Xxviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXVIII. (1) These are the generations of Noah in their lands, according to their families, and according to their tongues. After the flood they were spread over the earth according to their nations. The children of Ham then went and appointed...
Lvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LVII. (1) Philo, the friend of Joseph, the son of Gorion, has narrated in his book that after the death of Joshua the Israelites did not possess a friend to lead them. So that the Israelites asked the Lord, 'Who shall go up before us to fight...
Lxxxix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXIX. (1) Seven brothers with their mother were then seized and sent to the king, for the king had not yet departed from Jerusalem, and because the swine's flesh was abhorred by the Jews and stank and was despised by them, therefore the cruelties...
Xcv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCV. (1) Now, when it came to the ear of Antiochus Eopator, son of Antiochus called Epiphanes, who had wrought such evil in Jerusalem, who slew the pious men, and who ultimately died from the severe plagues inflicted upon him, as we have stated...
Xlv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLV. (1) At that time a war broke out between Cush on the one side and the people of Qedem (East) and Syria on the other; for these rebelled against the King of Cush. Qinqanos, King of Cush, then went out to war against the other two nations...
Lxii. The Ten Banishments Of The Sanhedrim : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE TEN BANISHMENTS OF THE SANHEDRIM. LXII. (1) The Levites, the sons of Moses, made ten journeys and encamped on the other side of the river Sabbatyon. Our sages say that when the Israelites were exiled to Babylon, and came to the Euphrates, as it...
Xxxi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXI. (1) These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Children were born to them after the flood, for from Noah there came forth 72 families--from Japheth, 15; from Ham, 30; and from Shem, 27. And these 72 families were...
Xlvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLVI. (1) And it came to pass when Pharaoh reigned over Egypt that he changed the statutes of the first kings and their laws, and made the yoke heavy upon all the inhabitants of his land, and also upon the house of Jacob he had no pity, through...
Vii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], VII. (1) God created ten canopies for Adam in the Garden of Eden, and all of them were made of precious stones, of pearls and of gold. Each bridegroom has as a rule but one canopy, a king has three, but in order to show great honour to the first...
Lxxxvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXVII. (1) Now, Ptolemy the Macedonian, who was made King of Egypt, was a wise and clever king, who delighted much in books. He, therefore, commanded his two officers to collect very many of them. The names of these princes were Aristios...
Xxxii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXII. (1) I, Jerameel, have found in the book of Strabon of Caphtor that Nimrod was the son of Shem; and when Noah was one hundred years old a son was born to him in his form and in his image, and he called his name p. 70 [paragraph continues]...
Lxxix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXIX. (1) But our ancestors served the kings of Media and Persia with great loyalty, for they neither did them harm nor oppressed them. It was only in the time of Ahasuerus that the memory of Judah was nearly destroyed through the enmity of Ham...
Lix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LIX. (1) Yair was succeeded by Jephthah the Gileadite, who delivered the Israelites from the hands of the Ammonites. And Jephthah and all Israel prayed to God in Mizpah, saying, 'We pray Thee, O Lord, save us, and do not deliver Thy inheritance...
Xx : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XX. (1) There are nine palaces in the Garden of Eden, and all of them consist of well-built houses with upper chambers, and the length of the houses is sixty myriads of miles. Each one of them is presided over by sixty myriads of ministering angels...
Xcvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCVI. (1) In those days the Lord began to render the fourth kingdom more powerful than the third, that is the kingdom of Rome, which was stirred up against the kingdom of Greece. The name of the Roman was exalted over all the empires of the world...
Xxxvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXVII. (1) And Esau went into a land away from his brother Jacob. He made a contract with him. Some say he went out of shame. The sages say: Esau went away because he had moved his property away, and not because his hatred had subsided, for "his...
Xxxv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXV. (1) These are the generations of Terah, etc.: Haran, the firstborn, begat Lot and Yiskah, "i.e.", Sarai, and Milkah. And Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in Ur of the Chaldees. On account of the idols of Terah he died...
