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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Brayer, Menachem M. (1986). The Jewish woman in rabbinic literature. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav Pub. House. ISBN 0881250724.
- ↑ Rubenstein, Jeffrey L. (2003). Talmudic stories : narrative art, composition, and culture. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801877547.
- ↑ Ilan, Tal (1997). "The Quest for the Historical Beruriah, Rachel, and Imma Shalom". AJS Review. 22 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1017/S036400940000920X. S2CID 161285734.
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