Studies In Jewish Ethnopoetry

Author : Heda Jason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Poetry
ISBN : IND:39000005892265

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Studies in Jewish Ethnopoetry by Heda Jason Pdf

Author : Martin Goodman,Jeremy Cohen,David Sorkin
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks Online
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0199280320

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The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies by Martin Goodman,Jeremy Cohen,David Sorkin Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.

Author : Regina F. Bendix,Galit Hasan-Rokem
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118863145

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A Companion to Folklore by Regina F. Bendix,Galit Hasan-Rokem Pdf

A Companion to Folklore presents an original and comprehensive collection of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. Unprecedented in depth and scope, this state-of-the-art collection uniquely displays the vitality of folklore research across the globe. An unprecedented collection of original, state of the art essays on folklore authored by international experts Examines the practices and theoretical approaches developed to understand the phenomena of folklore Considers folklore in the context of multi-disciplinary topics that include poetics, performance, religious practice, myth, ritual and symbol, oral textuality, history, law, politics and power as well as the social base of folklore Selected by Choice as a 2013 Outstanding Academic Title

Author : Heda Jason,Dimitri Segal
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110810028

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Patterns in Oral Literature by Heda Jason,Dimitri Segal Pdf

Author : Haya Bar-Itzhak
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814343920

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Jewish Poland—Legends of Origin by Haya Bar-Itzhak Pdf

The first appearance of Jews in Poland and their adventures during their early years of settlement in the country are concealed in undocumented shadows of history. What survived are legends of origin that early chroniclers, historians, writers, and folklore scholars transcribed, thus contributing to their preservation. According to the legendary chronicles Jews resided in Poland for a millennium and developed a vibrant community. Haya Bar-Itzhak examines the legends of origin of the Jews of Poland and discloses how the community creates its own chronicle, how it structures and consolidates its identity through stories about its founding, and how this identity varies from age to age. Bar-Itzhak also examines what happened to these legends after the extermination of Polish Jewry during the Holocaust, when the human space they describe no longer exists except in memory. For the Polish Jews after the Holocaust, the legends of origin undergo a fascinating transformation into legends of destruction. Jewish Poland—Legends of Origin brings to light the more obscure legends of origin as well as those already well known. This book will be of interest to scholars in folklore studies as well as to scholars of Judaic history and culture.

Author : Raphael Patai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1641 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317471707

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Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions by Raphael Patai Pdf

This multicultural reference work on Jewish folklore, legends, customs, and other elements of folklife is the first of its kind.

Author : Kristen H. Lindbeck
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231525473

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Elijah and the Rabbis by Kristen H. Lindbeck Pdf

Through an innovative synthesis of narrative critique, oral-formulaic study, folkloric research, and literary analysis, Kristen H. Lindbeck reads all the Elijah narratives in the Babylonian Talmud and details the rise of a distinct, quasi-angelic figure who takes pleasure in ordinary interaction. During the Talmudic period of 50-500 C.E., Elijah developed into a recognizable character quite different from the Elijah of the Bible. The Elijah of the Talmud dispenses wisdom, advice, and, like the Elijah of Jewish folklore, helps people directly, even with material gifts. Lindbeck highlights particular features of the Elijah stories, allowing them to be grouped into generic categories and considered alongside Rabbinic literary motifs and non-Jewish traditions of late antiquity. She compares Elijah in the Babylonian Talmud to a range of characters angels, rabbis, wonder-workers, the angel of death, Christian saints, and even the Greek god Hermes. She concludes with a survey of Elijah's diverse roles from medieval times to today, throwing into brilliant relief the complex relationship between ancient Elijah traditions and later folktales and liturgy that show Elijah bringing benefits and blessings, appearing at circumcisions and Passover, and visiting households after the Sabbath.

Author : Tamar Alexander-Frizer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0814329713

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The Heart is a Mirror by Tamar Alexander-Frizer Pdf

"In part 1, Alexander-Frizer investigates the relationship between folk literature and group identity via the stories' connection to Hebrew canonical sources, their historical connection to the land of origin, their treatment of prominent family members and historical events, and their connection to the surrounding culture in the lands of the Spanish Diaspora. Part 2 contains an analysis of several important genres and subgenres present in the folktales, including legends, ethical tales, fairy tales, novellas, and humorous tales. Finally, in part 3, Alexander-Frizer discusses the art of storytelling, introducing the theatrical and rhetorical aspects of Sephardic folktales, such as the storyteller, the audience, and the circumstances of time and place."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Victor D. Sanua
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Jews
ISBN : 0838631711

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Fields of Offerings by Victor D. Sanua Pdf

This Festschrift celebrates the multifaceted career of Raphael Patai, presenting twenty-two articles on Jewish folklore and mythology, Jewish and Middle Eastern ethnology and anthropology, the social psychology of Arabs and Jews, Jewish cultural history, and Zionism. All of these are fields in which Raphael Patai has made major contributions.

