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The Hebrew folktale : history, genre, meaning
- Title
- The Hebrew folktale : history, genre, meaning / Eli Yassif ; translated from Hebrew by Jacqueline S. Teitelbaum.
- Author
- Yassif, Eli, 1946-
- Publication
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c1999.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | *PRW 00-2540 | Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Room 111 |
Details
- Description
- xx, 560 p.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Folklore studies in translation
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-541) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Jewish culture and the Hebrew folktale -- The biblical period: the folktale as sacred history -- The second temple period: the casting of narrative patterns -- The folktale in the Rabbinic period: between folk culture and Rabbinic literature -- The Middle Ages: external perils and internal tensions -- The later generations: the folktale in confrontation with a changing world.
- Call Number
- *PRW 00-2540
- ISBN
- 0253335833 (cl : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99011004
- OCLC
- 40813262
- Author
- Yassif, Eli, 1946-
- Title
- The Hebrew folktale : history, genre, meaning / Eli Yassif ; translated from Hebrew by Jacqueline S. Teitelbaum.
- Imprint
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c1999.
- Series
- Folklore studies in translation
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-541) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *PRW 00-2540