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Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics »

Book cover image of Engendering Judaism: An Inclusive Theology and Ethics by Rachel Adler

Authors: Rachel Adler, David Ellenson
ISBN-13: 9780807036198, ISBN-10: 0807036196
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Date Published: September 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Rachel Adler

Rachel Adler holds a joint appointment at the University of Southern California and Hebrew Union College.

Book Synopsis

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for 1998.

How can women's full participation transform Jewish law, prayer, sexuality, and marriage? What does it mean to "engender" Jewish tradition? Pioneering theologian Rachel Adler gives this timely and powerful question its first thorough study in a book that bristles with humor, passion, intelligence, and deep knowledge of traditional biblical and rabbinic texts.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch. 1Prelude: The Female Rapist and Other Inversions1
Ch. 2Here Comes Skotsl: Renewing Halakhah21
Ch. 3And Not Be Silent: Toward Inclusive Worship61
Ch. 4Justice and Peace Shall Kiss: An Ethics of Sexuality and Relationship105
Ch. 5B'rit Ahuvim: A Marriage Between Subjects169
Epilogue: On Seeds and Ruins209
Appendix213
Notes219
Index of Bible Citations261
General Index263

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