Jewish Poland : legends of origin : ethnopoetics and legendary chronicles /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bar-Yitsḥaḳ, Ḥayah
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [2001]
Series:	Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.
Subjects:	Jewish legends > Poland > History and criticism. Jews > Poland > Folklore. Jewish legends > Poland. Jews > Poland > Origin > Folklore.

Table of Contents:

The geography of the Jewish imagination : Po-lin among trees with leaves from the Gemara
Legends of acceptance : segregation versus involvement
The legend of Abraham the Jew, King of Poland
The legend of Esther the Jewess and King Casimir the Great of Poland
"My eyes shed tears, because the enemy has overcome" : the transformation of legends of origin into legends of destruction.