The Legends of the Jews, Volume 4

About this eBook

Author

Ginzberg, Louis, 1873-1953

Title

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4

Credits

David Reed

Language

English

LoC Class

BM: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Judaism

Subject

Aggada -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2882

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2882

Release Date

October 1, 2001

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Legends of the Jews — by Louis Ginzberg — TRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT — VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS FROM JOSHUA TO ESTHER
2. 2.Contents
3. 3.I. JOSHUA — THE SERVANT OF MOSES — ENTERING THE PROMISED LAND — CONQUEST OF THE LAND — THE SUN OBEYS JOSHUA — WAR WITH THE ARMENIANS — ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND
4. 4.II. THE JUDGES — THE FIRST JUDGE — CAMPAIGNS OF KENAZ — OTHNIEL — BOAZ AND RUTH — DEBORAH — GIDEON — JEPHTHAH — SAMSON — THE CRIME OF THE BENJAMITES
5. 5.III. SAMUEL AND SAUL — ELKANAH AND HANNAH — THE YOUTH OF SAMUEL — ELI AND HIS SONS — THE ACTIVITIES OF SAMUEL — THE REIGN OF SAUL — THE COURT OF SAUL
6. 6.IV. DAVID — DAVID'S BIRTH AND DESCENT — ANOINTED KING — ENCOUNTER WITH GOLIATH — PURSUED BY SAUL — WARS — AHITHOPHEL — JOAB — DAVID'S PIETY AND HIS SIN — ABSALOM'S REBELLION — DAVID'S ATONEMENT — VISITATIONS — THE DEATH OF DAVID — DAVID IN PARADISE — THE FAMILY OF DAVID — HIS TOMB
7. 7.V. SOLOMON — SOLOMON PUNISHES JOAB — THE MARRIAGE OF SOLOMON — HIS WISDOM — THE QUEEN OF SHEBA — SOLOMON MASTER OF THE DEMONS — THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE — THE THRONE OF SOLOMON — THE HIPPODROME — LESSONS IN HUMILITY — ASMODEUS — SOLOMON AS BEGGAR — THE COURT OF SOLOMON
8. 8.VI. JUDAH AND ISRAEL — THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM — JEROBOAM — THE TWO ABIJAHS — ASA — JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAB — JEZEBEL — JORAM OF ISRAEL
9. 9.VII. ELIJAH — ELIJAH BEFORE HIS TRANSLATION — AFTER HIS TRANSLATION — CENSOR AND AVENGER — INTERCOURSE WITH THE SAGES — GOD'S JUSTICE VINDICATED — ELIJAH AND THE ANGEL OF DEATH — TEACHER OF THE KABBALAH — FORERUNNER OF THE MESSIAH
10. 10.VIII. ELISHA AND JONAH — ELISHA THE DISCIPLE OF ELIJAH — THE SHUNAMMITE — GEHAZI — THE FLIGHT OF JONAH — JONAH IN THE WHALE — THE REPENTANCE OF NINEVEH
11. 11.IX. THE LATER KINGS OF JUDAH — JOASH — THREE GREAT PROPHETS — THE TWO KINGDOMS CHASTISED — HEZEKIAH — MIRACLES WROUGHT FOR HEZEKIAH — MANASSEH — JOSIAH AND HIS SUCCESSORS
12. 12.X. THE EXILE — ZEDEKIAH — JEREMIAH — NEBUCHADNEZZAR — THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM — THE GREAT LAMENT — JEREMIAH'S JOURNEY TO BABYLON — TRANSPORTATION OF THE CAPTIVES — THE SONS OF MOSES — EBED-MELECH — THE TEMPLE VESSELS — BARUCH — THE TOMBS OF BARUCH AND EZEKIEL — DANIEL — THE THREE MEN IN THE FURNACE — EZEKIEL REVIVES THE DEAD — NEBUCHADNEZZAR A BEAST — HIRAM — THE FALSE PROPHETS — DANIEL'S PIETY
13. 13.XI. THE RETURN OF THE CAPTIVITY — BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST — DANIEL UNDER THE PERSIAN KINGS — THE GRAVE OF DANIEL — ZERUBBABEL — EZRA — THE MEN OF THE GREAT ASSEMBLY
14. 14.XII. ESTHER — THE FEAST FOR THE GRANDEES — THE FESTIVITIES IN SHUSHAN — VASTHI'S BANQUET — THE FATE OF VASHTI — THE FOLLIES OF AHASUERUS — MORDECAI — ESTHER'S BEAUTY AND PIETY — THE CONSPIRACY — HAMAN THE JEW-BAITER — MORDECAI'S PRIDE — CASTING THE LOTS — THE DENUNCIATION OF THE JEWS — THE DECREE OF ANNIHILATION — SATAN INDICTS THE JEWS — THE DREAM OF MORDECAI FULFILLED — THE PRAYER OF ESTHER — ESTHER INTERCEDES — THE DISTURBED NIGHT — THE FALL OF HAMAN — THE EDICT OF THE KING

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