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The Legends of the Jews
by Louis Ginzberg

Translated from the German Manuscript

IV

Bible Times and Characters

From Joshua to Esther

1913

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 Kenaz — 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 Abijahs — 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 — Hezekiah — 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 — Ebed-melech — The Temple Vessels — Baruch — The Tombs of Baruch and Ezekiel — 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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