The Religion and Worship of the Synagogue: An Introduction to the Study of Judaism from the New Testament Period (1907 Box, Oesterley), book
The Religion and Worship of the Synagogue: An Introduction to the Study of Judaism from the New Testament Period (1907) is a book by George H. Box and William O.E. Oesterley.
Abstract
Editions and translations
Published in Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing, 1907 and in New York, NY and in London: Pitman, 1907. Reprinted in London: Pitnam, 1911.
Table of contents
- Part I: Introductory
- 1. General Historical Survey
- 2. Questions Preliminary
- 3. The Sources of Judaism
- 4. The Sources of Judaism (continued)
- 5. The Sources of Judaism (concluded)
- 6. Historical Sketch of the Divisions within the Jewish Body
- Part II: Dogmatic Judaism
- 7. The Law ("Torah")
- 8. The Jewish Conception of God
- 9. Intermediate Agencies Between God and Man
- 10. The Jewish Doctrine of the Messiah
- 11. Eschatology
- 12. The Jewish Doctrine of Sin
- 13. The Jewish Doctrine of Baptism
- Part III: Practical Religion
- 14. The Education and Life of the Jew
- 15. The Education and Life of the Jew (continued)
- 16. The Synagogue and the Sacred Year and Calendar
- 17. The Prayer-Book
- 18. The Sabbath
- 19. The Festivals
- 20. The Solemn Days and Fasts
- 21. Some Modern Religious Rites and Customs Among the Jews, and Their Origin