People of the book, women of the body: ultra-orthodox Jewish women’s reproductive literacy

Jews have often been referred to as "People of the book." This is because books, specifically those that contain rabbinic legal discourse, are understood to be authoritative guides for Jewish life, and those who have achieved mastery in the content of the books are considered authorities....

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Subtitles:Special Issue: Religious Body Imagined
Main Author: Raucher, Michal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publishing [2019]
In: Body and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 108-128
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ultra-Orthodox judaism / Woman / Body / Pregnancy / Experience / Authority
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BH Judaism
Further subjects:B Pregnancy
B Women
B Reproduction
B Judaism
B Israel
B Bodies
B Embodiment
B Literacy
B Body
B Ultra-orthodox Jews
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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