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Tradition and equality in Jewish marriage : beyond the sanctification of subordination / Melanie Malka Landau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Landau, Melanie.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in Jewish thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marriage (Jewish law).
- Marriage--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Marriage.
- Sex discrimination against women--Social aspects.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2012.
- Summary:
- An exploration of Jewish marriage and its alternatives in traditional Jewish texts from a feminist perspective. Melanie Landau is Lecturer and Research Fellow in the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation at Monash University, Australia.
- Contents:
- Laying the table
- The legal effects of marriage
- Rebellious women and husband-owned sexuality
- Conditional marriage
- Charting a path between acquisition and licentiousness through concubinage and derekh kiddushin (quasi-marriage).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781441138064
- 1441138064
- OCLC:
- 769546228
- Publisher Number:
- 99948134496
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