Women and Gender in Jewish Philosophy

<p>Women and Gender in Jewish Philosophy is the first systematic attempt to interpret the Jewish philosophical tradition in light of feminist philosophy and to engage feminist philosophy from the perspective of Jewish philosophy. Written by Jewish women who are trained in philosophy the 13 original essays presented here demonstrate that no analysis of Jewish philosophy (historical or constructive) can be adequate without attention to gender categories. The essays cover the entire Jewish philosophic tradition from Philo through Maimonides to Levinas and they rethink the subdisciplines of Jewish philosophy including metaphysics epistemology ethics political theory and theology. This volume offers an invitation for a new conversation between feminist philosophy and Jewish philosophy as well as a novel contribution to contemporary Jewish philosophy.</p><p></p><p>Contributors are Leora Batnitzky Jean Axelrad Cahan Idit Dobbs-Weinstein Claire Elise Katz Nancy Levene Sandra B. Lubarsky Sarah Pessin Randi Rashkover Heidi Miriam Ravven T. M. Rudavsky Suzanne Last Stone Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Laurie Zoloth.</p>