Legends of Old Testament characters, from the Talmud and other sources
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.
LONDON
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
S. Baring-Gould
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Legends of Old Testament Characters.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
1. THE CREATION OF MAN.
2. THE PRE-ADAMITES.
1. THE TRANSLATION OF ENOCH.
2. THE BOOK OF ENOCH.
1. HIS YOUTH AND EARLY STRUGGLES.
2. THE CALL OF ABRAHAM, AND THE VISIT TO EGYPT.
3. THE WAR WITH THE KINGS.
4. THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL.
5. THE DESTRUCTION Of SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
6. THE BIRTH OF ISAAC.
7. THE EXPULSION OF HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.
8. THE STRIFE BETWEEN THE SHEPHERDS.
9. THE GROVE IN BEER-SHEBA.
11. THE DEATH OF SARAH.
12. THE MARRIAGE OF ISAAC.
13. THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM.
1. ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
2. THE BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF MOSES.
3. THE YOUTH AND MARRIAGE OF MOSES.
4. MOSES BEFORE PHARAOH.
5. THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA.
6. THE GIVING OF THE LAW.
9. MOSES VISITS EL KHOUDR.
12. THE WARS OF THE ISRAELITES.
14. THE DEATH OF MOSES.
1. WAR WITH THE PHILISTINES.—GOLIATH SLAIN.
2. SAUL’S JEALOUSY OF DAVID.
3. THE DEATH OF SAUL.
1. HOW SOLOMON OBTAINED POWER.
2. HOW SOLOMON FEASTED ALL FLESH.
4. THE TRAVELS OF SOLOMON.
5. THE HISTORY OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA.
6. SOLOMON’S ADVENTURE WITH THE APES.
7. SOLOMON MARRIES THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH.
8. HOW SOLOMON LOST AND RECOVERED HIS RING.
9. THE DEATH OF SOLOMON.
