The Legends of the Jews (Louis Ginzberg)
Rosie Perera
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Louis Ginzberg
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1909-1938
It's out of copyright and has been done by dozens of print-on-demand publishers many of which are of poor editing quality; Johns Hopkins University Press did a paperback edition in 1998 which is probably excellent.
From Wikipedia: "The Legends of the Jews is a chronological compilation of aggadah from hundreds of biblical legends in Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash. The compilation consists of seven volumes (four volumes of narrative texts and two volumes of footnotes with a volume of index) synthesized by Louis Ginzberg in a manuscript written in the German language. In 1913, it was translated by Henrietta Szold. It was published in Philadelphia by the Jewish Publication Society of America from 1909 to 1938."
Digital versions are available here:
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/metabook?id=lotj
...and here:
https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/loj/index.htm
Note that of the original 7 volumes, only volumes 1-4 are public domain now. The index and notes volumes are still under copyright (they were published in 1925, 1928, and 1938, and their copyrights were renewed). But the notes would be helpful to have if this is ever published in Logos format, so permission would need to be sought from JPS.
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1909-1938
It's out of copyright and has been done by dozens of print-on-demand publishers many of which are of poor editing quality; Johns Hopkins University Press did a paperback edition in 1998 which is probably excellent.
From Wikipedia: "The Legends of the Jews is a chronological compilation of aggadah from hundreds of biblical legends in Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash. The compilation consists of seven volumes (four volumes of narrative texts and two volumes of footnotes with a volume of index) synthesized by Louis Ginzberg in a manuscript written in the German language. In 1913, it was translated by Henrietta Szold. It was published in Philadelphia by the Jewish Publication Society of America from 1909 to 1938."
Digital versions are available here:
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/metabook?id=lotj
...and here:
https://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/loj/index.htm
Note that of the original 7 volumes, only volumes 1-4 are public domain now. The index and notes volumes are still under copyright (they were published in 1925, 1928, and 1938, and their copyrights were renewed). But the notes would be helpful to have if this is ever published in Logos format, so permission would need to be sought from JPS.
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How does this differ from Ginzberg, Louis, Henrietta Szold, and Paul Radin. Legends of the Jews. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2003. already available? (Yes, I know it is an earlier edition).
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