Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Existing Studies of Women in Iron Age/Biblical Israel -- How This Book is Different -- The Sources -- The Historical Context -- Why the Iron Age I? -- Summary of Chapters -- 1 Birth and Background -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Bet 'Ab and Bet 'Em -- Four-Room House and Women's Space -- Diet and Economy -- Agricultural Cycle -- 2 Childhood -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Education and Literacy -- Baking and Brewing -- Pottery Production -- Spinning and Weaving -- 3 Womanhood -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Grape Harvest and Wine Making -- Menstruation and Purity -- Perfume and Incense -- Household Religion -- 4 Marriage -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Marriage Arrangements -- Wedding Customs -- Music and Dancing -- Clothing -- 5 Childbirth -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Midwives -- Childbirth -- Amulets and Jewelry -- Basketry -- 6 Motherhood -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Breastfeeding and Weaning -- Olive Harvest and Olive Oil Production -- Hide Working -- Pilgrimage to Shiloh -- 7 Old Age and Death -- Orah's Story -- Introduction -- Widowhood -- Health and Medicine -- Funerary Rituals -- Mortuary Cult -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.