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The Tractate Ketubot ("marriage contracts") discusses inter alia the sum specified at the time of marriage to be paid in the event of divorce or the husband's death, together with the mutual obligations of man and wife, the wife's property, the law of inheritance in the female line and the widow's rights. The Tractate Nidda ("Female impurity") regulates conduct during menstruation (cf. Lev 15:19ff) and after birth (Lev 12); further topics are women's life stages, puberty and various medical questions.
Volume Nine of this outstanding reference continues the Tractate Ketubot's discussion of marriage and the family. Full-cloth binding.
This volume sheds light on the early rabbis as the shapers of religion and uncovers for the modern reader the early Sages' fundamental beliefs concerning God, the world and the human condition.
""The Ketubah"" offers a captivating exploration of the Jewish marriage contract, a document that has shaped marital traditions for over two millennia. This comprehensive study delves into the Ketubah's historical evolution, legal implications, and spiritual symbolism, shedding light on its pivotal role in Jewish family life and its influence on broader societal norms regarding marriage. The book traces the Ketubah's origins from the Babylonian exile period through to modern times, examining its impact on women's rights and its significance in Jewish law. Intriguingly, it reveals how this ancient document has served as a unique intersection of law, religion, and social custom, often providing protection for women in patriarchal societies. The Ketubah's artistic and cultural significance is also explored, showcasing its role as a form of Judaic decorative art. Progressing through historical, legal, and cultural analyses, ""The Ketubah"" draws on a wide range of primary sources and interdisciplinary connections. It challenges readers to view this ancient tradition through multiple lenses, demonstrating its enduring relevance in contemporary discussions on marriage equality and contractual relationships. By balancing scholarly rigor with engaging narrative, the book offers valuable insights for both academics and general readers interested in religious history, legal traditions, and Middle Eastern culture.
This book suggests that gossip can be used as an interpretive key to understand more of early Christian identity and theology. Insights from the multi disciplinary field of gossip studies help to interpret what role gossip plays, especially in relation to how power and authority are distributed and promoted. A presentation of various texts in Greek, Hebrew and Latin shows that the relation between gossip and gender is complex: to gossip was typical for all women and risky for elite men who constantly had to defend their masculinity. Frequently the Pastoral Epistles connect gossip to false teaching, as an expression of deviance. On several occasions it is argued that various categories of women have to avoid gossip to be entrusted duties or responsibilities. “Old wives’ tales” are associated with heresy, contrasted to godliness in which one had to train one self. Other passages clearly suggest that the false teaching resembles feminine gossip by use of metaphorical language: profane words will spread fast and uncontrolled like cancer; what the false teachers say is tickling in the ear, and their mouth must be stopped or silenced. The Pastoral Epistles employ terms drawn from the stereotype of gossip as rhetorical devices in order to undermine the masculinity and hence the authority, of the opponents.
This book provides a new conceptual and methodological framework the social scientific study of Mishnah, as well as a series of case studies that apply social science perspectives to the analysis of Mishnah's evidence. The framework is one that takes full account of the historical and literary-historical issues that impinge upon the use of Mishnah for any scholarly purposes beyond philological study, including social scientific approaches to the materials. Based on the framework, each chapter undertakes, with appropriate methodological caveats, an avenue of inquiry open to the social scientist that brings to bear social scientific questions and modes of inquiry to Mishnaic evidence.