Law, Hierarchy, and Gender
Why do the tannaim exempt women from time-bound commandments (m. Qiddushin 1:7)? In this paper it is argued that the unequal levels of obligation for men and women in rabbinic Judaism creates a hierarchy of mitzvot between them that mimics and virtually replaces the earlier biblical hierarchy of mi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Bern Open Publishing
2020-09-01
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Series: | Judaica |
Online Access: | https://judaica.ch/article/view/6215 |