The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Volume III, 1917

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THE SACRED BOOKS AND

EARLY LITERATURE OF

THE EAST

WITH HISTORICAL SURVEYS OF THE CHIEF
WRITINGS OF EACH NATION
Translations, Bibliographies, etc., by the following
Leading Orientalists:
IN AMERICA:
MORRIS JASTROW, LL.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, University of Penn-
sylvania; JAMES H. BREASTED, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology, University of
Chicago; CHARLES C. TORREY, D.D., Professor of Semitic Languages, Yale
University; A. V. W. JACKSON, LL.D., Professor of Indo-Iranian, Columbia Uni-
versity; CHARLES R. LANMAN, LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Harvard University;
REV. CHARLES F. AIKEN, S.T.D., Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Catholic
University; FRIEDRICH HIRTH, LL.D., Professor of Chinese, Columbia Uni-
versity; REV. WILLIAM E. GRIFFIS, D.D., former Professor at the Imperial
University, Tokio.
IN EUROPE:
E. A. W. BUDGE, F.S.A., Director of Egyptology in the British Museum; SIR
GASTON MASPERO, D.C.L., Member of the Royal Institute of France; REV. A. H.
SAYCE, LL.D., Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford University; W.
FLINDERS-PETRIE, LL.D., Professor of Egyptology, University College, London;
STEPHEN LANGDON, Ph.D., Professor of Assyriology, Oxford University; SIR
ERNEST SATOW, LL.D., G.C.M.G., British Minister to Japan; H. OLDENBERG,
LL.D., Professor of Sanskrit, Kiel University; T. W. RHYS-DAVIDS, LL.D.,
Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society; ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY, LL.D., Professor
of Oriental Languages, University of Budapest.
IN ASIA:
SIR M. COOMARA SWAMY, Legislative Council of Ceylon; ROMESH CHUNDER
DUTT, C.I.E., Author of the History of Civilization in Ancient India; DARAB
D. P. SANJANA, Educational Society of Bombay; VISCOUNT KENCHO SUYE-
MATSU, LL.M., Japanese Minister of the Interior; SHEIK FAIZ-ULLAH-BHAI,
Head Master of the Schools of Anjuman-i-Islam; RALPH T. GRIFFITH, President
Benares College, India; JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI MODI, Fellow of Bombay Uni-
versity, Officier de l'Académie Française.
Under the editorship of a staff of specialists directed by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, INC.
NEW YORK LONDON
This Volume is one of a complete set of the Sacred Books
and Early Literature of the East, consisting of fourteen
volumes. In Volume I of the series will be found a cer-
tificate as to the limitation of the edition and the registered
number of this set.
Copyright, 1917,
Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, Inc.
THE SCROLL OF THE LAW.
A newly found, very ancient copy of the first Five Books of
the Bible, with its Preserver the Hebrew High Priest of the
Samaritans.
© UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y.
THE SACRED BOOKS AND EARLY
LITERATURE OF THE EAST

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VOLUME III
ANCIENT HEBREW

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THE EARLIEST REMAINS
THE TALMUD
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In Translations by
THE AMERICAN REVISION COMMITTEE OF THE HOLY BIBLE; W.
H. BENNETT, Litt.D., Professor of Hebrew in New College, London;
H. POLANO, former Professor of Hebrew in Maimonides College; Rev.
JOSEPH BARCLAY, LL.D., Bishop of Jerusalem.
With a Brief Bibliography by
A. W. OKO, Librarian of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati.
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With an Historical Survey and Descriptions by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.
PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, INC.
NEW YORK LONDON
"Let there be light."—GENESIS I, 3.
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"There never was a false god, nor was there ever
really a false religion, unless you call a child a
false man."—MAX MÜLLER.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III

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ANCIENT HEBREW

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INTRODUCTION—The Old Testament and the Tal-
mud: The Two Mighty Treasure-Houses of
Hebraic Thought....................................................... 1
I.—THE EARLIEST REMAINS................................................ 8
An Antediluvian Chant (age unknown) .................. 12
Biblical Songs (about 1200 B.C.)............................... 13
The Moabite Stone (850 B.C.)................................... 19
The Inscription of Siloam (before 587 B.C.) ............. 21
THE TALMUD
II.—THE MISHNA, OR ELDER TALMUD (219 A.D.) . . 25
On Blessings............................................................. 27
On the Sabbath ......................................................... 40
On the Day of Atonement......................................... 52
The Sanhedrin........................................................... 69
The Fathers................................................................ 97
III.—THE GEMARA, OR YOUNGER TALMUD (425 A.D.) ......... 123
The Deliverance from Egypt..................................... 124
The Ten Plagues........................................................ 135
The Death of Moses.................................................. 142
The Book of Esther................................................... 145
King Solomon the Wise............................................ 167
IV.—THE HAGGADA, OR TALES AND TRADITIONS OF THE
TALMUD..................................................................... 181
Legends and Parables................................................ 183
Tales of the Rabbis.................................................... 208
Proverbs and Sayings of the Rabbis .... 240
On Biblical History................................................... 281
V.—THE HALACHA, OR RULES OF THE LAW ....................... 341
THE BARAITHA
VI.—THE TABERNACLE.......................................................... 371
VII.—BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................... 397
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ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME III

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FACING PAGE
The Scroll of the Law ...................................................... Frontispiece
The Most Sacred Spot of the Hebraic Faith .............. 128
The Tomb of Ezra, a Jewish Shrine of the "Captivity"........ 224
An Egyptian Record of Joseph's Seven-Year Famine . ................. 304
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