Daughters of Abraham: feminist thought in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
The second chapter "Hearing Hannah's Voice: The Jewish Feminist Challenge and Ritual Innovation" concentrates on how a number of contemporary Jewish women are attempting to enrich Jewish ritual with "feminist content and values." Hannah was the first biblical woman to speak...
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| Published in: | Canadian Woman Studies 2003, Vol.22 (3/4), p.221 |
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| Format: | Review |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | The second chapter "Hearing Hannah's Voice: The Jewish Feminist Challenge and Ritual Innovation" concentrates on how a number of contemporary Jewish women are attempting to enrich Jewish ritual with "feminist content and values." Hannah was the first biblical woman to speak directly to God (I Samuel 1:9-16), though the priest Eli admonished her for doing so. Noting that women communicate with "the Divine" in "very different ways" from men, Rabbi Leila Gal Berner argues that tradition must take into account women's spiritual experiences. She then asks: "So, how do Jewish feminists 'bake a new pie'?" Her answer is threefold: through doing historical research to recover women's lost voices, undertaking new interpretation of texts, and changing Jewish ritual "to incorporate and honor Jewish women's lives." She then discusses a ritual for survivors of sexual abuse. |
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| ISSN: | 0713-3235 |