these mythic or religious texts may offer clues about gendered, raced, and classed relations among humans in their respective ancient societies. Moreover, midwives will continue to play symbolic and ideological roles in the textual arena of today’s modern world.

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助产士在埃及，美索不达米亚和古代以色列:交叉调查

尽管我们从考古学中发现了一些分娩设备的人工制品，但这项研究将证明，我们对古代以色列、埃及和美索不达米亚助产士的了解主要来自于意识形态、神话、观念和符号的霸权领域。关于生育女神的文本与人类领域中接生婆的社会角色和实践有关。在这些神话或宗教文本中，女神的衰落或完全缺失可能为各自古代社会中人类之间的性别、种族和阶级关系提供线索。此外，助产士将继续在当今现代世界的文本舞台上发挥象征性和意识形态的作用。

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