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The JPS guide to Jewish women : 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E.
- Title
- The JPS guide to Jewish women : 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E. / Emily Taitz, Sondra Henry, Cheryl Tallan.
- Author
- Taitz, Emily
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2003.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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- Description
- xxviii, 354 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Jewish Publication Society guide to Jewish women
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- "A JPS desk reference."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Buried Treasures: Archeological Evidence from the Ancient Near East -- Ch. 2. Written Legacy: Literary Evidence from the Ancient Near Fast to 600 C.E. -- Ch. 3. Jewish Women Under Islam: The Near East, North Africa, and Spain to 1492 -- Ch. 4. Further from Home: Jewish Women in Christian Europe to 1492 -- Ch. 5. Separate Community: Jewish Women in Italy until the 1800s -- Ch. 6. European Jewry Moves East: The Early Modern Period (1492-1750) -- Ch. 7. Difference Voice: Jewish Women in the Lands of Islam (1492-1750) -- Ch. 8. Opening Doors: Jewish Women During and After Haskalah (1750-1900) -- Ch. 9. Jewish Women in the New World: From the First Settlement until 1900.
- Call Number
- HQ1172
- ISBN
- 0827607520
- 9780827607521
- LCCN
- 2002015263
- OCLC
- 50645494
- Author
- Taitz, Emily, author.
- Title
- The JPS guide to Jewish women : 600 B.C.E.to 1900 C.E. / Emily Taitz, Sondra Henry, Cheryl Tallan.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2003.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Henry, Sondra, author.Tallan, Cheryl, author.
- Research Call Number
- *R-JWS HQ1172 .T35 2003