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Marriage, Sex, and Family in Judaism: The Past, Present, and Future »
Authors: Michael J. Broyde (Editor), Michael Ausubel
ISBN-13: 9780742545151, ISBN-10: 0742545156
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Michael J. Broyde
Book Synopsis
Marriage, Sex and Family in Judaism explores Jewish marriage from historical and contemporary perspectives, focusing on the religious and legal concepts of marriage, and the social impact of family in the Jewish community. The book does not advocate one perspective or another; instead, the essays range from conservative to liberal viewpoints, offering readers a well-balanced mixture of perspectives on Jewish marriage.
Table of Contents
| 1 | Marriage, sex, and family in the Jewish tradition : a historical overview | 1 |
| I | Biblical materials | |
| 2 | The images of women in the Hebrew Bible | 15 |
| 3 | Jewish marriage : nature, covenant, and contract | 61 |
| II | Rabbinical materials | |
| 4 | Jewish law and the abandonment of marriage : diverse models of sexuality and reproduction in the Jewish view, and the return to monogamy in the modern era | 88 |
| 5 | Two models of Medieval Jewish marriage : a preliminary study | 116 |
| 6 | Maimonides on sex and marriage | 149 |
| 7 | Prenuptial agreements in Talmudic, Medieval, and modern Jewish thought | 192 |
| III | Modern challenges | |
| 8 | The Jewish family in America : contemporary challenges and traditional resources | 214 |
| 9 | What is a Jewish family? : changing rabbinic views | 244 |
| 10 | A break in the path : Lesbian relationships and Jewish law | 262 |
| 11 | Modern reproductive technologies and Jewish law | 295 |
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