TY - BOOK AU - Eilberg-Schwartz,Howard TI - People of the body: Jews and Judaism from an embodied perspective T2 - SUNY Series, The Body in Culture, History, and Religion SN - 9781438401904 AV - BM720 .P467 1992 PY - 1992/// CY - Albany, N.Y. PB - State University of New York Press KW - Judaism KW - Doctrines KW - Women in Judaism KW - Purity, Ritual KW - Human body KW - Religious aspects KW - Sex KW - "Multi-User" KW - Electronic Books N1 - OldControl:muse9781438401904; 2; ""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""; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=549399&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -