Massekhet Gittin Chapters 4-5: Volume III/6/D-E. Text, Translation, and Commentary

by Tal Ilan

Tractate Gittin of the Mishnah is located in the Order of Women and discusses divorce proceedings. Chapters 4 and 5 of the Tractate address a specific topic - "the improvement of the world" - and list a number of rules (most of them devoted to women and gender issues) which were enacted so as to improve a certain undesirable condition. This volume provides a feminist commentary on these gender-relevant mishnaic texts, and on the commentary of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161635515
• ISBN13: 9783161635519
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.