Forsaken : the menstruant in medieval Jewish mysticism /

Forsaken : the menstruant in medieval Jewish mysticism /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Koren, Sharon Faye.
Imprint:	Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover : University Press of New England, c2011.
Description:	xvii, 286 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
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)
Subject:	Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Mysticism -- Judaism -- History. Judaism -- History -- Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789. Judaism -- Medieval and early modern period. Menstruation -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Mysticism -- Judaism. Purity, Ritual -- Judaism. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8513980

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ISBN:	9781584659815 (cloth : alk. paper) 1584659815 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781584659822 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1584659823 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781611680225 (e-book) 1611680220 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Early Jewish Mysticism
From Earthly Temple to Heavenly Temple: Impurity in Early Jewish Mysticism
The Mysticism of the Beraita d'Niddah
Menstruation and the Mystics of Ashkenaz
Medieval Kabbalah
Menstrual Impurity and Mystical Praxis in Theosophical Kabbalah
The Myth of the Menstruating Shekhinah
The Ontic Metamorphosis of the Menstruating Shekhinah
The Interplay between Myth, Science, and Law
Mysticism & Menstruation in Islam & Christianity
Menstrual Impurity and Sufism
Menstrual Impurity in Medieval Christianity
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index