Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and indexes.
Contents:
A woman is acquired : a rabbinic marital metaphor -- He forbids her to all : polysemy and the rabbinic vocabulary of betrothal -- My wife I called "my house" : elaborating the metaphor of women as property -- The purchase of his money : at the intersection(s) of gender and servitude -- Go to your Ketubah : bridewealth, dowry, and the rabbinic marriage contract.
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