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- catalog abstract ""Stories within Stories contains fifty stories, mostly made up of folktales. Various types of stories are interspersed so that a humorous story is followed by a romantic tale, which is followed by a religious tale, which is followed by a tall tale, and so on. The stories come from various ethnic communities represented in the Israel Folktale Archives including Morocco, Iraq, Kurdistan, Persia, Yemen, and Eastern Europe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12122849.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Stories within Stories contains fifty stories, mostly made up of folktales. Various types of stories are interspersed so that a humorous story is followed by a romantic tale, which is followed by a religious tale, which is followed by a tall tale, and so on. The stories come from various ethnic communities represented in the Israel Folktale Archives including Morocco, Iraq, Kurdistan, Persia, Yemen, and Eastern Europe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Howard Schwartz -- Introduction: Apples of Gold in Frames of Silver -- The King Who Loved Stories -- We Never Lose Old Treasures -- The Emperor's Daughter and the King's Son -- The Gates of Tears -- Which Way Should One Look--Up or Down? -- The Most Peculiar Thing in Life -- Friends in Deed -- The Leopard and the Fox -- A Match Made in Heaven -- The Wedding Gifts -- The Fire That Didn't Warm -- The Princess Who Would Not Speak -- The Luck of Faradj, the Rope Maker -- The Broken Betrothal -- A Story of Consolation -- The Golden Buttons -- 100 Grams More or Less -- The King's Daughter and the Choice of Her Heart -- According to the Two Witnesses -- The Camel's Wife -- Two Friends -- The Maggid of Dubno -- The Fulfilled Dream -- The Poor People and Their Shares -- The Yemenite King and His Jewish Advisor -- Money Comes and Money Goes But a Skill Stays with You Forever -- There Is No Justice in the World -- Can Fate Be Changed? -- The Prince of the East and the Princess of the West -- Queen Hatam and King Tye -- The Twelve Sons of the Emir -- The Lie That Can Stand on Its Own -- The Exchanged Letters -- The Neighbor in Paradise -- Caliph Harun al-Rashid -- Ungrateful Men -- The Jewish Weaver's Wisdom -- A Remembered Story -- The Wonderful Healing Leaves -- The King's Three Questions -- The Emir, the Jewish Advisor, and the Sheep -- Princess Zohara and Prince Ali -- The Tiger and the Son of the Woodcutter -- The Bequest -- The Queen and the Forty Robbers -- Ashmedai's Magic Flute.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 345 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Stories within stories.".
- catalog identifier "0765761424".
- catalog isFormatOf "Stories within stories.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson,".
- catalog relation "Stories within stories.".
- catalog subject "398.2/089/924 21".
- catalog subject "Frame-stories.".
- catalog subject "GR98 .S33 2000".
- catalog subject "Jews Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Tales.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Howard Schwartz -- Introduction: Apples of Gold in Frames of Silver -- The King Who Loved Stories -- We Never Lose Old Treasures -- The Emperor's Daughter and the King's Son -- The Gates of Tears -- Which Way Should One Look--Up or Down? -- The Most Peculiar Thing in Life -- Friends in Deed -- The Leopard and the Fox -- A Match Made in Heaven -- The Wedding Gifts -- The Fire That Didn't Warm -- The Princess Who Would Not Speak -- The Luck of Faradj, the Rope Maker -- The Broken Betrothal -- A Story of Consolation -- The Golden Buttons -- 100 Grams More or Less -- The King's Daughter and the Choice of Her Heart -- According to the Two Witnesses -- The Camel's Wife -- Two Friends -- The Maggid of Dubno -- The Fulfilled Dream -- The Poor People and Their Shares -- The Yemenite King and His Jewish Advisor -- Money Comes and Money Goes But a Skill Stays with You Forever -- There Is No Justice in the World -- Can Fate Be Changed? -- The Prince of the East and the Princess of the West -- Queen Hatam and King Tye -- The Twelve Sons of the Emir -- The Lie That Can Stand on Its Own -- The Exchanged Letters -- The Neighbor in Paradise -- Caliph Harun al-Rashid -- Ungrateful Men -- The Jewish Weaver's Wisdom -- A Remembered Story -- The Wonderful Healing Leaves -- The King's Three Questions -- The Emir, the Jewish Advisor, and the Sheep -- Princess Zohara and Prince Ali -- The Tiger and the Son of the Woodcutter -- The Bequest -- The Queen and the Forty Robbers -- Ashmedai's Magic Flute.".
- catalog title "Stories within stories : from the Jewish oral tradition / retold by Peninnah Schram.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".