THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS

BY LOUIS GINZBERG


TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT BY

HENRIETTA SZOLD


VOLUME I


BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS

FROM THE CREATION TO JACOB




TO MY BROTHER ASHER


PREFACE

Was sich nie und nirgends hat
begeben, das allein veraltet nie.


The term Rabbinic was applied to the Jewish Literature of