Xli : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLI. (1) I also find that during the first temple, in the time of Jotham, King of Judah, two brothers, Remus and Romilus, arose who were the first kings of Rome. They reigned thirty-eight years. (2) I also find in 'oer Tob' that their mother...
Lxxxviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXVIII. (1) The king then returned to Macedonia, and, having left Phillipos in the land of Judah, he (Phillip) acted according to the word of the king, and prohibited the people of Judah from studying the Torah and from performing the service...
Vi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], VI. (1) On the sixth day He brought forth from the earth all kinds of animals, male and female, and the Behemoth that lies on a thousand hills, from which it obtains its food every day. In the night-time the food grows again as if the hills had not...
Lxxviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXVIII. (1) And Cyrus reigned over all the kingdoms of the earth, for our God strengthened his right hand so that he subdued many nations. He (God) opened before him the gates of iron and broke the doors of brass, and revealed to him hidden...
Lxxiii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXIII. (1) The dragon felt the smell of the ashes and of the sacrifice, and he rejoiced to go out and see the offering, and it opened its mouth, according to custom, and they cast it therein. After swallowing it, it raised itself on high...
Xxxiv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXIV. (1) The sages tell that when our forefather Abraham was born a star appeared, which swallowed up four other stars from the four sides of the heavens. When the astrologers of Nimrod saw this they forthwith went to Nimrod and said, 'Nimrod...
Xcvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCVII. (1) The following is the contents of the letter which the Romans sent to Judah, the son of Mattathiah: 'Qinius Minios, Scipio and Menelaos, princes of Rome, to Judah the Anointed one of battle, and to the elders of Judah greeting to you...
Lxviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXVIII. (1) Daniel was then brought before the king to read and interpret the writing, and he said to the king: p. 209 [paragraph continues] 'Thou hast acted very foolishly, in that thou hast defiled the vessels of the temple of our God. Therefore...
Lxxxiii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXIII. (1) It is written, On that same night the sleep of the king was disturbed. God at that time said to the patriarchs, 'They have been condemned to destruction;' they replied, 'O Lord of the universe, for what reason? Because in the time...
Lxxxii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXII. (1) R. Isaak Napa said Haman worked cunningly against Israel, for it is written, 'And when these days p. 245 were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people. The people' here referred to is Israel. Haman said to Ahasuerus, '...
Xxxviii. This Is The Will Of Naphtali, S : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THIS IS THE WILL (TESTAMENT) OF NAPHTALI, SON OF JACOB. XXXVIII. (1) When Naphtali grew old and came to an old age, and had completed his years of strength, and fulfilled the duty of the earth-born man, he began to command his children, and he said...
Lviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LVIII. (1) Josippon says that the incident of Micah and the concubine of Gibeah occurred between the time of the death of Joshua and Othniel, between the times to which the following verses refer, viz.: 'And Judah captured Azah and its boundary...
Lxxii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXII. (1) Now, when Darius was seated on the throne of his kingdom, he sent for Daniel, the servant of God, to test his wisdom and to obtain his counsel. Having come before him, he tried him and proved him, and found him sevenfold wiser th...
Xxxix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXIX. (1) After these things the wife of his master raised her eyes unto Joseph. Potiphar's wife, his mistress, used to entice him every day by her conversation, and used to bedeck herself with all kinds of ornaments and array herself in many...
Liii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LIII. (1) The sages say that while the Israelites were travelling in the wilderness they were surrounded by seven clouds of glory, one in front of them, one behind them, two on each side, and one above them to protect them from the p. 150 sun...
Xxvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXVI. (1) Adam begat three sons and three daughters, Cain and his twin wife Qalmana, Abel and his twin wife Deborah, and Seth and his twin wife Nba. (2) And Adam, after he had begotten Seth, lived 700 years, and there were eleven sons and eight...
Lxxvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXVII. (1) About this time Darius, King of Media, was taken very ill, and, being about to die, he called Cyrus, King of Persia, his son-in-law, his daughter's husband, and made him king in his stead, so that the kingdoms of Media and Persia were...
Xciii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCIII. (1) Departing thence, Judah went to Bakires (###) and Timothios, and a severe battle ensued between them, in which he himself killed on that day twenty Macedonian warriors. Bakires and Timothios took to flight, and Judah pursued them, but...
