Mika Ahuvia
Section: Articles
Volume 29 (2022) / Issue 1, pp. 1-21 (21)
Published 17.03.2022
Scholars have tended to overlook or dismiss the possibility of feminine angelic beings in ancient Judaism. Close reading of texts reveals that gendered divine beings do not exceed the biblical source material, Hebrew linguistic possibilities, Late Antique Jewish texts or the Jewish imagination. Altogether, evidence found in rabbinic literature, Yannai's liturgical poetry, liturgical practices, ritual texts, and synagogue art demonstrates that feminine angels were conceivable by ancient Jews.
Authors/Editors
Mika Ahuvia Born 1983; BA from Rollins College; MA from the University of Michigan; PhD from Princeton University; the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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Authors/Editors
Authors/Editors
Mika Ahuvia Born 1983; BA from Rollins College; MA from the University of Michigan; PhD from Princeton University; the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Keywords
Mika Ahuvia Born 1983; BA from Rollins College; MA from the University of Michigan; PhD from Princeton University; the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.
