Massekhet Betsah: Text, Translation, and Commentary - Couverture rigide

Or, Tamara

 
9783161506895: Massekhet Betsah: Text, Translation, and Commentary
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3161506898 ISBN 13 : 9783161506895
Editeur : Mohr Siebeck, 2010

Synopsis

This book is a feminist commentary on Tractate Betsah, which deals with the laws specific to festivals. Tamara Or reveals surprising insights into the role of women in the development of halakhah. Thus, the commentary shows women's oppression as well as their actual power and influence even on halakhic decisions. The power women possess in this tractate can be explained as emanating from the fact that most of it is based on labors usually performed by women. In nearly all the cases where the rabbis discuss the sphere of action of women, the latter's behavior was considered halakhically correct or at least not in need of change. The power and influence gained by women through their various activities and endeavors were passed over in silence and thus hidden from the view of their descendants. The following commentary will strive to put these women back into Jewish history and into the history of the development of halakhah.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tamara Or, Born 1975; studied Jewish Studies and History in Berlin and Jerusalem; 2008 PhD at the Freie Universitat Berlin; currently research fellow at the LMU Munich.

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Éditeur
Mohr Siebeck
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3161506898
ISBN 13 
9783161506895
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
201
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