Lxiii. Elchanan The Merchant : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], ELCHANAN THE MERCHANT. LXIII. (1) The story of Elchanan. Elchanan, the son of Joseph, was a large export merchant, and owned many vessels. He hailed from the province of the tribe of Dan, and was exceedingly wise and pious. He passed the day...
Xix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XIX. (1) The sages tell that the dead have a large habitation, in front of which there flows a brook from the Garden of Eden, and by the side of this brook is a field. On every Sabbath eve between the afternoon and evening services the souls...
Xl : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XL. (1) It came to pass when the Lord scattered the sons of man all over the surface of the earth that they became separated into different companies. The Kittim formed one company, and encamping in the plain of Kapanya (Campania ###), they dwelt...
Xlviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLVIII. (1) The Lord rose in His strength and smote Pharaoh and his people with many great and terrible plagues, and turned all their rivers to blood, so that whenever an Egyptian came to the river to draw water, as soon as he looked into his...
Lxvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], [Here commences the book of Joseph ben Gorion, with the exception of the first two pages, which contain an enumeration of the families and ancient kings, which I have written above in its proper place in the Book of the Generations.] LXVII. (1)...
Xv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XV. (1) R. Joshua, son of Levi, said, 'Once upon a time I was walking on my way, when I met the prophet Elijah. He said to me, "Would you like to be brought to the gate of hell?" I answered, "Yes!" So he showed me men hanging by their hair; and he...
Xvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XVII. (1) There are besides in every compartment 7,000 holes (crevices), and in every hole there are 7,000 scorpions. Every scorpion has 300 slits (cavities); in every slit are 7,000 pouches of venom, and from each of these flow six rivers...
Lxxxvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXXVI. (1) When Seleucus reigned over Macedonia, a very wicked, rebellious man of our own people, Simeon of the tribe of Benjamin, went to Seleucus, and, slandering the Jews, informed him of the riches contained in the temple at Jerusalem, saying...
Lxv. The History Of Susanna : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA. LXV. (1) There dwelt a man in Babylon named Jehoiachin, and he took a wife whose name was Susanna, one that feared the Lord. She was the daughter of righteous and good parents, who brought her up in the ways of the Lord...
Xxi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXI. (1) 'After this I implored him and said, "Do thou show me Gehinnom, which I desire to behold." But he would not allow me. And I said unto him, "Why wilt thou not let me see it?" To which the Messiah answered and said, "It is not meet...
Lxxvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXVI. (1) The king then commanded all the honours written in the scroll to be carried out for Zerubbabel, for he had found great favour in the eyes of the king and the two princes, his colleagues. And the king further said to Zerubbabel, 'Ask...
Lxxx. The Beating Of The Grave : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE BEATING OF THE GRAVE. LXXX. (1) And Esther fled to the Lord, for she feared the evil which was growing; and, stripping herself of her royal garments and the ornaments of her majesty, she clothed herself in sackcloth, and dishevelling the hair...
Compiler's Preface : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. 1 CHRONICLES OF JERAHMEEL. COMPILER'S PREFACE. Behold I have sworn not to lend anybody this book to take away, with the exception of three, whom I shall mention by name, but whoever desires to read it at my house is at liberty to do so. Behold I...
Xiv. This Is The Description Of Gehinnom : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF GEHINNOM (HELL). XIV. (1) Who can stand before its might, who can withstand the fury of its wrath? R. Abahu opened his homily with the verse: 'Aluqah has two daughters called Hab, Hab.' R. Eliezer says that these are...
Viii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], [Chapter VIII was not translated by Gaster.--JBH]
Lxxxiv. The Throne Of Solomon, King Of Israel : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE THRONE OF SOLOMON, KING OF ISRAEL. LXXXIV. (1) 'In those days, when Ahasuerus sat (upon the throne).' The word ### can only be understood as meaning 'sitting on a throne,' as it is said, 'When Ahasuerus sat upon the throne of his kingdom;' but...
