TY - BOOK AU - Sautter,Cia TI - The Miriam tradition: teaching embodied Torah SN - 9780252090271 AV - BM729.D35 U1 - 296.4/6 22 PY - 2010///] CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Miriam KW - Dance KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism KW - Jewish women KW - Religious life KW - Women in Judaism KW - Sephardim KW - Danse KW - Aspect religieux KW - Judaïsme KW - Juives KW - Vie religieuse KW - Femmes dans le judaïsme KW - Séfarades KW - RELIGION KW - Rituals & Practice KW - bisacsh KW - History KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Electronic resource N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface : why movement matters -- Women and sacred power -- Movement matters -- Miriam's dance -- Miriam at the wedding celebration -- The Rachel tradition : dancing death N2 - 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. --Book Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=569678 ER -