Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages

by Elisheva Baumgarten

In Biblical Women and Jewish Daily Life in the Middle Ages, Elisheva Baumgarten seeks a point of entry into the everyday existence of people who did not belong to the learned elite, and who therefore left no written records of their lives. She does so by turning to the Bible as it was read, reinterpreted, and seen by the Jews of medieval Ashkenaz. In the tellings, retellings, and illustrations of biblical stories, and especially of those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812253582
• ISBN13: 9780812253580
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.1"