The Legends of the Jews, 2-Volume Set
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 to which one turns to learn about the postbiblical understanding of a biblical episode, or to discover the source for biblical legends that cannot be traced directly to the Bible. Ginzberg scoured Jewish…
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Weitere Autoren: Stern, David M. (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-8276-0709-5
- EAN: 9780827607095
- Produktnummer: 9207007
- Verlag: Jewish Pubn Soc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 1650 S.
- Masse: H28.6 cm x B16.8 cm x D10.2 cm 3'080 g
- Auflage: 2. A.
- Gewicht: 3080
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