Abstract
Jewish scripture includes few examples of a feminine or woman-personified God. The Hebrew Bible contains limited explicit reference to a female personification of God; more frequently God is described as a father or man in general, and with stereotypically masculine characteristics. Foundational Kabbalistic texts have been taken to be implicit representations of femininity, as one of the manifestations of God’s presence in the world has been characterized as female. Both medieval and contemporary theology have largely rejected the idea of divine gender, although there are some dissenters to this argument. Modern feminist theologians in particular have interpreted texts to draw comparisons to the feminine experience.