Who is wise? Who performs magic? What are the levels of Heaven and the regions of Hell? Volume Seven points to the answers with carefully keyed indexes to the Biblical, Talmudic, Tannaitic, Kaballistic, Apocryphal, Latin, Patristic, and Hellenistic sources of the legends and notes. The volume also includes an index to Hebrew words.
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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 )
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This review is from: The Legends of the Jews: Index to Volumes 1 through 6 (Volume 7) (Paperback)
Ginzberg has, in these volumes, assembled & organized a massive selection of Rabbinic texts that might not otherwise have been open to public scrutiny/appreciation. You'll recognize the stories from sunday school perhaps, but the details are much more esoteric than what you're used to. These were passed down in an oral tradition in which those transmitting the knowledge were sworn to an oath not to change so much as "a single iota". They didn't, & the result is as bizarre as it is symbolic & fascinating. Not a Christian or a Jew? No matter. These volumes will be of interest to all who consider themselves mystics. PURE GOLD.
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