Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ (1876 Edersheim), book
Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ (1876) is a book by Alfred Edersheim.
Abstract
Editions
Published in London: Religious Tract Society, 1876. First American edition published in Boston: Bradley & Woodruff, 1876. Reprinted several times in London: Religious Tract Society, 1877-1925; several times in New York, NY: Hodder & Stoughton, 1881-1910; Boston: Ira Bradley & Co., 1881; several times in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1950-1993.
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Table of contents
- 1. Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
- 2. Jews and Gentiles in "The Land"
- 3. In Galilee at the Time of Our Lord
- 4. Travelling in Palestine: Roads, Inns, Hospitality, Custom-House Officers, Taxation, Publicans
- 5. In Judaea
- 6. Jewish Homes
- 7. The Upbringing of Jewish Children
- 8. Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education, Schools and Schoolmasters
- 9. Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
- 10. In Death and After Death
- 11. Jewish Views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds
- 12. Commerce
- 13. Among the People, and with the Pharisees
- 14. The "Fraternity" of Pharisees
- 15. Relation of the Pharisees to the Sadducees and Essenes, and
- 16. Synagogues: Their Origin, Structure, and Outward Arrangement
- 17. The Worship of the Synagogue
- 18. Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature
- Appendices