Standing Again at Sinai : Judaism from a Feminist Perspective

by Plaskow, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780060666842
• ISBN10: 0060666846
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-19
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Written by the members of Mensa, here is a fascinating, enlightening program for strengthening the mind. Games, exercises, and mental fitness tests will help readers to open their minds and think smarter.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	vii	(2)
INTRODUCTION: It's Feminist, But Is It Jewish?	ix
1. SETTING THE PROBLEM, LAYING THE GROUND	1	(24)
Exploring the Terrain of Silence	2	(8)
Methodological Underpinnings	10	(15)
2. TORAH: RESHAPING JEWISH MEMORY	25	(50)
Give Us Our History	28	(4)
History, Historiography, and Torah	32	(4)
Feminist Historiography and the Recovery of Women's History	36	(16)
Reshaping Jewish Memory	52	(8)
Torah as Law in a Feminist Judaism	60	(15)
3. ISRAEL: TOWARD A NEW CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY	75	(46)
Personhood, Community, and Difference	76	(20)
Chosenness, Hierarchy, and Difference	96	(11)
The State of Israel	107	(14)
4. GOD: REIMAGING THE UNIMAGINABLE	121	(49)
Traditional Images of God	123	(11)
On the Nature of God-Language	134	(2)
Jewish Feminist God-Language and Feminist Spirituality	136	(11)
Issues in Jewish Resistance to Feminist Spirituality	147	(7)
Gathering the Strands: Toward a Jewish Feminist Understanding of God	154	(16)
5. TOWARD A NEW THEOLOGY OF SEXUALITY	170	(41)
Female Sexuality and Women as Other	171	(7)
Jewish Attitudes Toward Sexuality	178	(7)
Sexuality and the Sacred	185	(6)
Reclaiming the Body and Sexuality in Feminist Thought	191	(6)
Toward a New Theology of Sexuality	197	(14)
6. FEMINIST JUDAISM AND REPAIR OF THE WORLD	211	(28)
Religion and Politics in Judaism and Feminism	213	(11)
Feminist Judaism and Its Social Context	224	(8)
Spirituality and Politics in a Feminist Judaism	232	(7)
NOTES	239	(30)
GLOSSARY	269	(3)
GENERAL INDEX	272	(10)
BIBLICAL INDEX	282