Tova Hartman is a professor of gender studies and education. She has written widely on the intersection of gender, religion, and education in scholarly journals and periodicals and is the author of Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions (2003) and Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation (2008) which won the National Jewish Book Award. She is among the founders of Shirah Hadasha, an Orthodox feminist synagogue in Jerusalem, and more recently, Shma Koleinu, an institute for prayer, study, spirituality and communityCharlie Buckholtz is a Rabbi and Senior Editor at Shalom Hartman Institute. He is co-author of The God Who Hates Lies (2011).

their imaginative and critical approaches to a traditional and much-read text, are a welcome step in encouraging Jews of all stripes to engage with texts that hold values we wish to live by, and to find those values there.

• Introduction ; Supporting Characters, Opposing Voices: ; Reading for Devoted Resistance ; Chapter One ; "But I Grieve for My Mother": ; The Betrayal of Iphigenia and Isaac ; Chapter Two ; "It is Not In Heaven!" and Other Hurtful Words: ; Circling the Snake Oven ; Chapter Three ; "Beruriah Said Well": ; The Many Lives (and Deaths) of a Talmudic Social Critic ; Chapter Four ; Are You Not a Man of God? ; Hannah, Hysteria, and the Roots of Jewish Prayer ; Conclusion ; Canonical "Back-Talk": ; Supporting Characters as Social Critics ; Bibliography ; Index ; Notes

Tova Hartman is a professor of gender studies and education. She has written widely on the intersection of gender, religion, and education in scholarly journals and periodicals and is the author of Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions (2003) and Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation (2008) which won the National Jewish Book Award. She is among the founders of Shirah Hadasha, an Orthodox feminist synagogue in Jerusalem, and more recently, Shma Koleinu, an institute for prayer, study, spirituality and communityCharlie Buckholtz is a Rabbi and Senior Editor at Shalom Hartman Institute. He is co-author of The God Who Hates Lies (2011).

their imaginative and critical approaches to a traditional and much-read text, are a welcome step in encouraging Jews of all stripes to engage with texts that hold values we wish to live by, and to find those values there.

• Introduction ; Supporting Characters, Opposing Voices: ; Reading for Devoted Resistance ; Chapter One ; "But I Grieve for My Mother": ; The Betrayal of Iphigenia and Isaac ; Chapter Two ; "It is Not In Heaven!" and Other Hurtful Words: ; Circling the Snake Oven ; Chapter Three ; "Beruriah Said Well": ; The Many Lives (and Deaths) of a Talmudic Social Critic ; Chapter Four ; Are You Not a Man of God? ; Hannah, Hysteria, and the Roots of Jewish Prayer ; Conclusion ; Canonical "Back-Talk": ; Supporting Characters as Social Critics ; Bibliography ; Index ; Notes

Tova Hartman is a professor of gender studies and education. She has written widely on the intersection of gender, religion, and education in scholarly journals and periodicals and is the author of Appropriately Subversive: Modern Mothers in Traditional Religions (2003) and Feminism Encounters Traditional Judaism: Resistance and Accommodation (2008) which won the National Jewish Book Award. She is among the founders of Shirah Hadasha, an Orthodox feminist synagogue in Jerusalem, and more recently, Shma Koleinu, an institute for prayer, study, spirituality and communityCharlie Buckholtz is a Rabbi and Senior Editor at Shalom Hartman Institute. He is co-author of The God Who Hates Lies (2011).

their imaginative and critical approaches to a traditional and much-read text, are a welcome step in encouraging Jews of all stripes to engage with texts that hold values we wish to live by, and to find those values there.

• Introduction ; Supporting Characters, Opposing Voices: ; Reading for Devoted Resistance ; Chapter One ; "But I Grieve for My Mother": ; The Betrayal of Iphigenia and Isaac ; Chapter Two ; "It is Not In Heaven!" and Other Hurtful Words: ; Circling the Snake Oven ; Chapter Three ; "Beruriah Said Well": ; The Many Lives (and Deaths) of a Talmudic Social Critic ; Chapter Four ; Are You Not a Man of God? ; Hannah, Hysteria, and the Roots of Jewish Prayer ; Conclusion ; Canonical "Back-Talk": ; Supporting Characters as Social Critics ; Bibliography ; Index ; Notes