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Léonie Jane Archer (born 25 April 1955 in Crosby, Lancashire) is an English author and a former Research Fellow in Environmental Studies at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.[1]

Archer graduated from the University of Oxford in 1981, with ancient history honours, and became a Fellow in Jewish Studies of the Graeco-Roman Period, Oxford Centre for Hebrew Studies, and Junior Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford.[2] Besides publishing on environmental issues, her best known works involve Jewish women in ancient history, and the history of slavery. Her Price is Beyond Rubies: the Jewish Woman in Graeco-Roman Palestine was one of the first comprehensive studies on Jewish women in antiquity.[3]

Works

Books

  • Archer, Léonie J. (1987). Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies: a Bibliography of Publications, 1972-1986. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. OCLC 20491505.
  • ——— (1989). Her Price is Beyond Rubies: the Jewish Woman in Graeco-Roman Palestine. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 1-85075-079-3. OCLC 20130793.
  • ——— (1990). The Gulf Crisis: Implications for the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-48-0. [4]
  • ——— (1992). Exhausting Our Options: Fuel Efficient Cars and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-72-3.
  • ——— (1993). Aircraft Emissions and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-79-0.
  • ——— (1995). Environmentalists Vs. Oil Producers: Clearing Misunderstanding for Constructive Action. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-85-5. [5]
  • ——— (1996). Oil Tankers & Pollution Laws. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-91-X. [6]

Edited by

  • ———, ed. (1988). Slavery: And Other Forms of Unfree Labour. History workshop series. London & New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203331811. OCLC 52148559.
  • ———; Fischler, Susan; Wyke, Maria, eds. (1994). Women in Ancient Societies: an illusion of the night. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415908818. OCLC 28677450.

Chapters

  • ——— (1983). "The Role of Jewish Women in the Religion, Ritual and Cult of Graeco-Roman Palestine". In Cameron, Averil; Kuhrt, Amélie (eds.). Images of Women in Antiquity. Detroit, IL: Wayne State University Press. pp. 273–288. ISBN 0-8143-1762-6.
  • ——— (1990). "Bound by Blood: Circumcision and Menstrual Taboo in Post-Exilic Judaism". In Soskice, Janet Martin (ed.). After Eve: Women, Theology and the Christian Tradition. London: Marshall Pickering. ISBN 0-551-02039-3.
  • ——— (1990). "Gender and Ritual in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition". In Joseph, Alison (ed.). Through the Devil's Gateway: Women, Religion and Taboo. London: SPCK Channel Four Television. ISBN 0-281-04467-8.
  • ——— (1994). "Notions of community and the exclusion of the female in Jewish history and historiography". In ———; Fischler, Susan; Wyke, Maria (eds.). Women in Ancient Societies: an illusion of the night. New York: Routledge. pp. 53–69. ISBN 9780415908818. OCLC 28677450.

Journal articles

  • ——— (1987). "The Virgin and the Harlot in the Writings of Formative Judaism". History Workshop Journal. 24 (1). Oxford: Oxford University Press: 228.

References

  1. ^ Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Notes on Contributors". History Workshop Journal. 24: 228. 1987. doi:10.1093/hwj/24.1.228.
  3. ^ Howe, R. (1991). "Book Reviews: Prepared to Revise the Asb?". The Expository Times. 103 (1): 30–31. doi:10.1177/001452469110300128. S2CID 170119548.
  4. ^ "Oxford Institute for Energy Studies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Oxford Institute for Energy Studies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Oxford Institute for Energy Studies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2005. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
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