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Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) by Rella Kushelevsky, Elisheva Baumgarten is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) about?
In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that became <i>Sefer ha-ma'asim,</i> the earliest compilation of Hebrew tales known to us in Western Europe<i>.</i> 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 contain
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Rella Kushelevsky, Elisheva Baumgarten
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814342725
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Judaism, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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