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Index by Author | |
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Foreword: The Different Voice of Jewish Women | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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What You Need to Know to Use This Book | |
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Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Book | |
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Bereshit/Genesis | |
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Bereshit (1:1-6:8): The Untold Story of Eve | |
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Noach (6:9-11:32): Mrs. Noah | |
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Lech Lecha (12:1-17:27): What's in a Name? | |
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Vayera (18:1-22:24): Positive Pillars | |
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Chaye Sarah (23:1-25:18): Woman's Life, Woman's Truth | |
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Toldot (25:19-28:9): Rebecca's Birth Stories | |
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Vayetze (28:10-32:3): Wrestling on the Other Side of the River | |
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Vayishlach (32:4-36:43): No Means No | |
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Vayeshev (37:1-40:23): Power, Sex, and Deception | |
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Miketz (41:1-44:17): In Search of Dreamers | |
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Vayigash (44:18-47:27): Daddy's Girl | |
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Vayechi (47:28-50:26): Serach Bat Asher--the Woman Who Enabled the Exodus | |
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Shmot/Exodus | |
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Shmot (1:1-6:1): Rediscovering Tziporah | |
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Va-era (6:2-9:35): The Many Names of God | |
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Bo (10:1-13:16): Power and Liberation | |
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Beshalach (13:17-17:16): Miriam's Song, Miriam's Silence | |
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Yitro (18:1-20:26): We All Stood at Sinai | |
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Mishpatim (21:1-24:18): What Must We Do? | |
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Terumah (25:1-27:19): Community as Sacred Space | |
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Tetzaveh (27:20-30:10): Finding Our Home in the Temple and the Temple in Our Homes | |
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Ki Tissa (30:11-34:35): The Women Didn't Build the Golden Calf--or Did They? | |
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Vayakhel (35:1-38:20): Of Women and Mirrors | |
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Pekudei (38:21-40:38): The Birthing of the Mishkan (Tabernacle) | |
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Vayikra/Leviticus | |
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Vayikra (1:1-5:26): The Book of Relationship | |
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Tzav (6:1-8:36): Message and Messenger | |
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Shemini (9:1-11:47): Kashrut, Food, and Women | |
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Tazria (12:1-13:59): Our Children/God's Children | |
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Metzorah (14:1-15:33): Reclaiming the Torah of Our Lives | |
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Acharei Mot (16:1-18:30): After a Death ... Then What? | |
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Kedoshim (19:1-20:27): Who Shall Be Holy? | |
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Emor (21:1-24:23): Elitism in the Levitical Priesthood | |
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Behar (25:1-26:2): Proclaiming Liberty throughout the Land | |
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Bechukotai (26:3-27:34): Mir Zaynen Do--We Are Here | |
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Bamidbar/Numbers | |
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Bamidbar (1:1-4:20): Beyond Pidyon Ha-ben: Blessings for Giving Life | |
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Naso (4:21-7:89): Inscribing Jealousy on the Bodies of Women | |
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Beha'alotecha (8:1-12:16): The Silencing of Miriam | |
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Shelach-Lecha (13:1-15:41): The Grasshoppers and the Giants | |
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Korach (16:1-18:32): Authority, Status, Power | |
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Chukkat (19:1-22:1): Blood and Water, Death and Life | |
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Balak (22:2-25:9): The End of Abuse | |
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Pinchas (25:10-30:1): Daughters and Inheritance Law | |
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Matot (30:2-32:42): Women Speak Louder Than Words | |
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Masa'ei (33:1-36:13): Boundaries and Limits | |
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Devarim/Deuteronomy | |
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Devarim (1:1-3:22): Essence and Transcendence | |
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Va'etchanan (3:23-7:11): "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey": Sexualizing the Land | |
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Ekev (7:12-11:25): Circumcision, Womb, and Spiritual Intimacy | |
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Re'eh (11:26-16:17): A Time to Tear Down, a Time to Build Up | |
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Shoftim (16:18-21:9): Principles for Feminist Approaches to Torah | |
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Ki Tetzey (21:10-25:19): The Accused Woman | |
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Ki Tavo (26:1-29:8): The Basket Ceremony of Gratitude and Hope | |
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Nitzavim (29:9-30:20): Women and the Covenant | |
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Vayelech (31:1-30): Guardians of the Tradition | |
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Ha'azinu (32:1-52): Understanding the Anger | |
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V'zot Habrachah (33:1-34:12): The Loss of Moses | |
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Epilogue: Looking Backward and Ahead | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading | |
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About the Contributors | |
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About Jewish Lights | |