Abraham Tendlau
Abraham Moses Tendlau (* 1802 in Wiesbaden ; † 1878 ibid) was a German Jewish folklorist .
From the 1830s onwards, several anthologies of Jewish sagas and legends were created, almost without exception based on the Talmud and Midrash . In 1842, Tendlau included medieval and early modern legends for the first time in his book of sagas and legends of Jewish prehistoric times , thereby significantly expanding the body of Jewish legends. The work appeared in several enlarged editions and was one of the most popular anthologies of Jewish legends in the 19th century.
Major works
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The book of sagas and legends of prehistoric Jewish times , 1842. ( digitized version )
- Second increased edition, 1845 ( digitized )
- Third increased edition, 1873 ( digitized version )
- Fellmeier's Evenings: Mährchen [sic] and stories from the distant past , 1856 ( digitized )
- Proverbs and sayings of German-Jewish prehistoric times , 1860 ( digitized version )
Literature (selection)
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume VI, page 96.
Web links
- Literature by and about Abraham Tendlau in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriele von Glasenapp : Concepts of popularity of Jewish folklore. Prague fairy tales, sagas and legends in the Sippurim Collection . In: Christine Haug, Franziska Mayer, Madleen Podewski (eds.): Popular Judaism: Media, Debates, Reading Materials , Volume 76 of Conditio Judaica . Walter de Gruyter, 2009. ISBN 3-484-65176-8 . Pp. 21-22.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tendlau, Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tendlau, Abraham Moses (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German folklorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1878 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |