Kiddush Talk: Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah with Rabbi Jane Kanarek
Join Talmud scholar Rabbi Kanarek to explore her newest book! Beyond Brutality uses feminist and gender analysis to read tractate Sotah in the Babylonian Talmud as a cohesive literary work, highlighting how women are both invisible and yet powerfully present throughout. She argues that despite the dramatic sotah ritual, Babylonian Talmud Sotah is less about policing women’s sexuality and more about educating men about sin, morality, and rabbinic values.
