03404nam a2200469Ka 4500 ocn710993088 OCoLC 20200709055346.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110404s2011 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781107001749 1107001749 9781139042307 (electronic bk.) 1139042300 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)710993088 361565 (N$T) BM729.W6 S27 2011eb REL 040040 bisacsh 296.1082 22 N$TA Sassoon, I. S. D. The status of women in Jewish tradition [electronic resource] / Isaac Sassoon. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xxix, 200 p.) "Is the inferiority of women integral to the Torah's vision? This book sets out to determine where the Bible, the Talmud, and related literature, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, rise above patriarchal self-interest"-- Provided by publisher. "Most 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"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-188) and indexes. Part I. Monogamy: 1. The sources; 2. Pro-CD arguments; 3. Anti-CD arguments; 4. Indeterminate arguments; 5. Make-or-break argument; 6. Which way does the evidence point?; 7. Gen. 1:27-29 revisited -- Part II. Commandments (Misvot): 8. Zeman gerama; 9. Derekh; 10. The scriptural evidence; 11. Deuteronomy: a pattern; 12. The priestly Torah; 13. Two writers on purity law; 14. Torah study -- Part III. Intrinsic equality: 15. The Qatlanit law; 16. "Rankings" of Horayot 3:7; 17. Venus and mars; 18. Covenant; 19. Gauging purity's weight in p; 20. Body and soul -- Conclusion. Description based on print version record. Women in Judaism. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Rabbinical literature History and criticism. Dead Sea scrolls. RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Sassoon, I. S. D. Status of women in Jewish tradition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107001749 (DLC) 2010031513 (OCoLC)651153773 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=361565 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50311 50311