Question

Under Hebrew law, within the family

a. A women had full legal rights
b. Woman were treated as property
c. a divorce could be granted by request of either the husband or wife
D. The father had supreme authority

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Remark

This question depends on which era you are talking about and which major thought denomination you have in mind.

Orthodox Jews would see D as being true and actually the answer. Others (the conservatives) are not so quick to assert this.

So let's treat them in turn.

A

Women didn't and I believe still don't have full legal rights. The Old Testament makes certain of these rights by phrasing it in value. A man is worth 60 shekels if he is between 16 and 60. Leviticus 17:3

A woman is only worth 30 shekles. Leviticus 17:4

B

Women were treated as property. I invite you to read Proverbs Chapter 31 to see just how. No woman (or man either) could live up to the standards in Chapter 31.

C

C is untrue. I don't know where the reference is, but if a man did not grant the wife a divorce, she could not remarry. Women did not have equal rights in a divorce case.

I think we are stuck with D