Nathan Ausubel (1898–1986)
Author of A Treasury of Jewish Folklore
About the Author
Works by Nathan Ausubel
Pictorial History of the Jewish People, From Bible Times To Our Own Day Throughout The World (1984) 303 copies, 4 reviews
The Book of Jewish Knowledge: An Encyclopedia of Judaism and the Jewish People, Covering All Elements of Jewish Life… (1964) 130 copies
CONHECIMENTO JUDAICO II 1 copy
Voices of history 1 copy
Voices of History 1945--1946 1 copy
Voices of History 1944-45 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1898
- Date of death
- 1986
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Austria-Hungary
USA - Places of residence
- Lezajsk, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (birth)
New York, New York, USA - Education
- Columbia University
- Occupations
- historian
folklorist
humorist - Organizations
- British Army (39th Battalion, Jewish Legion)
- Short biography
- Nathan Ausubel was married and had one daughter.
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NO OF PAGES: 505 SUB CAT I: Jewish Folklore SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Chosen from 3,000 years of rich tradition, here are the best anecdotes, parables, proverbs, legends and wisdom of an extraordinary people. From heroes and heroines to matchmakers, fools demons, rogues, sinners, schlemihls, schlimazls and schnorrers, here are characters that come unforgettably alive in more than 500 tales that inspire, instruct and entertain. And here are the treasures of the Talmud and the Midrash, vividly re-created by Nathan Ausubel to capture the drama and the power of these ancient, time-honored revelations.NOTES: Anonymous donar. SUBTITLE: A celebration of the stories, traditions, legends, humor, wisdom, heroes, and songs of the Jewish people… (more)
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- Works
- 18
- Members
- 1,321
- Popularity
- #19,459
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 15
- ISBNs
- 13
First of all, this is, overall, a wonderful book for anyone interested in Jewish folklore. Frequently I'll be reading another book, note a tale that sounds rather familiar, and discover it's from Ausubel. And it is excellent; my only complaints are minor.
But there are some things to be aware of.
Notably, the index is suboptimal, often failing to include more general topics as entries, and, once an entry, it happily includes things that only mention the subject at hand in passing (as in, "Once, in [X], there lived..."), as I discovered when trying to find what it mentioned about Israel (despite the reasonably large entry for Jerusalem).
Its sourcing is also poor. Often, if it bothers to include a source at all, it'll say, "Adapted from the Talmud" or something similarly vague (the Talmud, for reference, is not a small book; it's almost two million words long, often takes up a bookcase--not shelf, case--and if you read one double-sided page a day it would take you seven and a half years to work through it all).
In short, it's not great if you want to research something specific. But as a diverse collection, if you don't intend on going to deep on any particular subject or story, it is hard to beat.
Book details: 1948 edition, 1952 printing; hardcover.… (more)