Path of Moses: Scholarly Essay on the Case of Women in Religious Faith

Julia Schwartzmann, Ph.D. (1991), Hebrew University, is a Senior Lecturer of Jewish Thought at Western Galilee College. She has published papers on medieval Jewish thinkers’ attitude toward women and femininity, contemporary writings by religious women, and gendered discourse in Israeli religious society.

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1 The Significance of Netiv Moshe: Maamar Mehkari ʿal Mishpat haNashim baEmunah2 Historical Background3 Rabbi Mózes Salamon (1838–1912)4 Netiv Moshe: Maamar Mehkari ʿal Mishpat haNashim baEmunah5 The Roots of Gender Inequality in Judaism6 The Main Arguments7 Examples of Gender Inequality8 Outstanding Women9 Closing Remarks10 Notes on the TranslationEnglish Translation and Hebrew OriginalTranslator’s Notes to the TextGlossaryBibliographyIndex