Midrashic Women - Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature

A unique look at how non-legal rabbinic writings imagine women and their lives.

About the author

JUDITH R. BASKIN is Director of the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Oregon. She is author of Pharaoh's Counsellors (1983) and editor of Jewish Women in Historical Perspective (Second edition, 1998) and Women of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing (1994).

Summary

A unique look at how non-legal rabbinic writings imagine women and their lives.

Product details

• Authors: Baskin, Judith R. Baskin
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: Brandeis Series on Jewish Wome; Brandeis Series on Jewish Women; Brandeis Series on Jewish Women
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories