Book Summary
This book consists of 50 stories or poems tracing Jewish history from the Creation through Alexander the Great and beyond. In a number of instances, the inclusions are the first time that selections have appeared in book form. For example, Emma Lazarus's beautiful poem, "The Birth of Man," had only previously appeared in The Century Magazine of June 1884. Many of the tales are from the Talmud (and were included in The Hebrew Review), the Apocrypha, and other non - Old Testament sources. In addition to Emma Lazarus, the Jewish poet famous for her poem placed in the " Statue of Liberty," other represented writers include Jean Ingelow, Lydia Sigourney, S. Baring-Gould, Emma Leigh, John Boyle O'Reilly, Benjamin Franklin, H. Polano, Richard Chenevix Trench, George Eliot, Richard Henry Stoddard, E.H. Plumptre, William Whitehead, John Godfrey Saxe, John Greenleaf Whittier, Owen Meredith, Victor Hugo, Felicia Hemans, George Croly, James K. Hosmer, Hyman Hurwitz, and Frederick Langbridge.
Book Details
| Book Name | Legends And Tales Of Jewish History: Prose And Verse |
| Author | Isabel E. Cohen |
| Publisher | Fredonia Books (nl) (Jul 2002) |
| ISBN | 9781589639508 |
| Pages | 264 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1279 |
