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THE

Jewish Encyclopedia

A DESCRIPTIVE RECORD OF

THE HISTORY, RELIGION, LITERATURE, AND CUSTOMS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

Prepared by More than Four Hundred Scholars and Specialists
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE FOLLOWING EDITORIAL BOARD

Cyrus Adler, Ph.D. (Departments of Post-Biblical Antiquities; the Jews of America). Gotthart Deutsch, Ph.D. (Department of History from 1492 to 1901). Louis Ginzberg, Ph.D. (Department of Rabbinical Literature). Richard Gottheil, Ph.D. (Departments of History from Ezra to 1492 ; History of Post-Talmudic Literature). Joseph Jacobs, B.A. (Departments of the Jews of England and Anthropology ; Revising Editor). ISAAC K. FUNK, D.D., LL.D. Chairman of the Board

Marcus Jastrow, Ph.D. (Department of the Talmud). Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D. (Department of the Bible). Kaufmann Kohler, Ph.D. (Departments of Theology and Philosophy). Frederick de Sola Mendes, Ph.D. (Chief of the Bureau of Translation ; Revising editor). Isidore Singer, Ph.D. (Department of Modern Biography from 1750 to 1901). Crawford H. Toy, D.D., LL.D. (Departments of Hebrew Philology and Hellenistic Literature). FRANK H. VIZETELLY Secretary of the Board

ISIDORE SINGER, Ph.D.
Projector and Managing Editor

ASSISTED BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BOARDS OF CONSULTING EDITORS
(SEE PAGE V)

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