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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 August 2011
    28 October 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511734434
    9781108019378
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511734434
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.5kg, 392 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature 1830-1900, Religion: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature 1830-1900, Religion: General Interest
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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    Grace Aguilar (1818–1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was known for her works of fiction, but in this 1845 publication she addresses Jewish history from a female perspective. These two volumes consist of a series of biographical essays on Old Testament, Talmudic and modern Jewish women. Aguilar identifies a need for more female biography of scripture, postulating a continuity between the biblical matriarchs and the Jewish women of her generation. Addressing a female readership, Aguilar writes in a didactic and highly evangelical tone characteristic of the period, using her discussion to argue for the emancipation of Jews, particularly Jewish women, who should also have access to all Jewish religious texts. The Women of Israel is divided into seven historical periods, and this first volume deals with the first three. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=aguigr

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