Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar by Hoshen, Dalia

Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780761838104)

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Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar by Hoshen, Dalia

Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar

$51.95
Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar by Hoshen, Dalia

Beruria the Tannait: A Theological Reading of a Female Mishnaic Scholar

$51.95
Format: Paperback
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This work deals with the religious enigma of Beruria, the only female scholar mentioned in Talmudic literature. Although a well-known figure to educated readers, her scholarship has not been thoroughly investigated. Because Beruria was better known for her femininity than her literacy, many doubted her scholarship. Some maintain that she never existed, except in the imagination and libido of the Rabbis. The book fully exposes her character and her teachings with an atypical theological perspective of individual status. Comparing Beruria's philosophical model in the Talmudic literature to her portrayal in the post-Talmudic, the book indicates a crisis in Jewish culture, which circles around the differentiation of the sociological versus theological perspective of individual status in general, particularly of women.

Author: Dalia Hoshen
ISBN-10: 0761838104
ISBN-13: 9780761838104
Publisher: University Press of America
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2007
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.43w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 17
By Dalia Hoshen
By Dalia Hoshen
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Dalia Hoshen is Jerusalem born. She earned a Ph.D. in both Talmud (1989) and Hebrew Literature (2001) from Bar Ilan University. Dedicating her time to research, she wrote various papers in both fields. She continues to teach at universities and colleges in Israel and the United Kingdom. She is also the author of Agnon: A Saga is (not) a Talmudic Sugia and Tractate of the Hidden Face.

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