Legends of the patriarchs and prophets and other Old Testament characters from various sources

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 Digitized by Google. Includes bibliographical references Mode of access: Internet