Legends of the Jews, By Louis Ginzberg

THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS FROM JOSHUA TO ESTHER
BY LOUIS GINZBERG
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT

CONTENTS

I JOSHUA
The Servant of Moses Entering the Promised Land
Conquest of the Land
The Sun Obeys Joshua
War with the Armenians
Allotment of the Land

II THE JUDGES
The First Judge
Campaigns of Kenas
Othniel
Boaz and Ruth
Deborah
Gideon
Jephthah
Samson
The Crime of the Benjamites

III SAMUEL AND SAUL
Elkanah and Hannah
The Youth of Samuel
Eli and His Sons
The Activities of Samuel
The Reign of Saul
The Court of Saul

IV DAVID
David's Birth and Descent
Anointed King
Encounter with Goliath
Pursued by Saul
Wars
Ahithophel
Joab
David's Piety and His Sin
Absalom's Rebellion
David's Atonement
Visitations
The Death of David
David in Paradise
The Family of David
His Tomb

V SOLOMON
Solomon Punishes Joab
The Marriage of Solomon
His Wisdom
The Queen of Sheba
Solomon Master of the Demons
The Building of the Temple
The Throne of Solomon
The Hippodrome
Lessons in Humility
Asmodeus
Solomon as Beggar
The Court of Solomon

VI JUDAH AND ISRAEL
The Division of the Kingdom
Jeroboam
The Two Ahijabs
Asa
Jehoshaphat and Ahab
Jezebel
Joram of Israel

VII ELIJAH
Elijah before His Translation
After His Translation
Censor and Avenger
Intercourse with the Sages
God's Justice Vindicated
Elijah and the Angel of Death
Teacher of the Kabbalah
Forerunner of the Messiah

VIII ELISHA AND JONAH
Elisha the Disciple of Elijah
The Shunammite
Gehazi
The Flight of Jonah
Jonah in the Whale
The Repentance of Nineveh

IX THE LATER KINGS OF JUDAH
Joash
Three Great Prophets
The Two Kingdoms Chastised
Hezekjah
Miracles Wrought for Hezekiah
Manasseh
Josiah and His Successors

X THE EXILE
Zedekiah
Jeremiah
Nebuchadnezzar
The Capture of Jerusalem
The Great Lament
Jeremiah's Journey to Babylon
Transportation of the Captives
The Sons of Moses
Ebedmelech
The Temple Vessels
Baruch
The Tombs of Baruch and Ezekie1
Daniel
The Three Men in the Furnace
Ezekiel Revives the Dead
Nebuchadnezzar a Beast
Hiram
The False Prophets
Daniel's Piety

XI THE RETURN OF THE CAPTIVITY
Belshazzar's Feast
Daniel under the Persian Kings
The Grave of Daniel
Zerubbabel
Ezra
The Men of the Great Assembly

XII ESTHER
The Feast for the Grandees
The Festivities in Shushan
Vashti's Banquet
The Fate of Vashti
The Follies of Ahasuerus
Mordecai
Esther's Beauty and Piety
The Conspiracy Haman the Jew-baiter
Mordecai's Pride
Casting the Lots
The Denunciation of the Jews
The Decree of Annihilation
Satan Indicts the Jews
The Dream of Mordecai Fulfilled
The Prayer of Esther
Esther Intercedes
The Disturbed Night
The Fall of Haman
The Edict of the King

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