TY - BOOK ID - 3469756 TI - The gender challenge of Hebrew PY - 2015 VL - 42 SN - 9789004282704 900428270X 9789004282711 9004282718 1322200319 PB - Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - 22.02*1 KW - Bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - 22.02*1 Bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - Hebrew language KW - Gender. KW - Sex differences. KW - Jewish language KW - Jews KW - Semitic languages, Northwest KW - Languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3469756 AB - The Gender Challenge of Hebrew is the first book to delve in depth into the problem of gender representation over the 3,000-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. Gender discrimination in all periods of Hebrew is shown in sacred, liturgical and literary texts, as well as in the popular language spoken today. All of them testify to the problematic status of women, who were traditionally excluded from religious studies and public activities, and in recent decades have been struggling to change this practice. Malka Muchnik shows that linguistic change remains a challenging goal. ER -