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THE TALE OF "HULDAH AND THE WELL": A JUDEO-PERSIAN VERSION OF A TALMUDIC TALE VERA B. MOREEN AND GILAD J. GEVERYAHU Swarthmore College Many Judeo-Persian [ JP] manuscripts contain numerous tales sippurim) culled from the large corpus of popular Jewish stories that were once well known throughout the Jewish world. These written versions have not yet received scholarly attention, no doubt because they exist only ensconced in still largely uncatalogued JP manuscript collections. Much greater emphasis has been placed in recent years on collecting and recording tales transmitted by living Iranian Jews residing, primarily, in Israel. The Ethnological Museum and Folklore Archives in Haifa, under the energetic guidance of Professor Dov Noy, has added many such tales to the treasury of Jewish folklore. The JP version of "Huldah and the Well"' occurs in Rabbi Siman Tov Melammed's most ambitious work. Hayat al-ruh (Ar., "The Life of the Soul"). Siman Tov Melammed was one of the most learned Iranian Jews of the late eighteenth century. Unfortunately, his full biography has not yet been recon- structed. Among the known facts about his life are that his nom de plume was "Tuvyah," that he was born in Yazd, and moved from
Medieval Encounters – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1997
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