Title Women and Judaism : New Insights and Scholarship

Published New York : NYU Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (276 pages) Series Jewish Studies in the Twenty-first Century Series Jewish Studies in the Twenty-first Century Series Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction: Four Approaches to Women and the Jewish Experience ; PART I: CLASSICAL TRADITION ; 1. Jewish Feminist Approaches to the Bible; 2. Women and Torah Study in Aggadah; 3. Women and Jewish Law; PART II: HISTORY ; 4. Women in Medieval Jewish Societies; 5. The Mystical Spirituality of Eastern European Jewish Women ; 6. How Central European Jewish Women Confronted Modernity ; PART III: CONTEMPORARY LIFE ; 7. Women and American Judaism; 8. Women's Transformations of Contemporary Jewish Life; PART IV: LITERATURE ; 9. Women in Jewish American Literature 10. Text, Nation, and Gender in Israeli Women's FictionEpilogue: Women and Judaism: From Invisibility to Integration ; Contributors; Index Summary Although women constitute half of the Jewish population and have always played essential roles in ensuring Jewish continuity and the preservation of Jewish beliefs and values, only recently have their contributions and achievements received sustained scholarly attention. Scholars have begun to investigate Jewish women's domestic, economic, intellectual, spiritual, and creative roles in Jewish life from biblical times to the present. Yet little of this important work has filtered down beyond specialists in their respective academic fields. Women and Judaism brings the broad new insights they ha Notes Print version record Subject Women in Judaism -- Religious life Jewish women -- Religious aspects -- Judaism Feminism -- History Jewish women -- Women authors Jewish women in literature. Jewish literature. Judaica. RELIGION / Judaism / General. Feminism Jewish literature Jewish women in literature Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814733110 0814733115

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