Jewish Women in Historical Perspective

Judith R Baskin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Published:1st Dec '98

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This collection of revised and new essays explores Jewish women's history. Topics include: portrayals of women in the Hebrew bible; the image and status of women in the diaspora world of late antiquity; Jewish women in the Middle Ages; Sephardi women in the medievil and early modern periods; Italian Jewish women; prayers in Yiddish and the religious world of Ashkenazic women; gender and the immigrant Jewish experience in the United States.

ISBN: 9780814327135

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416 pages

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