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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462136703321

Autore

Koren Sharon Faye

Titolo

Forsaken [[electronic resource] ] : the menstruant in medieval Jewish mysticism / / Sharon Faye Koren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press

Hanover, : University Press of New England, c2011

ISBN

1-280-01058-4

9786613512314

1-61168-022-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

HBI series on Jewish women

The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry

Disciplina

296.7/5

Soggetti

Purity, Ritual - Judaism

Menstruation - Religious aspects - Judaism

Mysticism - Judaism - History

Judaism - History - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series Page; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Early Jewish Mysticism; 1. From Earthly Templeto Heavenly Temple; 2. The Mysticism of the Beraita d'Niddah; 3. Menstruation and the Mystics of Ashkenaz; II: Medieval Kabbalah; 4. Menstrual Impurity and Mystical Praxis in Theosophical Kabbalah; 5. The Myth of the Menstruating Shekhinah; 6. The Ontic Metamorphosis of the Menstruating Shekhinah; 7. The Interplay between Myth, Science, and Law; III: Mysticism & Menstruationin Islam & Christianity; 8. Menstrual Impurity and Sufism

9. Menstrual Impurity in Medieval ChristianityConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism