Test of Rightful Son

Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 311

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

311. Test of Rightful Son. cf. Baba Batra, f. 58 a. Sef. Hasidim, 232. Eisenstein, Oser, p. 343. Yalk. Sip. II, p. 227. Maase Buch No. 128. Levi, R. E. J. XXXIII,

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Gesta Rom. No. 45. Pann, Feciorul Ostenita, Fabule si Istoriare I,

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cf. Rambaud, La Rus- sie Epique, p. 389. Vesselovsky, Salomo i Kitovras, p. 81 ff. Wright, Latin Stories, No. 21.

Cod. G. 184, No. 229. (cf. No. 391.)

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