The Book of Delight, and other papers

About this eBook

Author

Abrahams, Israel, 1858-1925

Credits

Produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures

Subject

Love poetry, Hebrew -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

9886

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9886

Release Date

February 1, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK OF DELIGHT — BY
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — I. "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT"
4. 4."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 — MAN'S LOVE AND WOMAN'S — IN DISPRAISE OF WOMAN — THE WIDOW AND HER HUSBAND'S CORPSE — THE LEOPARD'S FATE — THE JOURNEY BEGUN BY JOSEPH AND ENAN — THE CLEVER GIRL AND THE KING'S DREAM — THE NIGHT'S REST — THE DISHONEST SINGER AND THE WEDDING ROBES — THE NOBLEMAN AND THE NECKLACE — THE STORY OF TOBIT — THE PARALYTICS TOUCHSTONE OF VIRTUE — TABLE TALK — THE CITY OF ENAN — THE PRINCESS AND THE ROSE — QUESTION AND ANSWER — ENAN REVEALS HIMSELF — ENAN'S FRIEND AND HIS DAUGHTER — THE WASHERWOMAN WHO DID THE DEVIL'S WORK — JOSEPH RETURNS HOME TO BARCELONA
5. 5.A VISIT TO HEBRON
6. 6.THE SOLACE OF BOOKS
7. 7.MEDIEVAL WAYFARING
8. 8.THE FOX'S HEART
9. 9."MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN"
10. 10.HEBREW LOVE SONGS — MARRIAGE SONG — OPHRAH — TO OPHRAH
11. 11.A HANDFUL OF CURIOSITIES — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII
12. 12.NOTES — "THE BOOK OF DELIGHT" — A VISIT TO HEBRON — MEDIEVAL WAYFARING — "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN" — HEBREW LOVE SONGS — GEORGE ELIOT AND SOLOMON MAIMON — HOW MILTON PRONOUNCED HEBREW — THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS — THE ANGLO-JEWISH YIDDISH LITERARY SOCIETY — THE MYSTICS AND SAINTS OF INDIA — LOST PURIM JOYS — JEWS AND LETTERS — THE SHAPE OF MATZOTH

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