Bible tales in Arab folk-lore

'Translated from the Hebrew by Victor N. Levi.'

Part 1. 1 The creation. 2 The creation of Adam. 3 Noah, the prophet. 4 Job and his household. 5 Lukman the wise (a kinsman of Job). 6 Ibrahim Khalil Allah (Abraham the friend of God). 7 Ibrahim and Nimrod. 8 Ibrahim in Hebron. 9 The last days of Ibrahim. 10 Lot. 11 The patience of Lot. 12 Isaac and Yakub. 13 Yusef the righteous. 14 Yusef in Egypt. 15 The meeting of Yusef with his brethren. 16 The death of Yusef. 17 Moussa. 18 The miracles that Moussa did in his childhood. 19 Moussa in Midian. 20 Zipporah bears a child. 21 Moussa in Egypt. 22 The mission of Moussa to Pharoah. 23 The nine plagues. 24 The flight of the Beni Israel out of Egypt. 25 The giving of the law. 26 The death of Aaron. 27 The inheritance of the land. 28 The last days of Moussa. Part 2. 1 Joshua. 2 Samuel. 3 Taluth (Saul). 4 The battle of Taluth and J'aluth (Saul and Goliath). 5 Daoud and J'aluth. 6 The last days of Taluth. 7 The cunning of Daoud. 8 The kingdom of Daoud. 9 Daoud and Uriah. 10 The last days of Daoud. 11 The kingdom of Suleiman. 12 The wealth of Suleiman. 13 Suleiman and the woman of Sidon. 14 Suleiman and Bulkeis, queen of Sheba. 15 The last days of Suleiman. 16 Alhadr (Elijah). 17 Isaiah, the prophet. 18 The prophet of Uzair (Jeremiah). 19 Yunes Ibn Matta (Jonah)

'I have transcribed these tales in the hope of serving a two-fold purpose; to add some instructive and (in the best sense of the word) amusing "knowledge" about the heroes of the Bible, and to place on permanent record a body of lore that reveals not only the mentality of the present-day Arabs but something of that of their ancestors.' -- Preface

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