The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
by Louis Ginzberg
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Contents
- Preface
- 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
- 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 Punishment
- Sabbath in Heaven
- Adam's Repentance
- The Book of Raziel
- The Sickness of Adam
- Eve's Story of the Fall
- The Death of Adam
- The Death of Eve
- The Birth of Cain
- Fratricide
- The Punishment of Cain
- The Inhabitants of the Seven Earths
- The Descendants of Cain
- The Descendants of Adam and Lilith
- Seth and His Descendants
- Enosh
- The Fall of the Angels
- Enoch, Ruler and Teacher
- The Ascension of Enoch
- The Translation of Enoch
- Methuselah
- The Birth of Noah
- The Punishment of the Fallen Angels
- The Generation of the Deluge
- The Holy Book
- The Inmates of the Ark
- The Flood
- Noah Leaves the Ark
- The Curse of Drunkenness
- Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad
- The Depravity of Mankind
- Nimrod
- The Tower of Babel
- The Wicked Generations
- The Birth of Abraham
- The Babe Proclaims God
- Abraham's First Appearance in Public
- The Preacher of the True Faith
- In the Fiery Furnace
- Abraham Emigrates to Haran
- The Star in the East
- The True Believer
- The Iconoclast
- Abraham in Canaan
- His Sojourn in Egypt
- The First Pharaoh
- The War of the Kings
- The Covenant of the Pieces
- The Birth of Ishmael
- The Visit of the Angels
- The Cities of Sin
- Abraham Pleads for the Sinners
- The Destruction of the Sinful Cities
- Among the Philistines
- The Birth of Isaac
- Ishmael Cast Off
- The Two Wives of Ishmael
- The Covenant with Abimelech
- Satan Accuses Abraham
- The Journey to Moriah
- The 'Akedah
- The Death and Burial of Sarah
- Eliezer's Mission
- The Wooing of Rebekah
- The Last Years of Abraham
- A Herald of Death
- Abraham Views Earth and Heaven
- The Patron of Hebron
- The Birth of Esau and Jacob
- The Favorite of Abraham
- The Sale of the Birthright
- Isaac with the Philistines
- Isaac Blesses Jacob
- Esau's True Character Revealed
- Jacob Leaves His Father's House
- Jacob Pursued by Eliphaz and Esau
- The Day of Miracles
- Jacob with Laban
- The Marriage of Jacob
- The Birth of Jacob's Children
- Jacob Flees Before Laban
- The Covenant with Laban
- Jacob and Esau Prepare to Meet
- Jacob Wrestles with the Angel
- The Meeting Between Esau and Jacob
- The Outrage at Shechem
- A War Frustrated
- The War with the Ninevites
- The War with the Amorites
- Isaac Blesses Levi and Judah
- Joy and Sorrow in the House of Jacob
- Esau's Campaign Against Jacob
- The Descendants of Esau