Ethnology, Volume 39University of Pittsburgh, 2000 - Anthropology |
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... Jewish life . A central element of these rituals is the recasting of traditional Jewish origin myths about the moon . An examination of this process reveals a tension between gendered and nongendered readings and versions of these myths ...
... Jewish life . A central element of these rituals is the recasting of traditional Jewish origin myths about the moon . An examination of this process reveals a tension between gendered and nongendered readings and versions of these myths ...
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... Jewish Renewal Movement and other feminist mythographers . However , the myth functions quite differently for the two groups . For the Chassidim , the story is prophetic ; that is , it describes a messianic era in which all injustice ...
... Jewish Renewal Movement and other feminist mythographers . However , the myth functions quite differently for the two groups . For the Chassidim , the story is prophetic ; that is , it describes a messianic era in which all injustice ...
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Jewish tradition . Both are deeply involved in the mythmakers ' magic of tapping the power of narrative and symbol to nourish and shape the meaning and practice of Jewish religious life . 1 . NOTES An earlier version of this article was ...
Jewish tradition . Both are deeply involved in the mythmakers ' magic of tapping the power of narrative and symbol to nourish and shape the meaning and practice of Jewish religious life . 1 . NOTES An earlier version of this article was ...
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The Spirit of the Gift | 15 |
An Examination | 73 |
Negotiating | 93 |
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