SCRIPTURA

Rabbinic

Pirkê de Rabbi Eliezer

Attributed to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus

Translated by Gerald Friedlander

A Midrashic retelling of creation, the patriarchs and the Exodus, with rich Jewish legend.

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Contents · 53

  1. 1Chapter 1 · Rabbi Eliezer and the Torah
  2. 2Chapter 2 · R Eliezer and His Brethren
  3. 3Chapter 3 · Premundane Creation, and the Work of the First Day
  4. 4Chapter 4 · The Creation Ox the Second Day
  5. 5Chapter 5 · The Gathering of the Waters
  6. 6Chapter 6 · The Planets ; the Course of the Sun
  7. 7Chapter 7 · The Course of the Moon
  8. 8Chapter 8 · The Principle of Intercalation
  9. 9Chapter 9 · The Creation and Wonders of the Fifth Day
  10. 10Chapter 10 · The History of Jonah
  11. 11Chapter 11 · The Work of Creation on the Sixth Day
  12. 12Chapter 12 · Adam in Paradise
  13. 13Chapter 13 · The Serpent in Paradise
  14. 14Chapter 14 · The Sin of Adam and Eve
  15. 15Chapter 15 · The Two Ways
  16. 16Chapter 16 · The Service of Loving-kindness
  17. 17Chapter 17 · Loving Service to Mourners
  18. 18Chapter 18 · The Creation on the Eve of the Sabbath
  19. 19Chapter 19 · The Sabbath
  20. 20Chapter 20 · Adam's Penitence
  21. 21Chapter 21 · Cain and Abel
  22. 22Chapter 22 · The Fall of the Angels
  23. 23Chapter 23 · The Ark and the Flood
  24. 24Chapter 24 · Nimrod and the Tower of Babel
  25. 25Chapter 25 · The Sin of Sodom
  26. 26Chapter 26 · The Trials of Abraham
  27. 27Chapter 27 · The Trials of Abraham (continued)
  28. 28Chapter 28 · The Trials of Abraham (continued)
  29. 29Chapter 29 · The Trials of Abraham (continued)
  30. 30Chapter 30 · The Trials of Abraham (continued)
  31. 31Chapter 31 · The Binding of Isaac on the Altar
  32. 32Chapter 32 · The Death of Sarah and the Story of Isaac and Rebecca
  33. 33Chapter 33 · Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
  34. 34Chapter 34 · The Resurrection of the Dead
  35. 35Chapter 35 · The Vision of Jacob at Bethel
  36. 36Chapter 36 · Jacob and Laban
  37. 37Chapter 37 · Jacob and the Angel
  38. 38Chapter 38 · Joseph and His Brethren
  39. 39Chapter 39 · Joseph in Egypt
  40. 40Chapter 40 · Moses at the Burning Bush
  41. 41Chapter 41 · The Revelation on Sinai
  42. 42Chapter 42 · The Exodus
  43. 43Chapter 43 · The Power of Repentance
  44. 44Chapter 44 · Amalek and Israel
  45. 45Chapter 45 · The Golden Calf
  46. 46Chapter 46 · Moses on the Mount
  47. 47Chapter 47 · The Zeal of Phineas
  48. 48Chapter 48 · The Egyptian Bondage
  49. 49Chapter 49 · The Seed of Amalek
  50. 50Chapter 50 · Haman
  51. 51Chapter 51 · The New Heavens and Earth
  52. 52Chapter 52 · The Seven Wonders of Old
  53. 53Chapter 53 · The Sin of Slander Fb I