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The volume compiles folkloric and extra-biblical narratives attached to Hebrew scriptures, drawing on Talmudic, Rabbinic, Islamic, Persian, and Kabbalistic sources. Arranged by figure and episode—from primeval lore and patriarchal tales through lawgivers, judges, and kings—it retells variant versions of familiar incidents, offers legendary expansions and etiological motifs, and explains how symbolic readings and cultural borrowings shaped each legend. Alongside narrative paraphrase, it surveys origins and transmission, contrasting poetic, polemical, and imaginative strands that account for the diversity of tradition.

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Title: Legends of Old Testament characters, from the Talmud and other sources

Author: S. Baring-Gould

Release date: November 30, 2023 [eBook #72268]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Macmillan and Co, 1871

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Legends of Old Testament Characters.

Legends Of Old Testament Characters,
From
The Talmud and Other Sources.
By The
Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A.,
Author of “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” “The Origin and Development of
Religious Belief,” “In Exitu Israel,” etc.
London and New York:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1871.
[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]
LONDON
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.