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My very own Haggadah / by Groner, Judyth Saypol.(CARDINAL)511036; Springer, Sally.(CARDINAL)746363; Wikler, Madeline,1943-(CARDINAL)730899;
Subjects: Aggada;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ten best Jewish children's stories / by Sperber, Chana.(CARDINAL)530482; Allon, Jeffrey,illustrator.(CARDINAL)530481; Allon, Jeffrey.(CARDINAL)530481; Sperber, Daniel.(CARDINAL)517398;
How could it be worse? -- For the love of two brothers -- God's hidden ways -- It's all for the best -- Nicanor's golden doors -- More valuable than gold -- Chickens that turned into goats -- Scorpion and the wedding -- Shadow on the House of Study -- Yosef's love for the Sabbath.Tales of daring and adventure that teach about a bride's generosity and the selfless love of two brothers; about devotion to learning and respect for parents; about what God does what He does, and why man does what he does."Ages 6-9"--Front flap of dust jacket.
Subjects: Aggada; Jewish legends.; Jews;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The last trial; on the legends and lore of the command to Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice: The Akedah. / by Spiegel, Shalom,1899-1984.(CARDINAL)434269; Ephraim ben Jacob,of Bonn,1132-Akedah.;
Bibilographical footnotes.
Subjects: Isaac (Biblical patriarch).; Abraham (Biblical patriarch) (Patriarch); Aggada.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mimekor Yisrael : classical Jewish folktales / by Berdichevsky, Micah Joseph,1865-1921.(CARDINAL)172114;
Bibliography: pages 1481-1491.v. 1. National tales.--v. 2. Religious tales.--v. 3. Folktales. Oriental tales.
Subjects: Jewish folk literature.; Jewish legends.; Aggada;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The land of truth : Talmud tales, timeless teachings / by Rubenstein, Jeffrey L.,author.(CARDINAL)390896;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The surreal sleeper -- What to do with an aged (and annoying) mother? -- Forbidden fruit, or how not to seduce your husband -- Men are from Babylonia, women are from the Land of Israel -- Sufferings! Not them and not their reward! -- The ugly vessel -- An arrow in the eye of satan -- The land of truth -- Torah for richer and poorer -- Heroism and humor -- Showdown in court -- Alexander the Great and the faraway king -- The carpenter and his apprentice -- Standing on one leg.Making the rich narrative world of Talmud tales fully accessible to modern readers, renowned Talmud scholar Jeffrey L. Rubenstein turns his spotlight on both famous and little-known stories, analyzing the tales in their original contexts, exploring their cultural meanings and literary artistry, and illuminating their relevance. Delving into both rabbinic life (the academy, master-disciple relationships) and Jewish life under Roman and Persian rule (persecution, taxation, marketplaces), Rubenstein explains how storytellers used irony, wordplay, figurative language, and other art forms to communicate their intended messages. Each close reading demonstrates the story's continuing relevance through the generations into modernity. For example, the story ٢Showdown in Court,٣ a confrontation between King Yannai and the Rabbinic judges, provides insights into controversial struggles in U.S. history to balance governmental power; the story of Honi's seventy-year sleep becomes a window into the indignities of aging. Through the prism of Talmud tales, Rubenstein also offers timeless insights into suffering, beauty, disgust, heroism, humor, love, sex, truth, and falsehood. By connecting twenty-first-century readers to past generations, The Land of Truth helps to bridge the divide between modern Jews and the traditional narrative worlds of their ancestors.
