Tales in Context
A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma’asim.
In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that becameSefer 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 r...
A folkloric research project on Sefer ha-ma’asim.
In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that becameSefer 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 r...
