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Ketubot No.1: Body Politics
Manage episode 339218834 series 2976190
CW// underage sex and sexual assault/r*pe
What is the rabbis' definition of virginity, and why is it so complicated? What does it tell us about their view of feminine subjectivity and sexuality?
Dr. Rebecca Kamholz holds a PhD in rabbinics from Yale University. Her areas of focus are gender theory and legal texts about women in the Babylonian Talmud. Her dissertation, Virginity in the Babylonian Talmud: Sex, Identity, and Epistemology, focused on legal and cultural questions around the definition and verification of virginity in the Talmud.
Special thanks to our executive producer, Adina Karp
View a source sheet for this episode here.
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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
56 episodes
Manage episode 339218834 series 2976190
CW// underage sex and sexual assault/r*pe
What is the rabbis' definition of virginity, and why is it so complicated? What does it tell us about their view of feminine subjectivity and sexuality?
Dr. Rebecca Kamholz holds a PhD in rabbinics from Yale University. Her areas of focus are gender theory and legal texts about women in the Babylonian Talmud. Her dissertation, Virginity in the Babylonian Talmud: Sex, Identity, and Epistemology, focused on legal and cultural questions around the definition and verification of virginity in the Talmud.
Special thanks to our executive producer, Adina Karp
View a source sheet for this episode here.
Keep up with Interleaved on Facebook and Twitter.
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Midnight Tale" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
56 episodes
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