Parody in Jewish Literature / / Israel Davidson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Davidson, Israel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1907]; ©1907
• Year of Publication: 1907
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Follows the development of the parody in Jewish literature from its rudiments in the Talmudic literature through its various ramifications down to its extended use.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. History of Parody in Jewish Literature -- I. The Beginnings of Parody in Jewish Literature -- II. Parody in Provence and in Italy in the 14th. Century -- III. The Decline of Parody From the Middle of the 14th. Century to the Middle of the 17th. -- IV. The Revival of Parody from the Middle of the 17th. Century to the Close of the 18th. -- V. Parody from the Beginning of the 19th. Century to the Present Day -- Part II. Studies in Jewish Parody -- I. The Massekheth Purim, Sepher Habakbuk Ha- Nabhi and Megillath Setharim -- II. Provençal Parodies of the 14th. and 15 th. Centuries -- III. The Verses Against Gamblers Ascribed to Ibn Ezra and the Parody of Leon de Modena -- IV. Parody of a Letter of Credentials -- V. The Haggadah of Jonah Rapa -- VI. The Sedher Pesah Wehilkhatho -- VII. The Massekheth Purim of the Seventeenth Century -- VIII. Liturgic Parodies of the 17th. Century -- IX. The Burlesque Testaments of Polido and Colorni -- X. Earliest Yiddish Parodies -- XI. The Massekheth Derekh Ere, of Isaac Luzzatto -- XII. The Laws for Creditor and Debtor of Zachariah Pugliese -- XIII. The Satire for Purim of Judah Loeb Bensew -- XIV. Descriptive Bibliography of the Parodies from the Beginning of the 19th. Century to the Present Day -- Additions to the Bibliography -- Additions and Corrections -- Indexes