Jews -- Folklore
Here are entered works on post-Biblical Jewish folklore and Jews as a theme in folklore.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Jews -- Folklore -- 19th century
- Jews -- Folklore -- Early works to 1800
- Jews -- Folklore -- Folklore
- Jews -- Folklore -- Iran
- Jews -- Folklore -- Periodicals
- Hasidim -- Folklore
- Jews, North African -- Folklore
- Wandering Jew
- Jews -- Bulgaria -- Folklore
- Jews -- Poland -- Folklore
- Jews -- Ukraine -- Folklore
- Folk-lore -- Jews
- Jews in folk-lore
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On Jewish Folklore (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1983), by Raphael Patai (multiple formats with commentary at Wayne State)- The Wandering Beggar: or, The Adventures of Simple Schmerel, As Told by Solomon Simon (New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1942), by Solomon Simon, trans. by David Simon, illust. by Lillian Fischel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion (New York: Behrman's Jewish Book House, 1939), by Joshua Trachtenberg
- Folk-Lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law (3 volumes; London: Macmillan, 1919), by James George Frazer
- In the Pale: Stories And Legends of the Russian Jews (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1897), by Henry Iliowizi
- Tree and Bird as Cosmological Symbols in Western Asia (Amsterdam: J. Müller, 1921), by A. J. Wensinck (page images at Gallica)
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Ale mesholim fun Dubner magid : gezamlt un iberzetsṭ fun zayne ṿerḳ... (Tashrak Publishing Co., 1925), by Jacob ben Wolf Kranz and Tashraḳ (page images at HathiTrust)- Myth and legend of ancient Israel (Gresham Publishing Co., 1928), by A. S. Rappoport (page images at HathiTrust)
- Folk-lore in the Old Testament; studies in comparative religion, legend and law (The Macmillan company, 1923), by James George Frazer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The legends of Israel; essays in interpretation of some famous stories from the Old Testament (G. Allen & Unwin, ltd., 1924), by Lewis Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Studies in Biblical and Jewish folklore (Indiana University Press, 1960), by Raphael Patai (page images at HathiTrust)
- Der born Judas; legenden, märchen und erzählungen (Insel-verlag, 1922), by Micah Joseph Berdichevsky and Rahel Bin Gorion (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sagen polnischer Juden (G. Müller, 1916), by Alexander Eliasberg (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sefer ha-maʻaśiyot (Hotsaʼat "Devir,", 1925), by Mordekhai Ben-Yeḥezki'el (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sippurim, eine sammlung jüdischer volkssagen, erzählungen, mythen, chroniken, denkwürdigkeiten und biographieen berühmter Juden aller jahrhunderte, insbesondere des mittelalters. (W. Pascheles, 1853), by Wolf Pascheles, Jakob Wolf Pascheles, and Wilhelm Wiener (page images at HathiTrust)
- Holiday night dreams. (Bloch Publishing Company, 1953), by Arnold Posy (page images at HathiTrust)
- Friday night. A selection of tales illustrating Hebrew life. (Office of the Jewish Messenger, 1870), by Isaac S. Isaacs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Alt-palästinensischer bauernglaube in religionsvergleichender beleuchtung. (H. Lafaire, 1925), by I. Scheftelowitz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Jewish fairy tales and stories (G. Routledge ;, 1918), by Gerald Friedlander (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish magic and superstition : a study in folk religion (World Pub. Co. ;, 1961), by Joshua Trachtenberg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Sippurim : eine Sammlung jüdischer Volkssagen, Erzählungen, Mythen, Chroniken, Denkwürdigkeiten und Biographien berühmter Juden aller Jahrhunderie, besonders des Mitlelalters (J. B. Brandeis, 1882), by Wolf Pascheles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jødiske aeventyr og legender. (G.E.C. Gad, 1928), by David Jacob Simonsen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish-American dialect stories on tape (Indiana University, 1960), by Richard Mercer