The Bible in folklore worldwide : a handbook of biblical reception in Jewish, European Christian, and Islamic folklores / edited by Eric Ziolkowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ziolkowski, Eric, editor.

Series:

Handbooks of the Bible and its reception ; Volume 1.

Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Other Title:

Handbook of biblical reception in Jewish, European Christian, and Islamic folklores

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This first volume of a two-volume Handbook treats a challenging, largely neglected subject at the crossroads of several academic fields: biblical studies, reception history of the Bible, and folklore studies or folkloristics. The Handbook examines the reception of the Bible in verbal folklores of different cultures around the globe. This first volume, complete with a general Introduction, focuses on biblically-derived characters, tales, motifs, and other elements in Jewish (Mizrahi, Sephardi, Ashkenazi), Romance (French, Romanian), German, Nordic/Scandinavian, British, Irish, Slavic (East, West, South), and Islamic folkloric traditions. The volume contributes to the understanding of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the New Testament, and various pseudepigraphic and apocryphal scriptures, and to their interpretation and elaboration by folk commentators of different faiths. The book also illuminates the development, artistry, and “migration” of folktales; opens new areas for investigation in the reception history of the Bible; and offers insights into the popular dimensions of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities around the globe, especially regarding how the holy scriptures have informed those communities’ popular imaginations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Style and Transliteration

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Jewish (Mizrahi)

2. Jewish (Sephardi)

3. Jewish (Ashkenazi Influences)

4. Romance (French and Romanian)

5. German

6. Nordic/Scandinavian

7. British and Irish

8. East Slavic

9. West Slavic

10. South Slavic

11. Islamic

Contributors

Scriptural Index

Folkloric Index

General Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 2, 2017).

ISBN:

3-11-028672-6

OCLC:

1004872251