1. The Globe and Mail, Oct. 4,1994.
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10. Ibid., p. 138.
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19. Louis M. Epstein, The Jewish Marriage Contract (New York: Arno Press, 1973)
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22. Ibid., pp. 112-113. See also Priesand, op. cit., p. 15.
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24. Ibid., p. 480.
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34. Swidler, op. cit., pp. 162-163.
35. The Toronto Star, Apr. 8, 1995.
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37. Ibid., pp. 313-318.
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40. Ibid, pp 156-157.
41. Muhammad Abu Zahra, Usbu al Fiqh al Islami (Cairo: al Majlis al A'la li
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42. Epstein, op. cit., p. 122.
43. Armstrong, op. cit., p. 8.
44. Epstein, op. cit., p. 175.
45. Ibid., p. 121.
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48. Hazleton, op. cit., pp. 45-46.
49. Ibid., p. 47.
50. Ibid., p. 49.
51. Swidler, op. cit., pp. 144-148.
52. Hazleton, op. cit., pp 44-45.
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54. Ibid., p. 17.
55. Ibid., pp. 88-93.
56. Ibid., pp. 92-97.
57. Philip L. Kilbride, Plural Marriage For Our Times (Westport, Conn.: Bergin &
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58. The Weekly Review, Aug. 1, 1987.
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62. Ibid., pp. 257-258.
63. Sabiq, op. cit., p. 191.
64. Hillman, op. cit., p. 12.
65. Nathan Hare and Julie Hare, ed., Crisis in Black Sexual Politics (San
Francisco: Black Think Tank, 1989) p. 25.
66. Ibid., p. 26.
67. Kilbride, op. cit., p. 94.
68. Ibid., p. 95.
69. Ibid.
70. Ibid., pp. 95-99.
71. Ibid., p. 118.
72. Lang, op. cit., p. 172.
73. Kilbride, op. cit., pp. 72-73.
74. Sabiq, op. cit., pp. 187-188.
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79. Susan W. Schneider, Jewish and Female (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984) p.
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80. Ibid., pp. 238-239.
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83. Donald B. Kraybill, The riddle of the Amish Culture (Baltimore: Johns
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84. Khalil Gibran, Thoughts and Meditations (New York: Bantam Books, 1960) p.
28.
85. The Times, Nov. 18, 1993.
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