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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... Unto him shall ye hearken . " Deut . xviii . 15. But a prophet had no power to abrogate , extend , or diminish any precepts of the written law , or any received traditional explication of them . Thus , if he should say , in opposition ...
... unto the Lord , ye shall bring your " offering of the cattle : " - the word here translated cattle , the rabbies say , includes all beasts wild as well as tame , by which it would seem that any were eligible for this purpose - but the ...
... unto Moses , Number all the first born " of the males of the children of Israel . " This command contains both a general and a particular term , each of which needs the other to explain it . The general term , all the first born ...
... unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to " death ; the people of the land shall stone him " with stones . " If it be asked , why the sin of offering to Molech , which was already included among other abominations , is here particularly ...
... unto a stranger , she 66 may not eat of an offering of the holy things . " This exception would always have excluded her from eating of the holy things , even though she might have returned to her father's house in con- sequence of a ...