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Rereading the Mishnah: A New Approach to Ancient Jewish Texts (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism)

1 review
Judith Hauptman

Paul Mohr Verlag, 2005

Where did the Mishnah come from?
Judith Hauptman is a professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. A book review in "Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Review of Jewish Studies" states: This work contains the results of many years of carefully reading and evaluating the relationship between the Tosefta and the Mishnah. The book has the following chapters: (1) Rethinking the Relationship between the Mishnah ...

Rereading The Rabbis: A Woman's Voice (Radical Traditions)

4 reviews
Judith Hauptman

Westview Press, 1998

The first true feminist reading of the Talmud
There seems to be a great deal of antagonism between feminists and talmudists. It's refreshing to read a book by someone who is both. The talmud isn't the Misogynistic text some make it out to be, and feminism isn't sacreligious. the two can reside together, and both gain from the proximity. Talmudic study is enlightened by feminist methodolgy and crtique. Feminist studies can learn from the ...