Women protagonists in the Hebrew morality composition Tzemach Tzadiq by Leon Modena

Vered Tohar

doi:10.4467/20843925SJ.17.003.8172

Women protagonists in the Hebrew morality composition Tzemach Tzadiq by Leon Modena

Vered Tohar

Department of the Literature of the Jewish People

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Abstract

This article proposes a reading of three stories from the Hebrew morality book Tzemach Tzadiq [The Righteous Shoot], composed by Leon Modena (1571-1648) and based upon the 13^th century Italian treatise Fiore di Virtu [The Flowers of the Virtues]. These stories, which present plots with female protagonists, demonstrate women's mystique in this early Modern Hebrew compilation and reveal the attitude of Modena and his readership towards women who deviated from the norm. Although Tzemach Tzadiq is a hegemonic patriarchal text, it reveals an intra-gender relationship where these female protagonists protest against their social inferiority by means of self-violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	47-61
Number of pages	15
Journal	Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4467/20843925SJ.17.003.8172
State	Published - 2017

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Keywords

Gender studies
Jewish folklore
Jewish literature
Leon Modena
Morality literature
The Hebrew story

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Women protagonists in the Hebrew morality composition Tzemach Tzadiq by Leon Modena

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