Jewish Women in Historical Perspective (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Jewish Women in Historical Perspective The last decades have seen a growing debate over the status of women in contemporary Judaism. As the conditions of secular Western life have allowed women greater choice in their educational and vocational opportunities and society has begun to endorse female equality with men, dissatisfaction with traditional Jewish limitations on women's participation in communal, religious, and scholarly activi...
Full description- Publisher: Wayne State University Press
- Published: 31 January 1999
- Format: Paperback 416 pages
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- Categories: Literary Essays | Gender Studies: Women | Jewish Studies | General & World History | Social & Cultural History | Judaism
- ISBN 13: 9780814327135 ISBN 10: 0814327133
- Sales rank: 778,994
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Full description for Jewish Women in Historical Perspective
The last decades have seen a growing debate over the status of women in contemporary Judaism. As the conditions of secular Western life have allowed women greater choice in their educational and vocational opportunities and society has begun to endorse female equality with men, dissatisfaction with traditional Jewish limitations on women's participation in communal, religious, and scholarly activities has increased. Whilst there have been numerous contemporary responses to traditional Jewish views of women's roles, perspectives from the past have been missing from the ongoing discussion. This collection of essays is intended to provide such a historical excursion. Each essay provides an overview of the period in question, and asks serious questions about the general situations of Jewish women and their activities in a male-dominated public and intellectual Jewish life, as well as in a larger non-Jewish cultural environment.
