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Grossman, Avraham

Summary: Woman's status in historical perspective. p. 273

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Waltham, Mass., Brandeis University Press, London, University Press of New England, 2004

Extent: xv, 329 p.

Contents

image of the woman : partner or the "other"?.
p. 8
1.
creation and the superiority of man.
p. 10
2.
temptation in the garden of Eden and the superiority of man.
p. 13
3.
Characteristics of woman and the superiority of man.
p. 15
4.
Women and sorcery.
p. 20
5.
"medical inferiority" of women and the superiority of men.
p. 23
6.
obligation to perform Mitzvot and the superiority of man.
p. 25
7.
Expressions in praise of women and their perception as "partner".
p. 27
8.
Between image and reality.
p. 31
Age at marriage.
p. 33
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 34
2.
situation in Babylonia in the eighth and ninth centuries.
p. 36
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 36
4.
situation in Jewish society during the tenth through thirteenth centuries.
p. 37
5.
Factors causing the large number of childhood marriages.
p. 44
6.
Results of early marriage.
p. 46
Engagement, betrothal, and the choice of a marriage partner.
p. 49
1.
ceremonies and their development.
p. 49
2.
ban in Ashkenaz against cancelling engagements.
p. 51
3.
Choice of marriage partner.
p. 55
4.
Consensual marriage in Christian Europe.
p. 60
5.
institution of matchmaking and its place in Jewish society.
p. 64
Monogamy and polygamy.
p. 68
1.
biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 68
2.
situation in Ashkenaz.
p. 70
3.
Polygamy in Spain.
p. 78
4.
atmosphere in the polygamous family.
p. 88
5.
Levirate marriage and bigamy.
p. 90
Feminine modesty and women's role in supporting the family.
p. 102
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 102
2.
Modesty in Muslim society.
p. 103
3.
Modesty in Jewish society in Muslim countries.
p. 105
4.
"Miqveh rebellion" in Egypt.
p. 109
5.
situation in Jewish society in Spain.
p. 111
6.
Feminine modesty and women's work in Christian Europe.
p. 114
7.
situation in Ashkenazic Jewish society.
p. 117
8.
Changes in the legal status of women.
p. 121
Woman as wife and mother and her economic status.
p. 123
1.
woman within her home.
p. 123
2.
Prostitution and concubinage.
p. 133
3.
woman's economic status.
p. 147
Women's culture and education.
p. 154
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 154
2.
situation in Muslim society.
p. 157
3.
situation in Christian society.
p. 158
4.
stance of the Jewish sages in the Middle Ages.
p. 160
5.
Learned women.
p. 162
6.
Education of women in Jewish society.
p. 165
7.
Girls' education and erudition in Ashkenaz.
p. 167
8.
situation in Spain.
p. 170
9.
Education of Jewish women in Italy and Sicily.
p. 172
role of women in religious life and in family ceremonies.
p. 174
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 174
2.
role of women in religious life in Christian Europe.
p. 175
3.
performance of time-linked positive commandments.
p. 178
4.
Women in the synagogue.
p. 180
5.
Women in the celebration of Passover.
p. 188
6.
Women circumcisers.
p. 190
7.
Women as ritual slaughterers.
p. 190
8.
Fast days and acts of charity by women.
p. 192
9.
Refraining from eating meat during the season of mourning.
p. 193
10.
Women as bearers of Halakhic traditions.
p. 194
11.
role of women in family ceremonies.
p. 195
Women's role in Jewish martyrdom in Europe in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.
p. 198
1.
descriptions of women in chronicles about the pogroms.
p. 198
2.
historical reliability of the descriptions in the Chronicles.
p. 199
3.
role of women in Jewish martyrdom according to Christian sources.
p. 202
4.
"beauty" and "purity" of the women.
p. 203
5.
Kiddush Hashem and the cultural and social status of the women.
p. 204
6.
description in the chronicles and the public image.
p. 205
7.
Between the chronicles of 1096 and Sefer Zekhirah.
p. 209
Violence toward women.
p. 212
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 212
2.
situation in Christian and Muslim society.
p. 213
3.
position of the Babylonian Geonim.
p. 215
4.
position of the Spanish sages.
p. 218
5.
Maimonides' position.
p. 219
6.
situation in France and Italy.
p. 223
7.
situation in Germany.
p. 225
8.
Wife beating for "education".
p. 228
9.
Summary : between theory and reality.
p. 230
divorcee and the "rebellious wife".
p. 231
divorcee.
p. 231
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 231
2.
attitude of medieval Jewish sages to divorce.
p. 232
3.
Grounds for divorce.
p. 235
"rebellious wife".
p. 240
1.
change at the beginning of the Geonic period.
p. 241
2.
retreat from the Taqqanah of Moredet during the twelfth century.
p. 242
3.
proliferation of divorce in Ashkenaz in the thirteenth century and thereafter.
p. 244
4.
"Rebellion" of women in Christian society.
p. 248
5.
Divorce in Spain.
p. 249
6.
attitude to the divorcee.
p. 251
widow and the "murderous wife".
p. 253
1.
large number of widows.
p. 253
2.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 254
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 255
4.
Life expectancy in Europe.
p. 256
5.
situation in Jewish society : the attitude to the widow's remarriage.
p. 257
6.
commonness of widowhood and its social significance.
p. 259
7.
widow's economic rights.
p. 259
8.
The"murderous wife" (Qatlanit).
p. 262
Summary : woman's status in historical perspective.
p. 273
1.
positive changes.
p. 273
2.
Negative changes.
p. 277
3.
silencing of creativity.
p. 278
4.
Between "pious" and "rebellious" women.
p. 280

