Authors: Robert Graves
Hebrew Myths (49 page)
270
Gen. Rab. 432; Pesiqta Rabbati 179a.
271
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 85–86; B. Baba Metzia 86b; Gen. Rab. 517–18.
LOT AT SODOM
272
Genesis
XVIII. 16–33; XIX. 1–28.
273
PRE, ch. 25; Gen. Rab. 523.
274
Sepher Hayashar 58.
275
Sepher Hayashar 62.
276
PRE, ch. 25; Sepher Hayashar 63–65.
277
PRE, ch. 25; cf. Gen. Rab. 504–05, 519; B. Sanhedrin 109a–b.
LOT AT ZOAR
278
Genesis
XIX. 30–38.
279
Mekhilta Beshallah, Mass. diShirata 72; Sifre 81a.
280
Sepher Hayashar 84.
THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
281
Genesis
XXII. 1–2; Gen. Rab. 590, 592; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 111; Pesiqta Rabbati 170a; PRE, ch. 31.
282
Genesis
XXII. 3–19.
283
Sepher Hayashar 76–77.
284
Sepher Hayashar 77–79; cf. Gen. Rab. 595–98.
285
Sepher Hayashar 80; PRE, ch. 31.
286
Sepher Hayashar 80.
287
Lev. Rab. 29.9; Gen. Rab. 607; Yer. Taamit 65d; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 46.
288
Genesis
XXIII. 1–20; Mid. Wayosha, BHM i. 35 ff; PRE, ch. 32; Sepher Hayashar 81–83.
ABRAHAM AND KETURAH
289
Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 4; B. Baba Metzia 87a; Gen. Rab. 717–18.
290
Genesis
XXV. 1; Gen. Rab. 654, 661; Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 8; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 123; PRE, ch. 30; Hadar Zeqenim 9b; Leqah Tobh Gen. 115.
291
Genesis XXV. 2–6; Gen. Rab. 663, 669; Shoher Tobh 411–12; 1
Macc.
XII. 21; 2
Macc.
V. 9.
292
B. Sanhedrin 91a; Zohar Gen. 133b, 223a–b.
293
Massekhet Soferim 11.9; Tanhuma Hayye Sarah 6.
ISAAC’S MARRIAGE
294
Genesis
XXII. 20–24.
295
Genesis
XXIV. 1–67; XXV. 20; XXXV. 8.
296
Gen. Rab. 614; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 356.
297
Gen. Rab. 612–13, 636–37; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 388–89, 770–71.
298
Massekhet Soferim 21.9, end; M. Nidda 5.4; Yalqut Gen. 109; Gen. Rab. 652; Mid. Agada Gen. 59; Hadar 9b.
299
Yalqut Gen. 109; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 366, 369–70; Gen. Rab. 651–53; Mid. Agada Gen. 59–60; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 111, 113; Mekhilta diR. Shimon 45; Da’at 13d, 14b; Hadar 9b.
ISAAC IN GERAR
300
Genesis
XXVI. 1–17.
THE BIRTHS OF ESAU AND JACOB
301
Genesis
XXV. 20–27.
302
Gen. Rab. 687–691.
303
Gen. Rab. 683–84; Yalqut Gen. 110; Seder Eliahu Zuta 26–27.
304
Yalqut Gen. 110; Bereshit Rabbati 103; Tanhuma Buber Deut. 35–36; Tanhuma Ki Tetze, ch. 4; Pesiqta Rabbati 48a.
305
Aboth diR. Nathan 12; Mid. Tehillim 84; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 127; Gen. Rab. 698; PRE, ch. 29.
306
Gen. Rab. 692–93, 713; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 125; Tanhuma Ki Tetze, ch. 4; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 127; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b; B. Baba Bathra 16b.
ABRAHAM’S DEATH
307
Genesis
XXV. 7–10.
308
PRE, ch. 36.
309
Jubilees
XXII. 1-XXIII. 7; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 126.
310
Testament of Abraham
, 1–38.
THE BARTERED BIRTHRIGHT
311
Genesis
XXV. 29–34.
312
Gen. Rab. 694–97, 699; Sepher Hayashar 90–91; B. Baba Bathra 16b; Tanhuma Buber 125–27; Pesiqta Rabbati 47b–48a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 123–24; Mid. Sekhel Tobh and Imre Noam
ad Gen.
XXV. 26; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 400–401; Mid. Agada Gen. 64–65; Bereshit Rabbati 105.
313
Gen. Rab. 728; Pesiqta Rabbati 124a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 133; Cf. Ginzberg LJ, V. 278.
