Old Testament Legends : From a Greek Poem on Genesis and Exodus by Georgios Chumnos (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Adam and Eve expelled from paradise. They sign a bond for the devil and take refuge in the cave of Nevron; 2. Cain's act of murder detected. The curse laid upon him. The burial of Abel; 3. Cain shot by the blind Lamech; 4. Promise of the oil of mercy. Seth's journey to paradise in quest thereof. Death of Adam; 5. Enoch inscribes the story of the creation on marble tablets; 6. The conversion of Abram; 7. Abraham, Sarah and the king of Canaan; 8. How Abraham was sent to Melchisedek; 9. Abraham entertains the three young travellers. Miracle of the calf; 10. The assault upon Lot's house. The miracle of the flame. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; 11. The purification of Lot; 12. Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites. He throws himself on his mother Rachel's tomb; 13. Birth of Moses. His ordeal before Pharaoh; 14. Death of Moses and his burial on Sinai; Notes on the Greek text; Glossary.