LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE is a kaleidoscope of tales, a key to many of the richest literary and artistic traditions of the western world: Adam's ascent into Heaven in a chariot, Abraham's trial by fire and others. This is storytelling with a grain of salt and a lot of wit; tales springing from the antiquity of oral tradition, and containing many of the same spiritual values found in the Bible, yet seen in new dimensions. Each tale has come through hundreds of generations of people whose thoughts and deeds were transformed by The Book.

Product Information

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Title: Legends of the Bible
By: Louis Ginzberg
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 686
Vendor: Jewish Publication Society
Publication Date: 1992

Dimensions: 6 X 9 X 1.25 (inches)
Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 0827604041
ISBN-13: 9780827604049
Stock No: WW04041

Publisher's Description

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Widely read with reverence, the books of the Bible have moved minds and hearts for thousands of years. The content and words of Scripture inspired the legends of the Bible. This single volume contains a selection of tales chosen from the classic The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, acknowledged as one of the world's outstanding talmudic scholars.