The Bible in folklore worldwide. [Volume I], A handbook of biblical reception in Jewish, European Christian, and Islamic folklores / edited by Eric Ziolkowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ziolkowski, Eric, 1958- editor.

Series:

Handbooks of the Bible and its reception ; v. 1.1.

De Gruyter reference

Handbooks of the Bible and its reception ; 1.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Folklore.

Bible.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

xv, 378 pages ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

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

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter & Co. [2017]

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:

1 Jewish (Mizrahi) / Yosef Tobi Tobi, Yosef 43

2 Jewish (Sephardi) / Tamar Alexander Alexander, Tamar 61

3 Jewish (Ashkenazi influences) / Vered Tohar Tohar, Vered 87

4 Romance (French and Romanian) / Nicolae Babuts Babuts, Nicolae 111

5 German / Christa Agnes Tuczay Tuczay, Christa Agnes 133

6 Nordic/Scandinavian / Tracey R. Sands Sands, Tracey R. 157

7 British and Irish / Anthony Swindell Swindell, Anthony 183

8 East Slavic / Roberta Reeder Reeder, Roberta 211

9 West Slavic / Margaret Ziolkowski Ziolkowski, Margaret 229

10 South Slavic / Florentina Badalanova Geller Geller, Florentina Badalanova 253

11 Islamic / S. R. Burge Burge, S. R. 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110286717

3110286718

OCLC:

960463339

Publisher Number:

99975005960