Blemished Brides: Women’s Bodies and Disability in Ancient Judaism
Dr. Julia Watts Belser talks about ancient prenups, dancing at weddings, and what the rabbis had to say about beauty. We meet an Etruscan woman named Seianti Hanunia, an Egyptian Jewish woman Tapamet, and hear the (sometimes damaging) ideas of sages Shammai and Hillel. Paying attention to disability matters because it’s noticing a person’s full human experience. Access transcript and episode show notes: www.womenwhowentbefore.com/episodes/blemished-brides Women Who Went Before is written, ...