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The women's Torah commentary : new insights from women rabbis on the 54 weekly Torah portions

Title
The women's Torah commentary : new insights from women rabbis on the 54 weekly Torah portions / edited by Elyse Goldstein.
Publication
Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Publishing, ©2000.

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Additional Authors
Goldstein, Elyse
Description
474 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"In this groundbreaking book, more than 50 women rabbis come together to offer their own inspiring commentaries on the Torah, in a week-by-week format. For the first time, women's unique experiences and perspectives are applied to the entire Five Books of Moses, offering us the first comprehensive commentary by women."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Bible. > Commentaries
  • Bible. > Feminist criticism
  • Bible
  • Bible. > Commentaries
  • Bible. > Feminist criticism
  • Bible. > Criticism
  • Feminism > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Feminism > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Feminist criticism
  • Tora
  • Commentaren
  • Vrouwen
  • Feminist criticism
Genre/Form
Commentaries
Note
  • Quality paperback ed. printed in, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-439) and index.
Contents
  • Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women / Amy Eilberg -- Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book -- Bereshit (1:1-6:8): The Untold Story of Eve / Lori Forman -- Noach (6:9-11:32): Mrs. Noah / Julie Ringold Spitzer -- Lech Lecha (12:1-17:27): What's in a Name? / Michal Shekel -- Vayera (18:1-22:24): Positive Pillars / Cynthia A. Culpeper -- Chaye Sarah (23:1-25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth / Rona Shapiro -- Toldot (25:19-28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories / Beth J. Singer -- Vayetze (28:10-32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River / Sandy Eisenberg Sasso -- Vayishlach (32:4-36:43): No Means No / Lia Bass -- Vayeshev (37:1-40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception / Geela-Rayzel Raphael -- Miketz (41:1-44:17): In Search of Dreamers / Debra Judith Robbins -- Vayigash (44:18-47:27): Daddy's Girl / Shira Stern -- Vayechi (47:28-50:26): Serach Bat Ashet - the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus / Barbara Rosman Penzner -- Shmot (1:1-6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah / Rebecca T. Alpert -- Va-era (6:2-9:35): The Many Names of God / Karyn D. Kedar -- Bo (10:1-13:16): Power and Liberation / Lucy H. F. Dinner -- Beshalach (13:17-17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence / Sue Levi Elwell -- Yitro (18:1-20:26): We All Stood at Sinai / Julie K. Gordon -- Mishpatim (21:1-24:18): What Must We Do? / Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer -- Terumah (25:1-27:19): Community as Sacred Space
  • Sharon L. Sobel -- Tetzaveh (27:20-30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes / Sara Paasche-Orlow -- Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf - or Did They? / Ellen Lippmann -- Vayakhel (35:1-38:20): Of Women and Mirrors / Nancy H. Wiener -- Pekudei (38:21-40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) / Elana Zaiman -- Vayikra (1:1-5:26): The Book of Relationships / Shoshana Gelfand -- Tzav (6:1-8:36): Message and Messenger / Claire Magidovitch Green -- Shemini (9:1-11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women / Ilene Schneider -- Tazria (12:1-13:59): Our Children/God's Children / Helaine Ettinger -- Metzorah (14:1-15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives / Laura Geller -- Acharei Mot (16:1-18:30): After a Death ... Then What? / Dayle A. Friedman -- Kedoshim (19:1-20:27): Who Shall Be Holy? / Rachel Esserman -- Emor (21:1-24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood / Valerie Lieber -- Behar (25:1-26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land / Sharon Brous and Jill Hammer -- Bechukotai (26:3-27:34): Mir Zaynen Do - We Are Here / Elizabeth Bolton -- Bamidbar (1:1-4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life / Sheryl Nosan -- Naso (4:21-7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women / Sarra Levine -- Beha'alotecha (8:1-12:16): the Silencing of Miriam / Ruth H. Sohn -- Shelach-Lecha (13:1-15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants
  • Lisa A. Edwards -- Korach (16:1-18:32): Authority, Status, Power / Elyse D. Frishman -- Chukkat (19:1-22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life / Audrey S. Pollack -- Balak (22:2-25:9): The End of Abuse / Diane Aronson Cohen -- Pinchas (25:10-30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law / Pamela Wax -- Matot (30:2-32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words / Stacy K. Offner -- Masa'ei (33:1-36:13): Boundaries and Limits / Hara E. Person -- Devarim (1:1-3:22): Essence and Transcendence / Analia Bortz -- Va'etchanan (3:23-7:11): "A Land Flowing with Mild and Honey": Sexualizing the Land / Rochelle Robins -- Ekev (7:12-11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy / Gila Colman Ruskin -- Re'eh (11:26-16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up / Laura M. Rappaport -- Shoftim (16:18-21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah / Susan Fendrick -- Ki Tetzey (21:10-25:19): The Accused Woman / Judith Gary Brown -- Ki Tavo (26:1-29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope / Nancy Wechsler-Azen -- Nitzavim (29:9-30:20): Women and the Covenant / Miriam Carey Berkowitz -- Vayelech (31:1-32): Guardians of the Tradition / Rosette Barron Haim -- Ha'azinu (32:1-52): Understanding the Anger / Nina Beth Cardin -- V'zot Habrachah (33:1-34:12): The Loss of Moses / Sandra J. Cohen -- Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead / Sally J. Priesand.
ISBN
  • 1580230768
  • 9781580230766
  • 9781580233705
  • 1580233708
LCCN
00008694
OCLC
  • ocm43706613
  • 43706613
  • SCSB-1210939
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library