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04151aam a2200529Ii 4500 001 B6E77D7C840811E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 160905t20172017miua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780814342718 020 $a 081434271X 035 $a (OCoLC)957636102 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d ERL $d OCLCO $d CDX $d OCLCF $d J9U $d GZM $d UAB $d SILO 041 1 $a heb $a heb $h heb 043 $a e-fr--- 050 14 $a BM530 $b .K87 2017 082 04 $a 296.1/9 $2 23 100 1 $a Kushelevsky, Rella, $e author. 245 10 $a Tales in context : $b Sefer ha-ma'asim in medieval northern France / $c Rella Kushelevsky ; translations by Ruchie Avital and Chaya Naor ; with a historical epilogue by Elisheva Baumgarten. 264 1 $a Detroit : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xviii, 798 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-754) and index. 520 8 $a In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that became Sefer ha-ma'asim, the earliest compilation of Hebrew tales known to us in Western Europe. The author writes that the stories encompass "descriptions of herbs that cure leprosy, a fairy princess with golden tresses using magic charms to heal her lover's wounds and restore him to life; a fire-breathing dragon . . . a two-headed creature and a giant's daughter for whom the rind of a watermelon containing twelve spies is no more than a speck of dust." In Tales in Context: Sefer ha-ma'asim in Medieval Northern France, Rella Kushelevsky enlightens the stories' meanings and reflects the circumstances and environment for Jewish lives in medieval France. Although a selection of tales was previously published, this is the first publication of a Hebrew-English annotated edition in its entirety, revealing fresh insight. The first part of Kushelevsky's work, "Cultural, Literary and Comparative Perspectives," presents the thesis that Sefer ha-ma'asim is a product of its time and place, and should therefore be studied within its literary and cultural surroundings, Jewish and vernacular, in northern France. An investigation of the scribe's techniques in reworking his Jewish and non-Jewish sources into a medieval discourse supports this claim. The second part of the manuscript consists of the tales themselves, in Hebrew and English translation, including brief comparative comments or citations. The third part, "An Analytical and Comparative Overview," offers an analysis of each tale as an individual unit, contextualized within its medieval framework and against the background of its parallels. Elisheva Baumgarten's epilogue adds social and historical background to Sefer ha-ma'asim and discusses new ways in which it and other story compilations may be used by historians for an inquiry into the everyday life of medieval Jews. 546 $a Includes text in Hebrew and English on facing pages. 610 20 $a Bodleian Library. $k Manuscript. $n Bodley 135. 630 07 $a Manuscript (Bodleian Library) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01371212 610 24 $a Bodleian Library. $k Manuscript. $n Bodley 135. 650 0 $a Jews $x Study and teaching. 650 0 $a Jewish way of life. 650 0 $a Jews $z France $x Folklore. 650 0 $a Jews $z France $v Folklore. 650 0 $a Tales, Medieval. 650 0 $a Folklore $x Jews. 650 7 $a Folklore $x Jews. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00930325 650 7 $a Jewish way of life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983050 650 7 $a Jews. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983135 650 7 $a Jews $x Study and teaching. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00983377 650 7 $a Tales, Medieval. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01142269 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 650 4 $a Aggada $x History and criticism. 650 4 $a Manuscripts, Hebrew. 655 7 $a Folklore. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423784 830 0 $a Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210025245.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B6E77D7C840811E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search