The Jewish Woman in Rabbinic Literature: A Psychohistorical Perspective Book

The need for a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the status, attributes and accomplishments of the Jewish woman has become specially urgent in the wake of the rise of the feminist movement in recent years. Dr. Brayer has now satisfied that need with his thorough sifting of both rabbinic sources and psychological works as they pertain to women in general and Jewish women in particular. Rabbi Brayer's study traces the views of the rabbis, from the Talmuds and Midrashim, through later works, and down to the response literature of our own time - Halakha, Agada, psychological observation and historical incident all find their place into his encyclopedic work.