Massekhet Shevu'ot : text, translation, and commentary / Tanja Hidde, Tal Ilan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hidde, Tanja, author.

Ilan, Tal, 1956- author.

Series:

Feminist commentary on the Babylonian Talmud ; IV/6.

A feminist commentary on the Babylonian Talmud ; IV/6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mishnah. Shevuʻot--Commentaries.

Mishnah.

Talmud. Shevuʻot--Commentaries.

Talmud.

Bible. Numbers, V--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible.

Bible. Numbers, V--Feminist criticism.

Oaths--Biblical teaching.

Oaths.

Oaths in rabbinical literature.

Women in rabbinical literature.

Mishnah. Shevuʻot.

Talmud. Shevuʻot.

Feminist criticism.

Genre:

Commentaries

Physical Description:

xi, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2025]

Summary:

"This feminist commentary on Massekhet Shevuʿot examines the role of gender in legal oaths. Tanja Hidde analyzes women's participaton in court and thier exclusion as witnesses, while Tal Ilan explores how the Babylonian rabbis connect the oath-swearing of the suspected adulteress in Numbers 5 to other oaths taken by both men and women." -- Publisher, back cover of dust jacket.

"Tanja Hidde and Tal Ilan offer a feminist commentary on the Massekhet Shevuʿot of the Mishnah and the Babylonian Talmud by focusing on women and gender in the texts. The tractate deals with oaths, mostly in a legal, court context. In presenting and interpreting the texts in Mishnah Shevuʿot, Tanja Hidde is concerned first and foremost with the discussion of women's participation in court cases that require oath-swearing, as well as women's exclusion from serving as witnesses. Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud, Tal Ilan shows that, in their commentary on Mishnah Shevuʿot, the Babylonian rabbis continually use chapter 5 of the Book of Numbers, because it includes a wife suspected of adultery, who swears an oath. Tal Ilan illustrates that the Babylonian rabbis use the wife's oath-swearing as a basis for commenting on other actions of both men and women." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-279) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161645242

3161645243

OCLC:

1519879364