Chasdai's Library.--His Account of the Entrance of the Jews into Europe.--The Destruction of Jerusalem.--A Terrible Carnage.--Israel Ceases as a Nation.--The Diaspore.--The Daughter-Religions Thrive upon the Sufferings they Inflict Upon the Mother-Religion.--The Indestructibility of Israel.--Humiliated but Not Forsaken. CHAPTER IX. ENTRANCE OF THE JEWS INTO SPAIN 90-101 Jews Settle in Spain During the Reign of King Solomon.--Jewish Agricultural Skill makes Andalusia the Garden Spot of Europe.--Prosperity the Great Crime of the Jews.--The Beginning of Jewish Persecutions in Europe.--Cruel Laws.--Vengeance.--The Jews Conspire with Count Julian and Moors against Spain.--Victory.--Moorish Appreciation of the Services of the Jews. CHAPTER X. THEIR POSITION IN MEDICAL SCIENCE 102-111 The Fifteenth Century.--A Change in the Fortunes of the Jews and Moors.--An Examination into their Great Achievements.--Their Skill in Medical Science.--Miracle Cure by Christian Clergy.--Jewish Body Physicians Highly Prized and Much Sought.--Prominent Medical Schools and Eminent Physicians.--Rashi.--Ibn Ezra.--Ibn Tibbon.--Maimonides.--Avenzoar Avicenna. CHAPTER XI. IN THE SCIENCES 112-122 Marvelous Intellectual Superiority of Moors and Jews.--Moors Excel the Jews in the Sciences.--They Introduce the Mathematical Sciences. Their Progress in Astronomy.--Absurd Refutations by the Christian Clergy.--The Researches into Chemistry, Zoology and Geology.--They Anticipate Modern Discoveries.--Europe's Ingratitude. CHAPTER XII. IN LITERATURE 123-147 Spain's Prosperity Stimulates Literature.--Lavish Provisions for Education.--Caliphs Patrons of Learning.--Vast Libraries Embodying the Knowledge of the Day.--Poetry Especially Fostered.--Story-telling.--Jewish and Moorish Poetry Contrasted.--Jehuda Ha Levy.--Charisi.--Gabirol.--Moses Ben Ezra. CHAPTER XIII. IN PHILOSOPHY 148-158 Alexandria, the Intellectual Metropolis of the World.--A Prodigious Stimulus Given to Learning.--The Septuagint.--Development of Grecian Philosophy into Aristotlianism.--This Engrafted on Jewish Theology.--Opposition of Christianity to Aristotlianism.--Averroes.--Moses Maimonides. Opposition Unsuccessful. CHAPTER XIV. IN THE INDUSTRIES 159-170