Index:Chapters on Jewish literature (IA chaptersonjewish00abra).pdf

Title	Chapters on Jewish Literature
Author	Israel Abrahams
Year	1899
Publisher	Jewish Publication Society of America
Location	Philadelphia
Source	pdf
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OCLC	1041776822

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CONTENTS

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	Preface	5
Chapter
I	The “Vineyard” at Jamnia	19
	Schools at Jamnia, Lydda, Usha, and Sepphoris.—The Tannaim compile the Mishnah.—Jochanan, Akiba, Meir, Judah.—Aquila.
II	Flavius Josephus and the Jewish Sibyl	33
III	The Talmud	43
	The Amoraim compile the Palestinian Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud.—Representative Amoraim: I (220–280) Palestine—Jochanan, Simon, Joshua, Simlai; Babylonia—Rab and Samuel. II (280–320) Palestine—Ami, Assi, Abbahu, Chiya; Babylonia—Huna and Zeira. III (320–380) Babylonia—Rabba, Abayi, Rava. IV (380–430) Babylonia—Ashi (first compilation of the Babylonian Talmud). V and VI (430–500) Babylonia—Rabina (completion of the Babylonian Talmud).
IV	The Midrash and its Poetry	55
	Mechilta, Sifra, Sifre, Pesikta, Tauchuma, Midrash Rabbah, Yalkut.—Proverbs.—Parables.—Fables.
V	The Letters of the Gaonim	68
	Representative Gaonim: Achai, Amram, Zemach, Saadiah, Sherira, Samuel, Hai.
VI	The Karaitic Literature	75
	Anan, Nahavendi, Abul-Faraj, Salman, Sahal, al-Bazir, Hassan, Japhet, Kirkisani, Judah Hadassi, Isaac Troki.
VII	The New-Hebrew Piyut	83
	Kalirian and Spanish Piyutim (Poems).—Jannai.—Kalir.
VIII	Saadiah of Fayum	91
	Translation of the Bible into Arabic.—Foundation of a Jewish Philosophy of Religion.
IX	Dawn of the Spanish Era	99
	Chasdai Ibn Shaprut.—Menachem and Dunash, Chayuj and Janach. Samuel the Nagid.
X	The Spanish-Jewish Poets (I)	107
	Solomon Ibn Gebirol.—“The Royal Crown.”—Moses Ibn Ezra.—Abraham Ibn Ezra.—The Biblical Commentaries of Ibn Ezra and the Kimchis.
XI	Rashi and Alfassi	119
	Nathan of Rome.—Alfassi.—Rashi.—Rashbam.
XII	The Spanish-Jewish Poets (II)	126
	Jehuda Halevi.—Charizi.
XIII	Moses Maimonides	134
	Maimon, Rambam = R. Moses, the son Maimon, Maimonides.—His Yad Hachazaka and Moreh Nebuchim.—Gersonides.— Crescas.—Albo.
XIV	The Diffusion of Science	144
	Provençal Translators.—The Ibn Tibbons.— Italian Translators.—Jacob Anatoli.—Kalonymos.—Scientific Literature.
XV	The Diffusion of Folk-Tales	153
	Barlaam and Joshaphat.—The Fables of Bidpai.—Abraham Ibn Chisdai.—Berachya ha-Nakdan. —Joseph Zabara.
XVI	Moses Nachmanides	160
	French and Spanish Talmudists.—The Tossafists, Asher of Speyer, Tarn, Isaac of Dompaire, Baruch of Ratisbon, Perez of Corbeil. Nachmanides’ Commentary on the Pentateuch.—Public controversies between Jews and Christians.
XVII	The Zohar and Later Mysticism	169
	Kabbala.—The Bahir.—Abulafia.—Moses of Leon.—The Zohar.—Isaac Lurya.—Isaiah Hurwitz.—Christian Kabbalists.—The Chassidim.
XVIII	Italian Jewish Poetry	178
	Immanuel and Dante.—The Machberoth.—Judah Romano.—Kalonymos.—The Eben Bochan.—Moses Rieti.—Messer Leon.
XIX	Ethical Literature	189
	Bachya Ibn Pekuda.—Choboth ha-Lebaboth.—Sefer ha-Chassidim.—Rokeach.—Yedaiah Bedaressi’s Bechinath Olam.—Isaac Aboab’s Menorath ha-Maor.—Ibn Chabib’s “Eye of Jacob.”—Zevaoth, or Ethical Wills.—Joseph Ibn Caspi.—Solomon Alami.
XX	Travellers’ Tales	200
	Eldad the Danite.—Benjamin of Tudela.—Petachiah of Ratisbon.—Esthori Parchi.—Abraham Farissol.—David Reubeni and Molcho.—Antonio de Montesinos and Manasseh ben Israel.—Tobiah Cohen.—Wessely.
XXI	Historians and Chroniclers	211
	Order of the Tannaim and Amoraim.—Achimaaz.—Abraham Ibn Daud.—Josippon.—Historical Elegies, or Selichoth.—Memorial Books.—Abraham Zacuto.—Elijah Kapsali.—Usque.—Ibn Verga.—Joseph Cohen.—David Gans.—Gedaliah Ibn Yachya.—Azariah di Rossi.
XXII	Isaac Abarbanel	225
	Abarbanel’s Philosophy and Biblical Commentaries. Elias Levita.— Zeëna u-Reëna. Moses Alshech.—The Biur.
XXIII	The Shulchan Aruch	232
	Asheri's Arba Turim.—Chiddushim and Teshuboth.—Solomon ben Adereth.—Meir of Rothenburg.—Sheshet and Duran.—Moses and Judah Minz.—Jacob Weil, Israel Isserlein, Maharil.—David Abi Zimra.—Joseph Karo.—Jair Bacharach.—Chacham Zevi.—Jacob Emden.—Ezekiel Landau.
XXIV	Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century	243
	Manasseh ben Israel.—Baruch Spinoza.—The Drama in Hebrew.—Moses Zacut, Joseph Felix Penso, Moses Chayim Luzzatto.
XXV	Moses Mendelssohn	253
	Mendelssohn's German Translation of the Bible.—Phædo.—Jerusalem.—Lessing’s Nathan the Wise.
	Index	263