God's Justice and the Clever Thief - Sources and Parallels

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 432

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 17, 2025

God’s Justice.

Meg. Esther (Yiddish)

*593-

Griinbaum, Jiid. Deutsch. Chrest. p. 215—18.

Behrnauer, ZDMG.

XVI, p. 762. Brockhaus, ZDMG., XIV, p. 7o6f.

Gellert, Das Schicksal. Gesta Rom. Nos. 80, 127.

Gonzenbach, Sicil. Mar. No. 92.

cf. Hammer, Rosenol, I, 124.

Kohler, Kl. Schriften, I,

p- 578-

Gaston Paris, L'Ange et PHermite, p. 173 f. Rohde, Zt. f. D. Phil. 28,

P- 547-

Ratschky, Gedichte, p. 238.

433- Clever Thief.

Behrnauer, 40 Veziere, p.155. 13th Night.

Clouston, Pop. Tales & Fiction, I, p. 175.

Conde Lucanor ch. 7.

Dunlop-Liebrecht, p. 501, No. 7.

Eulenspiegel, Hist. 27, ed. Lappenberg,

p- 35 ff-

cf. Gesta Rom. No. 38.

Liebrecht, Zur Volks- kunde, Sect. II,

No. 6.

Oesterley, Shakespear's * Jest Book, No. 12, p. 22.

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