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Focusing on the topic of circumventing custom, this book places special emphasis on the ingenious ways Orthodox (and other) Jews have devised to avoid breaking the extensive list of activities forbidden on the sabbath.

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Folklorist Alan Dundes offers a radical analysis of caste in India, focusing on the rationale underlying the customs surrounding untouchability.

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The scholarly identification of formulas and folktales in the Qur'an represents a novel approach to the world-famous religious text. Not only does it provide insight into the basic composition of this sacred document, but also pinpoints and makes accessible many of its principal themes.

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Dundes offers a new and exciting way to resolve some of the mysteries and contradictions that evolved during the Bible's prewritten legacy and that persist today. He unearths and contrasts multiple versions of nearly every major biblical event, including the creation of woman, the flood, the ten commandments, the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the inscription on the Cross.