The world: historical and actual . HEBREW LITERATURE AND SECTS. .t **—*—a—*—»»* uiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii igin ^F ^/ CHAPTER XI. The Intangible in Jewish History—The Hebrew Bible—The Septuagint—The Talmud—Sadducees and Pharisees—Essenes—Testimony op Pliny—Philo on the Essenes—Josbphus on Jewi-u Sects—The Chasidim—Felix Adler on the Jews in Literatureand op HE chapter immediatelypreceding the present onewas devoted to the out-ward facts of Jewish his-tory, omitting such detailsas belong more appropri-ately in the tabular st
The world: historical and actual . HEBREW LITERATURE AND SECTS. .t **—*—a—*—»»* uiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiii igin ^F ^/ CHAPTER XI. The Intangible in Jewish History—The Hebrew Bible—The Septuagint—The Talmud—Sadducees and Pharisees—Essenes—Testimony op Pliny—Philo on the Essenes—Josbphus on Jewi-u Sects—The Chasidim—Felix Adler on the Jews in Literatureand op HE chapter immediatelypreceding the present onewas devoted to the out-ward facts of Jewish his-tory, omitting such detailsas belong more appropri-ately in the tabular state-ments yet to be made, also reserv-ing for a later chapter Christ andChristianity. The Founder ofour religion was indeed a Jew bynativity, but he was also u. part ofthe Roman Empire. The Jewshave been and are a mighty pow-er in the world, apart from theirnationality and the religion whichlias been adopted by the civilizedworld. Judaism must be classedamong the supreme forces of mankind. Onemight be entirely familiar with Biblical and Chris-tian history without forming anything like an ade-quate conception of Jewish influence upon the gen-eral course of events. While this volume may wellpass by many important matters, upon the suppo-sition that the reader will consult his Bible for de-tails of Hebraic history, there are phases of thecase which serve to explain the otherwise inexpli-cable potency of the Hebrew nation
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