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Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature / edited by David Stern and Mark Jay Mirsky ; translations by Norman Bronznick [and others].
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Midrash--Translations into English.
- Midrash.
- Aggada--Translations into English.
- Aggada.
- Jewish parables.
- Zerubbabel (Biblical figure).
- Zohar.
- Sefer ha-bahir.
- Genre:
- Translations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1990.
- 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 Sir
- Parables from Sefer ha-bahir
- Narrative fantasies from Sefer Hasidim
- Love in the afterlife a selection from the Zohar
- Asher in the Hrem by Solomon Ibn Saqbel
- The misogynist by Judah Ibn Shabbetai
- The sorcerer from Meshal Ha-Kadmoni by Isaac Ibn Sahula
- Job's novella from A Valley of Vision by Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel
- The "dream-talks" of Nahman of Bratslav
- In a turn of the scroll: an afterword / Mark Jay Mirsky.
- Sefer Zerubbabel
- Midrash on the Ten Commandments
- Midrash eleh ezkerah or The legend of the ten martyrs
- The alphabet of Ben Sira
- Parables from Sefer Ha-Bahir
- 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
- In a turn of the scroll : an afterword / Mark Jay Mirsky.
- Notes:
- "An Edward E. Elson book"--Half title-page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of Chaim Potok.
- CJS copy acc# 207254
- ISBN:
- 0827603630
- 9780827603639
- OCLC:
- 21154483
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