Sifting through tradition: The creation of jewish feminist identities

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 90-106

  Dufour, Lynn Resnick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0007200997     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0021-8294.00008     Document Type: Article

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