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Jews and gender / editor, Leonard J. Greenspoon.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BM729.W6 J55 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Jewish civilization ; 32.
- Studies in Jewish civilization, 1070-8510 ; volume 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Judaism--Congresses.
- Women in Judaism.
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.
- Sex role.
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism--Congresses.
- Feminism.
- Jewish women--Religious life--Congresses.
- Jewish women.
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Jewish women--Religious life.
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Jews and Gender features sixteen authors exploring the history and culture of the intersection of Judaism and gender from the biblical world to today. Topics include subversive readings of biblical texts; reappraisal of rabbinic theory and practice; women in mysticism, Chasidism, and Yiddish literature; and women in contemporary culture and politics. Accessible and comprehensive, this volume will appeal to the general reader in addition to engaging with contemporary academic scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Proceedings of the thirty-second annual symposium of the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, the Harris Center for Judaic Studies, and the Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, October 27-28, 2019.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781612497273
- 1612497276
- 9781612497129
- 1612497128
- OCLC:
- 1245344879
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