Marriage, Sex and Family in Judaism

Michael J. Broyde

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461639961
• Edition: 1

Marriage, Sex and Family in Judaism explores Jewish marriage from historical and contemporary perspectives, focusing on the religious and legal concepts of marriage, and the social impact of family in the Jewish community. The book does not advocate one perspective or another; instead, the essays range from conservative to liberal viewpoints, offering readers a well-balanced mixture of perspectives on Jewish marriage.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1 - Marriage, Sex, and Family in the Jewish Tradition: A Historical Overview
• 2 - The Images of Women in the Hebrew Bible
• 3 - Jewish Marriage: Nature, Covenant, and Contract
• 4 - Jewish Law and the Abandonment of Marriage: Diverse Models of Sexuality and Reproduction in the Jewish View, and the Return to Monogamy in the Modern Era
• 5 - Two Models of Medieval Jewish Marriage: A Preliminary Study
• 6 - Maimonides on Sex and Marriage
• 7 - Prenuptial Agreements in Talmudic, Medieval, and Modern Jewish Thought
• 8 - The Jewish Family in America: Contemporary Challenges and Traditional Resources
• 9 - What Is a Jewish Family? Changing Rabbinic Views
• 10 - A Break in the Path: Lesbian Relationships and Jewish Law
• 11 - Modern Reproductive Technologies and Jewish Law
• Index
• About the Editors and Contributors