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Label: Pious and rebellious : Jewish women in Medieval Europe

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Grossman, Avraham

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Summary: Woman's status in historical perspective. p. 273

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Label: Pious and rebellious : Jewish women in Medieval Europe, Avraham Grossman ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman

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Pious and rebellious : Jewish women in Medieval Europe

Publication

Waltham, Mass., Brandeis University Press, London, University Press of New England, 2004

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-316) and index

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Contents

image of the woman : partner or the "other"?.
p. 8
1.
creation and the superiority of man.
p. 10
2.
temptation in the garden of Eden and the superiority of man.
p. 13
3.
Characteristics of woman and the superiority of man.
p. 15
4.
Women and sorcery.
p. 20
5.
"medical inferiority" of women and the superiority of men.
p. 23
6.
obligation to perform Mitzvot and the superiority of man.
p. 25
7.
Expressions in praise of women and their perception as "partner".
p. 27
8.
Between image and reality.
p. 31
Age at marriage.
p. 33
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 34
2.
situation in Babylonia in the eighth and ninth centuries.
p. 36
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 36
4.
situation in Jewish society during the tenth through thirteenth centuries.
p. 37
5.
Factors causing the large number of childhood marriages.
p. 44
6.
Results of early marriage.
p. 46
Engagement, betrothal, and the choice of a marriage partner.
p. 49
1.
ceremonies and their development.
p. 49
2.
ban in Ashkenaz against cancelling engagements.
p. 51
3.
Choice of marriage partner.
p. 55
4.
Consensual marriage in Christian Europe.
p. 60
5.
institution of matchmaking and its place in Jewish society.
p. 64
Monogamy and polygamy.
p. 68
1.
biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 68
2.
situation in Ashkenaz.
p. 70
3.
Polygamy in Spain.
p. 78
4.
atmosphere in the polygamous family.
p. 88
5.
Levirate marriage and bigamy.
p. 90
Feminine modesty and women's role in supporting the family.
p. 102
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 102
2.
Modesty in Muslim society.
p. 103
3.
Modesty in Jewish society in Muslim countries.
p. 105
4.
"Miqveh rebellion" in Egypt.
p. 109
5.
situation in Jewish society in Spain.
p. 111
6.
Feminine modesty and women's work in Christian Europe.
p. 114
7.
situation in Ashkenazic Jewish society.
p. 117
8.
Changes in the legal status of women.
p. 121
Woman as wife and mother and her economic status.
p. 123
1.
woman within her home.
p. 123
2.
Prostitution and concubinage.
p. 133
3.
woman's economic status.
p. 147
Women's culture and education.
p. 154
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 154
2.
situation in Muslim society.
p. 157
3.
situation in Christian society.
p. 158
4.
stance of the Jewish sages in the Middle Ages.
p. 160
5.
Learned women.
p. 162
6.
Education of women in Jewish society.
p. 165
7.
Girls' education and erudition in Ashkenaz.
p. 167
8.
situation in Spain.
p. 170
9.
Education of Jewish women in Italy and Sicily.
p. 172
role of women in religious life and in family ceremonies.
p. 174
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 174
2.
role of women in religious life in Christian Europe.
p. 175
3.
performance of time-linked positive commandments.
p. 178
4.
Women in the synagogue.
p. 180
5.
Women in the celebration of Passover.
p. 188
6.
Women circumcisers.
p. 190
7.
Women as ritual slaughterers.
p. 190
8.
Fast days and acts of charity by women.
p. 192
9.
Refraining from eating meat during the season of mourning.
p. 193
10.
Women as bearers of Halakhic traditions.
p. 194
11.
role of women in family ceremonies.
p. 195
Women's role in Jewish martyrdom in Europe in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.
p. 198
1.
descriptions of women in chronicles about the pogroms.
p. 198
2.
historical reliability of the descriptions in the Chronicles.
p. 199
3.
role of women in Jewish martyrdom according to Christian sources.
p. 202
4.
"beauty" and "purity" of the women.
p. 203
5.
Kiddush Hashem and the cultural and social status of the women.
p. 204
6.
description in the chronicles and the public image.
p. 205
7.
Between the chronicles of 1096 and Sefer Zekhirah.
p. 209
Violence toward women.
p. 212
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 212
2.
situation in Christian and Muslim society.
p. 213
3.
position of the Babylonian Geonim.
p. 215
4.
position of the Spanish sages.
p. 218
5.
Maimonides' position.
p. 219
6.
situation in France and Italy.
p. 223
7.
situation in Germany.
p. 225
8.
Wife beating for "education".
p. 228
9.
Summary : between theory and reality.
p. 230
divorcee and the "rebellious wife".
p. 231
divorcee.
p. 231
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 231
2.
attitude of medieval Jewish sages to divorce.
p. 232
3.
Grounds for divorce.
p. 235
"rebellious wife".
p. 240
1.
change at the beginning of the Geonic period.
p. 241
2.
retreat from the Taqqanah of Moredet during the twelfth century.
p. 242
3.
proliferation of divorce in Ashkenaz in the thirteenth century and thereafter.
p. 244
4.
"Rebellion" of women in Christian society.
p. 248
5.
Divorce in Spain.
p. 249
6.
attitude to the divorcee.
p. 251
widow and the "murderous wife".
p. 253
1.
large number of widows.
p. 253
2.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 254
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 255
4.
Life expectancy in Europe.
p. 256
5.
situation in Jewish society : the attitude to the widow's remarriage.
p. 257
6.
commonness of widowhood and its social significance.
p. 259
7.
widow's economic rights.
p. 259
8.
The"murderous wife" (Qatlanit).
p. 262
Summary : woman's status in historical perspective.
p. 273
1.
positive changes.
p. 273
2.
Negative changes.
p. 277
3.
silencing of creativity.
p. 278
4.
Between "pious" and "rebellious" women.
p. 280