Lxiv. The Midrash Of Aab Ben Qolaya And Zedekiah : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE MIDRASH OF AAB BEN QOLAYA AND ZEDEKIAH BEN MA'ASEYAH. LXIV. (1) 'Thus saith the Lord of Ahab ben Qolaya and of Zedekiah ben Ma'aseyah, which prophesy falsely in My name, behold I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, King...
Xxii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXII. (1) Before Adam gave the animals their names God brought them before the angels, and said to them, 'Give names to everyone;' but they could not. God thereupon brought them before Adam, and he gave them the names by which they were ever...
Lxxv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXV. (1) And the first answered and said, 'O my lord the king, princes and mighty men, do ye not know the power of the king and the strength of his dominion over all the earth, over the sea, the isles, and over all languages? to slay or to keep...
Xlii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLII. (1) From the time that Jacob and his sons came to the land of Goshen, there reigned in it certain shepherds, for the land of Egypt was divided into three kingdoms, viz., the land of Ramses, where the Tibei (###) reigned. This was situated...
Xxv. The Midrash Of Shemazai And 'azael : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE MIDRASH OF SHEMHAZAI AND 'AZAEL. XXV. (1) R. Joseph was once asked what was the story of Shemazai and Azael, and he replied, 'When the generation of Enosh arose and worshipped idols, and when the generation of the flood arose and went astray...
Ix. The Formation Of The Child : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], I will now add here the description of the formation of a child by these three agencies, as it is contained in the book called ### (Yeirath ha-velad), which is as follows: THE FORMATION OF THE CHILD. IX. (1) I will now proceed to expl...
I : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. 5 (1) With the help of God I commence to write this my book without interruption. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created on the day when the Lord God made heaven and earth. R. Eliezer, son of Hyrqanos...
Lxvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXVI. (1) Nebuchadnezzar was not very much changed in his being from other men; but only in his appearance, in his mind, and in his language. He appeared to men like an ox as far as his navel (or stomach), and from his navel to his feet like a li...
Preface : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. vi PREFACE. The present volume contains a collection of old-world legends and tales. The heroes are mostly biblical personages; hence the name given to it by me, 'Bible Historiale.' It resembles in tendency and spirit these medival compilations...
Xcii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCII. (1) When Apolonius, the captain of the Macedonian host, heard these things, he said, 'Who is it that dared to rebel against our lord the king?' And he gathered unto him a large and strong multitude of Macedonian warriors, and marched forwards...
Ii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], II. (1) On the third day the earth was like a plain, and the waters covered the face of the whole earth. When the word of God went forth, saying, 'Let the waters be gathered together,' the mountains were lifted up and scattered over the earth...
Xxix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXIX. (1) Now, it came to pass, when the inhabitants of the land were already spread abroad, that they gathered together and journeyed from the East, and arrived at a valley in the land of Babylon, where they stayed. Then each man said to his...
Xliv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLIV. (1) There was a Levite in the land of Egypt whose name was Amram, the son of Qehath, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob. This man betrothed Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, the sister of his father, and she conceived and bare a daughter...
Li : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. 141 LI. (1) Now, what was the special merit of Moses, that God Himself should attend on his burial? It was for the following reason. When he went down to Egypt and the time for the redemption of Israel had arrived, all the Israelites busied...
Xvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XVI. (1) There are five kinds of punishment in hell, and Isaiah, the son of Amos, saw them all. He entered the first compartment and saw there two men carrying pails full of water on their shoulders, and they pour that water into a pit, which...
Lxxxi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], [This is the letter which Haman sent (to the nations), for the purpose of causing the house of Jacob to perish.] LXXXI. (1) 'I, Haman, who am great before the king, and second to him, who am the chief of the potentates, and seventh among...
Xlix. The Death Of Aaron, Of Blessed Memory : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE DEATH OF AARON, OF BLESSED MEMORY. XLIX. (1) 'Better is a good name than precious oil.' Thus it was with Aaron. God said to Moses, our teacher, 'The time has arrived for Aaron to quit this world. Do thou go and tell him that his life is nearing...
L : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], L. (1) The Lord said to Moses, '"Behold", the time draws near when thou shalt die.' R. Aybo related that Moses addressed God in the following manner, 'Through the very word with which I praised Thee in the law in the presence of sixty myriads...
Xciv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCIV. (1) Judah, the son of Mattathias, and with him the assembly of the assidim, now went up to Jerusalem, and overthrowing the altars which the uncircumcised had built, they cleansed the temple of the abominations of the nations, and building...
Introduction : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. ix p. x p. xi INTRODUCTION. The chronicle which I publish here for the first time is not a chronicle in the strict sense of the word. It does not relate true events which have happened in the history of mankind, but it belongs more to that class...
V : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], V. On the fifth day He brought forth from the waters all manner of winged birds, male and female, all manner of locusts, and also the Leviathan, a serpent which holds all the dwellers of the lower waters between his two fins. The centre...
Iv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], IV. (1) The following seven planets God created and placed in order in the firmament for the benefit of the world; for by means of them people calculate the signs, p. 12 seasons, and astronomical computations; the time of summer, the number...
Xxxvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXVI. (1) And a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob; for they said, 'If two sons of Jacob were able to do this thing' (namely, to exterminate a whole town), how much more...
Xxx : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXX. (1) It came to pass, after these things, that the people did not turn from their evil counsels, but coming to their princes, they said, 'Behold, will not man be able to conquer the world? Come and let us build for ourselves a city and tower...
X : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], X. (1) The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Happy is the man in whom there is wisdom combined with fear; one may be doing more, another less, provided that his heart is turned to heaven. (2) Woe to, him whom this world leads astray; woe un...
Lv. The Rebellion Of Korah : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE REBELLION OF KORAH. LV. (1) And the children of Israel went up from the sea, and they came to the wilderness. While they were journeying in the wilderness a quarrel broke out between Korah and Moses. A certain woman had a ewe-lamb which she fed...
Lxx : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXX. (1) Soon after this, however, the princes of the army, as well as the other chiefs, governors and dignitaries of the kingdom envied Daniel, and, meeting in counsel, they sought for some pretext by which they might overthrow Daniel. So they...
Lx. The Eight Exiles : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE EIGHT EXILES. LX. (1) From the time our ancestors were brought out of Egypt until the destruction of the first temple they were exiled eight times. This happened on the following occasions: Four times Sennacherib banished them, and four times...
Xlvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XLVII. (1) At that time Moses used to tend the flocks of Reuel the Midianite behind the wilderness of Sin, with his staff in his hand. But the Lord was zealous for His people and His inheritance, and, hearing their cry, said He would rescue them...
Xxiv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXIV. (1) And Cain knew Qalmana, his wife, and Enoch was born; and he built a city and called it Enoch, after the name of his son, and he used to entice the people, and to rob and plunder them. He built that city, and surrounded it with a wall...
Lxi. The Children Of Moses : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE CHILDREN OF MOSES. LXI. (1) The banishment brought about by Titus, Vespasianus, and Hadrian, occurred on the eve of the ninth of Ab, on the outgoing of the Sabbath and the Sabbatical year. The Levites were then occupied with their ministrations...
Xviii. Paradise : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], PARADISE. XVIII. (1) R. Joshua, son of Levi, tells, 'Paradise has two gates of carbuncle, and sixty myriads of ministering angels keep watch over them. Each of these angels shines with the lustre of the heavens. When the just man approaches them...
Lxxi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXI. (1) The king then returned to his palace with Daniel, and the Lord showered upon Daniel honour and greatness, and he found favour and kindness in the eyes of the king. A command was then issued in the kingdom, saying: 'In all the land there...
Liv. The Smiting Of The Firstborn : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE SMITING OF THE FIRSTBORN. LIV. (1) The sages say that when God brought the plague of the firstborn upon the Egyptians, He started first upon their gods, as it is said, 'I shall execute judgment on all the gods of Egypt; I am the Lord.' And wh...
Lvi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LVI. (1) When the ten plagues with which the Egyptians were smitten commenced, iqrops fled from Egypt to the city of Aqts, in Greece, which he built as the Metropolis. There he established the throne of the kingdom of the So'anites, and became...
