Description: Further DetailsTitle: Rashi's Daughters, Book I: JohevedCondition: NewSubtitle: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval FranceISBN-10: 0452288622EAN: 9780452288621ISBN: 9780452288621Publisher: New American LibraryFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/31/2007Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 213mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 346gAuthor: Maggie AntonGenre: FictionTopic: Historical FictionBook Series: Rashi's Daughters SeriesRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved
Title: Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved
Subtitle: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
ISBN-10: 0452288622
EAN: 9780452288621
ISBN: 9780452288621
Release Date: 07/31/2007
Release Year: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Rashi's Daughters Series
Book Title: Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved : a Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2007
Topic: Romance / Historical / General, Family Life, Historical, Jewish
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11.8 Oz
Author: Maggie Anton
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Rashi's Daughters Ser.
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
