Showing posts with label Biblical Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biblical Books. Show all posts

Myth-Folklore Book: The Forgotten Books of Eden

This book is part of the Adam and Eve unit.

The Forgotten Books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926).

Available FREE texts:
Sacred Texts Archive

Other online sources:
Kindle ebook: $2.99

The portion entitled The Book of Adam and Eve is available as a free audiobook at LibriVox.




Myth-Folklore Book: Jewish Fairy Tales

This book is part of the Jewish Fairy Tales unit.

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa (1919).

I have not been able to find the name of the illustrator; it may be Sol Aronson (?), but I am not sure.

Available FREE texts:
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive
Sacred Texts Archive
Google Books
Hathi Books
Kindle eBook



Myth-Folklore: The Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea)

This book is part of the Women Saints unit.

Voragine's Golden Legend, vols. 1-7, edited by F. S. Ellis (1900).

Ellis's edition is a slightly modernized version of the 1483 translation published by William Caxton. The book is available for free in various formats at the Christian Classics Ethereal LibraryVolume 1Volume 2 - Volume 3 - Volume 4 - Volume 5 - Volume 6 - Volume 7.

In this painting from the Trinci Palace in Foligno, Italy, you can see Jacobus de Voragine holding his book, the Legenda Aurea, in his hands:






Myth-Folklore Book: Lost Books of the Bible (Platt)

This book is part of the Infancy Gospels unit.

The Lost Books of the Bible, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926).

Available FREE texts:
Sacred Texts Archive

Other online sources:
Kindle eBook: $2.99




Myth-Folklore Book: The Legends of the Jews

This book is part of the Adam and Eve unit and the Noah unit.

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Volume 1. If you are interested in the notes to these stories, you can find Volume 5, which contains the footnotes, at the Internet Archive.

Available FREE texts:
Project Gutenberg
Internet Archive
Sacred Texts Archive
Google Books
Hathi Books
Kindle eBook

Available FREE audio:
LibriVox
Internet Archive