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The Legends of the Jews: Volume 1: From the Creation to Jacob

Door Louis Ginzberg

Categorie
Israël & Judaica
Boeknummer
#339985-XF19
Titel
The Legends of the Jews: Volume 1: From the Creation to Jacob
Auteur
Ginzberg, Louis
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Baltimore/London : The Johns Hopkins University Press
Jaar van uitgave
1998
ISBN10
0801858909
ISBN13
9780801858901
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
"A truly monumental work of scholarship... Read for pleasure by millions of Jews and Christians, consulted by students, scholars, and ordinary folk, The Legends of the Jews has itself become legendary, the magnum opus of one of the twentieth century's greatest and most original Jewish scholars."-James R. Kugel, from the Introduction

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. From the second to the fourteenth centuries, the Talmud, Midrash, and their Targums
... (Lees verder) incorporated apocryphal views of Biblical persons and events to help explain scripture. Other legends found their way into the Kabbalah, into Biblical commentaries, and into Christian literature.
Pagina's
424
Conditie
Redelijk — Some markings with ballpoint pen.
Prijs
€ 9,00

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