The Women of the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Misrash, and Kabbalah Contributor(s): Ronson, Barbara L. Thaw (Author) |
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ISBN: 076579991X ISBN-13: 9780765799913 Publisher: Jason Aronson OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1998 Annotation: This book examines through the lens of the ancient Talmudic, Midrashic, and Kabbalistic commentaries the scriptural passages related to our ancestral mothers, wives, and daughters. Excerpts seek to illuminate clearly the question of what it may mean to be truly feminine, truly wise. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings - Religion | Spirituality - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
Dewey: 221.922 |
LCCN: 97331977 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.39" W x 9.3" (1.69 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Viewed through the lens of the ancient talmudic, midrashic, and kabbalistic commentaries, this book examines, in biblical sequence, the scriptural passages related to our ancestral mothers, wives, and daughters. The chosen excerpts, clearly documented, seek to illuminate the question of what it may mean to be truly feminine, truly wise--how actions which appear to be malevolent, or at the very least, misguided, when superficially viewed, may, in fact, have been engineered to produce the greatest good. Barbara L. Thaw Ronson has not chosen to view the Bible as an historical document, attempting to uncover its often cryptic meanings based upon the societal dictates at the time in question; rather, she explores the Bible by perceiving it solely as a timeless Divine doctrine: to illuminate the value and significance of prayer and the individual woman's relationship with her Creator (which informs her relationship with family and neighbor). and to discover and highlight the idea of Woman that exists independently of the era into which she finds herself born. |