The Legends of the Jews, Volume IV: From Joshua to Esther
by Louis Ginzberg
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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 silences of the Bible.Tags
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This seemed to be less interesting than the other books and I am not really sure why to be honest.
Title page says it is translated from the German Manuscript. Lots of Midrash wonderfully written.
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Louis Ginzberg was born in Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania, in 1873. He began his university studies in mathematics but eventually turned to the study of religion. His doctoral dissertation, which documented the survival of various Jewish elaborations of the Bible in the writings of the Church Fathers, prefigured his later work. He emigrated to show more America in 1899 and became a renowned Judaic scholar. He died in New York City in 1953. show less
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