Wikipedia's first sentence called it “renowned kurdish jewish woman who lived in mosul”. Today it says “kurdish jewish female rabbinical scholar”.
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Asenath Barzani (1590–1670), was a renowned Kurdish and Jewish woman who lived in Iraq. Her writings demonstrate her mastery of Hebrew , Torah , Talmud , Midrash , and Kabbalah . She is considered the first female rabbi of Jewish history by some scholars, as well as one of the first recorded Kurdish women. In her lifetime, Asenath Barzani was referred to by the title tanna’it rather than “rabbi”, however, though the denomination tanna’it is a rabbinical title, it is not identical to the title of rabbi. Nevertheless, since her father who was also a rabbi and was himself labeled Tannai (the male noun of Tanna’it) and not by the title rabbi, it is clear that in the Kurdistan of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the rabbi usually performed as Tannai, so it was determined likely that Asenath Barzani was therefore the first woman rabbi, while Hannah Rochel Verbermacher (1815–1888) was the first woman consulted as a Rebbe , and Regina Jonas (1902-1942) was the first woman who was called a Rabbi. Her name has various spellings, such as "Asênat", “Asnat”, “Osnat” or "Barazani." In Hebrew her name is אסנת ברזאני and in Arabic اسيناث بارزاني ( Āsīnāth Bārzānī ). "Who was the first female "rabbi"?" .1
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Tanna’it Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) was a renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul , Iraq . She was among the very first Jewish women in history known to have been given a rabbinic title . She was the daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Samuel Barzani.
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Asenath Barzani , also Asenath Barazani (1590–1670) (in Kurdish: Asênat Barzanî), the daughter of the eminent Rabbi Samuel HaLevi Barzani , was a renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul , Iraq .Her writings demonstrate her mastery of Hebrew , Torah , Talmud , Midrash , and Kabbalah , and her letters are both lyrical and erudite.She is considered the first female rabbi of Jewish history by some scholars.Her first name has various spellings besides Asenath, such as “Asnat” or “Osnat”.
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Asenath Barzani ( , 1590–1670), was a Kurdish Jewish female rabbinical scholar and poet who lived near Duhok , Kurdistan .Also spelled Asenat Barzanî in Kurdish and transliterated as Osnat Barzani from Modern Hebrew.Game changers: Kurdish women in peace and war.
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Kurdish Jewish rabbinical scholar and poet Asenath Barzani ( Hebrew : אסנת ברזאני , 1590–1670), was a Kurdish Jewish female rabbinical scholar and poet who lived near Duhok , Kurdistan . Also spelled Asenat Barzanî in Kurdish and transliterated as Osnat Barzani from Modern Hebrew. Game changers: Kurdish women in peace and war.
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renowned kurdish jewish woman who lived in mosul
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kurdish jewish female rabbinical scholar
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