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The Quest for the Historical Beruriah, Rachel, and Imma Shalom

1997; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s036400940000920x

1475-4541

Ṭal Ilan,

Biblical Studies and Interpretation

Beruriah, reputedly the greatest Jewish woman scholar of all times, has figured prominently in anthologies describing the lives and deeds of Jewish sages, and in particular in books and collections dedicated to Jewish women. Most of these presentations are no more than paraphrases of the sources on which they are dependent, accepting their judgments at face value and thus giving an idealized description of the woman Beruriah.