Research Catalog

Title

Androgynous Judaism : masculine and feminine in the dual Torah / by Jacob Neusner.

Author

Neusner, Jacob, 1932-2016.

Publication

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©1993.

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Details

Description

xiv, 202 pages; 24 cm

Summary

America's foremost scholar on formative Judaism examines the issue of gender as it appears in the corpus of rabbinic literature and arrives at some provocative conclusions. While the structure of Judaism based on the dual Torah is clearly masculine in orientation, the substructure--the religious system that shapes its values and perception--is androgynous, an individual conjunction of genders. In fact, the higher values, as defined by the relevant writings, prove to be feminine. -- from https://books.google.com (Nov. 10, 2015).

Subject

• Mishnah > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Mishnah
• 10-425
• Sex in rabbinical literature
• Women in rabbinical literature
• Rabbinical literature > History and criticism
• Sex role > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Judaism > History > Talmudic period, 10-425
• 11.21 Jewish religious literature
• Judaism > Talmudic period
• Rabbinical literature
• Rabbinische Literatur
• Sexualität
• Frau
• Rabbijnse literatuur
• Androgynie
• Sekseverschillen
• Gender identity > Religious aspects > Judaism
• Mann

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Part One: The masculine. 1. Women in the system of the Mishnah -- 2. Women and caste in Mishnaic law ---- Part Two: The feminine. 3. Zekhut and the feminization of Judaism --- 3. Feminine Israel, masculine God ---- Part Three: Androgynous Judaism. 5. Virtue and the feminine heart of masculine Israel.

ISBN

• 086554428X
• 9780865544284
• 086554426X (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

93032291

OCLC

• ocm28800791
• 28800791
• SCSB-2023044

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library