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Women as ritual experts: the religious lives of elderly Jewish women in Jerusalem

Susan Starr Sered 1996 © Oxford University Press
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  • 9780195111460 (paper)
Subject
  • Folklore
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction (page 3)
  • 1 Old Women as the Link Between the Generations (page 18)
  • 2 The Dual Meaning of Religiosity: Women, Men, and Morality (page 34)
  • 3 Between Woman and God (page 49)
  • 4 From the Female Perspective (page 65)
  • 5 Sacralizing the Feminine: Food Preparation as a Religious Activity (page 87)
  • 6 The Liberation of Widowhood: From the Private to the Public (page 103)
  • 7 Ritual Expertise in the Modern World (page 121)
  • Conclusion: The Making of a Ritual Expert (page 138)
  • Glossary of Hebrew Terms (page 142)
  • Notes (page 145)
  • Bibliography (page 161)
  • Index (page 171)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JQR 86. 1/2 (Jul. - Oct. 1995): 252-253 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1454850
JR 74.1 (Jan. 1994): 128 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1203653
AE 21.4 (Nov. 1994): 1130-1131 http://www.jstor.org/stable/647078
SOCR 54.4 (Winter 1993): 439-440 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3711795
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