Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality

Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality is a deft study of women's life-cycle rituals in ancient Israel. These include rituals that marked a young woman's coming of age ("e;maturity"e;) and her betrothal and wedding ("e;marriage"e;); rituals undertaken by women during pregnancy, parturition, and their first days and early years after giving birth ("e;motherhood"e;); and rituals that were enacted...