UID:
almahu_9949244121602882
Format:
1 online resource (268 p.)
ISBN:
9783110218640
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , 50
Content:
The author applies the fields of gender studies, psychoanalysis, and literature to Talmudic texts. In opposition to the perception of Judaism as a legal system, he argues that the Talmud demands inner spiritual effort, to which the trait of humility and the refinement of the ego are central. This leads to the question of the attitude to the Other, in general, and especially to women. The author shows that the Talmud places the woman (who represents humility and good-heartedness in the Talmudic narratives) above the character of the male depicted in these narratives as a scholar with an inflated sense of self-importance.In the last chapter (that in terms of its scope and content could be a freestanding monograph) the author employs the insights that emerged from the preceding chapters to present a new reading of the Creation narrative in the Bible and the Rabbinic commentaries. The divine act of creation is presented as a primal sexual act, a sort of dialogic model of the consummate sanctity that takes its place in man's spiritual life when the option of opening one's heart to the other in a male-female dialogue is realized.
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Theology and Religious Studies 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238549
In:
DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110638165
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288995
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE THEOLOGY, JUDAISM, RELIGION 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110293845
In:
E-BOOK PAKET THEOLOGIE,RELIGIONSWISS., JUDAISTIK 2012, De Gruyter, 9783110288957
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110207057
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110218640
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110218640
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110218640
