PAGE PREFACE 5 PART I THE STORY OF AHIKAR 17 PHILO ON THE “CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE” 24 JOSEPHUS AGAINST APION 32 CAECILIUS ON THE SUBLIME 39 THE PHOENIX OF EZEKIELOS 46 THE LETTER OF SHERIRA 53 NATHAN OF ROME’S DICTIONARY 60 THE SORROWS OF TATNU 67 PART II IBN GEBIROL’S “ROYAL CROWN” 77 BAR HISDAI’S “PRINCE AND DERVISH” 84 THE SARAJEVO HAGGADAH 91 A PIYYUT BY BAR ABUN 97 ISAAC’S LAMP AND JACOB’S WELL 102 “LETTERS OF OBSCURE MEN” 108 DE ROSSI’S “LIGHT OF THE EYES” 116 GUARINI AND LUZZATTO 122 HAHN’S NOTE BOOK 129 LEON MODENA’S “RITES” 136 PART III MENASSEH AND REMBRANDT 147 LANCELOT ADDISON OF THE BARBARY JEWS 153 THE BODENSCHATZ PICTURES 160 LESSING’S FIRST JEWISH PLAY 166 ISAAC PINTO’S PRAYER-BOOK 171 MENDELSSOHN’S “JERUSALEM” 178 HERDER’S ANTHOLOGY 184 WALKER’S “THEODORE CYPHON” 191 HORACE SMITH OF THE “REJECTED ADDRESSES” 199 PART IV BYRON’S “HEBREW MELODIES” 207 COLERIDGE’S “TABLE TALK” 214 BLANCO WHITE’S SONNET 220 DISRAELI’S “ALROY” 226 ROBERT GRANT’S “SACRED POEMS” 233 GUTZKOW’S “URIEL ACOSTA” 240 GRACE AGUILAR’S “SPIRIT OF JUDAISM” 247 ISAAC LEESER’S BIBLE 254 LANDOR’S “ALFIERI AND SALOMON” 260 PART V BROWNING’S “BEN KARSHOOK” 269