The Legends of the Jews: From Joshua to EstherJohns Hopkins University Press, 1998 - 456 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. |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abner Abraham Ahab Ahasuerus Ammonites Amorites Angel of Death angels spoke appeared asked Asmodeus Babylonian Baruch Benaiah Blessed art Thou brought Daniel daughter David dead demons descendants dost eagle earth Elijah Elisha enemy Esther Ezra father gave gold golden calves Goliath Haman hand heard heathen heaven Hezekiah high priest holy honor hundred idol Isaiah Israel Israelites Jacob Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joab Jonah journey Judah Kenaz king king's land Lord Manasseh Messiah miracle Mordecai Moses Nebuchadnezzar Nebuzaradan night once palace Palestine Philistines Phinehas piety pious prayed prayer princes prophecy prophet punishment Rabbi Rabbi Joshua refused reign replied royal ruler Samuel Sanhedrin Saul Sennacherib sent sins Sisera Solomon sons sword Temple thee Thereupon thou art Thou didst thou wilt thousand throne tion told took Torah tribe unto vessels voice wife woman words worship Zedekiah Zerubbabel