Leo Rosten's treasury of Jewish quotations

by Leo Rosten

Paper Book, 1972

Status

Off Shelf

Call number

808 ROS

Genres

Collections

ADULT COLLECTION, Flag to Weed, 800 Jewish Literature (inc. wit & humor)

Publication

New York, McGraw-Hill [1972]

Description

"A dazzlement of 4,500 proverbs, folk sayings, witticisms, insights, maxims and moralisms - collected over 58 years, freshly translated or rewritten, and garnished with irony, paradox and truth."

Subjects

Jews Quotations

Language

English

Physical description

xi, 716 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

0070539782 / 9780070539785

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