The Miriam Tradition: Teaching Embodied Torah
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Cia Sautter (Author)
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The Miriam Tradition works from the premise that religious values form in and through movement, with ritual and dance developing patterns for enacting those values. Cia Sautter considers the case of Sephardic Jewish women who, following in the tradition of Miriam the prophet, performed dance and music for Jewish celebrations and special occasions. She uses rabbinic and feminist understandings of the Torah to argue that these women, called tanyaderas, "taught" Jewish values by leading appropriate behavior for major life events. Sautter considers the religious values that are in music and dance performed by tanyaderas and examines them in conjunction with written and visual records and evidence from dance and music traditions. Explaining the symbolic gestures and motions encoded in dances, Sautter shows how rituals display deeply held values that are best expressed through the body. The book argues that the activities of women in other religions might also be examined for their embodiment and display of important values, bringing forgotten groups of women back into the historical record as important community leaders CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
Cia Sautter, Phd. teaches religious studies, dance, and yoga. She currently lives in Minnesota.
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- Contributor: Cia Sautter
- Imprint: University of Illinois Press
- ISBN13: 9780252077623
- Number of Pages: 184
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229x12mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Release Date: 2010-12-01
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Cia Sautter, Phd. teaches religious studies, dance, and yoga. She currently lives in Minnesota.
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