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Women as ritual experts : the religious lives of elderly Jewish women in Jerusalem / Susan Starr Sered.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM726 .S47 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sered, Susan Starr.
- Series:
- Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish women--Religious life--Jerusalem.
- Jewish women.
- Older women--Religious life--Jerusalem.
- Older women.
- Jews, Kurdish--Jerusalem.
- Jews, Kurdish.
- Women in Judaism.
- Orthodox Judaism--Jerusalem--Customs and practices.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Behavioral Medicine.
- Disease--psychology.
- Health Behavior.
- Jewish women--Religious life.
- Orthodox Judaism--Customs and practices.
- Religious life.
- Middle East--Jerusalem.
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavioral Medicine.
- Disease--psychology.
- Health Behavior.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 174 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- By analyzing the rituals, daily experiences, life-stories, and non-verbal gestures of Jewish women from Kurdistan and Yemen now living in Jerusalem, Sered discloses stategies these women have used to circumvent the patriarchal institutions of Judaism and to develop their own traditions within Torah Judaism.
- Contents:
- Old women as the link between the generations
- The dual meaning of religiosity: Women, men, and morality
- Between woman and God
- From the female perspective
- Sacralizing the feminine: Food preparation as a religious activity
- The liberation of widowhood: From the private to the public
- Ritual expertise in the modern world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Thought, Winner, 1993
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sered, Susan Starr. Women as ritual experts.
- ISBN:
- 0195071611
- 9780195071610
- 0415041147
- 9780415041140
- 0415041155
- 9780415041157
- OCLC:
- 23211194
- Online:
- Publisher description
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