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Ausgabe:

Januar/2023

Spalte:

19-20

Kategorie:

Judaistik

Autor/Hrsg.:

Labovitz, Gail

Titel/Untertitel:

Massekhet Mo'ed Qatan.

Verlag:

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2021. XIII, 532 S. = A Feminist Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, II/10. Lw. EUR 149,00. ISBN 9783161582820.

Rezensent:

Catherine Hezser

With more than five hundred pages, this most recent volume in Tal Ilan’s series of feminist commentaries on the Babylonian Talmud is the second most voluminous so far, although the tractate it is based on is one of the shortest. This phenomenon already indicates the richness and potential of the Babylonian Talmud for feminist inquiry that is alert to direct and indirect gender-related issues which may not be noticeable through a cursory reading of the text. The volume turns out to be a veritable treasure trove of interesting observations and analyses that touch upon topics such as slavery, purity, marriage, and excommunication which are relevant but not limited to women’s issues. As such, it is a useful and necessary companion to the reading of the tractate by anyone interested in ...


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