"Present but absent", "still life", and "a pretty maiden who has no eyes": on the presence and absence of women in the Hebrew language, in Jewish culture, and in Israeli life

  • Rachel Elior

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStreams into the Sea
Subtitle of host publicationStudies in Jewish culture and its context
EditorsRachel Livneh-Freudenthal, Elchanan Reiner
Place of PublicationTel Aviv
PublisherAlma College
Pages191-211
Number of pages21
ISBN (Print)9655550745
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Bibliographical note

In Hebrew: "אלפיים" 20 (תשס); "התשמע קולי?" (תשסא) An enlarged version appeared in "Studies in Spirituality" 20 (2010) 381-455. Anothe version appeared as "Absent-presence" in Secular Jewish Culture (2017) 63-138.

RAMBI Publications

  • Rambi Publications
  • Women in rabbinical literature
  • Jewish philosophy
  • Jewish women
  • Women in Judaism
  • Cabala -- History
  • Women -- Israel -- Social conditions

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