Pious and Rebellious: Jewish Women in Medieval Europe (Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry & HBI Series on Jewish Women)
“Avraham Grossman is an erudite and intellectually honest scholar who is helping to draw a true picture of Jewish women's lives.”—Jewish Book World“It was long accepted that Jewish women in medieval times held little power and no leadership roles; there are few manuscripts or print sources describing their lives and no known works written by women, except for a handful of poems.  That's why Avraham Grossman's Pious and Rebellious… is so welcome.” —Hadassah Magazine“..[S]uch facets of the subject as the Jewish philosophy of women, marriage and family, economic status, culture and education, and role in religious life receive extended development. ... Highly Recommended.”—Choice“These studies are thoroughly absorbing in every detail, and give an important voice to women whose voices have become almost completely muted over time, even though in their own age they were heard louder and clearer than ever before.”—The Forward