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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 th...

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 th...

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Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 6: Notes to Volumes III and IV, From Moses in the Wilderness to EstherMekilta Beshallah 2, 28a-28b, Mekilta RS 46. The sinners in Israel said: God cannot deliver Israel from the hands of their masters, and He therefore commanded them to ¿ee from the Egyptians. To Show mankind His power, God caused Pharaoh to follow the Israelites that He might perform His miracles at the Red Sea, see ER As to the powe...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Jewish Primary School: A LectureErrors are transmitted like diseases. The inaccurate rendering of the Hebrew word Torah by law, for which we are indebted to our Greek - speaking writers, has all along been a barrier in the way of the Christian theo logian. It has prevented him effectually from under standing the system of rabbinism as a Whole, but espe cially from understanding the Specific ideal of rabbinism which is summed u...

Excerpt from The Gaon, R. Elijah Wilna Address Delivered in Commemoration, of the Two Hundredth Anniversary, of His BirthWe are assembled here tonight to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Gaon, R. Elijah Wilna. We wish to do honor to the memory of the scholar with whom a new epoch began in the study of Rabbinic literature, to pay our tribute of admiration to the last great theologian of classical Rabbinism and to dr...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 7Under the heading Proverbs and Sayings, pp. 390 - 393, I cited the proverbs in full and listed them in alphabetical order according to the principal word of each sentence, e. G., accuser, anger, etc.The Index of Passages lists all the passages unless other wise indicated. It was found inadvisable to cite all the references to the Talmud and Midrash because of their great number, and accordingly only ...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4: Bible Times and Characters From Joshua to EstherLater Joshua, who was so ignorant that he was called a fool, became the minister Of Moses, and God rewarded his faithful service by making him the successor to Moses.3 He was designated as such to Moses when, at the bidding of his master, he was carrying on war with the Amalekites.' In this campaign God's care of Joshua was plainly seen. Joshua had co...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 2My original intention was to continue Volume II up to the death of Moses, but the legendary material clustering around the life and death of Moses is so abundant that practical con siderations demanded the division of this material, in order not to make the second volume too bulky. The division chosen is a natural one. This volume closes with the Exodus, and contains the deeds of Moses in Egypt, whil...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 3: Bible Times and Characters, From the Exodus to the Death of MosesIsrael gathered together. Hence his unique position in Jew ish legend, neither Abraham, the friend of God, nor Solomon, the wisest of all men, nor Elijah, the helper in time Of need. Can lay claim to such a position.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotten...

Excerpt from Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah StudiesThe third Responsum is an answer to the following question: One of two witnesses who had signed a bill of divorce declared that the divorce was not valid, because the husband was forced by the ruler of the place, msw, to divorce his wife. In his answer the Gaon treats very exhaustively the legal maxim Tam um um 31w $a in, showing when witnesses may modify statements made by them previously.About the...

Excerpt from Geonica: The Geonim and Their Halakic WritingsConscious of the fact that in many respects I have chosen a way which not all will be ready to follow, I only claim credit for having undertaken anew the examination of some important questions relating to the history of the Geonim, which may lead others to study this very obscure period of Jewish history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and cl...