Chattel or Person?

New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. 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 spirit (study), certain aspects such as conducting business, and managing their own affairs is analyzed here. Interior clean and crisp.