Legends of the Bible / by Louis Ginzberg.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953.

Standardized Title:

• Legends of the Jews. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Jewish legends.

Genre:

• Legends.

Physical Description:

• xxxix, 646 pages : color illustrations (on lining papers) ; 24 cm
• regular print

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1956.

Contents:

• Introduction / Shalom Spiegel
• The creation of the world
• Adam
• The ten generations
• Noah
• Abraham
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Job
• Moses in Egypt
• Moses in the wilderness
• Joshua
• The judges
• Samuel and Saul
• David
• Solomon
• Judah and Israel
• Elijah
• Elisha and Jonah
• The later kings of Judah
• The exile
• The return of the captivity
• Esther.

Notes:

"A shorter version of the author's The legends of the Jews." Special introd. for this edition written by Shalom Spiegel.

Local Notes:

CJS copy acc.# 4774-4775

Other Format:

Online version: Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953. Legends of the Bible.

OCLC:

1215469