In response to Evi's request, here are some more references in no particular order. I'm happy to offer annotations for anyone who wants more detail about any of these books:
Crown of Creation: The Lives of Great Biblical Women Based on Rabbinic & Mystical Sources Chana Weisberg - available on Amazon.com Finding The Woman of Valor: Commentaries and Insights for Today's Jewish Woman Rivka Zakutinsky - Aura Press, Brooklyn, NY More Precious Than Pearls : Selected Insights into the Qualities of the Ideal Woman : Based on Eshes Chayil by Tziporah Heller <http://www.tziporahheller.com/books/b_moreprecious.html>http://www.tziporahheller.com/books/b_moreprecious.html <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811818950/qid=1075400671/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5633110-7708722?v=glance&s=books>Listen to Her Voice: Women of the Hebrew Bible by Miki Raver Drawing on the Bible: Biblical Women in Art by Beth Haber <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076579991X/qid=1075400528/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/104-5633110-7708722?v=glance&s=books>The Women of the Torah: Commentaries from the Talmud, Midrash, and Kabbalah by Barbara L. Thaw Ronson <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568219504/qid=1075400610/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/104-5633110-7708722?v=glance&s=books>Biblical Women in the Midrash: A Sourcebook by Naomi M. Hyman <http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=35&q=http://www.613.org/aishet.html&e=7507>Women in the Bible : Aishet Hayil by Shira Smiles http://www.613.org/aishet.html Related topic - Women in the Talmud by Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt ----------- Jewish learning is like a carousel: You get on at any point and continue the ride. -Rabbi Burt E. Schuman Rivkah Lambert Adler, Ph.D. Director of Adult Education Center for Jewish Education 5708 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215-3930 410 735-5010 410 735-5001 - FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 at osu.edu AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
