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The first comprehensive study of the religious lives of central and eastern European Jewish women Most studies of Judaism focus on sources produced by and for learned men--the Hebrew B… More...

The first comprehensive study of the religious lives of central and eastern European Jewish women Most studies of Judaism focus on sources produced by and for learned men--the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, legal codes, and works of medieval philosophy, mysticism, and Hasidism. All these texts were written in Hebrew--a language seventeenth- through nineteenth-century Jewish women were not given the opportunity to learn. With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at non-Hebrew Jewish source materials: the vernacular women's devotional prayers called tkhines. In Weissler's hands, these Yiddish prayers open a window into early modern Ashkenazic (European) women's lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God. Weissler examines the influence of these vernacular prayers on the construction of gender in Ashkenazic Judaism, investigates the writings of the remarkable female tkhine authors Leah Horowitz and Sarah bas Tovim and their interpretations of the religious lives of women, and traces the extent to which Ashkenazic women participated in the popularization of abstruse mystical teachings that became the basis for mass religious movements. Finally, she analyzes the changes the tkhines underwent in the New World, finding an "Americanization" of the prayers that reflects the radically different cultural expectations middle and eastern European Jews encountered there. Voices of the Matriarchs: Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women Weissler, Chava, Beacon Press<

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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish p… More...

Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish prayers women created during centuries of exclusion from men''s observance. In Weissler''s hands, these prayers (called thkines) open a new window into early modern European Jewish women''s lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God. Chava Weissler, Books, Religion and Spirituality, Judaism, Voices Of The Matriarchs: Listening To The Prayers Of Early Modern Jewish Women Books>Religion and Spirituality>Judaism, Beacon Press<

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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish p… More...

Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998With Voices of the Matriarchs, Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish prayers women created during centuries of exclusion from men's observance. In Weissler's hands, these prayers (called thkines) open a new window into early modern European Jewish women's lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God. gender and sexuality,history,history of religion,jewish,jewish life,judaism,politics and social sciences,prayerbooks,religion,religion and spirituality Judaism, Beacon Press<

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Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award for 1998 With "Voices of the Matriarchs," Chava Weissler restores balance to our knowledge of Judaism by providing the first look at the Yiddish prayers women created during centuries of exclusion from men's observance. In Weissler's hands, these prayers (called thkines) open a new window into early modern European Jewish women's lives, beliefs, devotion, and relationships with God. Media > Book, [PU: Beacon Press]<

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