Kabbala.--The Bahir.--Abulafia.--Moses of Leon.--The Zohar.--Isaac Lurya.--Isaiah Hurwitz.--Christian Kabbalists.--The Chassidim. XVIII ITALIAN JEWISH POETRY 178 Immanuel and Dante.--The Machberoth.--Judah Romano.--Kalonymos.--The Eben Bochan.--Moses Rieti.--Messer Leon. XIX ETHICAL LITERATURE 189 Bachya Ibn Pekuda.--Choboth ha-Lebaboth.--Sefer ha-Chassidim.--Rokeach.--Yedaiah Bedaressi's Bechinath Olam.--Isaac Aboab's Menorath ha-Maor.--Ibn Chabib's "Eye of Jacob."--Zevaoth, or Ethical Wills.--Joseph Ibn Caspi.--Solomon Alami. XX TRAVELLERS' TALES 200 Eldad the Danite.--Benjamin of Tudela.--Petachiah of Ratisbon.--Esthori Parchi.--Abraham Farissol.--David Reubeni and Molcho.--Antonio de Montesinos and Manasseh ben Israel.--Tobiah Cohen.--Wessely. XXI HISTORIANS AND CHRONICLERS 211 Order of the Tannaim and Amoraim.--Achimaaz.--Abraham Ibn Daud.--Josippon.--Historical Elegies, or Selichoth.--Memorial Books.--Abraham Zacuto.--Elijah Kapsali.--Usque.--Ibn Verga.--Joseph Cohen.--David Gans.--Gedaliah Ibn Yachya.--Azariah di Rossi. XXII ISAAC ABARBANEL 225 Abarbanel's Philosophy and Biblical Commentaries.--Elias Levita.--Zeëna u-Reëna.--Moses Alshech.--The Biur. XXIII THE SHULCHAN ARUCH 232 Asheri's Arba Turim.--Chiddushim and Teshuboth.--Solomon ben Adereth.--Meir of Rothenburg.--Sheshet and Duran.--Moses and Judah Minz.--Jacob Weil, Israel Isserlein, Maharil.--David Abi Zimra.--Joseph Karo.--Jair Bacharach.--Chacham Zevi.--Jacob Emden.--Ezekiel Landau. XXIV AMSTERDAM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 243 Manasseh ben Israel.--Baruch Spinoza.--The Drama in Hebrew.--Moses Zacut, Joseph Felix Penso, Moses Chayim Luzzatto. XXV MOSES MENDELSSOHN 253 Mendelssohn's German Translation of the Bible.--Phædo.--Jerusalem.--Lessing's Nathan the Wise. INDEX 263 CHAPTERS ON JEWISH LITERATURE CHAPTER I THE "VINEYARD" AT JAMNIA Schools at Jamnia, Lydda, Usha, and Sepphoris.--The Tannaim compile the Mishnah.--Jochanan, Akiba, Meir, Judah.--Aquila.