Author: Richard Garnett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Universal Anthology
Author: Richard Garnett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthologies
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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The Classic Tales
Author: Ellen Frankel
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN: 1461662419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Three hundred Jewish tales in this extraordinary volume span three continents and four millennia. Culled from traditional sources—the Bible, Talmud, Midrash, hasidic texts, and oral folklore—and retold in modern English by Ellen Frankel, these stories represent the brightest jewels in the vast treasure chest of Jewish lore. Beautifully clothed in contemporary language, these classic tales sparkle with the gentle and insightful humor of the Jewish folk imagination. And like so much of Jewish literature, these stories abound in allusions to classic Jewish texts. Biblical cadences, phrases from the prayer book, and ideas from Jewish proverbs and heroic legends resonate in the air when these tales are read or told aloud. In The Classic Tales, history sheds its dust to become as intimate as family memory. While the breadth and depth of this book make it completely unique, three special features also help distinguish it: God appears without gender (though certainly not without personality); women characters, so often nameless in the original biblical text, wear their midrashic names (e.g., Noah's wife Naamah, Abraham's mother Amitlai, Lot's wife Edith); and many tales of Sephardic origin have been included to correct the common American bias toward Eastern European sources. What's more, this volume has been uniquely designed to be of use to educators, rabbis, parents, and students. It features a chronological table of contents as well as six separate indexes?arranged by Jewish holidays, Torah and Haftorah readings, character types, symbols, topics, and proper names and places—to make the tales easily referenced in a wide variety of ways. Anyone who needs a story to inspire a child, to illustrate a point, to develop a sermon, or just to uplift his or her own thirsting soul will find just the right one in The Classic Tales.
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN: 1461662419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Three hundred Jewish tales in this extraordinary volume span three continents and four millennia. Culled from traditional sources—the Bible, Talmud, Midrash, hasidic texts, and oral folklore—and retold in modern English by Ellen Frankel, these stories represent the brightest jewels in the vast treasure chest of Jewish lore. Beautifully clothed in contemporary language, these classic tales sparkle with the gentle and insightful humor of the Jewish folk imagination. And like so much of Jewish literature, these stories abound in allusions to classic Jewish texts. Biblical cadences, phrases from the prayer book, and ideas from Jewish proverbs and heroic legends resonate in the air when these tales are read or told aloud. In The Classic Tales, history sheds its dust to become as intimate as family memory. While the breadth and depth of this book make it completely unique, three special features also help distinguish it: God appears without gender (though certainly not without personality); women characters, so often nameless in the original biblical text, wear their midrashic names (e.g., Noah's wife Naamah, Abraham's mother Amitlai, Lot's wife Edith); and many tales of Sephardic origin have been included to correct the common American bias toward Eastern European sources. What's more, this volume has been uniquely designed to be of use to educators, rabbis, parents, and students. It features a chronological table of contents as well as six separate indexes?arranged by Jewish holidays, Torah and Haftorah readings, character types, symbols, topics, and proper names and places—to make the tales easily referenced in a wide variety of ways. Anyone who needs a story to inspire a child, to illustrate a point, to develop a sermon, or just to uplift his or her own thirsting soul will find just the right one in The Classic Tales.
The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature, with biographical and explanatory notes, ed. by R. Garnett, L. Vallée, A. Brandl. Imperial ed
Author: Richard Garnett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Visits to the Monasteries of the Levant
Author: Robert Curzon
Publisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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A Visit to Monasteries in the Levant
Author: Robert Curzon
Publisher:
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Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Subject to Vanity
Author: Margaret Benson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368919660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368919660
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Visits to Monasteries in the Levant
Author: Robert Curzon
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The author of this book, Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-1873), was an English traveler, diplomat, and author. During his expeditions, he managed to acquire several important Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries. This book, first published in 1849, describes his travels to these monasteries.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The author of this book, Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-1873), was an English traveler, diplomat, and author. During his expeditions, he managed to acquire several important Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries. This book, first published in 1849, describes his travels to these monasteries.
Islamic Legends, Volume 1
Author: Knappert
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004668454
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004668454
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Quarterly Review
Author:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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The Quarterly Review (London)
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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