The gender challenge of Hebrew
By: by Malka Muchnik
Series: The Brill reference library of Judaism -- volume 42; Brill reference library of Judaism -- v. 42.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9789004282704; 9789004282711
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Soziolinguistik; Sex differences; Geschlechterrolle; Gender; Hebrew language; Literatur; Sprache; Religion; Hebräisch
Description: "The gender challenge of Hebrew is the first book to delve in depth into the problem of gender representation over the 3000-year history of the Hebrew language. By analyzing and illustrating the grammatical characteristics of gender in biblical, mishnaic, medieval and modern Hebrew, Malka Muchnik reveals the social and cultural issues that they reflect"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Language and gender in classical Hebrew; title: Language, gender and religion; title: Gender in modern literature and language; title: Gender changes in the language; title: Summary and conclusion.