Folktales of Joha, Jewish Trickster
Contributors: Matilda Koen-Sarano (Editor); Ezra Masch (Illustrator); David Herman (Translator)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780827607224
Subjects: Folklore; Judaism; Fiction; Judaism - Rituals & Practice; Religion - Judaism; General; Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary char; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Nasreddin Hoca (Legendary character)
First sentence: One thousand years ago there was a great hoja, a Muslim cleric, who had twelve pupils.
Description: "Aficionados of folktales, Jewish humor, and Sephardic culture will delight in this collection of nearly 300 stories about the simpleminded but often guileful Joha." "Recounted by over 80 different narrators from 17 countries, the stories tell the fictional adventures and anecdotes of this lovable figure well known in Sephardic communities all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.