Title Forsaken : the menstruant in medieval Jewish mysticism / Sharon Faye Koren

Published Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, c2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 286 p.) Series HBI series on Jewish women The Tauber Institute series for the study of European Jewry HBI series on Jewish women. Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered) Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. From Earthly Temple to Heavenly Temple: Impurity in Early Jewish Mysticism -- 2. Mysticism of the Beraita d'Niddah -- 3. Menstruation and the Mystics of Ashkenaz -- 4. Menstrual Impurity and Mystical Praxis in Theosophical Kabbalah -- 5. Myth of the Menstruating Shekhinah -- 6. Ontic Metamorphosis of the Menstruating Shekhinah -- 7. Interplay between Myth, Science, and Law -- 8. Menstrual Impurity and Sufism -- 9. Menstrual Impurity in Medieval Christianity Summary A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Mysticism -- Judaism -- History Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789. RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Judaism -- Medieval and early modern period Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- Judaism Mysticism -- Judaism Purity, Ritual -- Judaism Judentum Mystik Mystikerin Menstruation Reinheit. Ritus. Menstruation. Judentum. Mystik. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021695105 ISBN 9781611680225 1280010584 9781280010583 9786613512314 6613512311 1611680220

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