THE STOLEN BLESSING
314
Genesis
XXVII. 1–41.
315
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 131; Tanhuma Toldot ch. 11; Gen. Rab. 754; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 135; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
XXVII. 31.
316
Gen. Rab. 727, 730, 740–41, 756, 762–63, 765; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 424, 435, 440; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 132–34, 137–38; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 131–33; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 117;
Jubilees
XXVI. 13.
ESAU’S MARRIAGES
317
Genesis
XXVI. 34; XXVIII. 8–9; XXXVI. 2.
318
Gen. Rab. 764–65; Agadat Bereshit 6, 95–96; Mid. Tehillim 112; Hadar on
Gen.
XXVII. 42; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 440.
319
Mid. Hagadol Gen. 440; Seder Olam 2; B. Megillah 17a; Nur al-Zulm 87; Gen. Rab. 768–69; Sepher Hayashar 99–100.
320
Genesis
XXXVI. 1–14.
JACOB AT BETHEL
321
Genesis
XXVII. 42; XXVIII. 5.
322
Jubilees
XXV. 1 ff.; Gen. Rab. 767; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 119; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 437; Sepher Hayashar 96–98.
323
Genesis XXVIII. 10–22.
324
Gen. Rab. 780–82; Bereshit Rabbati 118; PRE, ch. 35; Sepher Hayashar 98; Mid. Tehillim 399; B. Hullin 91b; Seder Eliahu Rabba 29; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 181.
325
Tanhuma Buber Lev. 72–73; cf. Ginzberg, LJ, V. 275, 291.
326
Lev. Rab. 29.2; PRE, ch. 35; Pesiqta diR. Kahana 150b–151a; Mid. Tehillim 347.
327
PRE, ch. 35; Mid. Tehillim 400.
JACOB’S MARRIAGES
328
Genesis
XXIX. 1–10; PRE, ch. 36; Gen. Rab. 817; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
XXVIII. 22 and XXI. 22.
329
Genesis
XXIX. 11–12; Gen. Rab. 811–12.
330
Genesis
XXIX. 12–13; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 460–61.
331
Yalqut Reubeni
ad Gen.
XXIX. 15; Tanhuma Wayetse 40b; PRE, ch. 36; Sepher Hayashar 103.
332
Genesis
XXIX. 14–19; Gen. Rab. 813–14.
333
B. Baba Bathra 123a; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 152, 157; Gen. Rab. 815–16, 821–22.
334
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 153, 157.
335
Gen. Rab. 817–19; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
XXIX. 22; Sepher Hayashar 100–01; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 463–64; Azulai,
Hesed le-Abraham
II. 6.
336
Gen. Rab. 816.
337
Genesis
XXIX. 20–24; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Gen. Rab. 819.
338
Genesis
XXIX. 25–27; Gen. Rab. 814, 819; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 153; B. Sukka 27b; B. Megilla 13b; B. Baba Bathra 123a;
Jubilees
XXVIII. 4–9.
339
Genesis
XXIX. 28–30; Gen. Rab. 870; PRE, ch. 36; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
XXIX. 24; Bereshit Rabbati 119.
BIRTH OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS
340
Genesis
XXIX. 31; XXX. 13; Gen. Rab. 829–30; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 158; Agadat Bereshit 103–05.
341
Genesis
XXX. 14; Gen. Rab. 837; Yer. Erubin 26c; Yer. Shabbat 8b; Zohar Gen. 268, 314; Josephus,
Wars
VII. 6.3.
342
Genesis
XXX. 14–24; Midrash Agada Gen. 112; Abraham Saba,
Seror HaMor
, Venice, 1523, p. 34a;
Test. of Issachar
I–II; Gen. Rab. 841, 1282; B. Niddah 31a; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 152; B. Erubin 100b.
343
Genesis
XXX. 19–20.
344
Genesis
XXXV. 16–20.
345
Genesis
XXX. 19–21; PRE, ch. 36; B. Baba Bathra 123a; Gen. Rab. 823.
346
Sepher Haqane 32b; Midrash Agada Num. 78;
Test. of Issachar
II.
JACOB’S RETURN TO CANAAN
347
Genesis
XXX. 25–43; Sepher Hayashar 101–02.
348
Genesis
XXXI. 1–16; Sepher Hayashar 99.
349
Genesis
XXXI. 17–35.
350
Genesis
XXXI. 36; XXXII. 1; PRE, ch. 36.
351
Tanhuma Wayetse 40b; PRE, ch. 36; Sepher Hayashar 103; Gen. Rab. 863; Targum Yer.
ad Gen.
XXXI. 21–22.
352
Sepher Hayashar 105–06.
JACOB AT PENIEL
353
Genesis
XXXII. 2–24.
354
Genesis
XXXII. 25–33.
355
Gen. Rab. 910; Yalqut Reubeni
ad Gen.
XXXII. 25.
356
Yalqut Gen. 132; PRE, ch. 37.
357
PRE, ch. 37.
