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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Diaspora, Women, Jewish identity, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Folklore
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A woman beautiful in every way
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A woman beautiful in every way I give you—pedigreed, with every skill— And all you want to know is what’s the dowry! That’s not the way to think; that’s faulty judgment. If you’d appraise her…

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Jacob Frances

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Women, Dowries, Marriage, Love, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
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Five Polemics Concerning Women
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Enough, you fools and idiots, enough! Why do you come to me with sage advice? Are you still infants? Are you soiling still Your diapers and sheets with excrement…

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Jacob Frances

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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Women, Sexism, Life cycle, Torah study, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Drawing of woman in profile wearing dress and hat and Hebrew writing on her left.