Folktales of the Jews . Volume 1 Tales from the Sephardic dispersion [[electronic resource] /] / edited and with commentary by Dan Ben-Amos; Dov Noy, consulting editor ; Ellen Frankel, series editor ; translated by Leonard J. Schramm ; illustrations by Ira Shander

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458916603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jewish Publication Society, 2006
• ISBN: 0-8276-1045-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (769 p.)
• Collana: Folktales of the Jews ; ; v.1
• Altri autori (Persone): Ben-AmosDan; NoyDov; FrankelEllen
• Disciplina: 398.2089924
• Soggetti: Jews; Jewish legends; Tales; Jewish legends - History and criticism; Tales - History and criticism; Sephardim; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Tales selected from the Israel Folktale Archives named in honor of Dov Noy."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Front Matter; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Folktales of the Jews; Introduction to Volume 1; A Note on the Commentaries; Legends; 1. The Tenth for the Minyan (IFA 16408); 2. The Wedding Attended by the Patriarchs (IFA 6471); 3. Hebron Purim (IFA 17063); 4. The Miracle of the Torah Scrolls (IFA 15346); 5. The Adventures of Raphael Meyuh.as (IFA 15348); 6. A Story about My Great-Grandfather (IFA 8807); 7. The Sanctification of God's Name (IFA 8419); 8. "Our Teacher Moses" and the King of Spain (IFA 13110); 9. Maimonides and the Study of Medicine (IFA 4905); 10. Why Maimonides Is Buried in Tiberias (IFA 549)11. The Merchant and Rabbi Meir Ba'al ha-Nes (IFA 8391); 12. The Coin from the Collection Box of Rabbi Meir Ba'al ha-Nes (IFA 9158); 13. Sol Hachuel of ; Tangier (IFA 14964); 14. The Awesome Tale of Rabbi Kalonymos (IFA 16405); 15. A Blood Libel in Jerusalem (IFA 15347); 16. The Ba'al Shem Tov and the Sorcerer (IFA 863); 17. On Passover (IFA 7000); 18. H.akham Eliyahu Is Born through the Special Virtues of the Cave of the Prophet Elijah (IFA 2830); 19. The Two Orphans of Istanbul (IFA 17068); 20. Three Hairs from Elijah's Beard (IFA 2420); 21. The Man Who Unintentionally Made His Fortune from the Devil (IFA 2605)22. The Gilgul (IFA 2634); 23. The Prince's Gilgul (IFA 2644); 24. A Letter from Morocco to the Western Wall (IFA 556); 25. Rabbi Jacob the Storyteller; or the Power of Repentance (IFA 2623); 26. The Immigration Pangs of Rabbi Chilibon Franco of Rhodes (IFA 13405); 27. How the New Immigrant Doychon Torres Got Rid of the Cheese He Brought with Him without a Kashrut Certificate (IFA 13404); Moral Tales; 28. God Loves the Heart (IFA 10089); 29. The Honest Merchant (IFA 6295); 30. The Rich Man Who Avoided Giving Charity but Later Mended His Ways (IFA 2604)31. The Pregnant King (IFA 14043); 32. The Rich Man and His Two Sons (IFA 4441); Folktales; 33. Noah's Daughter (IFA 660); 34. The Angel Who Descended to Put the World in Order (IFA 19910); 35. Satan's Son (IFA 16395); 36. The Astrologer-King and the Rabbi (IFA 10086); 37. A Bear Makes a Poor Musician Rich but Is Insulted by the Musician's Wife (IFA 1709); 38. An Old Man's Advice Makes a Poor Man Rich (IFA 3576); 39. Half a Friend (IFA 16403); 40. The Man Who Knew All about Animals, Diamonds, and People's Character (IFA 6402)41. This, Too, Shall Pass (IFA 4425); 42. Letters from the Angel of Death (IFA 9704); 43. There Is No Escaping Heaven's Decree (IFA 10084); 44. What Heaven Ordains Must Surely Take Place (IFA 6591); 45. The Rabbi's Son and the King's Daughter (IFA 4735); 46. The King's Wise Daughter (IFA 12549); 47. The Trained Cat and the Rabbi's Wise Daughter (IFA 7602); 48. The Rabbi's Son and the Priest (IFA 10085); 49. King Abdul-Aziz, the Jewish Builder, and the Wicked Painter (IFA 3977); 50. The Miracle of Tu b'Shevat (IFA 10103)