Chapters on Jewish Literature

Chapters on Jewish Literature

Israel Abrahams, one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation (1858-1925)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE  VINEYARD AT JAMNIA

-04- FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS AND THE JEWISH SIBYL

-05- THE TALMUD

-06- THE MIDRASH AND ITS POETRY

-07- THE LETTERS OF THE GAONIM

-08- THE KARAITIC LITERATURE

-09- THE NEW HEBREW PIYUT

-10- SAADIAH OF FAYUM

-11- DAWN OF THE SPANISH ERA

-12- THE SPANISH JEWISH POETS  I

-13- RASHI AND ALFASSI

-14- THE SPANISH JEWISH POETS  II

-15- MOSES MAIMONIDES

-16- THE DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE

-17- THE DIFFUSION OF FOLK TALES

-18- MOSES NACHMANIDES

-19- THE ZOHAR AND LATER MYSTICISM

-20- ITALIAN JEWISH POETRY

-21- ETHICAL LITERATURE

-22- TRAVELLERS' TALES

-23- HISTORIANS AND CHRONICLERS

-24- ISAAC ABARBANEL

-25- THE SHULCHAN ARUCH

-26- AMSTERDAM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

-27- MOSES MENDELSSOHN