History of the Jews, Vol. 1 (of 6)
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Complete set of 6 volumes, published 1946 based on the 1891 edition. Volume From the Earliest Period to the Death of Simon the Maccabee (135 B. C. E.). Volume From the Reign of Hyrcanus (135 B. C. E.) to the Completion of the Babylonian Talmud (500 C. E.). Volume From the Revolt Against the Zendik (511 C. E.) to the Capture of St. Jean d'Acre by the Mahometans (1291 C. E.). Volume From the Rise of the Kabbala (1270 C. E.) to the Permanent Settlement of the Marranos in Holland (1618 C. E.). Volume From the Chmielnicki Persecution of the Jews in Poland (1648 C. E.) to the Period of the Emancipat...
Chapters (537)
- HISTORY OF THE JEWS
- HISTORY OF THE JEWS
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- HISTORY OF THE JEWS CHAPTER I. THE EARLIEST PERIOD.
- CHAPTER II. OCCUPATION OF THE LAND OF CANAAN.
- CHAPTER III. NEIGHBOURING NATIONS.
- CHAPTER IV. THE JUDGES.
- CHAPTER V. ELI AND SAMUEL.
- CHAPTER VI. THE APOGEE.
- CHAPTER VII. DAVID AND ISHBOSHETH.
- CHAPTER VIII. DAVID.
- CHAPTER IX. SOLOMON.
- CHAPTER X. SECESSION OF THE TRIBES.
- CHAPTER XI. THE HOUSE OF DAVID AND THE JEHUIDES.
- CHAPTER XII. END OF THE HOUSE OF JEHU AND THE TIME OF UZZIAH.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE DOWNFALL OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TEN TRIBES; THE HOUSE OF DAVID, AND THE INTERVENTION OF THE ASSYRIANS.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE END OF THE KINGDOM OF THE TEN TRIBES, AND THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
- CHAPTER XV. THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH.
- CHAPTER XVI. END OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DESTRUCTION.
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE BABYLONIAN EXILE.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE RETURN FROM BABYLON, THE NEW COMMUNITY IN JUDÆA, EZRA AND NEHEMIAH.
- CHAPTER XX. THE SOPHERIC AGE.
- CHAPTER XXI. SIMON THE JUST AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE TYRANNICAL CONVERSION TO HELLENISM AND THE ELEVATION OF THE MACCABEES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. VICTORIES AND DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABÆUS; JONATHAN THE HASMONÆAN.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE JUDÆANS IN ALEXANDRIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SIMON.
- FOOTNOTES
- INDEX.
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