Under the eagle's wing . PHILADELPHIA The Jewish Publication Society of America 1899 Copyright, 1899, byThe Jewish Publication Society of America ill Z^t £oxt> (§aitimoxc (preae the FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. PREFATORY NOTE The portrait of Moses Maimonideswhich forms the frontispiece of thisvohime is indirectly derived fromthe Thesaurus Ugolini, Venice, 1744,volume I, page 384. The author ofthe Thesaurus makes the statementthat it was taken from an oldpainting. Its authenticity cannot,however, be said to be signature is after a photographof a letter recover
Under the eagle's wing . PHILADELPHIA The Jewish Publication Society of America 1899 Copyright, 1899, byThe Jewish Publication Society of America ill Z^t £oxt> (§aitimoxc (preae the FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. PREFATORY NOTE The portrait of Moses Maimonideswhich forms the frontispiece of thisvohime is indirectly derived fromthe Thesaurus Ugolini, Venice, 1744,volume I, page 384. The author ofthe Thesaurus makes the statementthat it was taken from an oldpainting. Its authenticity cannot,however, be said to be signature is after a photographof a letter recovered from the CairoGenizah by Dr. S. Schechter. 516o>;8 CONTENTS Chapteb page I A Stranger from the North ... 7 II The Beginning of a Friendship . 25 III Stolen Waters 47 IV The Seder 66 V Champion of His Faith 81 VI A Perillous Mission 98 VII A Desert Journey 113 VIII An Old Score 141 IX The Moslem Camp 166 X The Jews Revenge 190 XI Dreams Fulfilled 222 UNDER THE EAGLES WING CHAPTER I A STRANGER FROM THE NORTH Duri
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