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General Index Abduction marriage: biblical, 34, 43-48; Greek, 38, 40, 41, 44; Roman law, 39, 43· See also Aseneth; Betrothal; Bride-theft; Dinah; Rape; Women Abraham: Genesis, 45-48, 51, 85, 133, 161; Jubilees, 70, 73 Adam and Eve, 22, 48, 133 Adultery: biblical and Jewish law, 15, 28, 29, 72, 105-7, 110-17, 122-31, 134, 157-59, r66, 170; Roman law, 107, 117-22, I243I , 156; Roman literature, ro8, 109. See also Augustus; Courts; Death; Divorce; Dowry; Gentiles; Hippolytus; Jewesses; Jews; Judah; Lucretia; Marriage; Meir; Morality; Procreation; Prostitution; Seduction; Sex; Testimony Agamemnon, 12, 40 Ahab (king of Israel), 91 Ahasuerus (king of Persia), 25, 77-81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90-93. See also Esther; Haman Akiva (sage and rabbi), 9-14, r8, 116, r6870 . See also Kalba Savua; Penelope; Rachel Ambrose (bishop of Milan, 340-97 c.E.), 209 n. 69 Amnon (son of David), 33, 41, 48. See also Tamar Antioch, 117 Aphrodite, 17, r8, 107 Aristotle, 33 Artemis, 17, 18 Aseneth (wife of Joseph; heroine of Joseph and Aseneth), 76-78, 92-102, 146, 167, 168; abduction, 95; Genesis, 92; intermarriage , 94; model Jewess, 28, 102, 110. See also Abduction marriage; Bridetheft ; Egypt; Family; Gentiles; Joseph; Property Athens, 24, r66 Augustine (bishop of Hippo, 354-430 C.E.), 122, 130 Augustus (emperor, 27/31 B.C.E.-14 c.E.), 119, 120, 129, 157; legislation on adultery, 109, 112, 116; lex Iulia, 112, 130. See also Adultery Baal, worship of, 52, 54 Babylon, 25, 145; academy in, 16 Balaam, 56 Balak, 56 Baptism, 151 Bastards (mamzerim), Jewish law, 138, 14043 , 148. See also Birth; Children; Gentiles Bellerophon, r6 Benjamin (son of Jacob and Rachel; character in Joseph and Aseneth): biblical, 162, 163; Joseph and Aseneth, 98 Beruriah (wife of Rabbi Meir), 23, 24 Betrothal (kiddushin), 46, 72, 138, 139, 141, 143; effect on fanilly and clan relationships , 44, 47; Jewish law, 143-49. See also Abduction marriage; Dinah; Rabbinic Sources under Index of Sources Bigamy, Roman law, 118 Birth, 9, 13, so, 64, 70, 98, 133, 134; Jewish law, 140, 164, r66, 167; role and importance of women for, 48, 159, 162, 166. See also Bastards; Childbirth; Children; Death Boaz, 91 Brachia (rabbi), 147 Brides, 12, 59, 6o, 62; bride price, 37-39, 46, 47; identity and family, 93, 99, 133, 134, 167; intermarriage, 71, 77, 87, 93-94, 146, 148, 152, 154, 155; Jewish law, 8, 62, 71, 77, 93. See also Intermarriage; Jewesses; Marriage; Women Bride-theft, 34, 39-43, 6o. See also Abduction marriage; Aseneth; Dinah General Index Brutus (avenger of Lucretia), 53-56. See also Lucretia Cain, 132 Celibacy, 17, r8; forced, 13, 51, 121, r63. See also Chastity; Virginity Chastity, I7, 73, 109; female, 3, 15, 52, 53, 85, 102, II7, I22, I3o; male, 12, I9, 22. See also Celibacy; Virginity Childbirth, death of women in, 4, r62, r64, I69. See also Birth; Children; Death; Jewesses; Procreation; Women Children, 5-7, ro, I2, I4, 27, 28, 35, 38, 41, 50-52, 55, 57, 6I, 65-69, 72, 74-76, 82, 85, 88, 93, 97-IOI, 105, I07, II7, 124, I29, 132, 133, 137-51, I54, 158-69. See also Bastards; Birth; Childbirth; Love; Procreation Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), I2 Codex Justinianus. See Roman Legal Sources under Index of Citations Codex Theodosianus. See Roman Legal Sources under Index of Citations Collatinus (husband of Lucretia), 52-54 Constantine I (emperor, 306-37 C.E.), 39, I20, I2I, I24, I57 Courts: "biblical," 78, 90; Greek, 78, 90, IOI; Jewish, II3-I5, I2I-24, I56; Roman, I08, n2, 121, 128, I57· See also Adultery; Divorce; Dowry; Esther; Remarriage; Roman Legal Sources under Index of Citations Cozbi (Midianite princess), 26, 33, 49-52, 54-56, no, 129, 163, I65, 167. See also Levi; Phineas; Rape; Shimon; Zimri Cynegius (Praetorian prefect), I56 Cyprian (bishop of Carthage), rsr Cyrus (king of Persia), 58, 59 David (king of Israel and Judah), 6, 33, 41 Death, 3, 5, 7, n, 17, 43, 49, 56, 72, 99, roo; atonement, so, II9, 126; biblical law, 72, ro6, n3; Jewish law, r6, 19, 22; penalty for rape in biblical law, 35, 36; suicide, 19, 53, 108. See also Adultery; Birth; Childbirth; Widows; Women; Deborah (judge), 163, 164 Delilah, 3 Diaspora, 2, 76, 77, 85, 91, 92, I36, rso Digest. See Roman Legal Sources under Index of Citations Dinah (daughter of Jacob and Leah): biblical , I, 26, 28, 33, 34, so, 52, 59, 63, 92; -,abduction of, 42-47, 66...

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