The Fox and the Sourgrapes : (Midrash Koheleth 5)

Title

en_US The Fox and the Sourgrapes : (Midrash Koheleth 5)

en_US From the Wisdom of the Wise

Description

en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/Hebrew

Produced by Meir Holder

Creator

en_US Holder, Meir See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Kaufman, I.A.

Date

2022-10-13T19:19:17Z

2015-05

en_US 1981?

Date Available

2022-10-13T19:19:17Z

Date Issued

en_US 1981

Abstract

en_US This is an unusual pamphlet for at least three reasons. First, though its title may make readers think of Aesop's fable about the fox and the grapes, this story is actually a Jewish midrash variant of another fable about the weasel and the granary. The weasel gets in through a thin hole, and he must get thin again to get out. Secondly, the moral is not simply like the Greek fable's moral. It is rather about our entering life naked, and leaving it that way. Thirdly, the artistry has a style all its own, vividly clear on the cover. Some of us have to look at this illustration a long time before we see the head of a fox! The bunch of grapes pictured on the back cover makes for easier recognition! An unusual expression has the fox, when he cannot easily get out of the vineyard, "crushed and shattered." Shattered? This version of the story has the fox slimming down twice: once to get into the vineyard and once to get out. Finally, why call these grapes sour? I was fortunate to find help on this pamphlet from The National Library of Israel online. Sixteen pages. 6›" x 9¼".

Identifier

en_US 12261 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/137769

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Hillel Press

en_US Jerusalem

Subject

en_US BM516.5.F68 1981 See all items with this value