TY - BOOK AU - Alexander, Elizabeth Shanks, TI - Gender and timebound commandments in Judaism SN - 9781107035560 (hardback) U1 - 296.4082 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Women in Judaism.;Sex role;Feminism;Jewish women KW - Religious aspects;Judaism;Religious aspects;Judaism.;Religious life N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexes N2 - "The rule that exempts women from rituals that need to be performed at specific times (so-called timebound, positive commandments) has served for centuries to stabilize Jewish gender. It has provided a rationale for women's centrality at home and their ab ER -