The Wisdom of Israel: Page Index

Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

Why God Permits Idolatry

The Lamp that Goes Out when its Light is Done, and the Figs that are Gathered in their Due Season

The Labourers in the Vineyard

The Likeness of a Palm-Tree

The Tutor and the Naughty Princeling

The Heritage of the Unborn Prince

The Traveller and the Tree in the Desert

Better Feed the Poor than Entertain the Angels

The Sand, and the Furnace that Purifies

The King Talks with all His Servants, Small and Great

The Pavilion of the King's Daughter

The Greedy Prince: The Vine is not Watered with Wine

The Potter and his Wares: The Trials of the Righteous

The Education of the Prince

The Induction Robe of the Elder

The King and the Weary Travellers: The Righteous know what is in Store

Equality of all Before God: and the Parable of a Princess Attacked by Robbers

The Father and his Son: The Bath and the Ocean

The Tutor who Corrupted the King's Son

The After-Life, and the Banquet of the King

The Labourers in the Garden

The Wise and the Foolish Guests at the King's Feast

The Briar Rose that Saved the Trees

The Two Pilots

R. Judah as Prototype of the Ancient Mariner

Revelations of Mercy and of Punishment

The Citizen Married to the King's Daughter

The Parable of the Two Ships

The Child who Questioned though Carried by his Father

The King's Son without Rations

The Voiceless Deeps that Praise the Lord: The Parable of the Mutes who Praised the King