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Forsaken
Sharon Faye Koren
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Paperback. A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: HRJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 429.
This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are there no known female mystics in medieval Judaism, unlike contemporaneous movements in Christianity and Islam? Sharon Faye Koren demonstrates that the male rejection of female mystical aspirations is based in deeply rooted attitudes toward corporeality and ritual purity. In particular, medieval Jewish male mystics increasingly emphasized that the changing states of the female body between ritual purity and impurity disqualified women from the quest for mystical connection with God. Offering a provocative look at premodern rabbinical views ... Read more
This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are there no known female mystics in medieval Judaism, unlike contemporaneous movements in Christianity and Islam? Sharon Faye Koren demonstrates that the male rejection of female mystical aspirations is based in deeply rooted attitudes toward corporeality and ritual purity. In particular, medieval Jewish male mystics increasingly emphasized that the changing states of the female body between ritual purity and impurity disqualified women from the quest for mystical connection with God. Offering a provocative look at premodern rabbinical views ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781584659822
SKU
V9781584659822
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