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Fra gli eroi dell'Antico Testamento, Mosè è forse quello che più di tutti ha rappresentato, agli occhi degli uomini di ogni tempo, l'avvolgente complessità e l'inesauribile ricchezza del testo biblico. Protagonista del ciclo narrativo più ampio, personaggio multiforme e contradditorio, diviso fra due terre e due appartenenze, in bilico fra elezione e condanna, Mosè è lo straniero e il liberatore, il taumaturgo e l'inadempiente. Ma soprattutto ...

The present volume, which has been out of print for some time, pertains to matters stretching from the time they entered the Promised Land, under the commanding lead of their anointed ruler, Joshua, until the rule of Queen Esther, including the period of the Judges, the reign of kings Solomon and David, the dividing of the kingdom, the captivity, and the return from exile.

Excerpt: ..."Here are they who have made all thou seest on earth, they who have created also me and thee and all men on the earth, " and he bowed down before his gods, and left the hall with his son. Abraham went thence to his mother, and he spoke to her, saying: "Behold, my father has shown those unto me who made heaven and earth and all the sons of men. Now, therefore, hasten and fetch a kid from the flock, and make of it savory meat, that I...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Moses in the wilderness

Includes Joshua, the Judges, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Elijah, and Esther

Joseph, the Sons of Jacob, Job and Moses in Egypt,

The Creation, Adam, Noah, Abraham and Jacob

Excerpt from The Gaon, R. Elijah Wilna Address Delivered in Commemoration, of the Two Hundredth Anniversary, of His Birth We 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 ...

Excerpt from Geonica: The Geonim and Their Halakic Writings The centuries between the final redaction of the Talmud and the beginning of Jewish culture in the West is one of the most obscure periods in the history of the Jews of post-Biblical times. If we regard the literary productiveness of a people as the only standard by which to measure its culture, then we must confess that this was a period of decline, the Geonic epoch has not brought ...

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 Legends of the Jews, Vol. 2 My 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, wh...

Here is a kaleidoscope of tales, a key to many of the richest literary and artistic traditions of the western world: Adam's ascent into Heaven in a chariot, Abraham's trail by fire, Jonah's fabulous adventrure in the whale, the life of Moses, Hannah's desire for a son, Solomon as a beggar, the wooing of Rebekah, and Balshazzar's feast. This is storytelling with a grain of salt and a lot of wit, tales springing from the antiquity of oral tradit...

Explores the rich crop of legends that occur in the Old Testament, many of which are the key to the richest literary and artistic traditions of the Western world. The stories include: Abraham's trial by fire, Jonah's adventure in the whale, David and Goliath, and Cain and Abel.

Excerpt from Geonica, Vol. 2: Genizah Studies The 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...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 1: Bible Times and Characters From the Creation to JacobThe school and the home are not mutually opposed to each other in the conception of the Jews. They study in their homes, and they live in their schools. Likewise there is no distinct class of scholars among them, a class that withdraws itself from participation in the affairs of practical life. Even in the domain of the Halakah, the Rabbis were n...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4: Bible Times and Characters From Joshua to Esther Later 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 ...

Excerpt from The Legends of the Jews, Vol. 3: Bible Times and Characters, From the Exodus to the Death of Moses Moses is regarded not only as the greatest religious guide of Israel, but also as its first national leader, he is the wisest of the wise, the father of the prophets. As well as king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel gathered together. Hence his unique position in Jew ish legend, neither Abraham, the...

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