Who had more rights in Israelite society men or women?

Answer 1

Contrary to popular belief the mosaic law took great care to look out for women. Men by number may have had more "rights" but thats aside the point women were well cared for for the most part, and in ordinary times always had everything they needed taken care of them. The israelite culture why by and large a familistic culture, as man near eastern cultures of its time were. Their laws namely reflected the values of the people, protecting and propagating house, hearth, and healthy offspring.

No one, not even the king, was above the law.

Answer 2

Contrary to popular belief the mosaic law took great care to look out for women. Men by number may have had more "rights" but thats aside the point women were well cared for for the most part, and in ordinary times always had everything they needed taken care of them. The israelite culture why by and large a familistic culture, as man near eastern cultures of its time were. Their laws namely reflected the values of the people, protecting and propagating house, hearth, and healthy offspring.

Answer 3

The Israelites pioneered in treating women differently than they were being treated elsewhere.

• Israelite women could own property, could initiate court cases, could have their own servants, and could own fields and businesses. Compare the above to other ancient societies, in which only land-owning mature males had any rights at all.
  

Link: Life as a servant in ancient Israel

• The Torah specifies marital rights for women (Exodus 21:10); and any husband who anguished his wife could expect Divine punishment (Talmud, Bava Metzia 59).
• Several women achieved prophecy (Talmud, Megillah 14a).
• One of the Judges, Deborah, was a woman. Together with another woman named Jael, she brought about a great victory against Canaanite oppressors (Judges ch.4).
• A circumspect husband would seek out the advice of his wife (Genesis 31:3-16), because she could be trusted to supervise the goings-on in the home (Proverbs 31:27), just like a Chief Executive Officer.
• The righteous among the Israelites would treasure their wives (Proverbs 31:11); as Rabbi Akiva (2nd century CE) said, "All that I accomplished (in Torah) is hers (is thanks to her)" (Talmud, Ketubot 63a).
  

It may be noted that traditional Judaism looks askance upon modern feminism, which is seen as destructive and divisive.

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Answer 4

No one, not even the king, was above the law. While most leaders and prophets were men, there were a number of prophetesses and Deborah the Judge. See also the Related Links.

Link: Division of power in ancient Israel

Link: Women's status

Answer 5

All men over the age of 13 had the same rights. women and convicts had few rights.

Answer 6

Men had more rights than women, but women were not without rights, as they were in other societies.

Answer 7

Men