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Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Tamar Ross
ISBN-13: 9781584653905, ISBN-10: 1584653906
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Tamar Ross

TAMAR ROSS is Associate Professor of Jewish Thought in the Department of Philosophy at Bar Ilan University. She has also been the central instructor of Jewish Thought at Midreshet Lindenbaum (the first women's Yeshiva) since its inception.

Book Synopsis

A unique examination of the theological implications for Orthodox Judaism of women's changed status in the modern world.

Table of Contents

Pt. IThe first stage : acknowledging the problem1
Ch. 1Feminism and the Halakhic tradition3
Ch. 2Sources of discontent and the conservative response25
Pt. IIThe second stage : working within the system47
Ch. 3Exploring Halakhic malleability and its limits49
Ch. 4The meta-Halakhic solutions of modern orthodoxy60
Ch. 5Does positivism work?71
Pt. IIIThe third stage : revamping the system101
Ch. 6Sociological and historical revisionism103
Ch. 7Evaluating revisionism125
Ch. 8Halakhic proactivism145
Pt. IVBeyond the third stage : expanding the palace of Torah163
Ch. 9Halakhah contextualized : nonfoundationalism and the role of interpretive traditions165
Ch. 10The word of God contextualized : successive hearings and the decree of history184
Ch. 11Some theological remarks for the more philosophically inclined213
Pt. VEpilogue225
Ch. 12Visions for the future227

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