How Long to Read Living with the Law

How Long Does it Take to Read Living with the Law?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Living with the Law by Oded Zinger

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Living with the Law explores the marital disputes of Jews in medieval Islamic Egypt (1000-1250), relating medieval gossip, marital woes, and the voices of men and women of a world long gone. Probing the rich documents of the Cairo Geniza, a unique repository of discarded paper discovered in Cairo synagogue, the book recovers the life stories of Jewish women and men working through their marital problems at home, with their families, in the streets of old Cairo and in Jewish and Muslim courts. Despite a voluminous literature on Jewish law, the everyday practice of Jewish courts has only recently begun to be investigated systematically. The experiences of those at a legal, social, and cultural disadvantage allow us to go beyond the image propagated by legal institutions and offer a view "from below" of Jewish communal life and Jewish law as it was lived. Examining the interactions between gender and law in medieval Jewish communities under Islamic rule, Oded Zinger considers how women experienced Jewish courts and the pressure they were under to relinquish their monetary rights at court and at home. The tactics with which women countered this pressure, ranging from exploiting family ties to appealing to Muslim courts, expose the complex relationship between individual agency, gendered expectations, and communal authority. Zinger concludes that more than money, education, or lineage, it was the maintenance of a supportive network of social relations with men that protected women at different stages of their lives.

How long is Living with the Law?

Living with the Law by Oded Zinger is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Living with the Law Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Living with the Law aloud.

What Reading Level is Living with the Law?

Living with the Law is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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