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Legends of the Bible / by Louis Ginzberg.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953.
- Standardized Title:
- Legends of the Jews
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish legends.
- Bible. Old Testament--Legends.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Midrash--Translations into English.
- Midrash.
- Aggada--Translations into English.
- Aggada.
- Genre:
- Legends.
- Translations.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xxxix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 645 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Old Saybrook, CT : Konecky & Konecky, [2001?]
- Contents:
- I. The creation of the world
- II. Adam
- III. The ten generations
- IV. Noah
- V. Abraham
- VI. Jacob
- VII. Joseph
- VIII. Job
- IX. Moses in Egypt
- X. Moses in the wilderness
- XI. Joshua
- XII. The Judges
- XIII. Samuel and Saul
- XIV. David
- XV. Solomon
- XVI. Judah and Israel
- XVII. Elijah
- XVIII. Elisha and Jonah
- XIX. The later kings of Judah
- XX. The exile
- XXI. The return of the captivity
- XXII. Esther.
- Notes:
- "This book is a shorter version of 'The legends of the Jews' by Louis Ginzberg, originally published in seven volumes. A special introduction has been written for this edition by one of the author's colleagues, Professor Shalom Spiegel of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York."
- Originally published: New York, Simon and Schuster, 1956.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjackets retained.
- ISBN:
- 156852322X
- 9781568523224
- OCLC:
- 50391992
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