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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818698203321

Autore

Schwartz Howard <1945->

Titolo

Tree of souls : the mythology of Judaism / / Howard Schwartz ; illustrated by Caren Loebel-Fried ; foreword by Elliot K. Ginsburg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-987979-6

1-280-76044-3

0-19-535870-8

1-4294-3868-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Loebel-FriedCaren

Disciplina

296.1

Soggetti

Jewish legends

Jewish mythology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Retellings of nearly 700 Jewish myths.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-590) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Transliteration Key; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Book One: Myths of God; Book Two: Myths of Creation; Book Three: Myths of Heaven; Book Four: Myths of Hell; Book Five: Myths of the Holy Word; Book Six: Myths of the Holy Time; Book Seven: Myths of the Holy People; Book Eight: Myths of the Holy Land; Book Nine: Myths of Exile; Book Ten: Myths of the Messiah; Appendix A: A Note on the Sources; Appendix B: The Primary Biblical Myths; Appendix C: Diagram of the Ten Sefirot; Glossary; Bibliography of Original Sources; Selected English Bibliography

Index of Biblical VersesGeneral Index

Sommario/riassunto

Demonstrates that there is a flourishing mythology in Judaism, which first emerges in the Bible and continues to evolve in all subsequent phases of Jewish literature and lore. This book identifies and collects nearly 700 of these primary Jewish myths. They are drawn from a range of sources including the Bible, and the Jewish apocryphal.