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Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval
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Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France Paperback - 2007

by Maggie Anton

The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in 11th-century France chronicles the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar.


Summary

The first two novels in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar

In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world?writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters.

Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud.

Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier?s Girl With a Pearl Earring.

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The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters. Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud. Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier's Girl With a Pearl Earring.

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  • Title Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
  • Author Maggie Anton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date July 31, 2007
  • ISBN 9780452288621 / 0452288622
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Jewish fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

'A forceful novel of the power of learning, faith, and the two sides of love.'
Midwest Book Review

'Anton has reimagined the life and world of the famed eleven-century biblical teacher Rashi through the lives of his three daughters.Readers will definitely be hooked on this series.'
Romantic Times
'Impressive worka fine storytelleran absorbing, detailed account.'
Jewish Journal

'The writing successfully captures the pace of medieval life and pulls the reader into the details of the characters' lives.'
Jewish Times News

About the author

Maggie Anton was born Margaret Antonofsky in Los Angeles, California. Raised in a secular, socialist household, she reached adulthood with little knowledge of her Jewish religion. All that changed when David Parkhurst, who was to become her husband, entered her life, and they both discovered Judaism as adults. In the early 1990's, Anton began studying Talmud in a class for women taught by Rachel Adler, now a professor at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. She became intrigued with the idea that Rashi, one of the greatest Jewish scholars ever, had no sons, only three daughters. Slowly but surely, she began to research the family and the time in which they lived. Legend has it that Rashi's daughters were learned in a time when women were traditionally forbidden to study the sacred texts. These forgotten women seemed ripe for rediscovery, and the idea of a book about them was born.
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