ts German manuscript, which he had started writing shortly after his arrival in this country from Germany, were Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah and one of the most venerated figures in the history of Israel, and Paul Radin, distinguished American anthropologisبs colleagues, Professor Shalom Spiegel of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Among the translators who first worked on the authorبTHIS BOOK is a shorter version of The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, originally published in seven volumes. A special introduction has been written for this edition by one of the author.