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BAS's Acclaimed Video Lectures: Series One: Miriam and Zipporah: Women in the Life of Moses Susan Ackerman
Reflecting on women's roles in ancient Israelite religion, Ackerman offers the theory that while men controlled positions of leadership during periods of stability, women could take on leadership roles in times of crisis. Finding support for her theory in the lives of the five female biblical prophets, she focuses on two female figures in Moses' life: Miriam and Zipporah. Susna Ackerman, and associate professor at Dartmouth College, specializes in ancient Near Eastern history and religion, focusing in particular on the relationships between Israelite religion and the religions of Israel's neighbors. Her doctoral work at Harvard, Under Every Green Tree: Popular Religion in Sixth Century Judah (Scholars Press, 1992), described ritual practices considered unorthodox by the Bible's authors. Her book Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, and Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel (Doubleday, 1998), a discussion of the social roles described for women in the Book of Judges and elsewhere, is part of the Anchor Bible Reference Library. She is currently working on "The Cultural History of Ancient Israel," for the multiauthored volume A Cultural History of the Jews. BAS 1999, VHS, 60 minutes.
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