Roland Boer traces the idea that early Israel’s household economy was better for women back through Simkins, Yee, Jobling and Meyers to Marshall Sahlins, and then to Engels, Lewis Henry Morgan and Bachofen. Opens with a recap of episode 6 (Myers). About 58 minutes.
Source: Roland Boer, “Women First? On the Legacy of ‘Primitive Communism’”, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30.1 (2005): 3-28. Other voices: Carol Meyers, Rediscovering Eve (2013); Norman Gottwald; Marvin Chaney.
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