Ma`ase Yerushalmi [Maaseh] (The Story of the Jerusalemite) Attributed to R. Abraham ben Maimon.
The Hebrew Versions of the Constantinople Edition and of a Yemenite Manuscript with an Introduction and Notes by Jehuda L. Zlotnik. A Bibliography and an Arabic Version Based Upon a Baghdad Manuscript with an Introduction by Nehemia Allony. Preface and Additional Notes by Raphael Patai.
Author
Zlotnik, Jehuda L. / Allony, Nehemia / Patai, Raphael / Grunwald, Max / Assaf, Simha
Place of Publication
Jerusalem
Publication Name
The Palestine Institute of Folklore and Ethnology
Year
1946
Language(s)
Hebrew English Judeo-Arabic
Description
RARE critical edition of a Hebrew folk-story, somewhat on the lines of "Thousand and One Nights", fixed in written form in the early Middle Ages. Contains an introduction in Hebrew and English, appendices and the Judeo-Arabic and two Hebrew texts (from two different manuscripts) of the folk-story. 235x160mm. 120 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Gilt emblem on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Jacket yellowing and stained/age-stained. Jacket edges and spine tattered and taped. Cover slightly curved. Cover upper edge slightly bumped. Spine edges rubbed. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of several Hebrew and Arabic versions of a medieval Jewish tale is in good condition.
