| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 354 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Buried Treasures: Archeological Evidence from the Ancient Near East -- A Written Legacy: Literary Evidence from the Ancient Near East to 600 C.E. -- Jewish Women Under Islam: The Near East, North Africa, and Spain to 1492 -- Further from Home: Jewish Women in Christian Europe to 1492 -- A Separate Community: Jewish Women in Italy until the 1800s -- European Jewry Moves East: The Early Modern Period (1492-1750) -- A Different Voice: Jewish Women in the Lands of Islam (1750-1900) -- Opening Doors: Jewish Women During and After Haskalah (1750-1900) -- Jewish Women in the New World: From the First Settlement until 1900 |
| Summary |
"This sourcebook casts a new and clear light on Jewish women as individuals throughout history, setting them firmly within the context of their own cultural and historical periods." "Overview sections explore women's activities and interests in each time period and explain how specific events and Jewish law and customs affected the circumstances of their lives. Hundreds of biographical entries provide specifics on women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century." "Students and scholars of history and women's studies, adult Jewish learners, and those interested in history will find this to be an invaluable resources, one that can be referred to over and over again."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish women -- Biography
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Women in Judaism -- Biography
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Jews -- History.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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Jewish women
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Jews
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Women in Judaism
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Joden.
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Vrouwen.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henry, Sondra
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Tallan, Cheryl
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| ISBN |
9780827609747 |
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0827609744 |
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