Edersheim : New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge."Contents"

Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ

• Preface

• 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 4. Travelling in Palestine: Roads, Inns, Hospitality, Custom-house Officers, Taxation, Publicans

• Chapter 5. In Judaea

• Chapter 6. Jewish Homes

• Chapter 7. The Upbringing of Jewish Children

• Chapter 8. Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Schools and Schoolmasters

• 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 12. Commerce

• 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 Gopsel of Christ

• Chapter 16. Synagogues: Their Origin, Structure, and Outward Arrangements

• Chapter 17. The Worship of the Synagogue

• Chapter 18. Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature

• Appendix 1. Translation of the Mishnic Tractate "Middoth"

• Appendix 2. Translation of Selections from the Babylon Talmud, Tractate "Beracoth"

• Indexes

Title Page Information

Title:	Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ
Author:	Alfred Edersheim
Publisher:	Hodder and Stoughton
Date:	1904
Source:	Text adapted from the version at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library website.