Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1: Tales from the Sephardic DispersionJewish Publication Society, 03.09.2006 - 722 Seiten Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion begins the most important collection of Jewish folktales ever published. It is the first volume in Folktales of the Jews, the five-volume series to be released over the next several years, in the tradition of Louis Ginzberg's classic, Legends of the Jews. The 71 tales here and the others in this series have been selected from the Israel Folktale Archives, Named in Honor of Dov Noy, The University of Haifa (IFA), a treasure house of Jewish lore that has remained largely unavailable to the entire world until now. Since the creation of the State of Israel, the IFA has collected more than 20,000 tales from newly arrived immigrants, long-lost stories shared by their families from around the world. The tales come from the major ethno-linguistic communities of the Jewish world and are representative of a wide variety of subjects and motifs, especially rich in Jewish content and context. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the IFA collection, and extensive scholarly notes. There is also an introduction that describes the Sephardic culture and its folk narrative tradition, a world map of the areas covered, illustrations, biographies of the collectors and narrators, tale type and motif indexes, a subject index, and a comprehensive bibliography. Until the establishment of the IFA, we had had only limited access to the wide range of Jewish folk narratives. Even in Israel, the gathering place of the most wide-ranging cross-section of world Jewry, these folktales have remained largely unknown. Many of the communities no longer exist as cohesive societies in their representative lands; the Holocaust, migration, and changes in living styles have made the continuation of these tales impossible. This volume and the others to come will be monuments to a rich but vanishing oral tradition. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 69
Seite vii
... Torah Scrolls (IFA 15346) 5. The Adventures of Raphael Meyuhas (IFA 15348) 6. A Story about My Great-Grandfather (IFA 8807) 7. The Sanctification of God's Name (IFA 8419) 8. “Our Teacher Moses” and the King of Spain (IFA 13110) 9 ...
... Torah Scrolls (IFA 15346) 5. The Adventures of Raphael Meyuhas (IFA 15348) 6. A Story about My Great-Grandfather (IFA 8807) 7. The Sanctification of God's Name (IFA 8419) 8. “Our Teacher Moses” and the King of Spain (IFA 13110) 9 ...
Seite xiii
... Torah, torah she-b'al-peh. Within these stories can be found ethical teachings, role models, cautionary tales, and collective memory. Unlike halakhic texts, which are prescriptive, or rabbinic midrash, which is anchored by proof-texts ...
... Torah, torah she-b'al-peh. Within these stories can be found ethical teachings, role models, cautionary tales, and collective memory. Unlike halakhic texts, which are prescriptive, or rabbinic midrash, which is anchored by proof-texts ...
Seite xix
... Torah comprises the Holy Scriptures, but the oral Torah is a comprehensive entity that encompasses Jewish culture as a whole. Many of the oral tales in the IFA resonate with themes from earlier Jewish historical traditions. Allusions ...
... Torah comprises the Holy Scriptures, but the oral Torah is a comprehensive entity that encompasses Jewish culture as a whole. Many of the oral tales in the IFA resonate with themes from earlier Jewish historical traditions. Allusions ...
Seite 2
... Torah Synagogue, whose name was later changed to the Eliyahu Ha-navi (Elijah the Prophet) Synagogue. How did that come about? Let me tell you the legend about how its name was changed from Talmud Torah to Eliyahu Ha-navi. It goes like ...
... Torah Synagogue, whose name was later changed to the Eliyahu Ha-navi (Elijah the Prophet) Synagogue. How did that come about? Let me tell you the legend about how its name was changed from Talmud Torah to Eliyahu Ha-navi. It goes like ...
Seite 3
... Torah Synagogue all night, never closing their eyes. When the sun appeared in the east, they began to recite the morning service at the earliest possible hour. All the worshipers were wrapped up in themselves, praying for atonement and ...
... Torah Synagogue all night, never closing their eyes. When the sun appeared in the east, they began to recite the morning service at the earliest possible hour. All the worshipers were wrapped up in themselves, praying for atonement and ...
Inhalt
Moral Tales | 197 |
Folktales | 227 |
Humorous Tales | 527 |
Abbreviations | 593 |
Narrators | 596 |
Collectors | 604 |
Bibliography | 610 |
Motif Indexes | 676 |
Tale Type Indexes | 703 |
General Index | 716 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion Dov Noy,Dan Ben-Amos,Ellen Frankel Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2006 |
Folktales of the Jews, Volume 1: Tales from the Sephardic Dispersion Dov Noy Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2006 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
actions Angel animal appeared Arabic asked Ba‘al became blessed Blood born brother century child Christian collection counsel Cultural daughter Death demon Djuha dream Elijah the Prophet Eretz Yisra’el eyes father Folklore Folktales gave give hand head heard Hebrew Historical holy husband included Israel Italy Jerusalem Jewish Jews king King Solomon king’s known Land later learned legends letter Literary literature lived looked lost Magic Maimonides Marries mother motif murdered narrative narrator never night Notes occurs once opened oral passed person poor prayer present Published Rabbi Meir recorded references replied returned rich righteous saved Sephardic Similarities sources story studies synagogue tale type tell told took Torah trade tradition tribes turned versions wife woman young