The house of secrets [electronic resource] : the hidden world of the mikveh / Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace.
2009
BM703 .P6513 2009eb
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Title
The house of secrets [electronic resource] : the hidden world of the mikveh / Varda Polak-Sahm ; translated from the Hebrew by Anne Hartstein Pace.
Author
Polak-Sahm, Varda.
Uniform Title
Bet ha-setarim. English
ISBN
9780807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0807077429 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xxiv, 248 p.
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BM703 .P6513 2009eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.7/5
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The place
The balaniyot
A dose of impurity
Blood and banishment
Purity and sexuality
Female rituals, sisterhood, and female authority
Between a woman and God
Between man and wife.
The balaniyot
A dose of impurity
Blood and banishment
Purity and sexuality
Female rituals, sisterhood, and female authority
Between a woman and God
Between man and wife.