A short history of Jewish literature from the fall of the temple (70 C. E.) to the era of emancipation (1786 C. E.) / by Israel Abrahams.
- Israel Abrahams
- Date:
- 1906
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A short history of Jewish literature from the fall of the temple (70 C. E.) to the era of emancipation (1786 C. E.) / by Israel Abrahams. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![important historical record. For the author shared the sufferings of the Jews of the Iberian peninsula in 1391, and this gives pathetic point to his counsel: “ Flee without hesitation when exile is the only means of securing religious freedom; have no regard to your worldly career or your property, but go at once.” Some of the most admired Ethical works of the sixteenth and later centuries had, like the earlier “ Book of the Pious,” a distinctly mystical tinge. They chiefly emanated from German writers, who effected a syncretism between ritual piety and deep, mystical spirituality. One striking instance is Hirsch Kaidenower’s “ The Just Measure ” (Kab ha-yashar, 1705)—“ a combination of ethics and asceticism,” which has often been printed in Judseo- German. Such books made a deep impression, and belonged to the most popular reading matter of the masses. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Ethical Literature. Steinschneider, Jewish Literature, pp. 100, 232. B. H. Ascher, Choice of Pearls (with English translation, London, 1859). D. Rosin, “ Ethics of Solomon Ibn Gebirol,” J.Q.R. iii. . P- 159- Article Ethics (by various writers) in J.E. v. p. 245 seq. Bachya. Graetz, iii. 271. E. Collins, The Duties of the Heart (London, 1903). I. Broyde and K. Kohler, J.E. ii. p. 446 seq. Yedaya Bedaressi. Graetz, iv. p. 42 [45]. T. Chotzner, Hebrew Humour (1905), p. 71 seq. T. Goodman, English translation of Bechinath Olam (London, 1830). Ethical Wills. Edelmann, The Path of Good Men (London, 1852). I. Abrahams, J.Q.R. iii. p. 436.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353344_0141.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
