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Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives, 1851-1900 : A Social History of East European Agunah / Haim Sperber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sperber, Haim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agunahs--Europe, Eastern--History--19th century--lat.
- Agunahs--Social conditions--19th century--lat.
- Jewish women--Legal status, laws, etc--Europe--History--19th century--lat.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (141 pages)
- Other Title:
- Plight of Jewish Deserted Wives, 1851-1900
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Agunot (Agunah, sing., meaning anchored in Hebrew) is a Jewish term describing women who cannot remarry because their husband has disappeared. Women whose husbands cannot be located, and who have not been granted a Get, are considered Agunot. women whose husbands became mentally ill and were not competent to grant a Get.
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed April 30, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 1-78284-699-9
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