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Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe - Folktales of the Jews
Dan Ben-amos
Presents 71 tales from Ashkenazic culture in the most important collection of Jewish folktales. This title includes tales accompanied by commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary background and its similarity to other tales in the Israel Folktale Archives (IFA) collection, and extensive scholarly notes.
Publisher Marketing: This is a collection of 71 tales from Ashkenasic culture. Each of the tales is accompanied by in-depth commentary that explains the tale's cultural, historical, and literary backgrounds.
Contributor Bio: Ben-Amos, Dan Dan Ben-Amos is Professor of Folklore and of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Contributor Bio: Noy, Dov Dov Noy, Ph. D., is the Max and Margarethe Grunwald Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University, the director of the Hebrew University Folklore Center, a professor of Yiddish folklore at Bar Ilan University, the 1988 recipient of the Jerusalem Prize, and the founder of the Israel Folktale Archives.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 1, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780827608306 |
| Publishers | Jewish Publication Society |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Eastern Europe |
| Pages | 550 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 46 mm · 1.05 kg |
| Editor | Ben-Amos, Dan |
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