A short survey of the literature of rabbinical and mediaeval Judaism / by W. O. E. Oesterley and G. H. Box. London : Soc. for promoting Christian Knowledge {[u.a.], 1920
Content
- Title page
- Prefatory Note.
- Contents.
- Abbreviations used in this Volume.
- I. General Historical Survey.
- I. The Post-Exilic Period.
- II. The Maccabaean Era and the Hasmonaeans; The Fall of Jerusalem.
- III. The Talmudic Period.
- IV. The Geonic Period.
- V. The Jews in Spain.
- II. The Rabbinical Literature.
- III. The Jewish Liturgy.
- I. Some Preliminary Considerations.
- II. Sources of the Present Liturgy.
- III. Non-Sacrificial Elements in the Temple Worship.
- IV. The Structure of the Daily Morning Service.
- V. The Zemiroth.
- VI. The Shema'.
- VII. The Shemoneh 'Esreh.
- VIII. The Tachanunim.
- IX. The Reading of the Law.
- X. Kaddish.
- XI. The Services for the Sabbath.
- XII. The Festival Services.
- XIII. The Day of Atonement and other Fast-Days.
- XIV. The Burial Service; Prayers for the Departed.
- IV. The Mediaeval Literature.
- I. Introductory.
- II. Grammar and Exegesis.
- III. The Mystical Literature.
- IV. Philosophy and Ethics.
- V. The Mediaeval Poetry.
- VI. Some Other Forms of Literature.
- Chronological Table, Appendix and Addenda.
- Index.