Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) [Annotated] 9780814342718, 081434271X

In the thirteenth century, an anonymous scribe compiled sixty-nine tales that became Sefer ha-ma'asim, the earliest

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Tales in Context: Sefer Ha-Ma'asim in Medieval Northern France (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) [Annotated]
9780814342718, 081434271X

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