{"collection":"Texts of Judaism","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_jud_bata_bata10_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_jud_bata_bata10_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_jud_bata_bata10_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/bata/bata10.htm","summary":"This is a 1944 anthology edited by Leo Auerbach presenting selected passages from the Babylonian Talmud, the central text of Rabbinic Judaism compiled roughly between the 3rd and 6th centuries CE. The selections focus primarily on marriage law, covering topics such as the legal status of virgins versus widows, marriage settlements (ketubot), the rights and duties of husbands and wives, and procedures for adjudicating disputes over virginity. The text moves between Mishna (foundational legal rulings), Gemara (rabbinic discussion and elaboration), and Baraitha (supplementary teachings), illustrating how abstract legal principles were debated and applied through anecdote and case study. Distinctive content includes vivid forensic anecdotes \u2014 such as a rabbi soaking a bedsheet in water to detect bloodstains, or testing a wife's virginity by seating women on a wine cask to detect its aroma \u2014 alongside philosophical debates about whether one must praise a plain bride as beautiful and detailed prescriptions governing everything from spousal conjugal duties by occupation to what a pregnant woman should eat to improve her child's complexion. The work offers a concrete, unsanitized window into ancient Jewish domestic and legal culture, presenting patriarchal norms alongside genuine legal protections for women, and capturing both the solemnity and the earthy pragmatism of Talmudic reasoning.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Babylonian Talmud in Selection: Nashim (Women): The M...","tradition":"Texts of Judaism","translated_text":null,"word_count":3680}