PAGE

List of Illustrations

ix

List of Authorities

xi

Introduction

1

THE MISHNA TREATISES.

I.

On Blessings

49

II.

On the Sabbatical Year

62

III.

On the Sabbath

83

IV.

On the Passover

95

V.

On the Day of Atonement

119

VI.

On Tabernacles

136

VII.

On the New Year

149

VIII.

On Fasting

158

IX.

On the Feast-Offering

169

X.

On the Sanhedrin

176

XI.

On Idolatry

204

XII.

On the Fathers

218

XIII.

On the Daily Sacrifice

242

XIV.

On the Measurements of the Temple

255

XV.

On Leprosy

267

XVI.

On the Red Heifer

300

XVII.

On Hands

324

XVIII.

Treatise on the Tabernacle, from the Bereitha

334

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APPENDIX.

PAGE

Note on Modern Judaism

359

Calendar of the Months and Chief Jewish Feasts and Fasts in each Year

364

Note on the Sanhedrin

366

Notes on the Plan of the Temple from the Talmud and other Jewish Authorities

367

Notes on the Tabernacle.

375

List of Texts

373

INDEX

381