The status of women in Jewish tradition / Isaac Sassoon.

"Is the inferiority of women integral to the Torah's vision? This book sets out to determine where the Bible, the Talmud, and related literature, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, rise above patriarchal self-interest"--

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:xxix, 200 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Part I. Monogamy: 1. The sources; 2. Pro-CD arguments; 3. Anti-CD arguments; 4. Indeterminate arguments; 5. Make-or-break argument; 6. Which way does the evidence point?; 7. Gen. 1:27-29 revisited; Part II. Commandments (Misvot): 8. Zeman gerama; 9. Derekh; 10. The scriptural evidence; 11. Deuteronomy: a pattern; 12. The priestly Torah; 13. Two writers on purity law; 14. Torah study; Part III. Intrinsic equality: 15. The Qatlanit law; 16. "Rankings" of Horayot 3:7; 17. Venus and mars; 18. Covenant; 19. Gauging purity's weight in p; 20. Body and soul; Conclusion.