This first volume of a two-volume Handbook treats a challenging,
largely neglected subject at the crossroads of several academic
fields: biblical studies, reception history of the Bible, and
folklore studies or folkloristics. The Handbook examines the
reception of the Bible in verbal folklores of different cultures
around the globe. This first volume, complete with a general
Introduction, focuses on biblically-derived characters, tales,
motifs, and other elements in Jewish (Mizrahi, Sephardi,
Ashkenazi), Romance (French, Romanian), German,
Nordic/Scandinavian, British, Irish, Slavic (East, West, South),
and Islamic folkloric traditions. The volume contributes to the
understanding of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the New Testament,
and various pseudepigraphic and apocryphal scriptures, and to their
interpretation and elaboration by folk commentators of different
faiths. The book also illuminates the development, artistry, and
"migration" of folktales; opens new areas for investigation in the
reception history of the Bible; and offers insights into the
popular dimensions of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities
around the globe, especially regarding how the holy scriptures have
informed those communities' popular imaginations.
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