The number of works on “derush” or homiletics is still larger, and includes ha-Emet ha-Ibriah (Chicago, 1877) and _Or Haye Lebabot_ (New York, 1885), by Jehiel Judah Levinsohn (d. in New York, 1895); _Ateret Zebi_, by Rabbi Zebi Lass (New York, 1902); _Nehmad le-Mare_, by Zeeb Dob Wittenstein (Cleveland, 1903); _Shebil ha-Zohab_, by Rabbi Baruch Kohen (New York, 1903); _Maaseh Hosheb_, by Rabbi H. S. Brodsky of Newark (New York, 1907). _Teome Zebiah_ (Chicago, 1891), by Baruch Ettelson (1815–91), on some difficult passages in Agadah, and _Shaare Deah_ (New York, 1899), by Rabbi Shabbetai Sofer, belong to the same class, though of a somewhat different nature. The first substantial Hebrew book printed in America, _Abne Joshua_ (New York, 1860), by Joshua Falk ben Mordecai ha-Kohen, though nominally a rabbinical book, actually belongs to the more secular class of literature, which borders on _Haskalah_. The same can also be said of Holzman’s _Emek Rephaim_ (New York, 1865), and perhaps also of _Tub Taam_ in defense of the Jewish method of slaughtering cattle for Kosher food, by Aaron Zebi Friedman of Stavisk (1822–66), which is said to have been translated into English, German and French.[63] _Ha-Mahnaim_ (New York, 1888), by Mayer Rabinowitz, and Wolf Schur’s _Nezah Israel_ come nearer to the spirit of modernity or “enlightenment,” while works like _ha-Dat we-ha-Torah_ (New York, 1887) and _Meziat ha-Shem we-ha-Olam_ (ibid, 1893), by Shalom Joseph Silberstein (b. in Kovno, 1846; a. 1881), go far in the direction of free thinking. Valuable contributions to the Science of Judaism were made by Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz (b. in Kalna, 1862; a. 1881), author of a biography of Leon Modena (New York, 1901) and other works; by Benzion Eisenstadt, author of _Hakme Israel be-America_ (ibid, 1903); by Arnold B. Ehrlich (b. in Wlodowka, Russia, 1848), author of a remarkable commentary on the Bible which he calls _Mikra Ki-Peshuto_ (Berlin); by Abraham H. Rosenberg (b. in Pinsk, 1838; a. 1891), of whose _Ozar he-Shemot_, a Cyclopedia of Biblical literature, four volumes were issued in New York; and by Judah David Eisenstein, a prolific writer in Hebrew and English, who is now editing the _Ozar Israel_, a Hebrew Encyclopedia, of which seven volumes have appeared, and to which the editor is himself the principal contributor of articles. Rabbi Mordecai Zeeb (Max) Raisin (b. 1879) is the author of a short “History of the Jews in America” in Hebrew, which appeared in Warsaw, Poland, in 1902.