Control code: l10000982788

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Extent: xv, 329 p.

Isbn: 9781584653929

Lccn: 2004003029

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other physical details: ill.

Label: Pious and rebellious : Jewish women in Medieval Europe, Avraham Grossman ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman

Publication

Waltham, Mass., Brandeis University Press, London, University Press of New England, 2004

Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-316) and index

Carrier category: volume

Carrier category code

Carrier MARC source: rdacarrier

Content category: text

Content type code

Content type MARC source: rdacontent

Contents

image of the woman : partner or the "other"?.
p. 8
1.
creation and the superiority of man.
p. 10
2.
temptation in the garden of Eden and the superiority of man.
p. 13
3.
Characteristics of woman and the superiority of man.
p. 15
4.
Women and sorcery.
p. 20
5.
"medical inferiority" of women and the superiority of men.
p. 23
6.
obligation to perform Mitzvot and the superiority of man.
p. 25
7.
Expressions in praise of women and their perception as "partner".
p. 27
8.
Between image and reality.
p. 31
Age at marriage.
p. 33
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 34
2.
situation in Babylonia in the eighth and ninth centuries.
p. 36
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 36
4.
situation in Jewish society during the tenth through thirteenth centuries.
p. 37
5.
Factors causing the large number of childhood marriages.
p. 44
6.
Results of early marriage.
p. 46
Engagement, betrothal, and the choice of a marriage partner.
p. 49
1.
ceremonies and their development.
p. 49
2.
ban in Ashkenaz against cancelling engagements.
p. 51
3.
Choice of marriage partner.
p. 55
4.
Consensual marriage in Christian Europe.
p. 60
5.
institution of matchmaking and its place in Jewish society.
p. 64
Monogamy and polygamy.
p. 68
1.
biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 68
2.
situation in Ashkenaz.
p. 70
3.
Polygamy in Spain.
p. 78
4.
atmosphere in the polygamous family.
p. 88
5.
Levirate marriage and bigamy.
p. 90
Feminine modesty and women's role in supporting the family.
p. 102
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 102
2.
Modesty in Muslim society.
p. 103
3.
Modesty in Jewish society in Muslim countries.
p. 105
4.
"Miqveh rebellion" in Egypt.
p. 109
5.
situation in Jewish society in Spain.
p. 111
6.
Feminine modesty and women's work in Christian Europe.
p. 114
7.
situation in Ashkenazic Jewish society.
p. 117
8.
Changes in the legal status of women.
p. 121
Woman as wife and mother and her economic status.
p. 123
1.
woman within her home.
p. 123
2.
Prostitution and concubinage.
p. 133
3.
woman's economic status.
p. 147
Women's culture and education.
p. 154
1.
Talmudic heritage.
p. 154
2.
situation in Muslim society.
p. 157
3.
situation in Christian society.
p. 158
4.
stance of the Jewish sages in the Middle Ages.
p. 160
5.
Learned women.
p. 162
6.
Education of women in Jewish society.
p. 165
7.
Girls' education and erudition in Ashkenaz.
p. 167
8.
