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Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Broyde is a law professor at Emory University in Atlanta who has served in a variety of rabbinic positions throughout the United States. During the 2018 academic year, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and in 2019, he is teaching Jewish law at Stanford Law School. Reuven Travis has taught a wide range of classes, including Jewish law, Bible, and Jewish history, to students from grade two through high school. He holds a master's degree in teaching from Mercer University and a master's in Judaic studies from Spertus College. He is the author of From Job to the Shoah: A Story of Dust and Ashes (2013) and Sefer BeMidbar as Sefer HaMiddot: The Book of Numbers as the Book of Character Development (2018). Klappentext Marriage, Sex and Family in Judaism explores Jewish marriage from historical and contemporary perspectives, focusing on the religious and legal concepts of marriage, and the social impact of family in the Jewish community. The book does not advocate one perspective or another; instead, the essays range from conservative to liberal viewpoints, offering readers a well-balanced mixture of perspectives on Jewish marriage. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Images of Women in the Hebrew Bible Chapter 2 Jewish Marriage: Nature, Covenant and Contract Chapter 3 Jewish Law and the Abandonment of Marriage: Diverse Models of Sexuality and Reproduction in the Jewish View and the Return to Monogamy in the Modern Era Chapter 4 Two Models of Medieval Jewish Marriages Chapter 5 Maimonides on Sex and Marriage Chapter 6 Prenuptial Agreements in Talmudic, Medieval and Modern Jewish Thought Chapter 7 The Jewish Family in America: Contemporary Challenges and Traditional Resources Chapter 8 What is a Jewish Family? Changing Rabbinic Views Chapter 9 A Break in the Path: Lesbian Relationships and Jewish Law Chapter 10 Cloning People and Jewish Law
