Women and Jewish Law
The Essential Texts, Their History, and Their Relevance for Today
$35.99
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
22 August 1995
Summary
How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition on issues of special concern to women. Combining a historical overview with a thoughtful feminist critique, this pathbreaking study points the way for “informed change” in the status of women in Jewish life.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780805210491 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0805210490 |
| Author: | Rachel Biale |
| Publisher: | Schocken Books |
| Imprint: | Schocken Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 22 August 1995 |
| Weight: | 285g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 131mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
“An essential resource and entry point for understanding the construction of women’s roles in traditional Judaism.” -Judith Plaskow, author of Standing Alone at Sinai
“An amazing book—rich in scholarship, deep in historical perspetice, and enormously interesting to anyone concerned with questions of Jewish life.”
—Anne Roiphe
“An essential resource and entry point for understanding the construction of women’s roles in traditional Judaism.”
—Judith Plaskow, author of Standing Alone at Sinai
“With great precision and clarity, Biale ferrets out for us the inner meaning of the law, traces its development, and explores its relevance to Jewish women’s lives today.
—Blu Greenberg, author of On Women and Judaism
“[Biale] open[s] up the halakhic process to women, providing the reader who is unfamiliar with the original Hebrew texts with her first encounter of learning.”
—Hadassah
About The Author
Rachel Biale
Rachel Biale grew up on Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in Israel. She earned an M.A. in Jewish history at UCLA and an M.S.W. at Yeshiva University. She lives in Berkley, California, where she is a practicing psychotherapist.
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