The first books of the Bible describe powerfully but briefly the creation, the first generations of humanity, and the early history of the Jews. In addition to their power to inspire thought and worship, they inspired imagination. Much of the richness of Jewish belief and wisdom comes from the many legends that answered questions raised by the ...
"Szold's never before published journal exposes the deep chasm between the Henrietta Sxold of Hadassah legend: the unmarried career woman, capable and self-assured; and, the disappointed lover, vulnerable, aware of her own sensual nature, and passionate to the point of despair."
As the Boston Book Review wrote in December 1998: "Nothing better illustrates the odd intimacy of the Bible and interpretation than The Legends of the Jews, a seven volume set of biblical interpretations that was compiled by the famous Judaic scholar Louis Ginzburg nine decades ago, and that remains unsurpassed and indispensable today.." This ...
The arrangement and presentation of the material in this volume are the same as in Volume I. In both my efforts have been directed to bringing together as full as possible a collection of Jewish legends that deal with Biblical personages and events. The sources of those legends and explanations of some of them will be given in the last volume of ...
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