The Women of Israel Or, Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures, and Jewish History. Volume 2 Volume 2 /
Grace Aguilar (1818-1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was better 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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge library collection. Religion. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
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| Sumario: | Grace Aguilar (1818-1847), a prolific nineteenth-century novelist and Jewish historian of Sephardic descent, was better 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 historical discussion to argue for the emancipation of Jews, particularly Jewish women, who should also have full access to all Jewish religious texts. This second volume focuses on Aguilar's latter four periods of history. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=aguigr. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 recurso electrónico (498 p.) |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780511734441 |
