Reviews
"A valuable book for everyone interested in women's role in Judaism. Itis a work that will surely be the basis for future studies of the status ofwomen in Judaism."--Neshama, "An impressive piece of work, rich in evidence and important in its interpretation."--Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, "A valuable book for everyone interested in women's role in Judaism. It is a work that will surely be the basis for future studies of the status of women in Judaism."--Neshama, "A dispassionate, academic, readable study of women's legal status in the Mishnah....Wegner's book is more than a scholarly analysis of a Jewish legal text. It challenges Jewish feminists to reconsider their goals and the efforts needed to achieve them."--Lilith, "An important and original study, informed by a deep knowledge of law and legal theory and based on a careful reading of the rabbinic texts. The book is a rare and successful combination of law, feminist theory, and rabbinics."--Shaye Cohen, Jewish Theological Seminary, "Convincing and correct....A valable book....Wegner's book provides a cornerstone for further research dealing with the stats and image of woman in rabbinical literature....All scholars, however, will have to resort to this original, pathfinding study."--Journal of Jewish Studies, "Convincing and correct....A valable book....Wegner's book provides acornerstone for further research dealing with the stats and image of woman inrabbinical literature....All scholars, however, will have to resort to thisoriginal, pathfinding study."--Journal of Jewish Studies, "A welcome entry into the realm of rabbinic studies, Chattel or Person? is seminal to the project of restructuring that field with concerns of gender."--Biblical Archaeologist, "A dispassionate, academic, readable study of women's legal status in theMishnah....Wegner's book is more than a scholarly analysis of a Jewish legaltext. It challenges Jewish feminists to reconsider their goals and the effortsneeded to achieve them."--Lilith, "The difficulty in using rabbinic materials to assess the place of womenin Jewish antiquity has now been significantly alleviated by Judity Wegner'spenetrating study of women as portrayed in the Mishnah....Will beextraordinaryly valuable to all concerned with the historic roots of women'srole in Western religious traditions."--Journal of Religion, "An impressive piece of work, rich in evidence and important in itsinterpretation."--Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, "A welcome entry into the realm of rabbinic studies, Chattel or Person? isseminal to the project of restructuring that field with concerns ofgender."--Biblical Archaeologist, "The difficulty in using rabbinic materials to assess the place of women in Jewish antiquity has now been significantly alleviated by Judity Wegner's penetrating study of women as portrayed in the Mishnah....Will be extraordinaryly valuable to all concerned with the historic roots of women'srole in Western religious traditions."--Journal of Religion, "An important and original study, informed by a deep knowledge of law andlegal theory and based on a careful reading of the rabbinic texts. The book isa rare and successful combination of law, feminist theory, andrabbinics."--Shaye Cohen, Jewish Theological Seminary
