Expanding the palace of Torah : Orthodoxy and feminism / Tamar Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Tamar.

Series:

Brandeis series on Jewish women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Feminism.

Women in Judaism.

Orthodox Judaism.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism.

Jewish law--Philosophy.

Jewish law.

Jewish women--Religious life.

Jewish women.

Women (Jewish law).

Physical Description:

xxiv, 324 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lebanon, NH : Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England, [2004]

Summary:

Expanding the Palace of Torah offers a broad philosophical overview of the challenges the women's revolution poses to Orthodox Judaism, and Orthodox Judaism's response to those challenges. Writing as an insider (herself an Orthodox Jew), Ross seeks to develop a theological response that fully acknowledges the male bias of Judaism's sanctified texts, yet nevertheless provides a rationale for transforming that bias in today's world without undermining their authority. She proposes an approach to divine revelation -- the theological heart of traditional Judaism -- which she calls "cumulativism." This approach is based on a conflating of strict boundaries between text and its interpretation, or divine intent and the evolution of human understanding.

Contents:

The first stage: acknowledging the problem

The second stage: working within the system

The third stage: revamping the system

Beyond the third stage: expanding the palace of Torah

Visions for the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-307) and index.

ISBN:

1584653892

1584653906

OCLC:

54029373