Parody in Jewish Literature / Israel Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Israel, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1907]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Follows the development of the parody in Jewish literature from its rudiments in the Talmudic literature through its various ramifications down to its extended use.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. History of Parody in Jewish Literature

I. The Beginnings of Parody in Jewish Literature

II. Parody in Provence and in Italy in the 14th. Century

III. The Decline of Parody From the Middle of the 14th. Century to the Middle of the 17th.

IV. The Revival of Parody from the Middle of the 17th. Century to the Close of the 18th.

V. Parody from the Beginning of the 19th. Century to the Present Day

Part II. Studies in Jewish Parody

I. The Massekheth Purim, Sepher Habakbuk Ha- Nabhi and Megillath Setharim

II. Provençal Parodies of the 14th. and 15 th. Centuries

III. The Verses Against Gamblers Ascribed to Ibn Ezra and the Parody of Leon de Modena

IV. Parody of a Letter of Credentials

V. The Haggadah of Jonah Rapa

VI. The Sedher Pesah Wehilkhatho

VII. The Massekheth Purim of the Seventeenth Century

VIII. Liturgic Parodies of the 17th. Century

IX. The Burlesque Testaments of Polido and Colorni

X. Earliest Yiddish Parodies

XI. The Massekheth Derekh Ere, of Isaac Luzzatto

XII. The Laws for Creditor and Debtor of Zachariah Pugliese

XIII. The Satire for Purim of Judah Loeb Bensew

XIV. Descriptive Bibliography of the Parodies from the Beginning of the 19th. Century to the Present Day

Additions to the Bibliography

Additions and Corrections

Indexes

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88775-2

OCLC:

1100450660