Ebook Rashi Daughters Book I Joheved A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France Rashi Daughters Series Maggie Anton Books
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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.
Ebook Rashi Daughters Book I Joheved A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France Rashi Daughters Series Maggie Anton Books
"An interesting and well written and researched historical novel about the lives of Rashi's daughters. I have read all three books, and the information that I have gleaned has been useful and interesting. A book that all Jewish women should read, and others that are interested in that culture and time period of medieval France."
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Rashi Daughters Book I Joheved A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France Rashi Daughters Series Maggie Anton Books Reviews :
Rashi Daughters Book I Joheved A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France Rashi Daughters Series Maggie Anton Books Reviews
- This is the first book of the Rashi's Daughters trilogy. I found this book after reading Rav Hista's Daughter because of my thirst and love of study of Torah and Talmud. The author does a fabulous job of weaving her Torah and Talmud knowledge into a tapestry of exceptional read. Although some of it is the author's imagination, it seems very real and superbly-researched... especially in Torah and Talmud scholarship! Anyone familiar with Rashi as a commentator on the Torah would find this book most enjoyable! I highly recommend it!
- I was so looking forward to reading this book, but came away so disappointed.
Character development was so shallow.
Worse, so many things she said about the Torah is just plain wrong. A small example 11 the author says that Jews were commanded by G-d to multiply. Not true! He commanded all mankind to multiply. See Genesis 1-2. - An interesting and well written and researched historical novel about the lives of Rashi's daughters. I have read all three books, and the information that I have gleaned has been useful and interesting. A book that all Jewish women should read, and others that are interested in that culture and time period of medieval France.
- I would rank Rashi's Daughters with Milton Steinberg's As a Driven Leaf or Donna Cross' Pope Joan as engaging stories of historical figures living in ages past, whose lives were, in important ways, at odds with the prevailing expectations of their day.
In Rashi's Daughters, we learn about life in the Champaigne country of 11th Century France -- and Jewish life in particular -- through the lives of a young woman who, while bound by the conventions of her day, was able to use her great intelligence and abilities to a remarkable extent.
This was a golden age of Jewish scholarship, and Rashi was a leading light. This was also a great center of the French wine growing industry. How many great scholars today know how to tend vinyards and make wine? To learn something of daily life in Troyes, France, to learn something of Talmud with references to Worms and Mayence (Mainz), important seats of Jewish learning, and to learn so much about viticulture and winemaking to boot in the context of a page-turner of a story was a joy! Ms. Anton has given us a great gift in this book! - The commingling of the topics of love and the Talmud I found intriguing and I was not disappointed. I think it would be helpful to know who Rashi was--and I did--before reading the book, but it is not essential as one learns much about him as well as this daughter. The details about Jewish life in medieval France provide an aura of truth to the story, but much of it had to be imagined by the author as very few records are available to support the biography of Joheved.
Anton's knowledge of the period and the common practices of Jews at the time enabled the author to project a verisimilitude that enhanced the tale. Somewhat surprising facts--or what appear to be revelations about the emotional life of the protagonists and others--are interspersed with other intimate details. Insights helpful to understanding the characters are the result.
I would recommend this little book for people who are interested in life in medieval times and for those who have a special interest in the life of Jews in that period, as well as for women--and men--who enjoy an unusual romance. I would suggest that the book serves as an excellent entry to the next two books about the two other daughters. - What an interesting book, dealing with the famous Writer of commentary and his family. Terrific insight into what life might have been like for the daughters of this illustrious man and the community of Troyes , France. in the year 1069 CE. the author leads us through daily life and the way that the students in a yeshiva were taught and how Rashi might have inspired his daughters to learn Talmud and Torah.
We also learn about the making of kosher wine and how sheepskins were cured for writing.
It also includes history of the Church at that time and King of France.
A great read. - Historical fiction is my favorite genre of books. I especially like stories involving strong women. This was very interesting to me. I learned that at that period, many average middle class Jewish men and many women were educated. Culturally, the holy scriptures shaped all aspects of daily life, and worship in addition to being spiritual, was a big part of social life and entertainment at the time. The book examines many talmudic passages which becomes tiring, but I think worth the effort in understanding the characters. If you enjoy learning about historical cultures, this would be for you. For those looking for action, they probably would not like it. I for one found it a good read and will read the next books in the series.
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