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INTRODUCTION--The Breadth and Persistency of Hebrew Learning |
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I.--THE MIDRASH, or Preserved Tradition |
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The Tanhuma Midrash (about A.D. 500) |
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Bereshith Rabba |
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Exodus Rabba |
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Leviticus Rabba |
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Numbers Rabba |
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Deuteronomy Rabba |
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Ashmedai, the King of Demons |
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II.--THE KABBALAH, or Secret Tradition (from unknown date to A.D. 1305) 1 |
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The Book of Creation, or Sepher Yetzirah 1 |
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The Book of Concealed Mystery, or Sepher Dtzenioutha 1 |
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The Greater Holy Assembly 1 |
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III.--RELIGIOUS POETRY |
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The Poems of Avicebron or Ibn Gabirol (died A.D. 1058) |
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The Poems of Judah Halevi (A.D. 1080-1150) |
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Later Poets |
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IV.--THE BOOK CUSARI, The Story of a Lost Race |
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V.--THE GREAT HEBREW PHILOSOPHERS |
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Commentaries of Rabbi Ben Ezra (A.D. 1092-1167) |
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Advice of Maimonides (1135-1204) |
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VI.--THE TRAVELS OF BENJAMIN OF TUDELA (A.D. 1160-1173) |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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FACING PAGE |
The Tomb of Hiram |
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The Mosque of Abraham |
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Kabbalistic Diagram of the Soul |
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An Ancient Synagogue in Palestine |
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