Leonie Archer

Leonie 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]

Published works

• Archer, Leonie J. (1983) 'The Role of Jewish Women in the Religion, Ritual and Cult of Graeco-Roman Palestine' in Averil Cameron and Amélie Kuhrt (eds.) Images of Women in Antiquity. pp. 273–288. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1762-6
• Archer, Leonie J. (1987) Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies: a Bibliography of Publications, 1972-1986. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. OCLC 20491505
• Archer, Leonie J. (1987) 'The Virgin and the Harlot in the Writings of Formative Judaism' in History Workshop Journal Oxford: Oxford University Press, 24(1):228
• Archer, Leonie J. (ed.) (1988) Slavery: And Other Forms of Unfree Labour. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-00204-4
• Archer, Leonie J. (1989) Her Price is Beyond Rubies: the Jewish Woman in Graeco-Roman Palestine. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press. ISBN 1-85075-079-3
• Archer, Leonie J. (1990) 'Bound by Blood: Circumcision and Menstrual Taboo in Post-Exilic Judaism' in Janet Martin Soskice (ed.) After Eve: Women, Theology and the Christian Tradition. London: Marshall Pickering. ISBN 0-551-02039-3
• Archer, Leonie J. (1990) 'Gender and Ritual in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition' in Alison Joseph (ed.) Through the Devil's Gateway: Women, Religion and Taboo. London: SPCK Channel Four Television. ISBN 0-281-04467-8
• Archer, Leonie (1990) The Gulf Crisis: Implications for the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-48-0 ^[4]
• Archer, Leonie J. (1992) Exhausting Our Options: Fuel Efficient Cars and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-72-3
• Archer, Leonie J. (1993) Aircraft Emissions and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-79-0
• Archer, Leonie J. (1994) 'Notions of Community and the Exclusion of the Female in Jewish History and Historiography' in Leonie J. Archer, Susan Fischler and Maria Wyke (eds.) Women in Ancient Societies: An Illusion of the Night pp. 55–70. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-52396-2 (reprinted by Routledge in 1995).
• Archer, Leonie J. (1995) Environmentalists Vs. Oil Producers: Clearing Misunderstanding for Constructive Action. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-85-5 ^[5]
• Archer, Leonie J. (1996) Oil Tankers & Pollution Laws. Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. ISBN 0-948061-91-X ^[6]

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