Subjects: Aggada; Rabbinical literature;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Hebrew myths : the book of Genesis / by Graves, Robert,1895-1985,author.(CARDINAL)138859; Patai, Raphael,1910-1996,author.(CARDINAL)507333; Greene, Adam Lewis,writer of introduction.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Creation According to Genesis -- The Creation According to Other Biblical Texts -- Mythical Cosmology -- Glosses on the Creation Story -- Earlier Creations -- The Primeval Monsters Described -- The Reem and the Ziz -- The Fall of Lucifer -- The Birth of Adam -- Adam's Helpmeets -- Paradise -- The Fall of Man -- Samael's Rebellion -- The Births of Cain and Abel -- The Act of Love -- The Fratricide -- The Birth of Seth -- The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men -- The Birth of Noah -- The Deluge -- Noah's Drunkenness -- The Tower of Babel -- Abraham's Ancestry -- Abraham's Birth -- Abraham and the Idols -- Abraham in Egypt -- Abraham's Rescue of Lot -- The Severed Carcases -- Ishmael -- Abraham in Gerar -- The Birth of Isaac -- Lot at Sodom -- Lot at Zoar -- The Sacrifice of Isaac -- Abraham and Keturah -- Isaac's Marriage -- Isaac in Gerar -- The Births of Esau and Jacob -- Abraham's Death -- The Bartered Birthright -- The Stolen Blessing -- Esau's Marriages -- Jacob at Bethel -- Jacob's Marriages -- Birth of the Twelve Patriarchs -- Jacob's Return to Canaan -- Jacob at Peniel -- Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau -- The Rape of Dinah -- Reuben and Bilhar -- Judah and Tamar -- The Deaths of Isaac, Leah, and Esau -- Joseph in the Pit -- Joseph and Zuleika -- Joseph in Prison -- Joseph Becomes Viceroy -- The Famine -- The Brother's Return -- Jacob in Egypt -- The Death of Jacob -- The Death of Joseph."An exhaustive study of sixty-one stories from the Old Testament and the Torah, as well as pre-biblical texts censored for centuries, that nuance, extend, and complete the book of Genesis. Graves and Patai, renowned scholars of Greco-Roman and Hebrew mythology, transcend the Christian biblical and Judaic versions of these narratives, in order to redefine myth. Myths are reconceived as dramatic stories that form a sacred charter either authorizing the continuance or the alteration of religious beliefs. Authorized biblical texts are interpreted against the grain to expose folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah exclude. Thus, the mythological component underlying the theological component is revealed. This is a useful companion to Graves' The Greek Myths, as it puts forth the thesis that the Hebrews, unlike the Greeks, used myth to sermonize on national history and destiny. Though the authors were true intellectuals, they were considered mavericks by the mainstream academy"--
Subjects: Bible.; Jewish mythology.; Mythology, Semitic.; Aggada.; Midrash.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The legends of the Jews / by Ginzberg, Louis,1873-1953.(CARDINAL)713020; Szold, Henrietta,1860-1945.(CARDINAL)123700; Radin, Paul,1883-1959.(CARDINAL)132678;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v.1 From the Creation to Jacob - v.2 From Joseph tp the Exodus - v.3 Moses in the wilderness - v.4 From Joshua to Esther - v.5/6 Notes - v.7 Index.
Subjects: Legends.; Bible.; Jewish legends.; Midrash; Aggada;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The greatest Jewish stories ever told / by Patterson, David,1948-(CARDINAL)769865;
Subjects: Legends.; Talmud; Aggada; Bible stories, English; Jewish legends.; Midrash;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Messengers of God : biblical portraits and legends / by Wiesel, Elie,1928-2016.(CARDINAL)140170; Wiesel, Marion.(CARDINAL)341513;
Bibliography: page 237.Adam, or, The mystery of the beginning -- Parables and sayings I -- Cain and Abel : the first genocide -- Parables and sayings II -- The sacrifice of Isaac : a survivor's story -- Parables and sayings III -- And Jacob fought the angel -- Parables and sayings IV -- Joseph, or, The education of a tzaddik -- Parables and sayings V -- Moses : portrait of a leader -- Parables and sayings VI -- Job : our contemporary.
Subjects: Legends.; Moses (Biblical leader); Job (Biblical figure); Bible.; Aggada.; Midrash; Hasidic parables.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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Next year in Jerusalem : 3,000 years of Jewish stories / by Schwartz, Howard,1945-(CARDINAL)518588; Waldman, Neil.(CARDINAL)720913;
Includes bibliographical references (page 58).The bird of happiness -- The mountain that moved -- The language of birds -- How the walls of the Temple were built -- The vampire demon -- The story of Serah, who lived longer than Methuselah -- The princess of light -- Challahs in the ark -- The miracle at King David's tomb -- Rabbi Nachman's chair -- Milk and honey.Jewish stories set in Jerusalem, adapted from the Talmud and Midrash, Hasidic sources, and oral tradition, with origins in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Spain, Italy, and Greece.4-61030L
Subjects: Legends.; Jewish legends.; Legends; Aggada; Hasidim; Jews; Jews;
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