| Description |
ix, 392 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion |
|
SUNY series, the body in culture, history, and religion.
|
| Contents |
The problem of the body for the people of the Book / Howard Eilberg-Schwartz -- The Garden of Eden and sexuality in early Judaism / Gary Anderson -- The great fat massacre / Daniel Boyarin -- Mizvot built into the body / Chava Weissler -- Purifying the body in the name of the soul / Lawrence Fine -- Images of God's feet / Elliot R. Wolfson -- God's body / Naomi Janowitz -- The body never lies / Eli Yasif -- The Jewish body / Sander Gilman -- (G)nos(e)ology / Jay Geller -- Zionism as an erotic revolution / David Biale -- Menstruation and identity / Rahel Wasserfall -- Why Jewish princesses don't sweat / Riv-Ellen Prell -- Challenging male/female complementarity / Rebecca Alpert |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
|
|
God (Judaism)
|
|
Judaism -- Doctrines.
|
|
Purity, Ritual -- Judaism.
|
|
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
|
|
Women in Judaism.
|
| Author |
Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard, 1956-
|
| LC no. |
91035081 |
| ISBN |
0791411699 (CH : acid-free) |
|
0791411702 (PB : acid-free) |
|
