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Rashi's Daughters
Book I - Joheved In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home 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 teaching it to his daughters. Joheved, her mind and spirit awakened, knows the risk and keeps her learning hidden. When she weds, must she choose between marital happiness and her love of Talmud? "A forceful novel of the power of learning, faith, and the two sides of love.” -- Midwest Book Review
Book II - Miriam Having no sons, Salomon continues to teach his daughters the intricacies of the Talmud in an era when such scholarship for women was unheard of. Miriam, a midwife and a mohel—performing circumcisions—cannot foresee how she will be tested. Especially when a handsome and learned suitor arrives in Troyes, one who struggles with a secret that, if revealed, would expose them both to ruin. “Anton delivers a tour de force with this second book … [Readers] will fly through the pages and come away wishing for more.”-- Library Journal, starred review
Book III - Rachel Rachel is Salomon’s favorite and adored by her husband, Eliezer. But everything she holds dear is threatened as the marauders of the First Crusade massacre the Jews of Germany and her father suffers a stroke. Eliezer wants them to move to the safety of Spain, but Rachel is determined to stay in France and help her family save the Troyes yeshiva, the only remnant of the great Talmud academies.A stunning achievement. You will not be able to put this book down, and may even find yourself rushing off to study Talmud. --Judith Hauptman, Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture, Jewish Theological Seminary; author of Rereading the Rabbis, A Woman’s Voice.
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