Gender and Dialogue in the Rabbinic Prism /

Gender and Dialogue in the Rabbinic Prism / / Admiel Kosman.

The author applies the fields of gender studies, psychoanalysis, and literature to Talmudic texts. In opposition to the perception of Judaism as a legal system, he argues that the Talmud demands inner spiritual effort, to which the trait of humility and the refinement of the ego are central. This le...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
VerfasserIn:
Kosman, Admiel,
MitwirkendeR:
Levin, Edward,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , 50
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • In Place of an Introduction: On Gender Issues and Their Possible Significance for Understanding the Spiritual World of the Rabbis
  • Chapter One. The Woman’s Spiritual Place in the Talmudic Story: A Reading of the Narrative of Mar Ukba and His Wife
  • Chapter Two. Rabbi Akiva and the Daughter of Ben Kalba Savua: On the Conception of Love in the Spiritual World of the Talmudic Story
  • Chapter 3. “Internal Homeland” and “External Homeland”: A Literary and Psychoanalytical Study of the Narrative of R. Assi and His Aged Mother
  • Chapter 4. The Female Breast and the Mouth Opened in Prayer
  • Chapter Five. A Reading of the Creation Narrative: Femininity and Masculinity in the Prism of the Bible and the Midrash
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Index of Sources

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