JPS Guide to Jewish Women: 600 BCE-1900 CE

by Cheryl Tallan, Sondra Henry, Emily Taitz

Overview

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. 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 will find this to be an invaluable resource, one that can be referred to over and over again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827607521
Publisher:	The Jewish Publication Society
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Series:	A JPS Guide
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Editorial Reviews

"This is a good reference book for almost any library with a Judaica collection. It would also be a fine Bat Mitzvah gift."—Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

"An excellent tool for exploring a rich sampling of individual Jewish women from ancient times to the beginning of the twentieth century and learning what historians have unearthed about them."—Feminist Collections

Feminist Collections

"[A] wonderful, unique contribution to the study of Jewish women."—Canadian Jewish News

Canadian Jewish News

"This is an indispensable resource about the role of Jewish women from post-biblical times to the twentieth century."—Jewish Book Council

Jewish Book Council

"An impressive chronological and geographical sourcebook . . . Recommended. General readers through faculty."—Choice

Choice