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This volume assembles traditional Jewish legends that expand and retell biblical episodes from Joseph's rise and suffering through the Exodus, arranging narrative episodes and moralizing anecdotes. It retells Joseph's youth, betrayal, slavery, rise in Egypt, and family reunions; gathers orations and parting words ascribed to Jacob's sons; presents legendary versions of Job's trials; and recounts Moses' birth, early life, confrontations with Pharaoh, and the plagues leading to Israel's redemption. Emphases include providence, moral testing and measure-for-measure justice, and the transmission of piety across generations, blending folkloric motifs with midrashic interpretation.

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Title: The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2

Author: Louis Ginzberg

Translator: Henrietta Szold

Release date: October 1, 1998 [eBook #1494]
Most recently updated: February 4, 2022

Language: English

Credits: Charles Keller

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The Legends of the Jews

by Louis Ginzberg

TRANSLATED PROM THE GERMAN MANUSCRIPT BY
HENRIETTA SZOLD



VOLUME II
BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS
FROM JOSEPH TO THE EXODUS