Spinning Fantasies: Rabbis, Gender, and History Volume 9
(Part of the Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture, and Society Series)
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Book Overview
Miriam Peskowitz offers a dramatic revision to our understanding of early rabbinic Judaism. Using a wide range of sources--archaeology, legal texts, grave goods, technology, art, and writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin--she challenges traditional assumptions regarding Judaism's historical development.
Following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple by Roman armies in 70 C.E., new incarnations of Judaism emerged. Of these, rabbinic...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520209672
ISBN13:9780520209671
Release Date:November 1997
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:263 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a tremendous book. It changed my life and the way I view the world. This book should be read by everyone interested in Judaism and gender. For an academic book, the prose is poetic and crystal clear.
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