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In English & Hebrew, hardback 307 pages in English + 72 pages in Hebrew. Book is in fine condition, jacket in very good condition slightly torn on backside. Seller Inventory # 2686
Bibliographic Details
Title: Jewish Legal Writings by Women
Publisher: Urim Publications
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
This collection of seventeen original articles on Jewish Law (Halakha) by contemporary religious women from around the world is a monumental step for women as well as for Judaism. These authors are the product of the first generation of women to have studied Jewish legislation. They have studied at Yeshivot and in seminaries, in small private classes led by legal experts and Rabbis, in university Talmud departments, and rabbinical advocate programs. In past generations there have only been individual women who attained a degree of respect in this realm. As far as is known, there is no record of any legal discourses by them.
Previously unchartered territory by women, this collection shows that women can, and do, contribute to the moral and authentic religious positions for the Jewish people.
Dr. Chana Safrai is at the Department of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Shalom Hartman Institute, and was formerly the Director of the Judith Lieberman Institute of Jewish Studies. She has written as well as edited numerous books and articles in the areas of Rabbinic literature and women's studies.
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