Tova Hartman, Charlie Buckholtz

Are You Not a Man of God?

Devotion, Betrayal, and Social Criticism in Jewish Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

Are You Not a Man of God? challenges the accepted readings of several iconic supporting characters from canonical stories of the Jewish tradition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780199337439
• ISBN-10: 0199337438
• Artikelnr.: 39373588

Autorenporträt

Tova Hartman is a professor of gender studies and education. She has written widely on the intersection of gender, religion, and education in scholarly journals and periodicals and is the author of Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions (2003) and Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation (2008) which won the National Jewish Book Award. She is among the founders of Shirah Hadasha, an Orthodox feminist synagogue in Jerusalem, and more recently, Shma Koleinu, an institute for prayer, study, spirituality and community Charlie Buckholtz is a Rabbi and Senior Editor at Shalom Hartman Institute. He is co-author of The God Who Hates Lies (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Supporting Characters, Opposing Voices:
Reading for Devoted Resistance
Chapter One
"But I Grieve for My Mother":
The Betrayal of Iphigenia and Isaac
Chapter Two
"It is Not In Heaven!" and Other Hurtful Words:
Circling the Snake Oven
Chapter Three
"Beruriah Said Well":
The Many Lives (and Deaths) of a Talmudic Social Critic
Chapter Four
Are You Not a Man of God?
Hannah, Hysteria, and the Roots of Jewish Prayer
Conclusion
Canonical "Back-Talk":
Supporting Characters as Social Critics
Bibliography
Index
Notes