The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning

By Eli Yassif

"The most comprehensive account of its subject now available, this impressive study lives up to the encyclopedic promise of its title." --Choice

The Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture. Through the use of generic distinctions and definitions developed in folkloristics, Yassif describes the major trends--structural, thematic, and functional--of folk narrative in the central periods of Jewish culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253335833
• ISBN13: 9780253335838
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher