Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa is a book from the turn of the century, written for children, and hobbled faux archaic English and a lack of sources.
Where did these stories come from? Some I recognize from the Talmud, but a simple source list would help immensely. Many stories are non-Jewish with an extremely light Jewish veneer. This is fine, and natural, but in a book without notes, it sets the reader adrift.
Where did these stories come from? Some I recognize from the Talmud, but a simple source list would help immensely. Many stories are non-Jewish with an extremely light Jewish veneer. This is fine, and natural, but in a book without notes, it sets the reader adrift.
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