Outlines of Jewish History: From B.C. 586 to C.E. 1890

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Jewish publication society of America, 1890 - Jews - 388 pages
 

Contents

Under Egyptian Rule
14
Institution of Hanucah
20
How they got their Names
26
Reign of Alexander Jannæus
32
The Fall of the Asmonean House
37
CHAPTER VIII
39
How Herod strengthened his Position
40
Herod as Husband
42
Herod as Father 5 Herod as King
43
The End of Herods Reign
44
a Contrast
45
Herods Will CHAPTER IX
47
Judea sinks into a Roman Province
48
Jesus of Nazareth
49
Jews in Egypt and Syria
52
Birth of Christianity
53
Reign of Herod Agrippa
54
Caligula and the Jews
56
CHAPTER X
57
Vespasian sent to Judea
58
Preparations for Defence 4 Josephus
59
CHAPTER XI
62
Affairs in Jerusalem
63
their Leaders
64
The Siege of Jerusalem
66
Terms proposed
67
The Destruction of the Temple
68
BOOK II
71
What became of the Chief Actors
72
What became of the Country and the People
73
Salvage
74
Jewish Christians
75
CHAPTER XIII
77
Contemporary Jews in the East
78
Under Trajan
79
their Leader
80
Akiba the Romance of his Youth
81
Akiba the Romance of his Age
84
CHAPTER XIV
86
their Work
87
The Masters of the Schools
88
The Moral Influence of the Schools
89
The Political Influence of the Schools
90
CHAPTER XV
94
The First Christian Emperor
95
Jews in the East under Persian Rule
96
Julian the Apostate
97
CHAPTER XVI
99
Social Changes
100
Monks and Saints
102
How Jews became Traders
104
The Slave Trade
106
Jews as Slave Owners
107
Eastern Jews
108
War between the Persian and the Byzantine Empires
109
CHAPTER XVII
111
What Mahomed learnt from the Jews
112
Differences between Islam and Judaism
114
CHAPTER XVIII
115
Gaonim
116
Spain in the Hands of the Mahomedans
118
The Karaite Movement
120
Mahomedan Causes for Karaism 6 The Leader of the Karaite Movement
121
What became of the Sect
122
Good out of Evil
123
CHAPTER XIX
124
Close of the Schools some Scholars
125
Jews in the West
126
The Policy of the Early Kaliphs
127
Some Effects of this Policy
128
CHAPTER XXI
139
The Toledo Synagogue
141
The Downward Slope to Death
142
The Marannos or New Christians
144
An Effort at Argument
145
The Inquisition
146
Some Statistics of the Inquisition
148
Abarbanels Intercession
149
CHAPTER XXII
150
Jews become Moneylenders
153
Charges of Usury
154
CHAPTER XXIII
157
Glimpses of Better Things
160
Life in France till the Expulsion thence
161
Expelled from France
164
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165
Dishonest Jews
177
Efforts at Conversion
178
Expulsion of Jews from England
179
BOOK III
181
How the Stars shone
182
Piyutim
183
A Specimen Planet
187
CHAPTER XXVII
190
His Writings
191
Life in Exile
205
His Character
213
A New Crusade
219
Results CHAPTER XXXV
223
Atmospheric Conditions
225
His Early Life
239
Negotiations begun for the Return of the Jews to England
245
How the Petition was received
251
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268
Some Jewish Results from the Invention of Printing
269
Influence of Printing on Kabbalistic Literature
270
CHAPTER XXXVI
272
Polish Jews
276
French Jews
278
Social Life in Germany
280
Moral and Material Effects upon the Jews
281
CHAPTER XXXVII
284
Goes to Berlin 3 How he fares there
287
Seedtime
289
Harvest
290
Nathan der Weise
291
Literary Successes
292
His Home Life
294
Last Years
295
CHAPTER XXXVIII
298
Leopold Zunz
299
Progress of Events and Legislation in Germany
304
Progress of Events and Legislation in Spain and Portugal
309
Progress of Events and Legislation in Austrian Dominions
310
Progress of Events and Legislation in Russia and Poland
311
Progress of Events and Legislation in Danubian Provinces
312
CHAPTER XXXIX
315
how received
318
Converts
320
Progress of AngloJewish Legislation
322
Communal Progress
325
The Nineteenth Century
327
A Slander revived and slain
330
The Man of the Nineteenth Century
331
Conclusion
333
CHAPTER XL
334
South America
336
Surinam
337
Marannos in Brazil
339
CHAPTER XLI
340
Maryland
342
Pennsylvania 4 Savannah
344
Prosperity
345
Religious Life
346
In the Struggle for Independence
348
Haym Solomon 9 In the War of 1812
351
Struggle for Rights in Maryland
352
Ohio CHAPTER XLII
353
Emigration from Germany
354
Religious Condition Isaac Leeser
355
Growth of Schools Rebecca Gratz
356
Higher Education 6 Board of Delegates
358
Beneficial Institutions
360
Orders
361
Religious Life
362
Russian Immigration
363
Agriculture and Trades
364
Michael Heilprin Emma Lazarus
365
Conclusion
366
Rashi 3 Ibn Ezra 4 A Great Traveller 5 Jehudah Halevi
372
DATES OF CHIEF EVENTS AND CHIEF PEOPLE
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