Hanukah.com presents The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1 by Louis Ginzberg Select from a chapter below or click here to return to the last page you've read. Chapters Section List page 1 Credits - Project Gutenberg page 19 Credits - Web Edition page 20 Title and notes page 21 Dedication page 22 PREFACE page 40 I - THE CREATION OF THE WORLD page 41 THE FIRST THINGS CREATED page 47 THE ALPHABET page 53 THE FIRST DAY page 64 THE SECOND DAY page 74 THE THIRD DAY page 85 THE FOURTH DAY page 92 THE FIFTH DAY page 99 THE SIXTH DAY page 124 ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD page 132 II - ADAM page 134 ADAM - MAN AND THE WORLD page 141 THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION OF MAN page 146 THE CREATION OF ADAM page 149 THE SOUL OF MAN page 157 THE IDEAL MAN page 164 THE FALL OF SATAN page 168 WOMAN page 178 ADAM AND EVE IN PARADISE page 183 THE FALL OF MAN page 191 THE PUNISHMENT page 208 SABBATH IN HEAVEN page 215 ADAM'S REPENTANCE page 222 THE BOOK OF RAZIEL page 229 THE SICKNESS OF ADAM page 233 EVE'S STORY OF THE FALL page 242 THE DEATH OF ADAM page 248 THE DEATH OF EVE page 252 III - THE TEN GENERATIONS page 254 THE BIRTH OF CAIN page 258 FRATRICIDE page 264 THE PUNISHMENT OF CAIN page 272 THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEVEN EARTHS page 277 THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN page 283 THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM AND LILITH page 289 SETH AND HIS DESCENDANTS page 292 ENOSH page 297 THE FALL OF THE ANGELS page 304 ENOCH, RULER AND TEACHER page 310 THE ASCENSION OF ENOCH page 325 THE TRANSLATION OF ENOCH page 332 METHUSELAH page 335 IV - NOAH page 337 THE BIRTH OF NOAH page 343 THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FALLEN ANGELS page 351 THE GENERATION OF THE DELUGE page 357 THE HOLY BOOK page 363 THE INMATES OF THE ARK page 372 THE FLOOD page 380 NOAH LEAVES THE ARK page 386 THE CURSE OF DRUNKENNESS page 394 NOAH'S DESCENDANTS SPREAD ABROAD page 403 THE DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND page 408 NIMROD page 413 THE TOWER OF BABEL page 418 V - ABRAHAM page 421 THE WICKED GENERATIONS page 424 THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM page 430 THE BABE PROCLAIMS GOD page 438 ABRAHAM'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC page 442 THE PREACHER OF THE TRUE FAITH page 449 IN THE FIERY FURNACE page 460 ABRAHAM EMIGRATES TO HARAN page 467 THE STAR IN THE EAST page 473 THE TRUE BELIEVER page 481 THE ICONOCLAST page 490 ABRAHAM IN CANAAN page 497 HIS SOJOURN IN EGYPT page 506 THE FIRST PHARAOH page 511 THE WAR OF THE KINGS page 525 THE COVENANT OF THE PIECES page 531 THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL page 538 THE VISIT OF THE ANGELS page 548 THE CITIES OF SIN page 559 ABRAHAM PLEADS FOR THE SINNERS page 565 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SINFUL CITIES page 575 AMONG THE PHILISTINES page 583 THE BIRTH OF ISAAC page 588 ISHMAEL CAST OFF page 593 THE TWO WIVES OF ISHMAEL page 599 THE COVENANT WITH ABIMELECH page 605 SATAN ACCUSES ABRAHAM page 610 THE JOURNEY TO MORIAH page 621 THE 'AKEDAH page 636 THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH page 647 ELIEZER'S MISSION page 654 THE WOOING OF REBEKAH page 662 THE LAST YEARS OF ABRAHAM page 666 A HERALD OF DEATH page 674 ABRAHAM VIEWS EARTH AND HEAVEN page 681 THE PATRON OF HEBRON page 686 VI - JACOB page 688 THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB page 698 THE FAVORITE OF ABRAHAM page 703 THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT page 712 ISAAC WITH THE PHILISTINES page 725 ISAAC BLESSES JACOB page 743 ESAU'S TRUE CHARACTER REVEALED page 751 JACOB LEAVES HIS FATHER'S HOUSE page 762 JACOB PURSUED BY ELIPHAZ AND ESAU page 770 THE DAY OF MIRACLES page 782 JACOB WITH LABAN page 789 THE MARRIAGE OF JACOB page 796 THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN page 812 JACOB FLEES BEFORE LABAN page 818 THE COVENANT WITH LABAN page 829 JACOB AND ESAU PREPARE TO MEET page 844 JACOB WRESTLES WITH THE ANGEL page 853 THE MEETING BETWEEN ESAU AND JACOB page 868 THE OUTRAGE AT SHECHEM page 878 A WAR FRUSTRATED page 886 THE WAR WITH THE NINEVITES page 896 THE WAR WITH THE AMORITES page 903 ISAAC BLESSES LEVI AND JUDAH page 907 JOY AND SORROW IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB page 913 ESAU'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST JACOB page 923 THE DESCENDANTS OF ESAU
Hanukah.com presents
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1 by Louis Ginzberg
Select from a chapter below or click here to return to the last page you've read.