Author : Sharon Vance
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004207165

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The Martyrdom of a Moroccan Jewish Saint by Sharon Vance Pdf

The martyrdom of a young Jewish girl from Tangier in 1834 sparked a literary response that continues today. This book translates and analyzes printed and manuscript versions of her story in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, Judeo-Spanish, Spanish and French written in the first century after her death.

Author : Michael Terry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135941505

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Reader's Guide to Judaism by Michael Terry Pdf

The Reader's Guide to Judaism is a survey of English-language translations of the most important primary texts in the Jewish tradition. The field is assessed in some 470 essays discussing individuals (Martin Buber, Gluckel of Hameln), literature (Genesis, Ladino Literature), thought and beliefs (Holiness, Bioethics), practice (Dietary Laws, Passover), history (Venice, Baghdadi Jews of India), and arts and material culture (Synagogue Architecture, Costume). The emphasis is on Judaism, rather than on Jewish studies more broadly.

Author : Heda Jason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Folk literature
ISBN : IND:39000005776427

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Ethnopoetry by Heda Jason Pdf

Author : Harvey E. Goldberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226300924

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Jewish Life in Muslim Libya by Harvey E. Goldberg Pdf

Surveying the history of the Jewish Libyan community, contends that the ambiguous relationship of Jews and Muslims in Libya from 1711 to the 1940s is rooted in Islam, which sees the Jew either as a creature of the handiwork of the blessed, or as a non-believer to be humbled. This ambivalence was maintained by the Ottoman rule (1835-1911) which regarded the Jews and Muslims as separate and unequal communities. In contrast, during the Italian occupation (1911-43), Libyan nationalism grew, and the Jews were associated with Italy. Ch. 7 (pp. 97-122), "The Anti-Jewish Riots of 1945", contends that the 1945 riot against Tripoli's Jews (during the British occupation, 1943-45) may be viewed as an expression of the will to restore Muslim sovereignty, using the Jew as a representative of the hostile European rule.

Author : Galit Hasan-Rokem
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780804732277

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Web of Life by Galit Hasan-Rokem Pdf

Web of Life weaves its suggestive interpretation of Jewish culture in the Palestine of late antiquity on the warp of a singular, breathtakingly tragic, and sublime rabbinic text, Lamentations Rabbah. The textual analyses that form the core of the book are informed by a range of theoretical paradigms rarely brought to bear on rabbinic literature: structural analysis of mythologies and folktales, performative approaches to textual production, feminist theory, psychoanalytical analysis of culture, cultural criticism, and folk narrative genre analysis. The concept of context as the hermeneutic basis for literary interpretation reactivates the written text and subverts the hierarchical structures with which it has been traditionally identified. This book reinterprets rabbinic culture as an arena of multiple dialogues that traverse traditional concepts of identity regarding gender, nation, religion, and territory. The author's approach is permeated by the idea that scholarly writing about ancient texts is invigorated by an existential hermeneutic rooted in the universality of human experience. She thus resorts to personal experience as an idiom of communication between author and reader and between human beings of our time and of the past. This research acknowledges the overlap of poetic and analytical language as well as the language of analysis and everyday life. In eliciting folk narrative discourses inside the rabbinic text, the book challenges traditional views about the social basis that engendered these texts. It suggests the subversive potential of the constitutive texts of Jewish culture from late antiquity to the present by pointing out the inherent multi-vocality of the text, adding to the conventionally acknowledged synagogue and academy the home, the marketplace, and other private and public socializing institutions.

Author : Alfred M. Johnson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780915138180

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Structuralism and Biblical Hermeneutics by Alfred M. Johnson Pdf

Table of Contents: Structuralism, Biblical Hermeneutics and the role of Structural Analysis in Historical Research, by Alfred M. Johnson, Jr. Structuralism: a definitional essay, by Jean Pouillon Structure and History, by A. J. Greimas Structuralism and Hermeneutics, by Alain Blancy Exegetes and Structuralists, by Xavier Leon-Dufour A Structural Analysis of a Narrative from Acts 10-11, by Roland Barthes A Structural Analysis Essay of Acts 10:1 - 11:18, by Louis Marin Supplemental Theses, by Alain Blancy Structural Readings: How to do them. Five short papers, by Corina Galland-Combet Selected Bibliography