interpretations given, and, especially, numerous emendations of
the text of the Midrashim and the pseudepigrapha, which
determined my conception of the passages so emended, will be
found in the last volume, the fourth, which will contain also an
Introduction to the History of Jewish Legends, a number of
Excursuses, and the Index.

As the first three volumes are in the hands of the printer almost
in their entirety, I venture to express the hope that the whole
work will appear within measurable time, the parts following each
other at short intervals.

LOUIS GINZBERG.

NEW YORK, March 24, 1909



CONTENTS

PREFACE
I. THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
The First Things Created--The Alphabet--The First Day--The Second
Day--The Third Day--The Fourth Day--The Fifth Day--The Sixth
Day--All Things Praise the Lord.

II. ADAM
Man and the World--The Angels and the Creation of Man--The
Creation of Adam--The Soul of Man--The Ideal Man--The Fall of
Satan--Woman--Adam and Eve in Paradise--The Fall of Man--The