ISBN:
9781000586374
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Series Statement:
Seminar Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.488924
Keywords:
Jewish women-History-To 1500
;
Jewish women-Social conditions
;
Jewish women
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Who's who -- PART I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- Previous works on medieval Jewish women -- The limitations of this work -- Sources for the study of medieval Jewish women -- PART II: Analysis -- 2. Jewish life in the medieval world -- Judaism and the Jewish people: beliefs and practices -- Jewish life in medieval Christendom -- Jewish life in the Dar-al-Islam before 1500 -- Conclusion -- 3. Gender roles in medieval Jewish cultures -- Religious roles and expectations for Jewish men -- Religious roles and expectations for Jewish women -- The social and familial role of Jewish men -- The social and familial role of Jewish women -- Non-Jewish perceptions of Jewish women -- Conclusion -- 4. Marriage, divorce, and widowhood -- Age at first marriage -- Finding a marriage partner -- Creating a Jewish marriage -- Polygyny in medieval Jewish communities -- Divorce in medieval Jewish communities -- Widowhood -- Conclusion -- 5. Sex and sexuality -- Virginity, sex, and adolescence -- Sex and marriage -- Sex and mysticism -- Sex outside marriage -- Sex with non-Jews -- Queer sex and sexuality -- Women's sexual health -- Sexual assault -- Conclusion -- 6. Family, childbirth, and child-rearing -- Family in the medieval Jewish world -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Infertility -- Rituals of motherhood -- Nursing and wetnurses -- Child-rearing -- Guardianship -- Mothers and adult children -- Conclusion -- 7. Jewish women's work -- Jewish women in credit and long-distance trade -- Artisanal production and local trade -- Real estate -- Medicine and midwives -- Prostitution -- Domestic labors -- Conclusion -- 8. Gender, faith, and worship -- Prayer and ritual -- Education and Torah study -- Menstruation and ritual purity.
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