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Author Yassif, Eli, 1946-

Title The Hebrew folktale : history, genre, meaning / Eli Yassif ; translated from Hebrew by Jacqueline S. Teitelbaum.

Publication Info. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [1999]
©1999

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GR98 .Y3713 1999    Available  ---
Description xx, 560 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Folklore studies in translation
Folklore studies in translation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-541) and index.
Contents Foreword / Dan Ben-Amos -- [ch.] 1. Introduction : Jewish culture and the Hebrew folktale -- [ch.] 2. The biblical period : the folktale as sacred history -- [ch.] 3. The second temple period: the casting of narrative patterns -- [ch.] 4. The folktale in the Rabbinic period : between folk culture and Rabbinic literature -- [ch.] 5. The Middle Ages : external perils and internal tensions -- [ch.] 6. The later generations: the folktale in confrontation with a changing world -- [pt.] A. The Hasidic story as folk literature -- [pt.] B. Legends of the saints and Israeli society -- [pt.] C. "Return to the faith" stories : rhetoric in a secular world.
Subject Folk literature, Hebrew -- History and criticism.
Folk literature, Hebrew.
Jewish folk literature -- History and criticism.
Jewish folk literature.
Tales -- History and criticism.
Tales.
Jews -- Folklore.
Jews -- Folklore.
Added Title Sipur ha-ʻam ha-ʻIvri. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99010936
ISBN 0253335833 cl alkaline paper