Modern Judaism: Or, A Brief Account of the Opinions, Traditions, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Jews in Modern Times, Volume 22; Volume 798John Allen's discussion of Judaism dates to 1816; for many years, it was the authoritative history of the Jews from the time of Abraham through to the modern day. When sourcing the information necessary for this account, the author was discerning and meticulous: the history of the Jews is a topic of enormous depth and scope, requiring the use of holy books and written records often centuries or millennia old. Principally he examines the Holy Bible, and in particular the pertinent Old Testament texts, plus the holy books of the Jews such as the Kabbalah and Talmud. Other more esoteric sources include the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Prayer Book. Each chapter of Modern Judaism includes numerous notes, elaborating further and list the relevant passages. Many wide-ranging aspects of Jewish life are covered; such as how to manage births, marriages, deaths, the preparation of food and the care of pregnant women. The ancient temple and its precepts are extensively narrated, that readers comprehend how the Jewish faith changed and evolved as the centuries passed, with rabbis across the ages contributing to the written lore. This reprint reproduces the tables and Hebrew script of the expanded second edition, which was first published in 1830. |
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... not allow to be included : and others give accounts and repre- sentations which the Author thought he had reason to reject , or maintain opinions from which he felt himself obliged to dissent . These references are inserted for iv PREFACE .
... Reason why it was not committed to writing . - Praises of the Talmud . The thirteen Ways of reasoning employed by the Rabbies in expounding the Law ..... CHAPTER IV . ... Reasons for believing the Story of an Oral Law to be a Fiction ...
... reason of this division nothing certain can be determined . Some modern rabbies affirm it to have been a designed allusion to the threefold division of the tabernacle and temple : the Law B 2 answering to the Most Holy Place , in which.
... reason of the division , it is doubtless of high antiquity . The son of Sirach seems to allude to it in the preface to the book of Ecclesiasticus , written and published about a hundred and thirty years before the Christian era ; where ...
... reason to believe that the division into twenty - four books may be traced as high as the fourth century . Some Jewish copies of the scrip- tures differ from others , as to the order of the several books in the classes to which they are ...