Jewish Poland legends of origin : ethnopoetics and legendary chronicles

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...

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Autor principal: Bar-Yitsḥaḳ, Ḥayah (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press 2018
2001.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The geography of the Jewish imagination : po-lin among trees with leaves from the Gemara
  • Legends of acceptance : segregation versus involvement
  • The legend of Abraham the Jew, King of Poland
  • The legend of Esther the Jewess and King Casimir the Great of Poland
  • My eyes shed tears, because the enemy has overcome : the transformation of legends of origin into legends of destruction.