In The Image Of God
In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah is a unique blend of traditional Judaism and radical feminism and is a groundbreaking commentary on the Bible, the central document of Jewish life. Using classical Jewish sources as well as supplementary material from history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, ancient religion, and feminist theory, Judith Antonelli has examined in detail every woman and every issue pertaining to women in the Torah, parshah by parshah. The Torah is...
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In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah is a unique blend of traditional Judaism and radical feminism and is a groundbreaking commentary on the Bible, the central document of Jewish life.
Figures and TablesIntroductionTraditional SourcesThe Hebrew Alphabet, Transliteration, and Gematria1Chavah: Mother of All Life32Naamah: Survivor of the Flood193Sarah: First Jewess274Edith: Pillar of Salt395Milkah: Sarah's Sister486Rivkah: Existential Struggle607Rachel and Leah: Making Sisterhood Powerful728Dinah: Rape Victim889Tamar: Widow-Prostitute10310Asnat: Joseph's Wife11411Serach: Daughter of Asher12312The Daughters of Egypt12713Yokheved and Miriam13714Elisheva14615Firstborn Daughters15416The Shekhinah16717The House of Jacob17518Female Servitude18519The Tabernacle20320The Golden Calf21321Women's Wisdom22122Animal Sacrifice23323The Priesthood24724Food and Sanctification25725Childbirth26426Menstruation27627Sexuality28828Holiness30329The Kohenet31330Mother Nature32231The Leviah33132Sotah: The Accused Wife33633Remember Miriam34834Women and the Land35235Korach's Rebellion35736The Waters of Life36137Kazbi: Midianite Princess36838The Daughters of Zelophechad37739A Woman's Vow38340Journey to the Land39241The Ashtarot40142The Prohibition of Imagery40743The Asherah41644The Snare of Idolatry42845The Pursuit of Justice43946The Captured Woman45547Festivals and Tithes47148Canaanites and the Covenant48249Women and the Torah48950God's Daughters494Glossary497Bibliography513Acknowledgments521Index of Torah Verses523General Index531
