Women in Tanach
Author: Leah Kohn
Publisher:
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781952370649
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Great Jewish Women
Author: Elinor Slater
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the biblical Deborah to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the individuals profiled in this volume are the authors' considered choice for Jewish women who have had the greatest impact on their respective fields.
The Fruit of Her Hands
Author: Matthew B. Schwartz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2007-05-18
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 0802817726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In much of Western literature and Greek mythology, women have an evident lack of purpose; a woman needs to either enter or leave a relationship in order to find herself and her own identity. Matthew Schwartz and Kalman Kaplan set out to prove that the converse is true in the text of the Hebrew Bible. Examining the stories of women in Scripture -- Rebecca, Miriam, Gomer, Ruth and Naomi, Lot's wife, Zipporah, and dozens more -- Schwartz and Kaplan illustrate the biblical woman's strong feminine sense of being crucial to God's plan for the world and for history, courageously seeking the greatest good for herself and others whatever the circumstances. Empowering, illuminating, and fascinating, The Fruit of Her Hands makes a singular contribution to the fields of biblical and women's studies.
Mirrors of Our Lives
Author: Holly Pavlov
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781568711614
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A magnificent tapestry of insight and inspiration, gleaned from the rich lives of the Matriarchs and other Biblical women as portrayed in traditional commentaries and the Midrash. The author, a well-known educator and lecturer, is head of the acclaimed She'arim Seminary in Jerusalem.
Mothers of Promise
Author: Tammi J. Schneider
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2008-08
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 080102949X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A prominent scholar of the Hebrew Bible offers a close reading of the women in Genesis to discover their roles in shaping ancient Israel.
The Secret of Jewish Femininity
Author: Tehilla Abramov
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781568713519
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Torah Queeries
Author: Gregg Drinkwater
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2012-08-22
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0814769772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the Jewish tradition, reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific portion assigned each week. Following on this ancient tradition, Torah Queeries brings together some of the world's leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a "bent lens." This incredibly rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary American Judaism. All bring to the table unique methods of reading and interpreting that allow the Torah to speak to modern concerns of sexuality, identity, gender, and LGBT life. Torah Queeries offers cultural critique, social commentary, and a vision of community transformation, all done through biblical interpretation. Written to engage readers, draw them in, and at times provoke them, Torah Queeries charts a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the Jewish textual tradition. A labor of intellectual rigor, social justice, and personal passions, Torah Queeries is an exciting and important contribution to the project of democratizing Jewish communities, and an essential guide to understanding the intersection of queerness and Jewishness.
Women in Scripture
Author: Carol Meyers
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2000-03-30
Total Pages: 1017
ISBN-13: 0547345585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture . . . monumental” (Library Journal). In recent decades, many biblical scholars have studied the holy text with a new focus on gender. Women in Scripture is a groundbreaking work that provides Jews, Christians, or anyone fascinated by a body of literature that has exerted a singular influence on Western civilization a thorough look at every woman and group of women mentioned in the Bible, whether named or unnamed, well known or heretofore not known at all. They are remarkably varied—from prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. There are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date results of biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of this book is the section devoted to the many females who in the scriptures do not even have names. Combining rigorous research with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge readers interested in the Bible, scholars and laypeople alike. Together, these collected histories create a volume that takes the study of women in the Bible to a new level.
The Ancient Hebrew Lexicon of the Bible
Author: Jeff A. Benner
Publisher: Ancient Hebrew Research Center
Published: 2021-06-28
Total Pages: 617
ISBN-13: 1589397762
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →All previous Biblical Hebrew lexicons have provided a modern western definition and perspective to Hebrew roots and words. This prevents the reader of the Bible from seeing the ancient authors' original intent of the passages. This is the first Biblical Hebrew lexicon that defines each Hebrew word within its original Ancient Hebrew cultural meaning. One of the major differences between the Modern Western mind and the Ancient Hebrew's is that their mind related all words and their meanings to a concrete concept. For instance, the Hebrew word "chai" is normally translated as "life", a western abstract meaning, but the original Hebrew concrete meaning of this word is the "stomach". In the Ancient Hebrew mind, a full stomach is a sign of a full "life". The Hebrew language is a root system oriented language and the lexicon is divided into sections reflecting this root system. Each word of the Hebrew Bible is grouped within its roots and is defined according to its original ancient cultural meaning. Also included in each word entry are its alternative spellings, King James translations of the word and Strong's number. Indexes are included to assist with finding a word within the lexicon according to its spelling, definition, King James translation or Strong's number.
Wisdom to Heal the Earth
Author: Tzvi Freeman
Publisher: Ezra Press
Published: 2018-10
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780826690036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Bringing Heaven Down To Earth, Tzvi Freeman explored an original means to deliver the wisdom of a great sage of our times, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, known universally as simply "the Rebbe." Using pithy yet highly readable, brief meditations, that book unveiled for us a deeper meaning to life and provided practical guidance to weather its waves and storms. It is a book that changed tens of thousands of lives. Now, in Wisdom to Heal the Earth, Freeman continues with that winning format, this time along with complementary brief essays. But now he takes us yet further, peering toward the Rebbe's vision of a world towards which all humanity is headed, and demonstrating how the details of our everyday lives are vital, crucial, and today especially urgent in reaching that grand and ultimate destiny. In Jewish parlance we call this Tikun Olam"€"the notion that we all enter this world with a mission to accomplish: to repair and perfect our assigned share of the world, so that it can become the world its Creator meant it to be.
