Chattel or Person?; THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE MISHNAH
New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988. Paperback. 267 pages. Exploring the place of women in the socioeconomic system formulated in the Mishnah, a book of legal rules compiled by Jewish sages in second-century Palestine, this study reveals a fundamental ambiguity in women's role. Excluded from the life of mind and..... More
