An edition of Legends of the patriarchs and prophets and other Old Testament characters from various sources
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Legends of the patriarchs and prophets and other Old Testament characters from various sources
by Sabine Baring-Gould
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CONTENTS.
Preface 7
I. The Fall of the Angels 11
II. Adam 18
1. The Creation of Man 18
2. The Pre-Adamites 26
III. Eve 27
IV. The Fall of Man 35
V. Adam and Eve after the Fall 50
VI. Cain and Abel 75
VII. The Death of Adam 84
VIII. Seth 89
IX. Cainan son of Enos 92
X. Enoch 93
1. The Translation of Enoch 93
2. The Book of Enoch 96
XI. The Giants 101
XII. Lamech 107
XIII. Methuselah 109
XIV. Noah 110
XV. Heathen Legends of the Deluge 118
XVI. The Planting of the Vine 136
XVII. The Sons of Noah 139
XVIII. Relics of the Ark 142
XIX. Certain Descendants of Ham 143
XX. Serug 147
XXI. The Prophet Eber 148
XXII. The Prophet Saleh 154
XXIII. The Tower of Babel 163
XXIV. Abraham 169
1. His Youth and early Struggles 169
2. The Call of Abraham, and the Visit to Egypt 184
3. The War with the Kings 189
4. The Birth of Ishmael 194
5. The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 196
6. The Birth of Isaac 202
7. The Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael 206
8. The Strife between the Shepherds 212
9. The Grove in Beer-sheba 213
10. The Offering of Isaac 215
11. The Death of Sarah 226
12. The Marriage of Isaac 230
13. The Death of Abraham 232
XXV. Melchizedek 235
XXVI. Of Ishmael and the Well Zemzem 241
XXVII. Esau and Jacob 248
XXVIII. Joseph 262
XXIX. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 281
XXX. Job 283
XXXI. Jethro 290
XXXII. Moses 291
1. Israel in Egypt 291
2. The Birth and Childhood of Moses 300
3. The Youth and Marriage of Moses 308
4. Moses before Pharaoh 319
5. The Passage of the Red Sea 321
6. The giving of the Law 334
7. The Manna 339
8. The Smitten Rock 341
9. Moses visits El Khoudr 342
10. The Mission of the Spies 346
11. Of Korah and his Company 349
12. The Wars of the Israelites 353
13. The Death of Aaron 357
14. The Death of Moses 360
XXXIII. Joshua 366
XXXIV. The Judges 370
XXXV. Samuel 371
XXXVI. Saul 378
1. War with the Philistines. — Goliath slain 378
2. Saul's Jealousy of David 382
3. The Death of Saul 385
XXXVII. David 386
XXXVIII. Solomon 402
1. How Solomon obtained Power 402
2. How Solomon feasted all Flesh 405
3. The Building of the Temple 407
4. The Travels of Solomon 410
5. The History of the Queen of Sheba 415
6. Solomon's Adventure with the Apes 422
7. Solomon marries the daughter of Pharaoh 423
8. How Solomon lost and recovered his Ring 425
9. The Death of Solomon 428
XXXIX. Elijah 430
XL. Isaiah 433
XLI. Jeremiah 437
XLII. Ezekiel 438
XLIII. Ezra 439
XLIV. Zechariah 441
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