Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg)

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Selections from Louis Ginzberg's monumental Legends of the Jews, a seven-volume compilation that weaves together aggadic material from the Talmud, Midrash, and other rabbinic literature into a continuous narrative.

Marriage of Asenath and Joseph

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:182

Her story, according to some traditions, starts way before she ever met Joseph. Ginzberg, in his Legends of the Jews, tells us that Asenath actually saved Joseph's life when she wa...

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Joseph's Vision and Ishmaelites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:183

This one involves Joseph, yes, that Joseph, the one with the coat of many colors, the dreamer who rose to power in Egypt. But before the famine, before the brothers came begging fo...

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Joseph's Vision

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:184

That’s kind of what happened in Egypt, according to the legends surrounding Joseph, the dreamer who rose to power. Remember Joseph? Sold into slavery by his brothers, he ended up i...

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Joseph's Vision and Egyptians

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:186

A famine has gripped the land, and the Egyptians are desperate. Where do they turn? First, to their idols. But these "deceitful idols," as Joseph calls them, offer no help. So, the...

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Pharaoh's Legacy and Jacob

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:194

Not just a little hunger pang, but the gnawing, desperate emptiness that turns societies upside down. That’s the scene we’re walking into. "The grain that we put aside during the g...

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Joseph's Journey and Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:195

A devastating famine had gripped the land of Canaan, and word reached Joseph, now a high-ranking official in Egypt, that his brothers might be forced to come seeking grain. Remembe...

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Joseph Leaves Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:197

That’s the feeling I get when I read about Joseph and his brothers in Egypt. : Joseph, sold into slavery by his own brothers, rises to become one of the most powerful men in Egypt....

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Kingdom of Manasseh and Joseph

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:199

According to Legends of the Jews, when Joseph's brothers arrived in Egypt seeking to buy grain, they were asked their names, and the names of their father and grandfather. Can you ...

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Joseph Leaves Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 1:200

That’s where we find ourselves in the story of Joseph and his brothers. They'd sold him into slavery, a secret festering between them. Now, facing hardship, their first thought, th...

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