Anshel Levi: An Old Yiddish Midrash to the 'Chapters of the Fathers'
| AUTHOR | Maitlis, Yaacov J. |
| PUBLISHER | Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (12/31/1979) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Anshel Levi's sixteenth-century work has survived in a manuscript in his own handwriting. Its first part is a translation and commentary on the Chapters of the Fathers in Yiddish. The commentary is interpolated with a medley of rabbinical legends, fables and folk tales, reminiscent of popular midrashim like the Ts'enah uR'enah. The second part contains a supplementary collection of 28 stories.
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ISBN-13:
9789652080059
ISBN-10:
9652080055
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Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
Hebrew
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Page Count:
232
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0
Product Dimensions:
5.80 x 1.00 x 9.40 inches
Weight:
1.25 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bilingual
Country of Origin:
US
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Anshel Levi's sixteenth-century work has survived in a manuscript in his own handwriting. Its first part is a translation and commentary on the Chapters of the Fathers in Yiddish. The commentary is interpolated with a medley of rabbinical legends, fables and folk tales, reminiscent of popular midrashim like the Ts'enah uR'enah. The second part contains a supplementary collection of 28 stories.
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