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Unveiling hidden women and unexpected lessons within a brutal Talmud tale.
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Beyond Brutality
reclaiming female presence in bavli sotah
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300 pages
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22 December 2025
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Summary
Beyond Brutality: A Feminist Reading of the Talmud’s Sotah
A feminist reading of one of the most troubling tractates of the Talmud.
Beyond Brutality draws on feminist analysis and gender studies to examine tractate Sotah of the Babylonian Talmud as a literary unit. By interrogating how, why, and where women are invisible within Bavli Sotah, Jane Kanarek brings to light a ubiquitous female presence throughout the text.
Despite the brutality o…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9781684582693 |
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ISBN-10: | 1684582695 |
Series: | HBI Series on Jewish Women |
Author: | Jane Kanarek |
Publisher: | Brandeis University Press |
Imprint: | Brandeis University Press |
Format: | Hardcover |
Number of Pages: | 300 |
Release Date: | 22 December 2025 |
Weight: | 454g |
Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Jane Kanarek
Jane Kanarek is professor of rabbinics at Hebrew College. She is the author of Biblical Narrative and the Formation of Rabbinic Law and the coeditor of Mothers in the Jewish Cultural Imagination.
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