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Anton will be in our area to discuss her new book, rav hisdas daughter book i apprentice. Maggie anton hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of talmudic sage rav hisda. A novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery rav hisdas daughter series paperback july 31, 2012 by maggie anton author visit amazons maggie anton page. Apprentice a novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery by maggie anton author of the rashis daughters series people of the book will meet every other week, beginning june 10, 2017, after shabbat morning services at congregation ohev shalom. Book club tiferet israel a traditional congregation. Using her extensive knowledge of the talmud and other historical jewish writings, she immersed herself in the tractates to uncover a marvelous heroine for this historical novel. Book 1, apprentice follows hisdadukh from about the age of nine through her middle adulthood. Apprentice by maggie anton overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Bccs next book club will take place sunday, november 24, at 10. This is what you would inscribe on an amulet for your brother to protect him on a journey. Book i apprentice brings the world of the talmud to life from a womans perspective. A novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of talmudic sage rav hisda. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
The first novel in a dramatic trilogy set in eleventhcentury 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. Apprentice a novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery por maggie anton disponible en rakuten kobo. Book i apprentice brings the world of the talmud to lifefrom a womans perspective. A lushly detailed look into a fascinatingly unknown time and culturea tale of talmud, sorcery, and a most engaging heroine. She sits in on the lectures that her father gives his students so she can learn also. A lushly detailed look into a fascinatingly unknown time and culturea tale of talmud, sorcery, and a most engaging her. Imagine fourthcentury babylonia land of jinni and flying carpets, where the very word magic. A novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery plume, free. Novelist explores love, sorcery and the talmud the forward. Anton, the author of the acclaimed rashis daughters trilogy, has penned her best book to date.
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Set in 3rdcentury babylonia and based on actual talmud texts, rav hisdas daughter brings the world of the talmud, especially its rabbis and their families, to life. This novel deals with the daughter of a talmudic figure who lived in persia. Diana gabaldon, author of the bestselling outlander series hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of talmudic sage rav hisda. Diana gabaldon, author of the bestselling outlander series hisdadukh, blessed to be beautiful and learned, is the youngest child of. Rangers apprentice is a series written by australian author john flanagan. Book 1, apprentice follows hisdadukh from about the age of nine through her middle adulthood from being the youngest of nine children. Yeah, reading compulsion will not unaided create you. When her newfound happiness is derailed by a series of tragedies, a grieving hisdadukh must decide if she does, indeed, wish to become a sorceress. Sunday author maggie anton discusses and signs her book rav hisdas daughter, book i. A novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery by maggie anton this is more than a touching story of love and loss, a journey of an independentminded woman or a tale of magic and.
Homenovelist explores love, sorcery and the talmud. My editor at penguin did a fantastic job of tightening the story, removing unnecessary exposition, and distributing the backstory from apprentice. Anton won the 2012 national jewish book award in fiction for her fifth book rav hisdas daughter. Despite the dangers, people continue to travel, often for long distances. Book i apprentice a novel of love, the talmud, and sorcery brings the world of the talmud, especially its rabbis and their families, to life from a womans perspective. Anton believes that the success of her six books is due to the strong interest of readers in both sorcery and the talmud. A novel of love, the talmud and sorcery, on tuesday, april 30, 7. Apprentice a novel of love, talmud and sorcery by maggie anton we spoke out. The books were initially released in australia and new zealand, though have since been released in 14 other countries.
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