Artículos relacionados a Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism Hardback

Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism Hardback - Tapa dura

Alexander

 
9781107035560: Gender and Timebound Commandments in Judaism Hardback

Sinopsis

This book examines a key tradition in Judaism (the rule that exempts women from 'timebound, positive commandments'), which has served for centuries to stabilize women's roles. Elizabeth Shanks Alexander demonstrates that the rule was not intended to have such consequences.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies, teaching ancient Judaism, at the University of Virginia. She received her PhD from Yale University in 1998. She formerly taught at Smith and Haverford Colleges. Alexander received a Brandeis–Hadassah research grant for her work on this book, and is also the author of Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.