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Tree of souls the mythology of Judaism
By Schwartz, Howard & Loebel-Fried, Caren
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-19508-679-9
- Publisher
- Oxford, England ; Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
Schwartz (English, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis) gathers nearly 700 Jewish myths, organized into ten sections, with additional commentary for each selection revealing the source and explaining how it relates to other myths as well as to world literature. This is not exactly new; works by Hayim Bialik and Yehoshua Ravinitzky, Rabbi Yakov ibn Chabib, and Louis Ginzberg also gather Aggadic stories. Schwar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
