CONTENTS PAGE[Prelude: Moses and Jesus]viii[A Child of the Ghetto]1[Joseph the Dreamer]21[Uriel Acosta]68[The Turkish Messiah]115[The Maker of Lenses]186[The Master of the Name]221[Maimon the Fool and Nathan the Wise]289[From a Mattress Grave]335[The People's Saviour]369[The Primrose Sphinx]424[Dreamers in Congress]430[The Palestine Pilgrim]441[The Conciliator of Christendom]453[The Joyous Comrade]480[Chad Gadya]493[Epilogue: a Modern Scribe in Jerusalem]514