Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 2004-08-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592447686
In recent scholarship, the field of folklore studies has gained a new acceptance among biblical scholars even though introductory texts in the area are not available. This book aims to fill that gap by presenting the modern field of folklore, providing case studies of its application to biblical texts (Gen. 3; Ex. 12; 'mashal'), including useful suggestions for further work in the area, and making the field of folklore studies accessible to students of the Hebrew Bible.
Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN :
The essays in this volume explore connections between biblical and non-biblical traditional literatures, and test what may be learned from such a comparative and cross-cultural enterprise. Contributors representing a wide-range of disciplines explore the boundaries between biblical form-criticism and the folklorist's study of formulicity and folk genres, between the Bible scholar's emphasis on Sitz in Leben and the folklorist's study of culture, and between the capacity of tradition to be both conservative and dynamic. Additional themes and methodological concerns include the movement from oral to written communication, the aesthetics of tradtional and non-traditional works, and the relevance of midrash for the study of folklore and the Bible.
Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : Society of Biblical Literature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781555404413
Author : Raphael Patai
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0814344208
The essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, gathered from all over the world and from ancient to modern times. On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, gathered from all over the world and from ancient to modern times. Among the subjects Dr. Patai investigated and recorded are the history and oral traditions of the now-vanished Marrano community of Meshhed, Iran; cultural change among the so-called Jewish Indians of Mexico; beliefs and customs in connection with birth, the rainbow, and the color blue; Jewish variants of the widespread custom of earth-eating; and the remarkable parallels between the rituals connected with enthroning a new king as described in the Bible and as practiced among certain African tribes.
Author : Nathan Ausubel
Publisher :
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Jews
ISBN :
Author : Robert Graves
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0795337159
The I, Claudius author’s “lightning sharp interpretations and insights . . . are here brought to bear with equal effectiveness on the Book of Genesis” (Kirkus Reviews). This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert Graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever. Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion.
Author : Eli Yassif
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253002624
"The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." -- Choice The Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture. Through the use of generic distinctions and definitions developed in folkloristics, Yassif describes the major trends -- structural, thematic, and functional -- of folk narrative in the central periods of Jewish culture.
Author : Milton Woolley
Publisher : Hansebooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 2017-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9783337191481
Hebrew Mythology is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author : Raphael Patai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1641 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317471709
This multicultural reference work on Jewish folklore, legends, customs, and other elements of folklife is the first of its kind.
Author :
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1629792918
A treasure trove of forty-three religious, wisdom, riddle, and trickster Jewish folktales that have been told near the hearth, at the table, and in the synagogue for centuries. Sheldon Oberman, a master storyteller, retells the tales with simplicity and grace, making them perfect for performing and reading aloud. Peninnah Schram, herself an acclaimed storyteller and folklorist, provides lively notes and commentary that examine the meaning of each tale and its place in history.
