ReVisions Seeing Torah through a Feminist Lens [Hardcover]

What does it mean tore-visionTorah?

I use the titleReVisionsfor this book because I want readers both to revisein the classic definition of reexamine and alterand to see the text anew, to have a new vision, a 'revision,' of Torah.... It begins with the notion that women see the text differently than men do, ask different questions and bring different answers.... This book is not about rewriting the Torah. It is about rereading it.
from the Introduction

Rabbi Elyse Goldsteinwoman, rabbi, scholar, and feministchallenges and defends, rereads and reinterprets the ancient text, revealing to modern readers a way to see Judaism anew, for a new visiona revision of the Torah. Goldstein boldly brings the Torah into a contemporary context at the same time she honestly reconciles its past.

Those who seek to connect to Torah and Jewish practice will discover fresh strategies for imagining a Judaism which reflects and respects women.
Vanessa L. Ochs, author ofWords on Fire; Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia

A re-reading of the Torah from a woman's perspective that is both liberal and traditional, accepting and critical.... Her discussions will open new avenues of understanding for any reader.
Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut, editor ofThe Torah: A Modern Commentary

Combines original insight with thorough consideration of classical Jewish commentaries to produce a fascinating set of fresh readings of the Torah and of Jewish religious practice.
Prof. Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College

In wrestling with the thorny and seemingly intractable issue of what feminists can and should do about the sexist content in Judaism ... blazes a trail that leads to the transformation of Judaism from within.... A pioneering and inspiring 'Guide for the Peló'