Legends of the Bible

Louis Ginzberg has been recognized as one of the most profound Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. His compilation of Biblical legends originally appeared in a massive seven-volume edition with notes in nearly forty languages. Ginzberg researched works from the Latin Church Fathers, as well as the Rabbinic traditions and scoured documents from over twenty centuries scattered throughout the Mediterranean world.

Filled with the same spiritual values as the Bible itself, these legends give new life, new color and new dimensions to the best-known figures in all literature.

Along with providing a key to innumerable artistic and literary references, Legends of the Bible will add immeasurably to the understanding, appreciation and love of the Bible itself.