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In the image of God : a feminist commentary on the Torah

Title
In the image of God : a feminist commentary on the Torah / Judith S. Antonelli.
Author
Antonelli, Judith S., 1952-
Publication
Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, 1995.

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Description
xiv, 558 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Index. Glossary. Bibliography: p.513-520.
Subject
  • Bible. > Commentaries
  • Bible. > Feminist criticism
  • Bible
  • Bibel
  • Pentateuch
  • Feminism > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Feminist criticism
  • Feministische Theologie
  • Kommentar
  • Tora
  • Exegese
  • Feministische theologie
  • Jodendom
  • Feministische Theologie
  • Kommentar
Genre/Form
Commentaries.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references(p. 513-520) and index.
Contents
Traditional sources -- The Hebrew alphabet, transliteration, and Gematria : pt. I Creation and exile (Genesis/Bereshit) : Chavah : mother of all life -- Naamah : survivor of the flood -- Sarah : first Jewess -- Edith : pillar of salt -- Milkah : Sarah's sister -- Rivkah : existential struggle -- Rachel and Leah : making sisterhood powerful -- Dinah : rape victim -- Tamar : widow-prostitute -- Asnat : Joseph's wife -- Serach : daughter of Asher -- The daughters of Egypt -- pt. II Liberation from bondage (Exodus/Shemot) : Yokheved and Miriam -- Elisheva -- Firstborn daughters -- The Shekhinah -- The house of Jacob -- Female servitude -- The Tabernacle -- The golden calf -- Women's wisdom -- pt. III Freedom to worship (Leviticus/Vayikra) : Animal sacrifice -- The priesthood -- Food and sanctification -- Childbirth -- Menstruation -- Sexuality -- Holiness -- The Kohenet -- Mother nature -- pt. IV In the wilderness (Numbers/Bamidbar) : The Leviah -- Sotah : the accused wife -- Remember Miriam -- Women and the land -- Korach's rebellion -- The waters of life -- Kazbi : Midianite princess -- The daughters of Zelophechad -- A woman's vow -- Journey to the land -- pt. V Entering the land (Deuteronomy/Devarim) : The Ashtarot -- The prohibition of imagery -- The Asherah -- The snare of idolatry -- The pursuit of justice -- The captured woman -- Festivals and tithes -- Canaanites and the Covenant -- Women and the Torah -- God's daughters.
ISBN
  • 1568214383
  • 9781568214382
LCCN
95015872
OCLC
  • ocm32429359
  • 32429359
  • SCSB-2079352
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library