Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France by Rella Kushelevsky, Elisheva Baumgarten

Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France

Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

Rella Kushelevsky, Elisheva Baumgarten

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In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that became Sefer ha-ma'asim, the earliest compilation of Hebrew tales known to us in Western Europe. The author writes that the stories encompass "descriptions of herbs that...

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