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Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews : Ancient Jewish Folk Literature Reconsidered /

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many perceived American Jewry to be in a state of crisis as traditions of faith faced modern sensibilities. Published beginning in 1909, Rabbi and Professor Louis Ginzberg's seven-volume The Legends of the Jews appeared at this crucial time and offered...

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Otros Autores: Gruenwald, Ithamar (Editor ), Hasan-Rokem, Galit (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface: Legends and folklore: Louis Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews in historical and critical perspective / Galit Hasan-Rokem
  • Introduction: The past in the service of the present: rabbinicizing folklore or folklorizing the rabbis? / Rebecca Schorsch
  • The legends of the Jews in the eyes of Louis Ginzberg and in the eyes of others / David Golinkin
  • Louis Ginzberg, The legends of the Jews, and the Church Fathers / Hillel I. Newman
  • An unimagined community: against The legends of the Jews / Daniel Boyarin
  • The quiet revolution: Louis Ginzberg's The legends of the Jews and Jewish anthological literature / Jacob Elbaum
  • Ancient Jewish folk literature: The legends of the Jews and comparative folklore studies at the beginning of the twentieth century / Galit Hasan-Rokem
  • The legend about The legends: methodological reflections on Ginzberg's The legends of the Jews / Ithamar Gruenwald
  • Aggadah in "higher unity": the German manuscript of The legends of the Jews / Johannes Sabel.