Xxiii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXIII. (1) Know and understand that, when Adam was separated for 130 years from Eve, he slept alone, and the first Eve--that is, Lilith--found him, and being charmed p. 49 with his beauty, went and lay by his side, and there were begotten from her...
Lxix : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. 213 LXIX. (1) Now it came to pass, when Darius was firmly seated upon the throne of his kingdom in Babylon, that he ordered Daniel to be brought before him, and, placing for him a throne, he sat before Darius. Then said the king, 'Art thou...
Xcviii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCVIII. (1) When the festival was at an end he marched out to Gorgios, the captain of the army of Edom, with 3,000 foot and 4,000 horse. A fierce battle took place between their two armies, in which some Hasmoneans were slain, and among them w...
Lxxiv : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LXXIV. (1) Daniel having now grown old in years, came one day to the king, and prostrating himself before him, said, 'O my lord the king, behold old age has crept upon me, and I have now no more strength to stand and go to and fro. Behold...
Xliii. The Chronicles Of Moses : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE CHRONICLES OF MOSES. XLIII. (1) In the 130th year after the Israelites had gone down to Egypt, Pharaoh dreamt a dream. While he was sitting on the throne of his kingdom he lifted up his eyes, and beheld an old man standing before him. In his...
Lxxxv. The Book Of The Maccabee : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], p. 254 THE BOOK OF THE MACCABEE. LXXXV. (1) In the first year of his reign, Cyrus tried to build the temple, but when Ahasuerus arose he prohibited it, and attempted to uproot the vineyard (of the Lord), but God exterminated him and the wicked...
Xxxiii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXXIII. (1) As this is simply to be taken as a legend, we do not care to reconcile it with the other, which makes Abraham live in the time of Nimrod the Wicked. According to the latter we find that Nimrod acted as judge over him, since it is...
Title Page : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE CHRONICLES OF JERAHMEEL; OR, The Hebrew Bible Historiale. BEING A COLLECTION OF APOCRYPHAL AND PSEUDO-EPIGRAPHICAL BOOKS DEALING WITH THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FROM THE CREATION TO THE DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABEUS. Translated for the first Time...
Iii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], III. (1) On the fourth day he formed two lights, one not larger than the other; they were identical both in their form and in their light, as it is said, 'And God made the two lights.' A quarrel ensued between them; one said to the other, 'I am...
Xiii. The Beating Of The Grave : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], THE BEATING OF THE GRAVE. XIII. (1) R. Eliezer's pupils asked him, 'What judgment is there in the grave?' He replied, 'When a man quits this world, the angel of death comes to him and sits by his grave, and beating it with his hands, says, "Tell me...
Xi : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XI. (1) R. Abahu told the parable of three different men. One tills the ground, another works in silver and gold, and the third studies the law. When the time approaches for him who tills the ground to die, he says to his household, 'Give me some...
Lii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], LII. (1) R. Joshua ben Levi said that when Moses ascended on high to receive the Law, a cloud appeared before him in a crouching position, so that he did not know whether to ride upon it or to take hold of it. However, it soon opened, and having...
Xc : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XC. (1) The king then went on his way to Macedon, and commanded Phillip and the captains whom he had left in the land of Judah, saying, 'Blot out the very memory of Judah from the face of the earth, and let him who but mentions the name "Jew" be...
Xci : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XCI. (1) Now, the days of Mattathiah were drawing to a close, so, calling his five sons to his bedside, he encouraged them and exhorted them, saying, 'I know that now fierce battles will be waged in the land of Judah, since we have been stirred up...
Xii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XII. (1) R. Isaac ben Parnach has said that all man's iniquities are engraved upon his bones, as it is said, 'Their iniquities shall be upon their bones,' and all his merits shall be engraved upon his right hand, as it is said, 'The Lord is thy...
Xxvii : * "Chronicles of Jerahmeel", by M. Gaster [1899], XXVII. (1) The sons of Jepheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tubal, Meshekh, and Tiras; and the sons of Gomar were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah; and the sons of Yavan, Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (2) The sons of Gomer were eled...
