Born in Lithuania, Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the
top scholar in the field of Talmudic
learning.
He served with distinction
as Professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary in
New York, for more than 50
years.
The Legend of the Jews is a
monumental work written in German, an anthology of rabbinic
midrash and classical but disparate Jewish tales, and of
biblical legends of the ancient leaders of the People of
Israel.
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