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Rabbinic fantasies : imaginative narratives from classical Hebrew literature /

This remarkable anthology of sixteen narratives from ancient and medieval Hebrew texts opens a new window onto the Jewish imagination. Presenting the captivating world of rabbinic storytelling, it reveals facets of the Jewish experience and tradition that would otherwise have remained unknown and ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stern, David, 1949-, Mirsky, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998.
Colección:Yale Judaica series ; v. 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / David Stern
  • 1. Rabbinic Parables
  • 2. Two Narratives About God
  • 3. Jonah and the Sailors from Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer
  • 4. Sefer Zerubbabel
  • 5. Midrash on the Ten Commandments
  • 6. The Tale of the Jerusalemite
  • 7. Midrash Eleh Ezkerah or The Legend of the Ten Martyrs
  • 8. The Alphabet of Ben Sira
  • 9. Parables from Sefer Ha-Bahir
  • 10. Narrative Fantasies From Sefer Hasidim
  • 11. Love in the Afterlife: A Selection from the Zohar
  • 12. Asher in the Harem / Solomon Ibn Saqbel
  • 13. The Misogynist / Judah Ibn Shabbetai
  • 14. The Sorcerer from Meshal Ha-Kadmoni / Isaac Ibn Sahula
  • 15. Job's Novella from A Valley of Vision / Abraham ben Hananiah Yagel
  • 16. The "Dream-Talks" of Nahman of Bratslav
  • In a Turn of the Scroll: An Afterword / Mark Jay Mirsky.