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Jewish Poland-Legends of Origin : Ethnopoetics and Legendary Chronicles /

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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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Main Author: Bar-Yitsḥaḳ, Ḥayah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jews > Origin.
Jews.
Jewish legends.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology.
HISTORY > Jewish.
SOC049000.
Juifs > Pologne > Origines > Folklore.
Legendes juives > Pologne.
Juifs > Pologne > Folklore.
Legendes juives > Pologne > Histoire et critique.
Jews > Poland > Origin > Folklore.
Jewish legends > Poland.
Jews > Poland > Folklore.
Jewish legends > Poland > History and criticism.
Poland.
Folklore.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustration; Preface; 1. The Geography of the Jewish Imagination: Po-Lin among Trees with Leaves from the Gemara; 2. Legends of Acceptance: Segregation versus Involvement; 3. The Legend of Abraham the Jew, King of Poland; 4. The Legend of Esther the Jewess and King Casimir the Great of Poland; 5. ""My Eyes Shed Tears, Because the Enemy Has Overcome"": The Transformation of Legends of Origin into Legends of Destruction; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Places

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