Research Catalog

Title

One Hundred Philistine Foreskins : a novel / by Tova Reich.

Author

Reich, Tova

Publication

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2013]

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Description

363 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"One Hundred Philistine Foreskins centers on the life of Temima Ba'alatOv, known also as Ima Temima, or Mother Temima, a charismatic woman rabbi of extraordinary spiritual power and learning, and an utterly original interpreter of the Hebrew Bible. Temima is revered as a guru with prophetic, even messianic powers-- one who dares to raise her woman's 'naked' voice even in the face of extreme hostility by the traditional establishment. Moving between two worlds-- Temima as a child in Brooklyn and Temima as an adult in Jerusalem-- the story reveals the forces that shaped her, including the early loss of her mother; her spiritual and intellectual awakening; her complex relationship with her father, a ritual slaughterer; her forced marriage; her 'ascent' to Israel; and her intense romantic involvements with charismatic men who launch her toward her destiny as a renowned woman leader in Israel"--

Alternative Title

100 philistine foreskins

Subject

• Andrae, A
• Women rabbis > Fiction
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction
• Israel > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Jewish fiction.
• Satire.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• PART I: AZUVA. King Solomon Made an Aperion for Himself -- More Bitter than Death is Woman: Azuva.
• PART II: YISKA. Here's Your Wife, Take Her and Go -- You Shall Give Me the Firstborn of Your Sons- An You Shall Do the Same for Your Cattle and Sheep -- More Bitter than Death Is Woman: Yiska.
• PART III: HAYA. They Have Gone Astray in the Land, the Desert Has Closed in on Them -- And Dina Came Out -- I Remember, O God, and I Moan -- More Bitter than Death Is Woman: Haya.

ISBN

• 9781619021075 (hardcover)
• 1619021072 (hardcover)

LCCN

• ^^2012040587
• 40021980371

OCLC

• 805048060
• SCSB-11761015

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library