In the Image of God: A Feminist Commentary on the Torah is a unique blend of traditional Judaism and radical feminism and is a groundbreaking commentary on the Bible, the central document of Jewish life.
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The Torah: A Feminist Document?:
This book challenges the standard feminist spirituality notion that paganism in the ancient near east was good for women just because it worshipped goddesses. In actuality, ancient Canaanite, Babylonian, and Egyptian religions were very sexually exploitative of women. The Torah reacts against this exploitation and attempts to liberate women, as well as men, from the sexual slavery of pagan rites. This is the author's thesis as she examines every woman, and every issue pertaining to women, in the biblical... more info
For the enlightened religious Jew:
Using classical Jewish sources as well as material from history, anthropology, sociology, ancient religion, and feminist theory, Judith Antonelli has examined every woman and issue pertaining to women in the Torah, parshah by parshah. The reader will discover that the Torah is not the root of male supremacy that it os often made out to be. Rather, by looking at the Torah in the context in which it was given - the pagan world of the ancient Near East - it becomes clear that the Torah actually improved the... more info
