The Legends of the Jews: Notes to Volumbes 1 and 2 ; From the Creation to the Exodus: Vol 5

Ginzberg, Louis/ Szold, Henrietta (Translator)/ Radin, Paul (Translator)

ISBN 10: 0801858941 / ISBN 13: 9780801858949

Published by Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1998

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reprint edition. 446 pages. 8.00x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Legends of the Jews: Notes to Volumbes 1 and 2 ; From the Creation to the Exodus: Vol 5
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801858941
• ISBN 13: 9780801858949
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.51 kilograms

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Synopsis

The notes for Volumes One and Two tell where legends appear and reappear, where versions differ and where they contradict each other. When legends have been the subject of learned interpretation or debate, Ginzberg provides guidance to the commentaries and disputants; when the legends are part of a larger controversy, he provides context.

Review

Nothing better illustrates the odd intimacy of the Bible and interpretation than Legends of the Jews, a seven volume set of biblical interpretations that was compiled by the famous Judaic scholar Louis Ginzburg nine decades ago, and that remains unsurpassed and indispensable today.

(Boston Book Review, December 1998)