Miriam Tradition Teaching Embodied Torah

Name: Miriam Tradition Teaching Embodied Torah
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ISBN: 9780252035777

ISBN-10: 0252035771

ISBN-13: 9780252035777

Edition: 2010

Authors: Cia Sautter, Cynthia D. Sautter

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The Miriam Traditionworks from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values. Cia Sautter considers the case of Sephardic Jewish women who, following in the tradition of Miriam the prophet, performed dance and music for Jewish celebrations and special occasions. She uses rabbinic and feminist understandings of the Torah to argue that these women, called tanyaderas, "taught" Jewish values by leading appropriate behaviour for major life events. Sautter considers the religious values that are in music and dance performed by tanyaderas and examines them in conjunction with written and visual records and…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 11/30/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 184
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English