AVRAHAM GROSSMAN is Professor of Jewish History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a member of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences, and recipient of the prestigious Israel Prize and Bialik Prize for Jewish Studies.
..[S]uch facets of the subject as the Jewish philosophy of women,
marriage and family, economic status, culture and education, and
role in religious life receive extended development. ... Highly
Recommended. Choice"
Avraham Grossman is an erudite and intellectually honest scholar
who is helping to draw a true picture of Jewish women's lives.
Jewish Book World"
It was long accepted that Jewish women in medieval times held
little power and no leadership roles; there are few manuscripts or
print sources describing their lives and no known works written by
women, except for a handful of poems. That's why Avraham Grossman's
Pious and Rebellious is so welcome. Hadassah Magazine"
These studies are thoroughly absorbing in every detail, and give an
important voice to women whose voices have become almost completely
muted over time, even though in their own age they were heard
louder and clearer than ever before. The Forward"
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