Jewish Folktales

by Pinhas Sadeh

Book Overview

Translated by Hillel Halkin, this is a remarkably diverse and immensely entertaining gathering of Jewish legends and the first worldwide anthology of Jewish folktales. It draws from both traditional... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385195745
• ISBN13: 9780385195744
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A hasid of a different kind

Had Pinchas Sadeh been born in another world, say that of the Hasidut of the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries he would have been a supreme storyteller, a master maker of aggadot of faith. For in him there is a spiritual longing and quest. And this defines his work throughout, a quest and a very individual approach to life, and literature. There are signs that towards the end of his life he moved closer to the Jewish Tradition, and this is reflected in this volume of retellings. Sadeh was above all a poet, and he infuses his retellings with poetic feeling. The excellent translation is by Hillel Halkin.

"outstanding accomplishment'"

This was a very well perpared book of collected jewish Fairy Tales that was absolutley outstanding in how it was written and how it is presented to the reader. These are very interesting and magical stories that should be read by everyone. I highly recomend this book and this is the best book on its subject.