The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership

by Taya Shere, Jill Hammer, Rabbi Jill Hammer PhD

It has been barely 40 years since rabbinical seminaries began ordaining women as rabbis. But women have played a role in Jewish religious leadership from the days of the Bible and even before. Miriam the Prophetess and Deborah the Judge are just the two most prominent of these women, most of whose names are lost to history. The Hebrew Priestess tells the stories of these women, often reading between the lines of the Bible and Talmud to rediscover...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934730467
• ISBN13: 9781934730461
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"