Description: This book argues that Jewish feminist theory is currently limited by several frames of reference that are usually taken for granted. The critical analysis is intended to release the grip of these limiting frames on Jewish feminism so as to let it evolve, grow, and live up to its fullest potential.
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"Fuchs shows great engagement with existing feminist scholarship and as such the book functions as an extensive and impressive review of this scholarly field." --Religion and Gender
"The result is a concise and careful overview of literature which exposes the gaps and constraints Jewish feminist scholarship has been subject to because of its erroneous classification as a subfield of women's and gender studies. This is an undoubtedly essential and important piece of work which, as the title suggests, reframes and re-presents Jewish feminist scholarship as its own field of research. It will encourage scholars of biblical studies to re-examine their own approaches to subfields in the discipline, perhaps prompting them to reframe traditional approaches to biblical texts." --Journal for the Study of the Old Testament "Jewish Feminism: Framed and Reframed makes an important contribution to the literature." --Marla Brettschneider, University of New Hampshire "In her new brilliant book, Esther Fuchs once again demonstrates that she is a dazzling intellect and a courageous thinker. Her critique of current modes of feminist theorizing in Jewish studies is extraordinary, and her rigorous mind demands that we think in more complex ways. Fuchs is a fearless trailblazer, exposing outmoded ways of thinking in order to lead us to more sophisticated and insightful feminist theorizing." --Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College