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Legends of the Jews
(2-Volume Set) by Louis Ginzberg
The JPS
classic reissue of a Jewish masterpiece.
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 coexist with moralistic stories about
the piety of the patriarchs. Legends is the
first book to which one turns to learn about
the post biblical understanding of the biblical
episode, or to discover the source for
biblical legends that cannot be traced
directly to the Bible. |
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It is also the
place to find answers to such questions as the
date of Abraham's birth; what was Moses
physical appearance; and what was the name of Potiphar's wife.
From the Publisher
Launched in 1901 by The Jewish Publication
Society, the original project began as a
single volume of 1,000 pages but grew much
larger by 1938, when the seventh volume
containing the indexes was finally published.
Four new indexes and a new introduction by
David Stein, Professor of Post biblical and
Medieval Hebrew Literature, and Director of
the Jewish Studies Program at the University
of Pennsylvania, complete the reissue of one
of the greatest classics of modern Jewish
literature. |
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Product Details
* Hardcover: 1650 pages
* Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of
America; 2 edition (March 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0827607091
* ISBN-13: 978-0827607095
* Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 4.3 inches
* Shipping Weight: 6.8 pounds (View shipping
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* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #601,805 in Books
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