The status of women in Jewish tradition
Most ancient societies were patriarchal in outlook, but not all patriarchies are equally condescending toward women. Impelled by the gnawing question of whether the inferiority of women is integral to the Torah's vision, Sassoon sets out to determine where the Bible, the Talmud and related lite...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2011.
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Woman
/ Legal status
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| Further subjects: | B
Women in Judaism
B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Dead Sea Scrolls B Rabbinical literature History and criticism B Bible O.T Criticism, interpretation, etc B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Rabbinical literature ; History and criticism B Bible ; Old Testament ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Dead Sea scrolls |
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| Summary: | Most ancient societies were patriarchal in outlook, but not all patriarchies are equally condescending toward women. Impelled by the gnawing question of whether the inferiority of women is integral to the Torah's vision, Sassoon sets out to determine where the Bible, the Talmud and related literature, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, sit on this continuum of patriarchal condescension. Of course, there are multiple voices in both Biblical and Talmudic literature, but more surprising is how divergent these voices are. Some points of view seem intent on the disenfranchisement and domestication of women, whereas others prove to be not far short of egalitarian. Opinions that downplay the applicability of the biblical commandments to women and that strongly deprecate Torah study by women emerge from this study as arguably no more than the views of an especially vocal minority. The sources -- Pro-CD arguments -- Anti-CD arguments -- Indeterminate arguments -- Make-or-break argument -- Which way does the evidence point? -- Gen. 1:27-29 revisited -- Zeman gerama -- Derekh -- The scriptural evidence -- Deuteronomy : a pattern -- The priestly Torah -- Two writers on purity law -- Torah study -- The Qatlanit law -- "Rankings" of Horayot 3:7 -- Venus and Mars -- Covenant -- Gauging purity's weight in p -- Body and soul -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511976623 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511976629 |