situation in Spain.
p. 170
9.
Education of Jewish women in Italy and Sicily.
p. 172
role of women in religious life and in family ceremonies.
p. 174
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 174
2.
role of women in religious life in Christian Europe.
p. 175
3.
performance of time-linked positive commandments.
p. 178
4.
Women in the synagogue.
p. 180
5.
Women in the celebration of Passover.
p. 188
6.
Women circumcisers.
p. 190
7.
Women as ritual slaughterers.
p. 190
8.
Fast days and acts of charity by women.
p. 192
9.
Refraining from eating meat during the season of mourning.
p. 193
10.
Women as bearers of Halakhic traditions.
p. 194
11.
role of women in family ceremonies.
p. 195
Women's role in Jewish martyrdom in Europe in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.
p. 198
1.
descriptions of women in chronicles about the pogroms.
p. 198
2.
historical reliability of the descriptions in the Chronicles.
p. 199
3.
role of women in Jewish martyrdom according to Christian sources.
p. 202
4.
"beauty" and "purity" of the women.
p. 203
5.
Kiddush Hashem and the cultural and social status of the women.
p. 204
6.
description in the chronicles and the public image.
p. 205
7.
Between the chronicles of 1096 and Sefer Zekhirah.
p. 209
Violence toward women.
p. 212
1.
Talmudic tradition.
p. 212
2.
situation in Christian and Muslim society.
p. 213
3.
position of the Babylonian Geonim.
p. 215
4.
position of the Spanish sages.
p. 218
5.
Maimonides' position.
p. 219
6.
situation in France and Italy.
p. 223
7.
situation in Germany.
p. 225
8.
Wife beating for "education".
p. 228
9.
Summary : between theory and reality.
p. 230
divorcee and the "rebellious wife".
p. 231
divorcee.
p. 231
1.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 231
2.
attitude of medieval Jewish sages to divorce.
p. 232
3.
Grounds for divorce.
p. 235
"rebellious wife".
p. 240
1.
change at the beginning of the Geonic period.
p. 241
2.
retreat from the Taqqanah of Moredet during the twelfth century.
p. 242
3.
proliferation of divorce in Ashkenaz in the thirteenth century and thereafter.
p. 244
4.
"Rebellion" of women in Christian society.
p. 248
5.
Divorce in Spain.
p. 249
6.
attitude to the divorcee.
p. 251
widow and the "murderous wife".
p. 253
1.
large number of widows.
p. 253
2.
Biblical and Talmudic heritage.
p. 254
3.
situation in non-Jewish society.
p. 255
4.
Life expectancy in Europe.
p. 256
5.
situation in Jewish society : the attitude to the widow's remarriage.
p. 257
6.
commonness of widowhood and its social significance.
p. 259
7.
widow's economic rights.
p. 259
8.
The"murderous wife" (Qatlanit).
p. 262
Summary : woman's status in historical perspective.
p. 273
1.
positive changes.
p. 273
2.
Negative changes.
p. 277
3.
silencing of creativity.
p. 278
4.
Between "pious" and "rebellious" women.
p. 280

Control code: l10000982788

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Extent: xv, 329 p.

Isbn: 9781584653929

Lccn: 2004003029

Media category: unmediated

Media MARC source: rdamedia

Media type code

Other physical details: ill.

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