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Authors: Gerald Friedlander (Editor), Sheilah Beckett
ISBN-13: 9780486298610, ISBN-10: 0486298612
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: July 1997
Edition: Special Value
Nine tales from antiquity will enthrall children with the exploits of kings and beggars in a spellbinding world of demons, angels, and other supernatural creatures.
I. | The Magic Apples (from the Jewish Chap Book) | 1 |
II. | The Wise Merchant (from the Midrash Rabbah) | 14 |
III. | Heavenly Treasures (from the Talmud) | 18 |
IV. | King Solomon's Carpet (from Beth Hammidrash) | 20 |
V. | The Magic Lamp (from Shalsheleth Hakkabalah) | 33 |
VI. | Chanina and the Angels (from the Midrash Rabbah) | 42 |
VII. | The Wonderful Slave (from Beth Hammidrash) | 45 |
VIII. | About Leviathan, King of the Fish (from the Jewish Chap Book) | 52 |
IX. | The Demon's Marriage (from the Jewish Chap Book) | 62 |
X. | The Magic Leaf (from the Midrash Rabbah) | 74 |
XI. | The Prince and the Rabbi (from Shebet Jehudah) | 77 |
XII. | The Princess and the Beggar (from Tanchuma) | 80 |
XIII. | The Castle in the Air (from Achikar) | 87 |
XIV. | The Citizen of the World (from Rabbi Eliezer) | 94 |
XV. | The Snake's Thanks (from the Jewish Chap Book and Tanchuma) | 95 |
XVI. | The Rebellious Waters (from Rabbi Eliezer) | 100 |
XVII. | The Goblin and the Princess (from the Talmud) | 102 |
XVIII. | Iron and the Trees (from Genesis Rabbah) | 109 |
XIX. | David and the Insects (from the Alphabet of Ben Sira) | 111 |
XX. | The First Vineyard (from Tanchuma) | 116 |
XXI. | Abraham's Tree (from Jalkub Chadash) | 118 |
XXII. | Joseph, the Sabbath Lover (from the Talmud) | 120 |
XXIII. | The Magic Sword of Kenaz (from the Biblical Antiquities of Philo) | 125 |