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It's easy to think they were simply rejecting God's rule, but the story is more nuanced than that. According to some accounts, it wasn't the desire for a leader that upset Samuel a...
The stories surrounding his reign are filled with drama, piety, and some truly perplexing decisions. One of Saul's very first acts, as recounted in Legends of the Jews, was his tri...
We find Saul embarking on a war against the Amalekites, a campaign divinely ordained for their complete extermination. But Saul, a man of conscience, grapples with the severity of ...
Take Abner, for example. The Talmud calls him a tzadik, a righteous man, a "lion in the law," a brilliant military leader and scholar. Yet, his story is riddled with choices that u...
He's one of those figures in Jewish tradition that just makes your skin crawl. Doeg's most terrible act, as recounted in Legends of the Jews, was his betrayal of the priests of Nob...
The little shepherd boy who takes down the giant. But did you ever stop to think about why David was so determined to face him? It wasn't just bravery, or youthful exuberance. Acco...
But the Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4) gives us a fascinating little detail you might have missed. Imagine GOLIATH, this towering warrior, completely e...
And according to the Legends of the Jews, God was right there with him, not just during the famous Goliath showdown, but through countless other trials too. : David wasn't just a k...
Even before the drama of Absalom's rebellion, there was a simmering tension between them. Why? Well, it seems David might have inadvertently slighted him. The story goes that short...
