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The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah
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The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah Paperback / softback - 2019

by Eli Yassif

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Paperback / softback. New. In 1908, Solomon Schechter published his groundbreaking essay on the city of Safed (Tzfat) during the sixteenth century. In The Legend of Safed, Eli Yassif utilizes "new historicism" methodology in order to use the non-canonical materials to better understand the culture of Safed.
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  • Title The Legend of Safed: Life and Fantasy in the City of Kabbalah
  • Author Eli Yassif
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wayne State University Press
  • Date 2019-05-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780814346846
  • ISBN 9780814346846 / 0814346847
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.64 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.63 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Tsefat (Israel) - History, Jewish legends - Israel - Tsefat
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019930070
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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About the author

Eli Yassif is professor emeritus of Hebrew literature and Jewish folklore at Tel-Aviv University. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles in the field of the Hebrew story in the Middle Ages and the history of Jewish folklore. His book The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning won the National Jewish Book Award in 2000 and became the standard textbook for the study of Jewish folk-narratives.