| Author/Contributor(s): | Yassif, Eli |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Date: | 04/16/2009 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
The Hebrew Folktale seeks to find and define the folk-elements of Jewish culture. Through the use of generic distinctions and definitions developed in folkloristics, Yassif describes the major trends--structural, thematic, and functional--of folk narrative in the central periods of Jewish culture.