Dorson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The breakfast of the birds : and other stories (Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1941., 1941), by Judah Steinberg and Emily Solis-Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Myth and legend of ancient Israel ... (The Gresham publishing company, ltd., 1928), by A. S. Rappoport (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hebrew tales : selected and translated from the writings of the ancient Hebrew sages (Bloch Publishing Co., 1917), by Hyman Hurwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- Treasures of two worlds : unpublished legends and traditions of the Jewish nation ([s.l.], 1910), by Naphtali Herz Imber (page images at HathiTrust)
- Contentions with God: a study in Jewish folklore. (Pub. under the auspices of the Cape Town Jewish Historical and Literary Society by T.M. Miller, 1921), by Immanuel Olsvanger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Rabinical literature: or, The traditions of the Jews, contained in their Talmud and other mystical writings. Likewise the opinions of that people concerning Messiah, and the time and manner of his appearing; with an appendix comprizing Buxtorf's account of the religious customs and ceremonies of that nation; also, A preliminary enquiry into the origin, progress, authority, and usefulness of these traditions; wherein the sense of the strange allegories in the Talmud and Jewish authors is explained. (J. Robinson, 1748), by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, Johann Buxtorf, and John Peter Stehelin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The symbolism of the shoe with special reference to Jewish sources. ([Philadelphia], 1915), by Jacob Nacht (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zamelbikher far Yidishen folḳlor, filologye un ḳulṭurgeshikhṭe (Nayer Ferlag, 1912), by Noaḥ Prilutsḳi and Szmil Lehman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Faded myths. ([s.n., 1908), by Arthur S. Peake (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ma ʻaseh hapht bidādrān ... ([n.p.,], 1884), by Joseph ben Isaac Sambari (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rabbinical literature: or, The traditions of the Jews, contained in their Talmud and other mystical writings. Likewise the opinions of that people concerning Messiah, and the time and manner of his appearing; with an appendix comprizing Buxtorf's account of the religious customs and ceremonies of that nation; also, A preliminary enquiry into the origin, progress, authority, and usefulness of these traditions; wherein the sense of the strange allegories in the Talmud and Jewish authors is explained. (J. Robinson, 1748), by Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, Johann Buxtorf, and John Peter Stehelin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish folk-lore in the middle ages (Jewish Chronicle, 1887), by Moses Gaster (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish legends of the middle ages (s.n., 1883), by Claud Field and Wolf Pascheles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sippurim : eine Sammlung jüdischer Volkssagen, Erzählungen, Mythen, Chroniken, Denkwürdigkeiten und Biographien berühmter Juden aller Jahrhunderte, insbesondere des Mittelalters (W. Pascheles, 1853), by Jakob W. Pascheles and Wolf Pascheles (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hebrew tales : selected and translated from the writings of the ancient Hebrew sages, to which is prefixed an essay on the uninspired literature of the Hebrews (Spalding & Shepard, 1847), by Hyman Hurwitz (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sippurim, eine sammlung jüdischer volkssagen, erzählungen, mythen, chroniken, denkwürdigkeiten und biographieen berühmter Juden aller jahrhunderte, insbesondere des mittelalters. (W. Pascheles, 1853), by Wolf Pascheles, Jakob Wolf Pascheles, and Wilhelm Wiener (page images at HathiTrust)
- Altjüdische Legenden : eine Auswahl aus dem Born Judas (Leipzig : Insel-Verlag, [1922], 1922), by Micah Joseph Berdichevsky and Rahel Bin Gorion (page images at HathiTrust)
