ISBN:
9780827609747
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0827609744
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxviii, 354 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version JPS guide to Jewish women
DDC:
305.488924
Keywords:
Jewish women Biography
;
Women in Judaism Biography
;
Jews History
;
Juives Biographies
;
Femmes dans le judai͏̈sme Biographies
;
Juifs Histoire
;
Jewish women Biography
;
Women in Judaism Biography
;
Jews History
;
Women in Judaism Biography
;
Jewish women Biography
;
Jews History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Social Scientists & Psychologists
;
Jewish women
;
Jews
;
Women in Judaism
;
Joden
;
Vrouwen
;
Biographies
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Biographies
;
Electronic books Biography
;
History
;
Biografie
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
Buried Treasures: Archeological Evidence from the Ancient Near EastA 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.
Note:
"A JPS desk reference. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-346) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-346) and index
