Forsaken : the menstruant in medieval Jewish mysticism / Sharon Faye Koren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koren, Sharon Faye.

Series:

Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)

HBI series on Jewish women.

HBI series on Jewish women

The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Purity, Ritual--Judaism.

Purity, Ritual.

Menstruation--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Menstruation.

Mysticism--Judaism--History.

Mysticism.

Judaism--History--Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism

Contents:

Series Page; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Early Jewish Mysticism; 1. From Earthly Templeto Heavenly Temple; 2. The Mysticism of the Beraita d'Niddah; 3. Menstruation and the Mystics of Ashkenaz; II: Medieval Kabbalah; 4. Menstrual Impurity and Mystical Praxis in Theosophical Kabbalah; 5. The Myth of the Menstruating Shekhinah; 6. The Ontic Metamorphosis of the Menstruating Shekhinah; 7. The Interplay between Myth, Science, and Law; III: Mysticism & Menstruationin Islam & Christianity; 8. Menstrual Impurity and Sufism

9. Menstrual Impurity in Medieval ChristianityConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-280-01058-4

9786613512314

1-61168-022-0

OCLC:

781678820