How has a legal tradition determined by men affected the lives of women? What are the traditional Jewish views of marriage, divorce, sexuality, contraception, abortion? Women and Jewish Law gives contemporary readers access to the central texts of the Jewish religious tradition on issues of special concern to women. Combining a historical overview with a thoughtful feminist critique, this pathbreaking study points the way for “informed change” in the status of women in Jewish life.
- ISBN10 0307762017
- ISBN13 9780307762016
- Publish Date 20 April 2011 (first published 13 April 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Format eBook
- Pages 312
- Language English