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Title: A Chapter of the Psalms

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Title: A Chapter of the Psalms Title Record # 2350279
Author:
י. ל. פרץ?Peretz I. L.

Date: 1905-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: Yiddish
Note: Originally published in Yiddish in 1905.
Synopsis: After the oddly prestigious funeral of a poor water carrier, the great rabbi who organized it tells the tale of how the deceased secretly had the gift to detect whether a man's soul was good or evil.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1948Translated by Maurice Samuel, for "The Prince of the Ghetto", 1948.
English A Chapter of the Psalms [as by I. L. Peretz]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The I. L. Peretz Reader 1996-10-00 I. L. Peretz Schocken Books (Library of Yiddish Classics) 0-8052-1071-7
$15.00?$: US dollar
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381+
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tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
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