Renée Levine Melammed, Asenath Barazani (Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women)
Yona Sabar, The Folk Literature of the Kurdistani Jews
Overview
Asenath Barzani headed her father’s yeshiva in Mosul after her husband’s death and is remembered as the first recorded woman rabbinical scholar in Jewish history. Taught Torah, Talmud and Kabbalah by her father, she wrote letters and poetry that show deep learning.
