“And I Find a Wife More Bitter Than Death” (Eccl 7: 26): Feminist Hermeneutics, Women’s Midrashim, and the Boundaries of Acceptance in Modern Orthodox Judaism

, This article joins the new interest in a feminist hermeneutics of scripture featured in this journal in 2014 and contributes new insights about the status of feminist hermeneutics in patriarchal traditions through the prism of Modern Orthodox Jewish feminism. Through analyzing contemporary Jewish...

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Main Author: Irshai, Ronit (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2017
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-86
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