Introductory Note Biblical Parallels 1. Macrocosm and Micocosm in Creation2. The Diminishing of the Moon 3. The Footstool of God 4. Creation of Adam as an Androgynous and His " Separation" 5. Creation of Man and the Fall 6. The Flood Story 7. Noah' s Raven and Dove 8.

The Tower of Babel 9. Looking Back: The Lot Story 10. Two Akedah Stories 11. A Third Akedah Story 12. " It is not done in our place to give the younger before the first-born" 13. Genesis 34 and the Vettuvan Caste 14. Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar 15. Moses in the Bulrushes 16.

Young Moses' Test 17. Moses, the Storks, and the Serpents 18. The Stick That Turned into a Serpent 19. Splitting Seas and Rivers 20. Moses and the Footprint of God 21. The Scapegoat 22. Cities of Refuge 23. Never-Ending Oil 24.

Cure of Leprosy and Leprosy as a Punishment 25. The Judgment of Solomon 26. Creating an Alternative Cosmos Part II: Rabbinic Parallels 27. Omen: The Rooster That Crows at Night 28. Saints in the Fiery Furnace 29. Sneezing as an Omen 30. A Knife in the Bed of a Woman in Childbirth 31. Kapparot 32.

Drinking the Water in Which Feet Were Washed 33. On Throwing Rice at a Wedding 34. Encircling as Part of the Wedding Ceremony 35. Stepping on the Foot at a Wedding 36. Carrying the Bride Across the Threshold 37. The Status of the Broom 38. The Navel Cord for a Barren Woman 39. A Morbid Cure for Barrenness 40.

Cutting off the Nose of an Adulterous Woman 41. How the Corpse Should Be Taken Out 42. Taking the Dead Out of the House 43. Impurity of the House in Which a Corpse Is to Be Found 44. Passing under the Bier or Palanquin of a Corpse 45. Direction in Which the Bodies Are Buried 46. Deceased Is Buried Lying on His Side47. Covering Mirrors 48.

Breaking Pots in the House of the Deceased 49. Breaking Water-Filled Vessels at a Funeral 50. Marriage of the Dead 51. Identifying Invisible Beings 52. On Nail Pairings 53. Lice and Bugs 54. Rivers Flowing Backwards 55. Dog-Faced People 56.

The Swallowed Shroud Conclusion Afterword Appendix About the Author.