The Legends of the Jews: From the Creation to JacobJHU Press, 1998 - 454 Seiten Never Before Available in Paperback, Louis Ginzberg's landmark seven-volume The Legends of the Jews assembles the many elaborations and embellishments of Biblical stories that flourished in the centuries following the Bible's own creation. Ginzberg devoted most of his life to gathering these legends from their original sources - written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Syrian, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Arabic, Persian, and Old Slavic - and reproducing them completely, accurately, and vividly. He presents them in their traditional Biblical sequence and reconciles the sometimes contradictory versions of the same stories found in different sources. In addition to four volumes of the legends themselves, The Legends of the Jews includes two indispensable volumes of notes, which provide the sources for every legend, as well as a comprehensive index to the people, places, and motifs found in the legends and their sources. |
Inhalt
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD I | 3 |
THE SECOND | 13 |
THE FOURTH | 23 |
THE SIXTH | 30 |
ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD | 42 |
ADAM | 47 |
THE TEN GENERATIONS | 103 |
NOAH | 143 |
ABRAHAM | 183 |
JACOB | 309 |
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Abel Abimelech Abra Abraham Adam Adam and Eve angels animals Azazel bade beasts birth blessing brother Cain called Canaan Cave of Machpelah command created creation daughter death descendants earth Eliezer Enoch Enosh Esau evil eyes father fear fire fruit gave give glory hand Haran hath heard heart heaven holy hundred idols Isaac Ishmael Israel Japheth Joktan king Laban Lamech land leviathan Lord Methuselah Michael moon mother Nahor naught night Nimrod Noah Paradise pious praise pray prayer punishment Rachel Rebekah replied righteous Sabbath Samael Sarah Satan saying serpent servants Seth seven Shechem Shekinah Shem sinners sins slay Sodom sons of Jacob soul spake spoke stone Terah thine things Thou art Thou didst thou hast thou shalt thou wilt throne thyself took Torah tree turn unto thee voice wicked wife woman words