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

by Rella Kushelevsky and Elisheva Baumgarten

A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma'asim.

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 cure leprosy, a fairy princess with golden tresses using magic charms to heal her lover's wounds and restore him to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081434271X
• ISBN13: 9780814342718
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"