Legends of the Jews (2-Volume Set)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1650
ISBN-13: 9780827607095
Subjects: Folklore; Jewish studies; Religion; Judaism - Sacred Writings; Bible; Translations into English; Religion - Judaism; O.T; Midrash; Legends; Aggada; Bible - Stories - General; Judaism - General; Legends, Jewish
Description: The JPS classic reissue of a Jewish masterpiece, reset in two volumes with all new indexes. To this day, Legends of the Jews 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.