Joseph Jacobs

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Joseph Jacobs (born August 29, 1854 in Sydney , † January 30, 1916 in Yonkers ) was an Australian historian and folklorist who mainly dealt with narrative research . Not only was he one of the authors of the Jewish Encyclopedia , but he was also responsible for several collections of fairy tales.

Jacobs was the son of John and Sarah Jacobs. He attended the Sydney Grammar School and eventually the University of Sydney , the latter thanks to a scholarship in ancient languages, mathematics and chemistry. He did not graduate in Sydney, however, but traveled to England at the age of 18 and enrolled at St. John's College in Cambridge , where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1876 . From 1877 he studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin . He was secretary of the Society for Hebrew Literature from 1878 to 1884. From 1884 to 1900 he worked on various anthropological studies, articles and books.

Influenced by the Brothers Grimm , Charles Perrault and romantic nationalism , he published five collections of fairy tales between 1890 and 1912: English Fairy Tales , Other English Fairy Tales , Celtic Fairy Tales , Other Celtic Fairy Tales and European Folk Tales . Among other things, the fairy tales Hans and the Beanstalk and The Three Little Pigs became known through him.

literature

  • Martin Leutzsch : appropriation of the dispossessed. The Jewish novel of Jesus 1895–2014, in: R. Faber / A.-B. Renger (Ed.): Religion and Literature. Convergences and divergences. Würzburg 2017. pp. 119–149, here especially pp. 125–129.

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