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Jewish Folktales
[Paperback - 1989]
pinhas sadeh
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Category: History
Sub-category: European History
Additional Category: Judaism - Literary Criticism
Publisher: Anchor | ISBN: 9780385195744 | Pages: 468
Shipping Weight: .743 | Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches

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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 Eastern European literary sources and the vast body of oral material from the Middle East and North Africa.

About the Author

Pinchas Sadeh, also Pinhas Sadeh, (Hebrew: פנחס שדה) was a Polish-born Israeli novelist and poet.Sadehwas born Pinhas Feldman, in Galicia (then part of Poland). His family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, settling in Tel Aviv. He lived and studied in Kibbutz Sarid. Later, he studied in England. Sadeh worked as a shepherd at Kvutzat Kinneret. There he met Yael Sacks, whom he married in 1956 but the union lasted only three months. In 1962-1969, he was married to Yehudit. He began publishing his work in 1945.Sadeh died in Jerusalem at the age of 64.

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