Women as ritual experts: the religious lives of elderly Jewish women in Jerusalem

By analyzing the rituals, daily experiences, life-stories, and non-verbal gestures of Jewish women from Kurdistan and Yemen now living in Jerusalem, Sered discloses stategies these women have used to circumvent the patriarchal institutions of Judaism and to develop their own traditions within Torah...

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Main Author: Sered, Susan S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York u.a. Oxford Univ. Press 1992
Series:Publications of the American Folklore Society
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:By analyzing the rituals, daily experiences, life-stories, and non-verbal gestures of Jewish women from Kurdistan and Yemen now living in Jerusalem, Sered discloses stategies these women have used to circumvent the patriarchal institutions of Judaism and to develop their own traditions within Torah Judaism.
Physical Description:XI, 174 S.
ISBN:0195071611