{"product_id":"the-status-of-women-in-jewish-tradition-paperback-9781107618039","title":"The Status of Women in Jewish Tradition (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107618039","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Status of Women in Jewish Tradition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book looks at the inferiority of women in the Torah's vision, and whether the Bible and Talmud rise above patriarchal self-interest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsaac Sassoon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107618039, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMost ancient societies were patriarchal in outlook, but not all patriarchies are equally condescending toward women. Impelled by the gnawing question of whether the inferiority of women is integral to the Torah's vision, Sassoon sets out to determine where the Bible, the Talmud and related literature, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, sit on this continuum of patriarchal condescension. Of course, there are multiple voices in both Biblical and Talmudic literature, but more surprising is how divergent these voices are. Some points of view seem intent on the disenfranchisement and domestication of women, whereas others prove to be not far short of egalitarian. Opinions that downplay the applicability of the biblical commandments to women and that strongly deprecate Torah study by women emerge from this study as arguably no more than the views of an especially vocal minority.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Monogamy: 1. The sources\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pro-CD arguments\u003cbr\u003e 3. Anti-CD arguments\u003cbr\u003e 4. Indeterminate arguments\u003cbr\u003e 5. Make-or-break argument\u003cbr\u003e 6. Which way does the evidence point?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Gen. 1:27-29 revisited\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Commandments (Misvot): 8. Zeman gerama\u003cbr\u003e 9. Derekh\u003cbr\u003e 10. The scriptural evidence\u003cbr\u003e 11. Deuteronomy: a pattern\u003cbr\u003e 12. The priestly Torah\u003cbr\u003e 13. Two writers on purity law\u003cbr\u003e 14. Torah study\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Intrinsic Equality: 15. The Qatlanit law\u003cbr\u003e 16. 'Rankings' of Horayot 3:7\u003cbr\u003e 17. Venus and Mars\u003cbr\u003e 18. Covenant\u003cbr\u003e 19. Gauging purity's weight in p\u003cbr\u003e 20. Body and soul\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], Judaism: theology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism: theology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism:%20theology%20%5BHRJT%5D%22\"\u003eHRJT\u003c\/a\u003e], Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006014181656,"sku":"9781107618039","price":39.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107618039i.jpg?v=1696770064","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-status-of-women-in-jewish-tradition-paperback-9781107618039","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}