A Thousand Years of Jewish History / From the days of Alexander the Great to the Moslem Conquest of Spain
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For a thousand years in thy sight, are but ... as a watch in the night Psalms, xc, 4.
Jerusalem Besieged by Titus. (See page 167.)
From the Days of Alexander the Great To the Moslem Conquest of Spain
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS AND NOTES.
BY THE Rev. Maurice H. Harris, A. M., Ph. D. Author of People of the Book. History of the Mediæval Jews Modern Jewish History Selected Addresses , etc.
SIXTH EDITION. Revised and Enlarged NEW YORK: BLOCH PUBLISHING CO., 40 EAST 14TH ST., 1914.
Copyright, 1911 By MAURICE H. HARRIS
PRESS OF PHILIP COWEN NEW YORK
Maurice H. Harris
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Introduction
Contents
List of Illustrations
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES.
Themes for Discussion
BOOK I.
JUDEA, A VASSAL STATE.
CHAPTER I.
UNDER PERSIAN SWAY.
Chronological Table.
CHAPTER II.
GREEK AND JEW.
CHAPTER III.
JUDEA FIGHTS FOR ITS FAITH.
CHAPTER IV.
JUDEA FIGHTS FOR ITS INDEPENDENCE.
CHAPTER V.
THE APOCRYPHA.
CHAPTER VI.
IN THE DIASPORA.
BOOK II.
JUDEA INDEPENDENT
CHAPTER VII.
PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES.
CHAPTER VIII.
A ROYAL HOUSE AGAIN.
CHAPTER IX.
RIVAL CLAIMANTS FOR THE THRONE.
CHAPTER X.
JUDEA UNDER ROMAN SUZERAINTY.
CHAPTER XI.
HEROD.
CHAPTER XII.
HILLEL
CHAPTER XIII.
HEROD'S SUCCESSORS.
BOOK III.
JUDEA UNDER ROME.
CHAPTER XIV.
PILATE THE PROCURATOR.
CHAPTER XV.
JESUS OF NAZARETH.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL.
CHAPTER XVII.
PHILO-JUDEUS.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A JEWISH KING ONCE MORE.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE LAST PROCURATORS.
CHAPTER XX.
JUDEA'S WAR WITH ROME.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE SIEGE.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM.
CHAPTER XXIII.
JOSEPHUS AND HIS WORKS.
BOOK IV.
THE TALMUDIC ERA.
CHAPTER XXIV.
JOCHANAN BEN ZAKKAI.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE PALESTINIAN ACADEMIES.
CHAPTER XXVI.
JUDAISM AND THE CHURCH.
CHAPTER XXVII.
ROME'S REGIME AFTER JUDEA'S OVERTHROW.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
AKIBA.
CHAPTER XXIX.
LAST STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
CHAPTER XXX.
R. JUDAH, "THE SAINT," AND HIS TIMES.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE MISHNA.
Chronological Table.
CHAPTER XXXII.
BABYLONIA AND ITS SCHOOLS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHRISTIANITY THE STATE CHURCH OF ROME.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE DIVISION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
Chronological Table.
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE TALMUD.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
SAYINGS AND STORIES OF THE SAGES OF THE TALMUD.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
SAYINGS AND STORIES OF THE SAGES.
BOOK V.
SHEM AND JAPHETH.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
BEGINNING OF THE JEWISH MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
IN THE SPANISH PENINSULA.
CHAPTER XL.
ARABIA.
CHAPTER XLI.
MOHAMMED.
CHAPTER XLII.
ISLAM AND THE JEWS.
Index
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