Admiel Kosman ; translated from Hebrew by Edward Levin
Boston :
De Gruyter,
2012
vii, 268 p. ;
24 cm
Studia Judaica Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums,
Bd. 50
0585-5306 ;
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: "Masculinity" and "Femininity" in the Psychosexual Theory of Freud and Nancy Chodorow -- Lacan's Interpretation of the Freudian Theory -- The Drawbacks of the Freudian Approach -- Sara Ruddick and the Care Experience -- Between Freud and Buber: Between Psychoanalysis and Dialogue -- A Note on the Relationship between "I-Thou" and Halakhah and "Law" -- Phallicism, Humility, and the Tension between "Masculinity" and "Femininity" in the Aggadic Narratives -- The Chapters of the Book -- ch. One The Woman's Spiritual Place in the Talmudic Story: A Reading of the Narrative of Mar Ukba and His Wife -- An Introduction to the Discussion of the Narrative -- The Text of the Narrative -- The Reading of the Narrative -- Why Was Mar Ukba Insulted? -- The Leitmotiv of the Heel -- On the Feminine and Masculine Associations in the Narrative -- ch. Two Rabbi Akiva and the Daughter of Ben Kalba Savua: On the Conception of Love in the Spiritual World of the Talmudic Story -- The Narrative of Akiva and His Mate, according to the Version of Ketubot 62b-63a -- The Versions of the Narrative -- The Love of Akiva and His Mate -- Structure of the Narrative -- The Waves of Opposition and Their Significance -- Inner and Outer -- Stability and Mobility -- Is This a Romantic Love Story? -- Against Boyarin's Political Reading -- Appendix A On the Nature of Relationship between Akiva and His Mate in the Later Versions -- Appendix B On the Character of Ben Kalba Savua in the Later Versions -- Appendix C On the Character of "That Old Man" in the Later Versions -- Appendix D On the Conversation with the Women Neighbors in the Later Versions -- ch. 3 "Internal Homeland" and "External Homeland": A Literary and Psychoanalytical Study of the Narrative of R. Assi and His Aged Mother -- The Complex Relationship between Halakhah and Aggadah, as Background to a Reading of the Narrative -- The Text of the Narrative -- A Proposed Psychoanalytical Reading -- On the Transformation of the Text from the Land of Israel to Babylonia -- ch. 4 The Female Breast and the Mouth Opened in Prayer -- The Narrative of the Intervention by the Mother of R. Ahadboi in the Study Hall Quarrel -- A Discussion of the Elements of the Narrative -- Baring One's Breasts as an Act of Protest -- Baring One's Breast as a Spiritual Expression -- Baring One's Breasts as an Act of Entreaty -- Exposing One's Breasts in the Midrashic Picture: A Gesture of Love and Giving -- ch. Five A Reading of the Creation Narrative: Femininity and Masculinity in the Prism of the Bible and the Midrash -- The Mythological Background and Gender Aspects -- In the Beginning God Created -- Creation Ex Nihilo or Ex Materia? -- The Midrashic Sources, and Their Relation to the Proposed Dialogic Reading -- On Building God's Palace in the Garbage in Gen. Rabbah -- On the End of the Creation Passage: The Elements of the Sabbath and Sanctity -- Buber's Comments on the Creation Passage -- The Gender Significance of the Moderation in the Biblical Portrayal -- The Dialogic Significance of the Creation Episode: Love as a Procreative and Creative Force