Table of Contents
Preface 6
Chapter 1 Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago 9
Chapter 2 Jews and Gentiles in "The Land" 18
Chapter 3 In Galilee at the time of our Lord 30
Chapter 4 Traveling in Palestine-Roads, Inns, Hospitality, Custom-House Officers, Taxation, Publicans 38
Chapter 5 In Judaea 51
Chapter 6 Jewish Homes 71
Chapter 7 The Upbringing of Jewish Children 83
Chapter 8 Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Elementary Schools, Schoolmasters, and School Arrangements 97
Chapter 9 Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel 109
Chapter 10 In Death and After Death 125
Chapter 11 Jewish Views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds 140
Chapter 12 Commerce 153
Chapter 13 Among the People, and with the Pharisees 163
Chapter 14 The "Fraternity" of Pharisees 174
Chapter 15 Relation of the Pharisees to the Sadducees and Essenes, and to the Gospel of Christ 183
Chapter 16 Synagogues: Their Origin, Structure and Outward Arrangements 190
Chapter 17 The Worship of the Synagogue 201
Chapter 18 Brief Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature 213
Appendix 1 The Mishnic Tractate Descriptive of the Measurements of the Temple 224
Appendix 2 Extracts from the Babylon Talmud 235
