Dov Noy

Dov Noy (; 20 October 1920 – 29 September 2013) was an Israeli folklorist. He is considered one of the most important researchers in the field of Jewish folk tales.

Early life and education Dov Noy was born as Dov Neuman on 20 October 1920, in Kolomyia, Galicia (then Poland, now Ukraine). He got a traditional Jewish education and had a private tutor, Jewish poet . He emigrated to Palestine in 1938 and studied Talmud, Jewish history and the Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as a volunteer for the British Army Royal Engineers "greatly raising the status of Jewish folklore in the field". Thompson called Noy "one of the most brilliant disciples I have ever had".

Career Upon returning to Israel in 1955, Noy began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on aggadah.

He also founded the Folklore Research Center at the Hebrew University and taught Jewish Folklore course there. In 2002, he got the Bialik Prize. and that he "single-handedly established the study of Jewish Folklore in Israel". and Izhar.

Among his students are , Dan Ben-Amos, Aliza Shenhar, , , Haya Bar-Itzhak, and Galit Hasan-Rokem.

Publications

(a collection of Nachum Shternheim's works, which includes a short biographical notice. )