Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition
The stories presented in Peninnah Schram's highly anticipated Stories within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition are drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic sources, medieval texts, and the Israel Folktale Archives. Each enchanting story-within-a-story is part of the Jewish oral tradition and continues to enlighten, educate, and entertain audiences as have all of the author's previous works. The types of stories found in this wonderful collection (described by Peninnah Schram as...
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Gifted and highly acclaimed storyteller Peninnah Schram contributes to the ever-growing library of Jewish folklore collections, thus actively helping to restore the rich treasures of Jewish oral tradition in our contemporary world. The stories presented in Peninnah Schram's highly anticipated Stories within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition are drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic sources, medieval texts, and the Israel Folktale Archives. Each enchanting story-within-a-story is part of the Jewish oral tradition and continues to enlighten, educate, and entertain audiences as have all of the author's previous works.
ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Apples of Gold in Frames of Silver11The King Who Loved Stories302We Never Lose Old Treasures323The Emperor's Daughter and the King's Son364The Gates of Tears495Which Way Should One Look - Up or Down?546The Most Peculiar Thing in Life577Friends in Deed628The Leopard and the Fox699A Match Made in Heaven7810The Wedding Gifts8211The Fire That Didn't Warm8812The Princess Who Would Not Speak9113The Luck of Faradj, the Rope Maker10114The Broken Betrothal10615A Story of Consolation11116The Golden Buttons11517100 Grams More or Less11918The King's Daughter and the Choice of Her Heart12519According to the Two Witnesses13220The Camel's Wife13721Two Friends14322The Maggid of Dubno14823The Fulfilled Dream15724The Poor People and Their Shares16125The Yemenite King and His Jewish Advisor16526Money Comes and Money Goes But a Skill Stays with You Forever17127There Is No Justice in the World17528Can Fate Be Changed?17929The Prince of the East and the Princess of the West18230Queen Hatan and King Tye19031The Twelve Sons of the Emir20832The Lie That Can Stand on Its Own21233The Exchanged Letters21634The Neighbor in Paradise22535Caliph Harun al-Rashid23036Ungrateful Men24437The Jewish Weaver's Wisdom24938A Remembered Story25239The Wonderful Healing Leaves25740The King's Three Questions26341The Emir, the Jewish Advisor, and the Sheep26742Princess Zohara and Prince Ali28043The Tiger and the Son of the Woodcutter28844The Bequest29145The Queen and the Forty Robbers30146Ashmedai's Magic Flute30647The King, Bahlul, and the Clever Maiden31248What Made Rabbi Yitzhak Change His Behavior31849The Indian King and the Jewish Shepherd32350The Horse That Got Stuck in the Mud327Glossary331Bibliography335Index341
