Once Upon a Time... Maimonides. Traditional Hebrew Tales: An Anthology

Tamar Alexander-Frizer (Editor), Elena Romero (Editor), Rhoda Henelde Abecasis (Translator)

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Abstract

From the Talmud to the latest collection of short stories, the anthology has been a ubiquitous presence in Jewish literature throughout its history, and has played a seminal role in the creation, transmission, and preservation of Jewish culture since ancient times. And yet of all literary genres the anthology may be the most denigrated and least understood. This volume represents a major first step in the study of the genre and of the different functions it serves as a literary form and as a medium of canonization. The book comprises eighteen essays devoted to anthological works in Jewish literature.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLancaster, Calif
PublisherLabyrinthos
Number of pages380
ISBN (Print)0911437479, 9780911437478
StatePublished - 2004

Publication series

NameThe Henry J. Leir library of Sephardica
Volume8

Keywords

  • Jewish scholars
  • Egypt
  • Rabbis
  • Jewish legends
  • Jüdische Literatur

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