- König Salomon in der tradition; ein historisch kritischer beitrag zur geschichte der Haggada, der Tannaiten und Amorhaer (J. Schlesinger, 1983), by R. Faerber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Gallerie der Sipurim. (J.B. Brandeis, 1889), by Wolf Pascheles and J. Brandeis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Der Antichrist in den vorchristlichen jüdischen quellen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1901), by Moriz Friedländer (page images at HathiTrust)
- In the Pale : stories and legends of the Russian Jews (Coates, 1900), by Henry Iliowizi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hebrew tales (Bloch publishing co., 1911), by Hyman Hurwitz and George Alexander Kohut (page images at HathiTrust)
- Geschichte des Aberglaubens. ([s.n.], 1887), by S. Rubin (page images at HathiTrust)
- Das verschlossene Buch : jüdische Märchen (R. Löwit Verlag, 1918), by Irma Singer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Materīaly k istorīi apokrifa i legendy (Tip. Imperatorskoĭ akademii nauk, 1899), by V. N. Perett͡s (page images at HathiTrust)
- ʻAravim be-tokhah (Y. Ḳushṭa ṿe-ḥavero, 1880), by Yiśraʼel Ḳushṭa (page images at HathiTrust)
- Materialien zur Volksreligion Israels (A. Deichert, 1914), by Anton Jirku (page images at HathiTrust)
- Halatsot kol eḥad le-fi maʻalato. (Columbia University Libraries, 1831), by Selomoh de Oliveyra, Yosef ben Avraham Sithon, Shaʼul Yosef Avraham Sithon, and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mishle ḥakhamim (Columbia University Libraries, 1831), by Selomoh de Oliveyra, Yosef ben Avraham Sithon, Shaʼul Yosef Avraham Sithon, and Hebrew Manuscripts (Columbia University Libraries) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Der staatspapierende Milchjude, oder, Leben und Treiben der Vornehmen in Israel (bei S. W. Goedsche, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zekhirah ṿe-ʻinyene segulot (P. Lebensona, 1875), by mi-ḳ.ḳ. Plungyan Zekharyah (page images at HathiTrust)
- Seferʺ masīesʺ (M.Y. Halṭer, 1893), by active 11th century Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin and Yiśraʼel Daṿid ben Y. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Folk-lore in the Old Testament : studies in comparative religion, legend and law (Tudor, 1923), by James George Frazer (page images at HathiTrust)
- Elijah; a study in Jewish folklore (Behrman's Jewish book house, 1935), by Samuel Michael Segal (page images at HathiTrust)
- Folk-lore in the Old Testament : studies in comparative religion, legend and law (Macmillan, 1927), by James George Frazer (page images at HathiTrust)
- La légende d'Alexandre dans le Talmud et le Midrasch. (Paris, 1883), by Israel Lévi (page images at HathiTrust)
- ... Aus dem Neumarker Lndestor. : Die Volkskunde eines Aufklärers (Reichenberg, F. Kraus : [publisher not identified], 1926., 1926), by Georg Leopold Weisel and Josef Blau (page images at HathiTrust)
- Parables of the preacher of Doubno (Hibru Poblishing Ḳompani, 1925), by Jacob ben Wolf Kranz and Tashraḳ (page images at HathiTrust)
- Der jüdische Stamm in nichtjüdischen Sprichwörtern (Bermann & Altmann, 1886), by Adolph Jellinek (page images at HathiTrust)
- The breakfast of the birds : and other stories from the Hebrew of Judah Steinberg (Jewish Publication Society of America, 1936), by Judah Steinberg and Emily Solis Cohen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fun Yidishn ḳṿal : (geshikhṭn un legendn) : a leyenbukh far shul un hoyz (Star Hebrew Book Co., 1926), by E. Y. Goldshmidṭ (page images at HathiTrust)
- Baym kval; materialn tsum yidishn folklor, Yidishe folks-lider, gezamlt, derklert, klasifitsirt, mit a forvort fun zamler. (Farlag " Naye Yidishe Folksshul", 1923), by S. Bastomski (page images at HathiTrust)
- Filologye un kụltụrgeshikhtẹ ("Nayer ferlag", 1912), by Szmil Lehman and Noah.̣ Prilutskị (page images at HathiTrust)
- Kol agadot Yiśraʼel (Tushiyah, 1912), by I. B. Levner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Jewish fairy stories, trans. by Gerald Friedlander, illust. by Beatrice Hirschfeld (Gutenberg ebook)
- From the Heart of Israel: Jewish Tales and Types, by Bernard Drachman, illust. by A. G. Warshawsky (Gutenberg ebook)
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