Da Ester la regina alla concubina senza nome: ruoli e professioni delle donne tra Bibbia, Mishnah e percorsi interpretativi

Sarah Kaminski

doi:10.13135/1825-263X/3709

Sarah Kaminski University of Turin

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/3709

Keywords: Gender Studies, Bible, Mishnah, Esther

Abstract

The article examines the state of presence/absence of women in the Bible and in the Talmud, highlighting the importance of education as a tool to gain a position in society and in their own community, but also as an instrument against the power that tends to create submission at home and in the public sphere. The analysis of some female figures (Ester the scribe, Beruria the scholar, the pious daughters of Zelofcad), offers an insight into the narration of Jewish history and constitutes a reference model for the reading of current situation of the woman in the Jewish Orthodox world, particularly in Israel.

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Author Biography

Sarah Kaminski, University of Turin

Sarah Kaminski is Lecturer of literature and Modern Hebrew language at the University of Turin, expert in Jewish culture and translator. She holds a Master studies degree at Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies and collaborates with the “Centro Universitario 27 Gennaio – Giorno della Memoria” to annual activities. Recent publications are: Bondy Rut, L’emissario, editor and translator. Aosta: Edizioni Le Chateau: 2012; Wajda Anzjei, Taccuino Dybuk, editor and translator. Milano: Studio Lucini: 2016. Last publication (with M.T. Milano): Ebraico. Bologna: EDB: 2018.

She can be reached at: sara.kaminski@unito.it.

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