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Folktales of the Jews. Volume 1, Tales from the Sephardic dispersion / edited and with commentary by Dan Ben-Amos ; Dov Noy, consulting editor ; Ellen Frankel, series editor ; translated by Leonard J. Schramm ; illustrations by Ira Shander.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Folklore.
- Jews.
- Jewish legends.
- Tales.
- Jewish legends--History and criticism.
- Tales--History and criticism.
- Sephardim--Folklore.
- Sephardim.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlvi, 722 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Tales from the Sephardic dispersion
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Jewish Publication Society, [2006]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Legends
- 1 The Tenth for the Minyan (IFA 16408)
- 2 The Wedding Attended by the Patriarchs (IFA 6471)
- 3 Hebron Purim (IFA 17063)
- 4 The Miracle of the 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 Maimonides and the Study of Medicine (IFA 4905)
- 10 Why Maimonides Is Buried in Tiberias (IFA 549)
- 11 The Merchant and Rabbi Meir Ba'al ha-Nes (IFA 8391)
- 12 The Coin from the Collection Box of Rabbi Meir Ba'al ha-Nes (IFA 9158)
- 13 Sol Hachuel of Tangier (IFA 14964)
- 14 The Awesome Tale of Rabbi Kalonymos (IFA 16405)
- 15 A Blood Libel in Jerusalem (IFA 15347)
- 16 The Ba'al Shem Tov and the Sorcerer (IFA 863)
- 17 On Passover (IFA 7000)
- 18 Hakham Eliyahu Is Born through the Special Virtues of the Cave of the Prophet Elijah (IFA 2830)
- 19 The Two Orphans of Istanbul (IFA 17068)
- 20 Three Hairs from Elijah's Beard (IFA 2420)
- 21 The Man Who Unintentionally Made His Fortune from the Devil (IFA 2605)
- 22 The Gilgul (IFA 2634)
- 23 The Prince's Gilgul (IFA 2644)
- 24 A Letter from Morocco to the Western Wall (IFA 556)
- 25 Rabbi Jacob the Storyteller; or the Power of Repentance (IFA 2623)
- 26 The Immigration Pangs of Rabbi Chilibon Franco of Rhodes (IFA 13405)
- 27 How the New Immigrant Doychon Torres Got Rid of the Cheese He Brought with Him without a Kashrut Certificate (IFA 13404)
- Moral Tales
- 28 God Loves the Heart (IFA 10089)
- 29 The Honest Merchant (IFA 6295)
- 30 The Rich Man Who Avoided Giving Charity but Later Mended His Ways (IFA 2604)
- 31 The Pregnant King (IFA 14043)
- 32 The Rich Man and His Two Sons (IFA 4441)
- Folktales
- 33 Noah's Daughter (IFA 660)
- 34 The Angel Who Descended to Put the World in Order (IFA 19910)
- 35 Satan's Son (IFA 16395)
- 36 The Astrologer-King and the Rabbi (IFA 10086)
- 37 A Bear Makes a Poor Musician Rich but Is Insulted by the Musician's Wife (IFA 1709)
- 38 An Old Man's Advice Makes a Poor Man Rich (IFA 3576)
- 39 Half a Friend (IFA 16403)
- 40 The Man Who Knew All about Animals, Diamonds, and People's Character (IFA 6402)
- 41 This, Too, Shall Pass (IFA 4425)
- 42 Letters from the Angel of Death (IFA 9704)
- 43 There Is No Escaping Heaven's Decree (IFA 10084)
- 44 What Heaven Ordains Must Surely Take Place (IFA 6591)
- 45 The Rabbi's Son and the King's Daughter (IFA 4735)
- 46 The King's Wise Daughter (IFA 12549)
- 47 The Trained Cat and the Rabbi's Wise Daughter (IFA 7602)
- 48 The Rabbi's Son and the Priest (IFA 10085)
- 49 King Abdul-Aziz, the Jewish Builder, and the Wicked Painter (IFA 3977)
- 50 The Miracle of Tu b'Shevat (IFA 10103)
- 51 The Old Woman and the Wind (IFA 10101)
- 52 King Solomon's Judgment (IFA 11093)
- 53 Anything to Find Favor with a Woman (IFA 2254)
- 54 King Solomon, His Ethiopian Wife, and Her Lover (IFA 2666)
- 55 The Miser Mohel and the Demon (IFA 9182)
- 56 The Miraculous Circumcision (IFA 10087)
- 57 The Disciples' Envy of the Rabbi's Son (IFA 4904)
- Humorous Tales
- 58 The Story of the Baklava (IFA 13)
- 59 A Porter Saves Maimonides' Life (IFA 5503)
- 60 Blinder Than a Blind Man (IFA 12727)
- A General Note on the Tales of Djuha
- 61 Djuha Helps His Mother (IFA 12729)
- 62 Djuha's Face (IFA 12548)
- 63 Why Djuha Never Got Married (IFA 12726)
- 64 Djuha Plays Dead (IFA 12551)
- 65 Camel Seeds (IFA 12724)
- 66 Djuha Counts the Donkeys (IFA 12552)
- 67 Djuha and the Mules (IFA 8509)
- 68 A Recipe for Fish (IFA 12716)
- 69 A Fair Division (IFA 9240)
- 70 A Bad Man's Desserts (IFA 332)
- 71 The Rabbi and the Priest (IFA 14039)
- Narrators 596
- Collectors 604
- Motif Indexes 676
- Tale Type Indexes 703.
- Notes:
- "Tales selected from the Israel Folktale Archives named in honor of Dov Noy."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Folktales of the Jews. Volume 1, Tales from the Sephardic dispersion.
- ISBN:
- 9780827610453
- 0827610459
- Publisher Number:
- 99969410977
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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