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Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature

Title
Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature / edited by David Stern and Mark Jay Mirsky ; translations by Norman Bronznick ... [et al.].
Publication
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Stern, David, 1949-
  • Mirsky, Mark.
Description
ix, 364 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Uniform Title
  • Maʻaśeh ʻaśarah haruge malkhut. English. 1990.
  • Alphabet of Ben Sira. English. 1990.
Subjects
Note
  • "An Edward E. Nelson book"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Rabbinic parables -- Two narratives about God -- Jonah and the sailors, from Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer -- Sefer Zerubbabel -- Midrash on the Ten Commandments -- The tale of the Jerusalemite -- Midrash Eleh ezkerah, or The legend of the ten martyrs -- The alphabet of Ben Sira -- Parables from Sefer ha-bahir -- Narrative fantasies from Sefer Hasidim -- Love in the afterlife: a selection from the Zohar -- Asher in the harem / Solomon Ibn Saqbel -- The misogynist / Judah Ibn Shabbetai -- The sorcerer, from Meshal ha-kadmoni / Isaac Ibn Sahula -- Job's novella, from A valley of vision / Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel -- The "dream-talks" of Nahman of Bratslav.
Call Number
*PRT 91-1871
ISBN
0827603630
LCCN
90032680
OCLC
  • 21154483
  • NYPG91-B25886
Title
Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature / edited by David Stern and Mark Jay Mirsky ; translations by Norman Bronznick ... [et al.].
Imprint
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1990.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Stern, David, 1949-
Mirsky, Mark.
Added Title
Maʻaśeh ʻaśarah haruge malkhut. English. 1990.
Alphabet of Ben Sira. English. 1990.
Research Call Number
*PRT 91-1871
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