Chapters on Jewish Literature

Chapters on Jewish Literature
Israel Abrahams, one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation (1858-1925)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- PREFACE
-03- THE  VINEYARD AT JAMNIA
-04- FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS AND THE JEWISH SIBYL
-05- THE TALMUD
-06- THE MIDRASH AND ITS POETRY
-07- THE LETTERS OF THE GAONIM
-08- THE KARAITIC LITERATURE
-09- THE NEW HEBREW PIYUT
-10- SAADIAH OF FAYUM
-11- DAWN OF THE SPANISH ERA
-12- THE SPANISH JEWISH POETS  I
-13- RASHI AND ALFASSI
-14- THE SPANISH JEWISH POETS  II
-15- MOSES MAIMONIDES
-16- THE DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE
-17- THE DIFFUSION OF FOLK TALES
-18- MOSES NACHMANIDES
-19- THE ZOHAR AND LATER MYSTICISM
-20- ITALIAN JEWISH POETRY
-21- ETHICAL LITERATURE
-22- TRAVELLERS' TALES
-23- HISTORIANS AND CHRONICLERS
-24- ISAAC ABARBANEL
-25- THE SHULCHAN ARUCH
-26- AMSTERDAM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
-27- MOSES MENDELSSOHN