People of the Book: Jews and Judaism from an Embodied Perspective.

Eilberg-Schwartz, Howard, edited by.

ISBN 10: 0791411702 / ISBN 13: 9780791411704

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, 1992

About this Item

Octavo, paper covers with some wear, x, 392 pp., index, ink-stamps Articles are "The Problem of the Body for the People of the Book," Eilberg-Schwartz, "The Garden of Eden and Sexuality in Early Judaism," Gary Anderson, "The Great Fat Massacre: Sex, Death, and the Grotesque Body in the Talmud," Daniel Boyarin, "Mizvot Built into the Body: Tkhines for Niddah, Pregnancy, and Childbirth," Chava Weissler, "Purifying the Body in the Name of the Soul: The Problem of the Body in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah," Lawrence Fine, "Images of God's Feet: Some Observations on the Divine Body in Judaism," Elliot R. Wolfson, "God's Body: Theological and Ritual Roles of Shi'ur Komah," Naomi Janowitz, "The Body Nver Lies: The Body in Meieval Jewish Folk Narratives," Eli Yasif, "The Jewish Body: A Foot-note," Sander Gilmanm "(G)nos(e)ology: The Cultural Construction of the Other," Jay Geller, "Zionism as an Erotic Revolution," David Biale, "Menstruation and Identity: The Meaning of Niddah for Moroccan Women Immigrants to Israel," Rahel Wasserfall, "Why Jewish Princesses Don't Sweat: Desire and Consumption in Postwar American Jewish Culture," Eiv-Ellen Prell, "Challenging Male/Female Complementarity: Jewish Lesbians and the Jewish Tradiotn," Rebecca Alpert.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: People of the Book: Jews and Judaism from an Embodied Perspective.
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791411702
• ISBN 13: 9780791411704
• Binding: Softbound
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies - for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth- this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructive motivations. As a constructive project, this book describes, renews, and participates in the complex and ongoing modern discussion about the nature of Jewish bodies and the place of bodies in Judaism.

About the Author

Howard Eilberg-Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. He is the author of The Savage in Judaism: An Anthology of Israelite Religion and Ancient Judaism (winner of a 1990 American Academy Award for Academic Excellence) as well as The Human Will in Judaism.