Folktales of the Jews, Volume 2: Tales from Eastern Europe

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Jewish Publication Society, 2006 - 624 pages
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.
 

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Hasidic Tales
57
Holocaust Tales
139
Historical Tales
151
Tales between Jews and NonJews
167
Moral Tales
243
Folktales
347
Humorous Tales
403
Abbreviations
489
Narrators
493
Collectors
505
Bibliography
512
Motif Indexes
589
Tale Type Indexes
608
General Index
619
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Dan Ben-Amos, PhD, is a professor of folklore at the University of Pennsylvania, the general editor of Indiana University Press?s Folklore Series, and the senior editor of Mimekor Yisrael: Folktales of Israel.

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