THE BOOK OF DELIGHT - AND - OTHER PAPERS - BY - ISRAEL ABRAHAMS, M.A.
PREFACE
ISRAEL ABRAHAMS
I. "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT" - II. A VISIT TO HEBRON - III. THE SOLACE OF BOOKS - IV. MEDIEVAL WAYFARING - V. THE FOX'S HEART - VI. "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN" - VII. HEBREW LOVE SONGS - VIII. A HANDFUL OF CURIOSITIES
"THE BOOK OF DELIGHT"
THE GIANT GUEST
THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD
THE FOX AND THE LION
THE SILVERSMITH WHO FOLLOWED HIS WIFE'S COUNSEL
THE WOODCUTTER AND THE WOMAN
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (395K characters)
Release date
2006-02-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1858–1925
A lively interpreter of Jewish history and literature, this British scholar helped open a wide world of learning to general readers as well as students. He is still best known for Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, a book that made medieval Jewish society feel vivid and human.
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