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Legends of the Jews / by Louis Ginzberg ; translated from the German manuscript by Henrietta Szold and Paul Radin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953.
- Series:
- JPS classic reissues.
- JPS classic reissues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish legends.
- Midrash--Translations into English.
- Midrash.
- Aggada--Translations into English.
- Aggada.
- Bible. Old Testament--Legends.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource [2 volumes] (1546 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed., [2003 ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- To this day Legends of the Jews remains a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic co-exist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Bible times and characters from the creation to Moses in the wilderness
- v. 2. Bible times and characters from Moses in the wilderness to Esther.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-8276-1005-X
- OCLC:
- 794702138
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