However, contemporary texts indicate that among the Jews, a woman may have acquired resources in various ways: (1) as an inheritance if her father died without sons, (2) as property given to her, (3) as money stipulated in a marriage contract as due her in case of divorce, (4) as maintenance from a deceased husband’s estate, or (5) as personal earnings.
पण त्या काळाची माहिती देणाऱ्‍या काही पुस्तकांमधून हे कळतं की यहुदी स्त्रियांकडे भौतिक मालमत्ता असण्याची बरीच कारणं असावीत.