The Women of Israel: Volume 2

Or, Characters and Sketches from the Holy Scriptures, and Jewish History

af Grace Aguilar

Presented in the form of a series of biographical essays, this 1845 history of Hebrew women traces a continuity from the biblical matriarchs to the Jewish women of Aguilar's own generation. Volume 2 continues with Old Testament and Talmudic heroines and concludes with a section on modern Jewish women.