Gender in Judaism and Islam : : Common Lives, Uncommon Heritage / / ed. by Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Beth S. Wenger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Bashkin, Orit,; Dabashi, Hamid,; Fishbayn Joffe, Lisa,; Fonrobert, Charlotte Elisheva,; Heschel, Susannah,; Katz, Marion,; Lefkovitz, Lori,; Scott, Joan W.,; Siegel, Andrea,; Sonbol, Amira,; Tremayne, Soraya,; Warrick, Catherine,
• HerausgeberIn: Kashani-Sabet, Firoozeh,; Wenger, Beth S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Jewish andIslamic histories have long been interrelated. Both traditions emerged fromancient cultures born in the Middle East and both are rooted in texts andtraditions that have often excluded women. At the same time, both groups haverecently seen a resurgence in religious orthodoxy among women, as well asgrowing feminist movements that challenge traditional religious structures. In theUnited States, Jews and Muslims operate as minority cultures, carving out aplace for religious and ethnic distinctiveness. The time is ripe for a volumethat explores the relationship between these two religions through the prism ofgender.Gender in Judaism and Islam brings togetherscholars working in the fields of Judaism and Islam to address a diverse rangeof topics, including gendered readings of texts, legal issues in marriage anddivorce, ritual practices, and women's literary expressionsand historical experiences, along with feminist influences within the Muslimand Jewish communities and issues affecting Jewish and Muslim women incontemporary society. Carefully crafted, including section introductions by theeditors to highlight big picture insights offered by the contributors, thevolume focuses attention on the theoretical innovations that gender scholarshiphas brought to the study of Muslim and Jewish experiences.At a timewhen Judaism and Islam are often discussed as though they were inherently atodds, this book offers a much-needed reconsideration of the connections andcommonalties between these two traditions. It offers new insights into each ofthese cultures and invites comparative perspectives that deepen ourunderstanding of both Islam and Judaism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: firoozeh kashani-sabet and beth s. wenger -- Part I. Comparative perspectives -- 1. Jewish and Muslim feminist theologies in dialogue: discourses of difference -- 2. Jewish and Islamic legal traditions: diffusions of law -- Part II. Limits of biology bodily purity and religiosity -- 3. Scholarly versus women’s authority in the Islamic law of menstrual purity -- 4. Gender duality and its subversions in rabbinic law -- 5. Gender and reproductive technologies in shia Iran -- Part III. Crimes of passion: formative texts and traditions -- 6. Not a man: Joseph and the character of masculinity in Judaism and Islam -- 7. Dishonorable passions: law and virtue in Muslim communities -- 8. Legislating the family: gender, Jewish law, and rabbinical courts in mandate Palestine -- Part IV. Cultural depictions of Jewish and Muslim women -- 9. A literary perspective: domestic violence, the “woman question,” and the “Arab question” in early Zionism -- 10. An autobiographical perspective: schools, jails, and cemeteries in shoshanna levy’s life story -- 11. An artistic perspective the women of bahram beizai’s cinema -- Afterword: common ground, contested terrain -- Glossary -- About the contributors -- Index