Jewish fairy tales / [translated and adapted by] Gerald Friedlander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedlander, Gerald, 1871-1923.

Series:

Dover juvenile classics

Standardized Title:

Jewish fairy book

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Jewish legends.

Fairy tales.

Jews--Folklore.

Jews.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

viii, 130 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2001.

Summary:

A collection of Jewish fairy tales assembled from the Talmud and other ancient sources.

Contents:

I. The Magic Apples (from the Jewish Chap Book) 1

II. The Wise Merchant (from the Midrash Rabbah) 14

III. Heavenly Treasures (from the Talmud) 18

IV. King Solomon's Carpet (from Beth Hammidrash) 20

V. The Magic Lamp (from Shalsheleth Hakkabalah) 33

VI. Chanina and the Angels (from the Midrash Rabbah) 42

VII. The Wonderful Slave (from Beth Hammidrash) 45

VIII. About Leviathan, King of the Fish (from the Jewish Chap Book) 52

IX. The Demon's Marriage (from the Jewish Chap Book) 62

X. The Magic Leaf (from the Midrash Rabbah) 74

XI. The Prince and the Rabbi (from Shebet Jehudah) 77

XII. The Princess and the Beggar (from Tanchuma) 80

XIII. The Castle in the Air (from Achikar) 87

XIV. The Citizen of the World (from Rabbi Eliezer) 94

XV. The Snake's Thanks (from the Jewish Chap Book and Tanchuma) 95

XVI. The Rebellious Waters (from Rabbi Eliezer) 100

XVII. The Goblin and the Princess (from the Talmud) 102

XVIII. Iron and the Trees (from Genesis Rabbah) 109

XIX. David and the Insects (from the Alphabet of Ben Sira) 111

XX. The First Vineyard (from Tanchuma) 116

XXI. Abraham's Tree (from Jalkub Chadash) 118

XXII. Joseph, the Sabbath Lover (from the Talmud) 120

XXIII. The Magic Sword of Kenaz (from the Biblical Antiquities of Philo) 125.

Notes:

Originally published: The Jewish fairy book. New York : F.A. Stokes Co., c1920.

ISBN:

0486419827

OCLC:

47625357