description: Argues that the rabbis of late antiquity, in the normative law set forth in the Mishnah-Tosefta-Yerushalmi-Bavli, liberated Israelite women by according them what Scripture had the standing and powers of sentient beings; a role in critical transactions of their existence that, if not entirely equal to that of men, at least corresponded to it; and agency and intentionality. Few bibliographic references. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
language: English
title: How the Rabbis Liberated Woman
titlecomplete: How the Rabbis Liberated Woman
ratings_count: 1
publisher: University of South Florida