People of the body : Jews and Judaism from an embodied perspective /
edited by Howard Eilberg-Schwartz.
- Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, (c)1992.
- 1 online resource (ix, 392 pages).
- SUNY Series, The Body in Culture, History, and Religion .
OldControl:muse9781438401904.
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Content""; ""Introduction: People of the Body""; ""The Problem of the Body for the People of the Book""; ""The Garden of Eden and Sexuality in Early Judaism""; ""The Great Fat Massacre: Sex, Death, and the Grotesque Body in the Talmud""; ""Mizvot Built into the Body: Tkhines for Niddah, Pregnancy, and Childbirth""; ""Purifying the Body in the Name of the Soul: The Problem of the Body in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah"" ""Images of God's Feet: Some Observations on the Divine Body in Judaism""""God's Body: Theological and Ritual Roles of Shi'ur Komah""; ""The Body Never Lies: The Body in Medieval Jewish Folk Narratives""; ""The Jewish Body: A Foot-note""; ""(G)nos(e)ology: The Cultural Construction of the Other""; ""Zionism as an Erotic Revolution""; ""Menstruation and Identity: The Meaning of Niddah for Moroccan Women Immigrants to Israel""; ""Why Jewish Princesses Don't Sweat: Desire and Consumption in Postwar American Jewish Culture"" ""Challenging Male/Female Complementarity: Jewish Lesbians and the Jewish Tradition""""Back Matter""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""
9781438401904
Judaism--Doctrines. Women in Judaism. Purity, Ritual--Judaism. Human body--Religious aspects--Judaism. Sex--Religious aspects--Judaism. Human body--Religious aspects--Judaism. Judaism--Doctrines. Purity, Ritual--Judaism. Sex--Religious aspects--Judaism. Women in Judaism.