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Historical Writings
B.C. (Before Christ)
Writings of Alfred Edersheim
Sketches of Jewish Social Life
Book 1 — Sketches of Jewish Social Life
Chapter 1 — Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
Chapter 2 — Jews and Gentiles in "The Land"
Chapter 3 — In Galilee at the time of our Lord
Chapter 7 — The Upbringing of Jewish Children
Chapter 9 — Mothers, Daughters, and Wives in Israel
Chapter 10 — In Death and After Death
Chapter 11 — Jewish Views on Trade, Tradesmen, and Trades' Guilds
Chapter 13 — Among the People, and with the Pharisees
Chapter 14 — The "Fraternity" of Pharisees
Chapter 15 — Relation of the Pharisees to the Sadducees and Essenes, and to the Gospel of Christ
Chapter 16 — Synagogues: Their Origin, Structure and Outward Arrangements
Chapter 17 — The Worship of the Synagogue
Chapter 18 — Brief Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature
