Creator Bio
Judith Plaskow
b. 1947
Born in New York, Judith Plaskow is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College. A scholar of contemporary religious thought and Jewish feminism, she is an editor, lecturer, columnist, and author of several monographs. Plaskow co-founded the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion and served as president of the American Academy of Religion.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Right Question Is Theological
The situation of the Jewish woman might well be compared to the situation of the Jew in non-Jewish culture. The Gentile projection of the Jew as Other—the stranger, the demon, the human not-quite…
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The Coming of Lilith: Toward a Feminist Theology
In the beginning, the Lord God formed Adam and Lilith from the dust of the ground and breathed into their nostrils the breath of life. Created from the same source, both having been formed from the…