On Jewish folklore
On Jewish Folklore spans a half-century of scholarly inquiry by the noted anthropologist and biblical scholar Raphael Patai. He essays collected in this volume, some of which are presented for the first time in English translation, provide a rich harvest of Jewish customs and traditional beliefs, ga...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Detroit :
Wayne State University Press
1983
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439617406719 |
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; I. Introductory and Programmatic; 1. Problems and Tasks of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology; 2. Jewish Folklore and Jewish Tradition; 3. What is Hebrew Mythology?; 4. The Goddess Cult in the Hebrew-Jewish Religion; II. Biblical and Talmudic; 5. The Rainbow; 6. T'khelet-Blue; 7. Some Hebrew Legends of the Sea; 8. The 'Egla 'Arufa, or the Expiation of the Polluted Land; 9. Hebrew Installation Rites; 10. Earth Eating; III. The Marranos of Meshhed; 11. Folk Traditions about the History of the Meshhedi Jews 12. Marriage among the Marranos of Meshhed13. Jewish Burial Customs in Kazvin and Meshhed; 14. Three Meshhed Tales of Mullah Siman-Tov; 15. A Popular "Life of Nadir"; IV. Sephardim and Oriental Jews; 16. Sephardi Folklore; 17. Collectanea; 18. Indulco and Mumia; 19. Exorcism and Xenoglossia among the Safed Kabbalists; 20. The Love Factor in a Hebrew-Arabic Conjuration; V. From the Four Corners; 21. Jewish Birth Customs; VI. On the Peripheries; 22. The Jewish Indians of Mexico; 23. Venta Prieta Revisited; 24. The Chuetas of Majorca; Index