RECONCILIATION OF JACOB AND ESAU
358
Genesis
XXXIII. 1–17.
359
Sepher Hayashar 106–107.
360
Sepher Hayashar 110; PRE, ch. 37.
361
PRE, ch. 37; Gen. Rab. 891;
Genesis
XXXVI. 31–39.
362
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 169.
363
Mid. Abkir, as quoted in Yalqut Gen. 133 (pp. 82b–83a).
THE RAPE OF DINAH
364
Tanhuma Buber Gen. 157, 172; B. Berakhot 60a; Gen. Rab. 845; Yer. Berakhot 14a–14b.
365
Gen. Rab. 907–08, 928, 954; Mid. Agada Gen. 83, 85.
366
PRE, ch. 38;
Genesis
XXXIV. 1–19.
367
Genesis
XXXIV. 20–31.
368
Sepher Hayashar 113–19; Mid. Leqah Tobh Gen. 174–75; Gen. Rab. 956, 965; Saba,
Tseror
HaMor on WaYehi 59c.
369
Sepher Hayashar, 113–19; Tanhuma Buber Introduction 127; Gen. Rab. 965–66.
370
Gen. Rab. 966; Mid. Sekhel Tobh 194; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 527.
371
PRE, ch. 38; Targum Yer.
Gen.
XLI. 45 and XLVI. 20; Yalqut Gen. 146; Sopherim, end; Hadar and Daat on
Gen.
XLI. 45; Hadar on
Gen.
XXXIV. 1; Yalqut Reubeni on
Gen.
XXXII. 25; Oppenheim,
Fabula Josephi et Asenathae
, Berlin, 1886, pp. 4 ff.
372
Gen. Rab. 966–67; Sepher Hayashar 202; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 527; Shu’aib, Wa-Yishlah 16a;
Test. of Job
I. 11.
REUBEN AND BILHAH
373
Genesis
XXXV. 22; XLIX. 3–4; 1
Chronicles
V. 1.
374
Gen. Rab. 1254–55; B. Shabbat 55b; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 218; Hadar 14d and 15d.
375
Testament of Reuben
I. 1–10; III. 9–IV. 3.
376
Gen. Rab. 1253; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 218.
377
Gen. Rab. 1254.
JUDAH AND TAMAR
378
Genesis
XXXVIII. 1–12.
379
Genesis
XXXVIII. 12–25.
380
Genesis
XXXVIII. 24–26.
381
Genesis
XXXVIII. 27–30.
382
Gen. Rab. 1042, 1044; Tanhuma Buber Introd. 129 and Gen. 187; Mid. Hagadol Gen. 569, 572, 574;
Test. of Judah
XII; XIV. 3–5; B. Sota 10a–b.
THE DEATHS OF ISAAC, LEAH, AND ESAU
383
Jubilees
XXXVII–XXXVIII.
384
Mid. Wayissa’u, Yalqut Gen. 133; BHM, iii. 4–5.
JOSEPH IN THE PIT
385
Testament of Gad
I. 1–II. 1; PRE, ch. 38, Gen. Rab. 1008–09; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 180; Yer. Peah 15d–16a.
386
Sources as in preceding footnote and
Genesis
XXXVII. 1–11.
387
Genesis
XXXVII. 12–24; Gen. Rab. 1015, 1017; Tanhuma Buber Gen. 183; PRE, ch. 38; Sepher Hayashar 146–47;
Test. of Zebulun
II.
388
Genesis
XXXVII. 25–35; Gen. Rab. 1018–19;
Test of Zebulun
IV; Sepher Hayashar 141–48, 152–53.
389
Sepher Hayashar 152–53, 156–57.
JOSEPH AND ZULEIKA
390
Genesis
XXXVII. 36; XXXIX. 1–9; Gen. Rab. 1031, 1064–68.
391
Tanhuma Wayeshebh 5; Sepher Hayashar 159–60; cf. Koran XII. 30–33.
392
B. Yoma 35b;
Test. of Joseph
IX. 5; Gen. Rab. 1075–76; etc.
393
Sepher Hayashar 159–60.
394
Genesis
XXXIX. 10–20; Gen. Rab. 1054–55, 1071–73; Sepher Hayashar 157; Tanhuma Wayeshebh 9.
395
Sepher Hayashar 162–63.
JOSEPH IN PRISON
396
Genesis
XXXIX. 21; XL. 23; Gen. Rab. 1078–79; Sepher Hayashar 167.
397
Sepher Hayashar 165; Tanhuma Wayeshebh 9.
JOSEPH BECOMES VICEROY
398
Genesis
XLI. 1–8; Gen. Rab. 1093.
399
Genesis
XLI. 9–36; Gen. Rab. 1085, 1086, 1094; Tanhuma Miqes 3; Sepher Hayashar 174.
