How the Wise Men Got to Chelm
Ruth Von Bernuth
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Description for How the Wise Men Got to Chelm
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HRJ; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
How the Wise Men Got to Chelm is the first in-depth study of Chelm literature and its relationship to its literary precursors.
When God created the world, so it is said, he sent out an angel with a bag of foolish souls with instructions to distribute them equally all over the world—one fool per town. But the angel’s bag broke and all the souls spilled out onto the same spot. They built a settlement where they landed: the town is known as Chelm.
The collected tales of these fools, or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479828449
SKU
V9781479828449
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Ref
99-1
About Ruth Von Bernuth
Ruth von Bernuth is Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and Director of the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Reviews for How the Wise Men Got to Chelm
"Bernuth...provides a detailed and comprehensive examination of the evolution of some of the best-known Yiddish folk stories
those revolving around the comically foolish men of the town of Chelm
that places those tales in historical and cultural context."
Publishers Weekly
"[Von Bernuth] provides a comprehensive survey of all the collections of Chelm stories and their predecessors published since 1700, shows ... Read more
those revolving around the comically foolish men of the town of Chelm
that places those tales in historical and cultural context."
Publishers Weekly
"[Von Bernuth] provides a comprehensive survey of all the collections of Chelm stories and their predecessors published since 1700, shows ... Read more