By-paths in Hebraic bookland

by Israel Abrahams

EN·~7 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

BY-PATHS

0:13

PREFACE

7:53

ILLUSTRATIONS

0:16

Part I THE STORY OF AHIKAR

1:07:30

Part II IBN GEBIROL’S “ROYAL CROWN”

1:19:52

Part III MENASSEH AND REMBRANDT

1:10:00

Part IV BYRON’S “HEBREW MELODIES”

1:10:44

Part V BROWNING’S “BEN KARSHOOK”

1:54:46

INDEX

10:52

Transcriber’s Notes

0:21

Show text

Description

"Originally written in 1913 for serial publication." Reprinted in part, from the London "Jewish world."

Collections

Browse all

Essays, Letters & Speeches5,281 titles

Details

Language

Duration

~7 hours (405K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920.

Credits

Sharon Joiner, Jeff G. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Mar 29, 2023

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70401

Subjects

Jewish literature -- History and criticism Hebrew literature -- History and criticism Jews in literature PJ

About the author

Israel Abrahams

1858–1925

Remembered as one of the leading Jewish scholars of his era, he brought medieval Jewish history and literature to a wide English-speaking audience. His books helped make learned traditions feel vivid, human, and accessible.

View all books