Rashi's Daughters, Book I: Joheved: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France (Rashi's Daughters Series)

The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventh-century France about the lives and loves of three daughters of the great Talmud scholar

In 1068, the scholar Salomon ben Isaac returns home to Troyes, France, to take over the family winemaking business and embark on a path that will indelibly influence the Jewish world, writing the first Talmud commentary, and secretly teaching Talmud to his daughters.

Joheved, the eldest of his three girls, finds her mind and spirit awakened by religious study, but, knowing the risk, she must keep her passion for learning and prayer hidden. When she becomes betrothed to Meir ben Samuel, she is forced to choose between marital happiness and being true to her love of the Talmud.

Rich in period detail and drama, Joheved is a must read for fans of Tracy Chevalier?s Girl With a Pearl Earring.

• Rashi's Daughters, Book II: Miriam: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France (Rashi's Daughters Series)
• Rashi's Daughters, Book III: Rachel: A Novel of Love and the Talmud in Medieval France (Rashi's Daughters Series)
• Rav Hisda's Daughter, Book I: Apprentice: A Novel of Love, the Talmud, and Sorcery (Rav Hisda's Daughter Series)
• Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say About You-Know-What
• Enchantress: A Novel of Rav Hisda's Daughter (Rav Hisda's Daughter Series)
• Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar
• The Weight of Ink
• Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
• As A Driven Leaf
• The (unofficial) Hogwarts Haggadah