Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233) and indexes.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Setting the Stage i -- Words of Warning i -- Sex, Status, and Homecoming: A Jewish Penelope? 4 -- Sin, Shame, and Sanctity: The Tale of the Lusty Wife and Rabbi Meir 15 -- Contents 25 -- Part I. Projections of Biblical Spheres of Women -- I. From Dinah to Cozbi: Rape, Sex, and Foundational Moments 33 -- From Rape to Parental Reticence 35 -- Why Not Marry a Shechemite? 42 -- Dinah and Matriarchal Betrothals 45 -- A Woman of the Wilderness: The Rape of Cozbi 49 -- Foundation Murders and Rapes 52 -- 2. Patriarchy and Patriotism: Integrating Sex into Second Temple Society 57 -- Birth of a Nation: Marriage and Patriotism in Ezra 58 -- Private and Public in Yehud 61 -- Sin, Scripture, and Intermarriage 63 -- The Fate of Foreign Spouses 66 -- The Case of the Defiant Daughter: Jubilees' Dinah 69 -- 3. From Esther to Aseneth: Marriage, Familial Stereotypes, and Domestic Felicity 76 -- Marriage Between Gentiles, Model : Ahasuerus and Vashti 77 -- Marriage Between Gentiles, Model 2: Haman and Zeresh 82 -- The Jewish Family 84 -- Intermarriage: Ahasuerus and Esther 89 -- Integrating Brides into the Family: Aseneth and Joseph 92 -- Part II. Visions of Rabbinic Order -- 4. Keeping Adultery at Bay: The Wayward Wife in Late Antiquity 105 -- Theologies and Theories of Sexuality: Roman and Rabbinic -- Perspectives 105 -- Suspecting Adultery no Preliminaries: Singling Out Adulteresses 113 -- The Right to Accuse: Constantinian and Rabbinic Innovations 118 -- The "Other": Lovers and Aftermath 125 -- 5. The Harmony of the Home in Late Antiquity: Jewish, Roman, and Christian Perspectives on Intermarriage 132 -- Why Not Marry a Goy? 137 -- Early Christianity and Marital Peripheries 151 -- Banning Jewish-Christian Marriage: Roman Legal Perspectives I55 -- Conclusion: To Die like a Woman? To Live like a Woman? Is There a Jewess in Judaism? 16I.