Chapters Section List page 1 Credits - Project Gutenberg page 19 Credits - Web Edition
page 20 Title and notes page 21 Dedication page 22 PREFACE
page 40 I - THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
page 41 THE FIRST THINGS CREATED page 47 THE ALPHABET page 53 THE FIRST DAY page 64 THE SECOND DAY page 74 THE THIRD DAY page 85 THE FOURTH DAY page 92 THE FIFTH DAY page 99 THE SIXTH DAY page 124 ALL THINGS PRAISE THE LORD
page 132 II - ADAM
page 134 ADAM - MAN AND THE WORLD page 141 THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION OF MAN page 146 THE CREATION OF ADAM page 149 THE SOUL OF MAN page 157 THE IDEAL MAN page 164 THE FALL OF SATAN page 168 WOMAN page 178 ADAM AND EVE IN PARADISE page 183 THE FALL OF MAN page 191 THE PUNISHMENT page 208 SABBATH IN HEAVEN page 215 ADAM'S REPENTANCE page 222 THE BOOK OF RAZIEL page 229 THE SICKNESS OF ADAM page 233 EVE'S STORY OF THE FALL page 242 THE DEATH OF ADAM page 248 THE DEATH OF EVE
page 252 III - THE TEN GENERATIONS
page 254 THE BIRTH OF CAIN page 258 FRATRICIDE page 264 THE PUNISHMENT OF CAIN page 272 THE INHABITANTS OF THE SEVEN EARTHS page 277 THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN page 283 THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM AND LILITH page 289 SETH AND HIS DESCENDANTS page 292 ENOSH page 297 THE FALL OF THE ANGELS page 304 ENOCH, RULER AND TEACHER page 310 THE ASCENSION OF ENOCH page 325 THE TRANSLATION OF ENOCH page 332 METHUSELAH page 335 IV - NOAH page 337 THE BIRTH OF NOAH page 343 THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FALLEN ANGELS page 351 THE GENERATION OF THE DELUGE page 357 THE HOLY BOOK page 363 THE INMATES OF THE ARK page 372 THE FLOOD page 380 NOAH LEAVES THE ARK page 386 THE CURSE OF DRUNKENNESS page 394 NOAH'S DESCENDANTS SPREAD ABROAD page 403 THE DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND page 408 NIMROD page 413 THE TOWER OF BABEL
page 418 V - ABRAHAM
page 421 THE WICKED GENERATIONS page 424 THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM page 430 THE BABE PROCLAIMS GOD page 438 ABRAHAM'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC page 442 THE PREACHER OF THE TRUE FAITH page 449 IN THE FIERY FURNACE page 460 ABRAHAM EMIGRATES TO HARAN page 467 THE STAR IN THE EAST page 473 THE TRUE BELIEVER page 481 THE ICONOCLAST page 490 ABRAHAM IN CANAAN page 497 HIS SOJOURN IN EGYPT page 506 THE FIRST PHARAOH page 511 THE WAR OF THE KINGS page 525 THE COVENANT OF THE PIECES page 531 THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL page 538 THE VISIT OF THE ANGELS page 548 THE CITIES OF SIN page 559 ABRAHAM PLEADS FOR THE SINNERS page 565 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SINFUL CITIES page 575 AMONG THE PHILISTINES page 583 THE BIRTH OF ISAAC page 588 ISHMAEL CAST OFF page 593 THE TWO WIVES OF ISHMAEL page 599 THE COVENANT WITH ABIMELECH page 605 SATAN ACCUSES ABRAHAM page 610 THE JOURNEY TO MORIAH page 621 THE 'AKEDAH page 636 THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH page 647 ELIEZER'S MISSION page 654 THE WOOING OF REBEKAH page 662 THE LAST YEARS OF ABRAHAM page 666 A HERALD OF DEATH page 674 ABRAHAM VIEWS EARTH AND HEAVEN page 681 THE PATRON OF HEBRON
page 686 VI - JACOB
page 688 THE BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB page 698 THE FAVORITE OF ABRAHAM page 703 THE SALE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT page 712 ISAAC WITH THE PHILISTINES page 725 ISAAC BLESSES JACOB page 743 ESAU'S TRUE CHARACTER REVEALED page 751 JACOB LEAVES HIS FATHER'S HOUSE page 762 JACOB PURSUED BY ELIPHAZ AND ESAU page 770 THE DAY OF MIRACLES page 782 JACOB WITH LABAN page 789 THE MARRIAGE OF JACOB page 796 THE BIRTH OF JACOB'S CHILDREN page 812 JACOB FLEES BEFORE LABAN page 818 THE COVENANT WITH LABAN page 829 JACOB AND ESAU PREPARE TO MEET page 844 JACOB WRESTLES WITH THE ANGEL page 853 THE MEETING BETWEEN ESAU AND JACOB page 868 THE OUTRAGE AT SHECHEM page 878 A WAR FRUSTRATED page 886 THE WAR WITH THE NINEVITES page 896 THE WAR WITH THE AMORITES page 903 ISAAC BLESSES LEVI AND JUDAH page 907 JOY AND SORROW IN THE HOUSE OF JACOB page 913 ESAU'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST JACOB page 923 THE DESCENDANTS OF ESAU
