1040-1105

Miriam, the second daughter of Talmud commentator Salomon ben Isaac in eleventh-century France, comes to depend heavily on her faith when she decides to become a midwife and mohel, and falls in love with a learned and handsome young scholar with a devastating secret.

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel offers an introduction to the life and influence of Middle Age biblical and Talmudic commentator Rashi, also known as Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki.

In 1097 Troyes, France, fourteen-year-old Elvina reaches out to a shunned family of German Jews, eventually drawing her grandfather, Bible and Talmud scholar Solomon ben Isaac, into helping her new friend's cousin Ephraim, whose memories of the Crusaders' cruelty have driven him mad.

Elvina, the unusual granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered respectable for girls, takes a great risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders in eleventh century Troyes, France.

Elvina, the unusual granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying and writing to activities considered respectable for girls, takes a great risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian Crusaders in eleventh century Troyes, France.