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By-paths in Hebraic bookland

By-paths in Hebraic bookland

by Israel Abrahams

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About this eBook

Author
Abrahams, Israel, 1858-1925
Original Publication
United States: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920.
Credits
Sharon Joiner, Jeff G. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
Subject
Jews in literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70401
Release Date
March 29, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.BY-PATHS IN HEBRAIC BOOKLAND
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. 7.Part I THE STORY OF AHIKAR — PHILO ON THE “CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE” — JOSEPHUS AGAINST APION — CAECILIUS ON THE SUBLIME — THE PHOENIX OF EZEKIELOS — THE LETTER OF SHERIRA — NATHAN OF ROME’S DICTIONARY — THE SORROWS OF TATNU
  8. 8.Part II IBN GEBIROL’S “ROYAL CROWN” — BAR HISDAI’S “PRINCE AND DERVISH” — THE SARAJEVO HAGGADAH — A PIYYUT BY BAR ABUN — ISAAC’S LAMP AND JACOB’S WELL — “LETTERS OF OBSCURE MEN” — DE ROSSI’S “LIGHT OF THE EYES” — GUARINI AND LUZZATTO — HAHN’S NOTE BOOK — LEON MODENA’S “RITES”
  9. 9.Part III MENASSEH AND REMBRANDT — LANCELOT ADDISON ON THE BARBARY JEWS — THE BODENSCHATZ PICTURES — LESSING’S FIRST JEWISH PLAY — ISAAC PINTO’S PRAYER-BOOK — MENDELSSOHN’S “JERUSALEM” — HERDER’S ANTHOLOGY — WALKER’S “THEODORE CYPHON” — HORACE SMITH OF THE “REJECTED ADDRESSES”
  10. 10.Part IV BYRON’S “HEBREW MELODIES” — COLERIDGE’S “TABLE TALK” — BLANCO WHITE’S SONNET — DISRAELI’S “ALROY” — ROBERT GRANT’S “SACRED POEMS” — GUTZKOW’S “URIEL ACOSTA” — GRACE AGUILAR’S “SPIRIT OF JUDAISM” — ISAAC LEESER’S BIBLE — LANDOR’S “ALFIERI AND SALOMON”
  11. 11.Part V BROWNING’S “BEN KARSHOOK” — I. — II. — K. E. FRANZOS’ “JEWS OF BARNOW” — HERZBERG’S “FAMILY PAPERS” — LONGFELLOW’S “JUDAS MACCABÆUS” — ARTOM’S SERMONS — SALKINSON’S “OTHELLO” — “LIFE THOUGHTS” OF MICHAEL HENRY — THE POEMS OF EMMA LAZARUS — CONDER’S “TENT WORK IN PALESTINE” — KALISCH’S “PATH AND GOAL” — FRANZ DELITZSCH’S “IRIS” — “THE PRONAOS” OF I. M. WISE — A BAEDEKER LITANY — IMBER’S SONG
  12. 12.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes

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