Solomon & Daughter of King of Ammon

Midrash Aggadah Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 404

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 15, 2025

Solomon & Daughter of King of Ammon. Gittin, f. 68b. cf. Yalk. Hadash.

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Hirz, Emek Hamel ekh, f. 15.

Jellinek, B. H. II,

p. 86.

Eisenstein, Oser, p. 530. Maase Buch No. 104. Tendlau, Sagen3, No. XL, 7.

Ginzburg, IV, p. 170. Ben Gorion III, p. 54, 300.

cf.Behrnauer,4oVeziere, Shehabeddin, p. 20. Clouston, Pop. Tales & Fiction, I, p. 398H. cf. M. R. Cox, Cinderella.

Dunlop, II, p. 637.

Gas ter, Lit. Pop. Rom.,

P- 334f-

cf. Gering, yEventyri, No. XLII, p.ii2ff., XLIII, p. i2of. cf. Lidzbarski, Neu- Aram. p. 63.

Hahn, Griechische Mar. No. 9.

cf. Rambeaud, La Rus- sie Epique, p. 392. cf. Simrock, Der gute Gerhard, p. 127. Weil, 1001 Nights I, p. 159, note.

Keys Recovered.

Eisenmenger, I, 359 f. Gesta Rom. No. 81.

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