Author |
Chotzner, J. (Joseph), 1844-1914 |
LoC No. |
08021020
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Title |
Hebrew Humor and Other Essays
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Contents |
Humour of the Bible -- The Bible and the ancient classics -- Art among the ancient Hebrews -- The life of the Hebrew women of old -- Curiosities of certain proper names in the Bible -- Sketch of the Talmud -- The humour of some mediaeval and modern Hebrew writers -- Yedaya Bedaresi, a fourteenth-century Hebrew poet and philosopher -- Immanuel di Roma, a thirteenth-century Hebrew humorist, and a friend of Dante -- Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, a thirteenth-century satirist -- Abraham ibn Chasdai, and his book "The Prince and the Dervish" -- Isaac Erter, a modern Hebrew humorist -- Leopold Zunz -- Samuel David Luzzato and Zachariah Frankel -- The influence of Hebrew literature on Heinrich Heine -- Modern Hebrew journalism.
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Credits |
Produced by Enrico Segre and the team at Distributed Proofreaders Canada
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
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Subject |
Hebrew wit and humor -- History and criticism
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
45037 |
Release Date |
Feb 28, 2014 |
Most Recently Updated |
Oct 4, 2018 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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