“Teach Your Daughters to Wail and One Another to Lament”: Jewish Prayers and Liturgical Texts for Female Victims of Sexual Assault

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.1515/opth-2020-0184

Elazar Ben-Lulu

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract Throughout generations, various prayers have been composed to express religious and cultural experiences of the Jewish community, such as holidays life-cycle and national tragedies. However, some social issues, such as sexual assault, have been excluded from this canon. This article uncovers Jewish prayers and liturgical texts dedicated to female victims of sexual assault. Drawing on a qualitative inquiry based on content analysis and interviews with the prayers’ authors, I demonstrate how these texts (re)position sexual assault victims in Jewish liturgy by including new phrasings and references to God; by removing masculine violence related to God; by mentioning biblical female characters who experienced sexual harassment; by denouncing of patriarchal abuse; or by sanctifying the woman’s painful body, which is incorporated as an important agent in the ritual’s structure. Therefore, I suggest considering these texts a political mean to voice women’s traumas and to incorporate them into the religious sphere, thereby rectifying a long-silenced discourse.

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“教导你们的女儿哀号，彼此哀号”:犹太人为性侵女性受害者的祈祷和礼仪文本

摘要几代人以来，人们创作了各种祈祷词来表达犹太社区的宗教和文化经历，如节日生命周期和民族悲剧。然而，一些社会问题，如性侵，被排除在这一准则之外。这篇文章揭示了犹太人为性侵女性受害者所做的祈祷和礼拜。基于内容分析和对祈祷者作者的采访，我进行了定性调查，展示了这些文本如何通过加入新的措辞和对上帝的提及来（重新）定位犹太礼拜仪式中的性侵受害者；消除与上帝有关的男性暴力；提到圣经中经历过性骚扰的女性角色；谴责父权制的虐待；或者通过将女性痛苦的身体神圣化，这是仪式结构中的一个重要因素。因此，我建议将这些文本视为一种政治手段，以表达女性的创伤，并将其纳入宗教领域，从而纠正长期沉默的话语。

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Open Theology RELIGION-

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15 weeks

期刊介绍： Open Theology is an international Open Access, peer-reviewed academic journal that welcomes contributions written in English addressing religion in its various forms and aspects: historical, theological, sociological, psychological, and other. The journal encompasses all major disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies, presenting doctrine, history, organization and everyday life of various types of religious groups and the relations between them. We publish articles from the field of Theology as well as Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology of Religion and also dialogue between Religion and Science. The Open Theology does not present views of any particular theological school nor of a particular religious organization. The contributions are written by researchers who represent different religious views. The authors present their research concerning the old religious traditions as well as new religious movements. The aim of the journal is to promote an international and interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of Theology and Religious Studies. The journal seeks also to provide researchers, pastors and other interested persons with the fruits of academic studies.