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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![style for his lack of historical method. The “Chain of Tradition ” is a picturesque and enthralling book, it is a warm and cheery retrospect, and even deserves to be called a prose epic. Besides, many of his statements that were wont to be treated as altogether unauthentic have been vindicated by later research. Azariah di Rossi, on the other hand, is immortalised by his spirit rather than his actual contributions to historical literature. He came of an ancient family said to have been carried to Rome by Titus, and lived in Ferrara, where, in 1574, he produced his “ Light of the Eyes.” This is divided into three parts, the first devoted to general history, the second to the Letter of Aristeas, the third to the solution of several historical problems, all of which had been neglected by Jews and Christians alike. Azariah di Rossi was the first critic to open up true lines of research into the Hellenistic literature of the Jews of Alexandria. With him the true his¬ torical spirit once more descended on the Jewish genius. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Steinschneider, Jeivish Literature, pp. 75 seq., 250 seq. A. Neubauer, Introductions to Medieval Jewish Chronicles, vols. i. and ii. (Oxford, 1882, etc.). J. Jacobs, article Historiography ” in J.E. vi. p. 423 seq. Selichoth. Zunz, Sufferings of the Jews in the Middle Ages (trans¬ lated by A. Lowy, Miscellany of the Society of Hebrew Literature, vol. i.). See also J.Q.R. viii. pp. 78, 426, 611. JOSIPPON. A. Neubauer, J.Q.R. xi. p. 355. M. Schlossinger, art. Joseph ben Gorion,” J.E. vii. p. 259 seq. Abraham Ibn Daud. Graetz, iii. p. 363 [373]. J. Guttmann, J.E. i. p. 101 seq.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31353344_0156.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
