Read Series: Rashi’s Daughters
by Author Maggie Anton
Miriam: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France (2007)
The engrossing historical series of three sisters living in eleventh-century Troyes, France, continues with the tale of Miriam, the lively and daring middle child of Salomon ben Isaac, the great Talmudic authority. Having no sons, he teaches his daughters the intricacies of Mishnah and Gemara in ...
Joheved (2005)
Usually I'm not a huge historical fiction person. I often find my my purist tendencies get in the way of my enjoyment of historical fiction. Rashi's Daughters came highly recommended to me by a close friend from my synagogue. It shared a lot of similarities, at least in voice, to Anita Diamant's...
Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France (2009)
While Ms Anton's books are well researched, at times I just skimmed over a lot of the "Talmud" sections included in all her books. I suppose I cared more about the women than the Talmud that they were learning. And I think if I had not tried to read this triology one right after the other, I migh...