From mystical visions to gender equality aspirations: a hermeneutical journey of two biblical verses
The article looks at the growing sensitivity of Orthodox society towards women's status in Judaism. It mentions two biblical verses that have received a gendered interpretation 'God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night' an...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool University Press
[2015]
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The journal of Jewish studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 138-156 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Mysticism
B Judaism / Exegesis |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism FD Contextual theology HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Women in Judaism
B Gender identity in the Bible B Tradition B WOMEN & religion B Bible. Genesis 1,16 B Hermeneutics B Cabala B Bible. Jeremia 31,22 B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B gender inequality |