From Anglo-first-wave towards American second-wave Jewish feminism : negotiating with Jewish feminist theology and its communities in the writing of Amy Levy / Luke Devine.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Judaism in context ; v. 9.
Main Author: Devine, Luke
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2010.
Series:Judaism in context ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Feminism > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Feminism > England > History.
Feminism > United States > History.
Levy, Amy, > 1861-1889.
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Women in Judaism.
Jewish women > England.
Jewish women > United States.
Spirituality > Judaism.
Jewish women > Religious life.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:ix, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Amy Levy: short biography, historiography, and overview of Jewish feminist theology
  • A prayer, midrash, and second-wave Jewish feminist spirituality and theological discourse
  • Amy Levy's midrashic poetry: a Greek girl and Magdalen
  • Amy Levy's Reuben Sachs, proto-feminism, and reform Judaism
  • Messianic redemption, the Book of Judith, and the Megillah in Reuben Sachs
  • From Anglo-first-wave towards third-wave Jewish-feminism
  • Conclusion.