but
the books in which we have them now were put into their present shape
by Christians. Still, there is not one that is less than fifteen
hundred years old.

CONTENTS
PAGE
ADAM 1
THE DEATH OF ADAM AND EVE . . . 15
ABRAHAM 25
THE STORY OF ASENETH, JOSEPH'S WIFE . 49
JOB. . . . . . . 81
SOLOMON AND THE DEMONS. . 105
THE STORY OF EBEDMELECH THE ETHIOPIAN,
AND OF THE DEATH OF JEREMIAH . 121
AHIKAR 135

ILLUSTRATIONS
How SATAN DECEIVED EVE IN THE RIVER (see p. 10) Frontispiece
THEN CAME ONE OF THE SERAPHIM AND BARE THE SOUL OF ADAM TO THE LAKE OF PURE WATER IN THE GARDEN . . . . Facing p. 22
ABRAHAM AND THE BROKEN IDOLS