Messengers of God :

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-

Messengers of God : Biblical portraits and legends / Elie Wiesel ; translated from the French by Marion Wiesel. - 1st American ed. - New York : Touchstone, c1976. - xiv, 237 p. ; 21 cm.

Translation of Célébration biblique.

Bibliography: p. 237.

Contents: Adam, or the mystery of the beginning --
Parables and sayings I --
Cain and Abel : the first genocide --
Parable and sayings II --
The sacrifice of Isaac : a survivor's story --
Parables and sayings III --
And Jacob fought the angel --
Parables and sayings IV --
Joseph, or the education of a Tzaddik --
Parables and sayings V --
Moses : portrait of a leader --
Parables and sayings VI --
Job : our contemporary --
Sources.

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Moses (Biblical leader) --Legends.
Job (Biblical figure) --Legends.


Bible.--Genesis--Legends.


Aggada.
Midrash--Legends.
Hasidic parables.

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