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Jewish Women's Torah Study: Orthodox Religious Education and Modernity - Routledge Jewish Studies Series Fuchs, Ilan (University of Calgary, Canada) 1st edition
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Jewish Women's Torah Study: Orthodox Religious Education and Modernity - Routledge Jewish Studies Series
Fuchs, Ilan (University of Calgary, Canada)
One of the cornerstones of the religious Jewish experience in all its variations is Torah study, and this learning is considered a central criterion for leadership. Jewish Women?s Torah Study addresses the question of women's integration in the halachic-religious system at this pivotal intersection.
The contemporary debate regarding women?s Torah study first emerged in the second half of the 19th century. As women?s status in general society changed, offering increased legal rights and opportunities for education, a debate on the need to change women?s participation in Torah study emerged. Orthodoxy was faced with the question: which parts, if any, of modernity should be integrated into Halacha?
Exemplifying the entire array of Orthodox responses to modernity, this book is a valuable addition to the scholarship of Judaism in the modern era and will be of interest to students and scholars of Religion, Gender Studies and Jewish Studies.
284 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 23, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138952980 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 235 × 29 mm · 446 g |
| Language | English |
