Asenath Barzani

Asenath Barzani
Born1590
Died1670
Mosul, Mosul Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Occupation(s)Rabbinical scholar, poet
Years activeAround 1630-1670
Known forFirst recorded female Rabbinical scholar, early historical Kurdish woman

Asenath Barzani[1] (Hebrew: אסנת ברזאני, 1590–1670),[2] was a Kurdish Jewish female rabbinical scholar and poet who lived near Duhok, Kurdistan.[3][4]

  1. ^ Also spelled Asenat Barzanî in Kurdish and transliterated as Osnat Barzani from Modern Hebrew. See Bengio, O. (2016). Game changers: Kurdish women in peace and war. The Middle East Journal, 70(1), 30-46.
  2. ^ Jewish Book World, 18. JWB Jewish Book Council. 2000. p. 62.
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  4. ^ לוין-מלמד, רינה. שאני נשארתי מלמדת תורה (PDF) (in Hebrew).