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Zusatztext By focusing on the notion of womanhood according to the Mishnah! Wegner uncovers paradoxes and ambiguities that lie at the heart of Judaism's ambivalent attitude towards women ... Wegner's realism allows for change and redefinition in the light of a convincing dialogue between feminism and Judaism. Klappentext 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. In certain aspects men's property, in others their partners, women sometimes possessed no rights while at other times were judged fit to own property, conduct business, and manage their own affairs in the private domain of mishnaic culture. But, they were systematically excluded from the life of mind and spirit that flourished in the public domain of synagogue and study house. Wegner spells out in detail these variations in status, analyzes them, and relates her findings to recent developments in feminist analysis of the status of women in patriarchy. Zusammenfassung In this pioneering work, Judith Wegner scrutinizes the Mishnah, the book of legal rules produced by Jewish sages in second-century Palestine, and determines its effect upon the image and status of women in the Jewish orthodox tradition.
