Ruth R. Wisse, Jews and Power.

Biale, David

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“…Wegner writes self-consciously, establishing a fine foundation for others interested in studying women in rabbinic literature. She situates her conclusions within the major feminist and Jewish feminist thinking of her time ( : 182-98, citing de Beauvoir 1953Ozick 1979;Greenberg 1981;Umansky 1982;Plaskow 1983;Schüssler-Fiorenza 1983;Biale 1984). Moreover, she reflects upon her method, recognizing that she has examined 'status', the utopian and legal frameworks surrounding women within the rabbinic corpus, rather than necessarily treating the particular lives of women (1988: 144).…”

Section: Revisiting Rabbinic Sources Concerning Early Judaismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, because I focus on this period only, I do not include more overarching treatments of women and Jewish law or halacha. For instance, Biale (1984) offers an early study, referenced by many scholars of Early Judaism. Her study, and those like it, treat sources for later practice and consider Early Judaism as one stage in the creation of laws that continue to affect women.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Women in Early Judaism: Twenty-five Years of Research and Reenvisioning

Marks

2008

Currents in Biblical Research

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Studies of women in Early Judaism seek to correct and go beyond earlier examinations that had overlooked women. In this they share some important goals with social history, arguing that histories that ignore all but the most prominent individuals offer a distorted presentation of the ancient world. Involving an initial reinvisioning, such explorations partake of the varied methodologies and methodological challenges of other projects in Religious Studies and Jewish Studies. Following the pioneering scholars who first challenged assumptions that only men had merited attention, and their successors who gathered evidence concerning Jewish women, current researchers struggle with post-structuralist questions concerning how much one may read texts as social reality. Responses to these challenges continue to build upon the work of recent decades even as they begin to investigate new possibilities.

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Section: Revisiting Rabbinic Sources Concerning Early Judaismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%