Louis Ginzberg
Personal Information
Born November 28, 1873
Died November 11, 1953 (79 years old)
Kaunas, Russian Empire
Also known as: Louis Ginzberg, Louis, Ginzberg
14 books
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Description
A Talmudist of the twentieth century.
Books
Newest First
Legends of the Jews
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The JPS classic reissue of a Jewish masterpiece, reset in two volumes with all new indexes. To this day, Legends of the Jews remains a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic co-exist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs. Legends is the first book to which one turns to learn about the postbiblical understanding of a biblical episode, or to discover the source for biblical legends that cannot be traced directly to the Bible.