The tales of Rabbi Nachman / Martin Buber. Translated from the German by Maurice Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naḥman, of Bratslav, 1772-1811.

Contributor:

Buber, Martin, 1878-1965.

Friedman, Maurice S., translator.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Sipure maʻaśiyot. English

Language:

English

German

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hasidic parables.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 214 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Horizon Press, [1956]

Contents:

Rabbi Nachman and Jewish Mysticism. Jewish Mysticisim; Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav; Sayings of Rabbi Nachman; The Stories

The Tales of Rabbi Nachman. The Rabbi and His Son; The Steer and the Ram; The Clever Man and the Simple Man; The King's Son and the Son of the Maid; The Master of Prayer; The Seven Beggars

Rabbi Nachman's Journey to Palestine.

Notes:

"Designed by Suzanne S. Frisbie."

"My re-creation of the tales of Rabbi Nachman first appeared in print fifty years ago. I have not translated these tales, but retold them with full freedom, yet out of his spirit as it is present to me."--Foreword.

Translation of Die Geschichten des Rabbi Nachman which is an adaptation of the latter's Sipure maʻaśiyot.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok November 1957 Los Angeles".

OCLC:

185023