Based on the Mason Lectures delivered at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in the winter of 1995, the ten essays in this volume demonstrate the fu

This volume presents ten essays, each of which seeks to demonstrate the function and dynamic effect of myths in Jewish social, political, and psychological life

This book is a compendium of ideas based on wisdom gathered by the author over many years of life in Iraq, Israel and the United States. It also explores the my

Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore collected in the

This book is a seminal work on the mythology and folklore of the Hebrews. Goldziher, a leading scholar of Jewish studies, analyzes the evolution of Hebrew mytho