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A woman is responsible for everything : Jewish women in early modern Europe / Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kaplan, Debra, author.
Carlebach, Elisheva, author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jewish women--Europe--History.
Jewish women.
Communal living--Europe--History.
Communal living.
Communal living--Europe--Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (489 p.)
Place of Publication:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Introduction
1. Life in the Kehillah
2. Sacred Societies: Women's Hevrot
3. Honor and Shame, Center and Periphery
4. Jewish Women and Print Culture
5. Ordinary and Literary Writing
Color plates
6. Dynamic Households
7. Economic Agents
8. Material Worlds
9. Last Words
10. Bodies and Souls
11. Custom and Ritual
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Kaplan, Debra A Woman Is Responsible for Everything
ISBN:
9780691268637
0691268630
Publisher Number:
90102697693
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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