Jews and Gender
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv2x00vfzContributor(s)
Greenspoon, Leonard (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Jews and Gender features sixteen authors exploring the history and culture of the intersection of Judaism and gender from the biblical world to today. Topics include subversive readings of biblical texts; reappraisal of rabbinic theory and practice; women in mysticism, Chasidism, and Yiddish literature; and women in contemporary culture and politics. Accessible and comprehensive, this volume will appeal to the general reader in addition to engaging with contemporary academic scholarship.
Keywords
Religion; Gender Studies; Jewish Studies; History; Feminist & Women's StudiesISBN
9781612497143, 9781612497273Publisher
Purdue University PressPublisher website
http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/Publication date and place
2021Series
Studies in Jewish Civilization,Classification
Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Social and cultural history