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Preface | p. ix |
Introduction: "She Shall Be Called 'Woman'" | p. xiii |
Aggadic Attitudes toward Women | p. 1 |
Eve's Estate: Temptation, Modesty, and the Valorization of Matrimony | p. 22 |
Serah bat Asher: The Transformative Power of Aggadic Invention | p. 42 |
The Regime of Modesty: Ruth and the Rabbinic Construction of the Feminine Ideal | p. 61 |
"Remember Thy Handmaid": On Hannah and Prayer | p. 87 |
"The King's Daughter Is All Glorious Within": The Estate of Daughterhood | p. 111 |
Hope for the Harlot: The Estate of the Marginalized Woman | p. 142 |
"Deborah, Say Your Song": Female Prophecy in Talmudic Tradition | p. 163 |
Conclusion: Complexity and Contradiction in the Rabbinic Construction of Woman | p. 185 |
Bibliography | p. 187 |
Index of Names and Subjects | p. 199 |
Index of Rabbinic References | p. 209 |
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