Segal, EliezerXu, Miche2016-11-022016-11-0220162016Xu, M. (2016). A Contextual Examination of Maimonides's Attitudes Towards Women (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24680http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3443This thesis explores Maimonides’s attitudes towards women. The thesis focuses on Maimonides’s philosophical treatise, his medical works, and his works concerning ethics. An accurate and more comprehensive analysis of Maimonides’s position on women is the primary objective of this thesis. In the end, this thesis demonstrates that Maimonides’s attitudes towards women can be best understood within the contexts of the respective works in which they appear and with an awareness of their historical setting.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.ReligionReligion--History ofJudaismLawWomenPhilosophyEthicsmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/24680