Baring-Gould gathers the legends that grew up around the figures of the Hebrew Bible, from the fall of the angels, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and the giants to the patriarchs. He draws on the Talmud, the Sepher Hajaschar, the Koran and Muslim tradition, noting where stories came from Persia and elsewhere.
A treasury of extra-biblical lore from the prolific Victorian scholar, for readers of religion and folklore. Download the free EPUB.