David Solomon discusses the lives and contributions of several remarkable women who lived during the Second Temple Period. These wives, daughters, and sisters of kings, nobles and priests were also leaders, politicians, and monarchs in their own right. Their stories are not only fascinating in themselves, but they shed a light on the era in which they lived. This podcast episode, released in advance of Purim, a festival based in a tale of female leadership and courage, comes from a recorded lecture to Jewish Studies teachers in 2019.

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