Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah
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Exploring the place of women in the socioeconomic system formulated in the Mishnah, a book of legal rules with a spiritual basis compiled by Jewish sages in 2nd-century Palestine, this study reveals a fundamental ambiguity in the role of women. Both the property and the peers of men, in some circumstances women were considered to possess no powers, rights, or duties in law, and in others were judged morally, practically, and intellectually fit to...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195051696
ISBN13:9780195051698
Release Date:December 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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