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Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah

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Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah - Wegner, Judith Romney
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Exploring the place of women in the socio-economic system formulated in the Mishnah, a book of legal rules compiled by Jewish sages in 2nd-century Palestine, this study reveals a fundamental ambiguity in women's role. Both the property and the peers of men, in some circumstances women were considered to possesses no rights and in others were judged fit to own property, conduct business, and manage their own personal affairs. Wegner spells out in detail these variations in status, analyzes them, and relates her findings to ...

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Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah 1992, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195080032

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Chattel or Person?: The Status of Women in the Mishnah 1988, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195051698

Hardcover