02801nam 2200649 450 991078470220332120230331005432.00-19-773854-097866107602131-280-76021-40-19-802190-90-19-535986-0(CKB)1000000000407508(EBL)431363(OCoLC)519442383(SSID)ssj0000291278(PQKBManifestationID)12080052(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291278(PQKBWorkID)10248479(PQKB)10313563(SSID)ssj0000335692(PQKBManifestationID)12091895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335692(PQKBWorkID)10277134(PQKB)11423848(Au-PeEL)EBL431363(CaPaEBR)ebr11303675(CaONFJC)MIL76021(MiAaPQ)EBC431363(EXLCZ)99100000000040750820161129h19881988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChattel or person? the status of women in the Mishnah /Judith Romney WegnerNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1988.©19881 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505169-6 0-19-508003-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; 1. Chattel or Person?; 2. The Minor Daughter; 3. The Wife; 4. The Levirate Widow; 5. The Autonomous Woman; 6. Woman and the Public Domain; 7. The Anomaly of Woman in the Mishnah; 8. The Mishnaic Woman and Feminist Theory; Appendixes; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; IndexExploring 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 second-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 own property, conduct business, engage in lawsuits, and manage their own personal affairs. Wegner spells out in detail these variations in status,Women in rabbinical literatureWomen in rabbinical literature.296.1/23/0088042Wegner Judith Romney1501202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784702203321Chattel or person3728316UNINA