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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Legends, Jewish, History / Jewish, Religion / Judaism / General, Religion / Judaism / Rituals

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Legends, Jewish, History / Jewish, Religion / Judaism / General, Religion / Judaism / Rituals

This collection includes vol. I: A Midrash and Haggadah, vol. II: Geonic and Early Karatic Halakah, and vol. III: Liturgical and Secular Poetry. These studies, written in honor of Solomon Schecter by his colleagues, are about Hebrew texts found in the Cairo Geniza.

This collection includes vol. I: A Midrash and Haggadah, vol. II: Geonic and Early Karatic Halakah, and vol. III: Liturgical and Secular Poetry. These studies, written in honor of Solomon Schecter by his colleagues, are about Hebrew texts found in the Cairo Geniza.

To this day Legends of the Jews originally published in 1901-1938, 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. Legends is the first book ...