{"id":8843484594327,"title":"The Madwomen In The Rabbi's Attic, Fine (BKE-TMITRA)","handle":"the-madwomen-in-the-rabbis-attic-fine-bke-tmitra","description":"\u003ch4\u003eThe Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eRereading the Women of the Talmud\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ProductPrice\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"intial_descp hide_intial\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the Talmud are generally marginal and almost always anonymous – the daughters, sisters, and wives of prominent rabbis. The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic explores the stories of the exceptions, the six named heroines of the Talmud: Yalta the shrew, Homa the femme fatale, Marta the prima donna, Heruta the madonna\/whore, Beruria the overreacherix, and Ima Shalom the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eangel in the house. As their epithets suggest, every one of these women appears to embody an antifeminist archetype. Yet in each case, a careful rereading reveals that there is a lot more to the story than initially meets the eye; that the heroine is far more complex than she first seems; and that the rabbis had rather surprising – so as not to say proto-feminist – views of marriage, sex, childbirth, and what it means to be a woman in the world. In presenting us with archetypes that systematically break down, the Talmud imparts profound moral teachings about how to read the characters of a text and, ultimately, how to regard the people in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003eLIST: $29.95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e9781592646739\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-02-19T22:36:57-05:00","created_at":"2025-02-19T22:36:57-05:00","vendor":"Riverdale Judaica","type":"P","tags":[],"price":3900,"price_min":3900,"price_max":3900,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":45199131803799,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Madwomen In The Rabbi's Attic, Fine (BKE-TMITRA)","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3900,"weight":3,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch4\u003eThe Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eRereading the Women of the Talmud\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan id=\"ProductPrice\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"intial_descp hide_intial\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in the Talmud are generally marginal and almost always anonymous – the daughters, sisters, and wives of prominent rabbis. The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic explores the stories of the exceptions, the six named heroines of the Talmud: Yalta the shrew, Homa the femme fatale, Marta the prima donna, Heruta the madonna\/whore, Beruria the overreacherix, and Ima Shalom the\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eangel in the house. As their epithets suggest, every one of these women appears to embody an antifeminist archetype. Yet in each case, a careful rereading reveals that there is a lot more to the story than initially meets the eye; that the heroine is far more complex than she first seems; and that the rabbis had rather surprising – so as not to say proto-feminist – views of marriage, sex, childbirth, and what it means to be a woman in the world. In presenting us with archetypes that systematically break down, the Talmud imparts profound moral teachings about how to read the characters of a text and, ultimately, how to regard the people in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003eLIST: $29.95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 13px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; border: 0px initial initial;\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan class=\"variant-sku\"\u003e9781592646739\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}