Wegner, Judith Romney <br/><br/>
Chattel or Person?  The status of women in the Mishnah 
Judith Romney Wegner 
 - New York, U.S.A  Oxford University  1988 
 - 267tr.  Paperback  25cm 
<br/><br/> 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 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195080033 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion -- Judaism -- Talmud<br/>Mishnah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc<br/>Women in rabbinical literature
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.12300880  / J92-W41