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| XVII. |
Why did rabbinic Judaism neglect Philo? |
146 |
| XVIII. |
If Agrippa had lived and reigned as long as Herod——? |
152 |
| XIX. |
Compare the Zealots of antiquity with to-day's Russian revolutionists; the Sicarii with the anarchists; the procurators with the Czar's local governors. |
156 |
| XX. |
Make clear the difference in principle between Judea's "Peace Party" and the "Royalist Party" among the American revolutionists. |
160 |
| XXIII. |
Should Josephus be regarded as a traitor? |
179 |
| XXIV. |
Whether the Temple's fall abolished or suspended animal sacrifice is a point of difference between Judaism's two schools to-day. |
189 |
| XXV. |
In what respect did the "Academy" differ from a school? |
196 |
| XXVI. |
Contrast the ancient gnostic with the modern agnostic. |
200 |
| XXVIII. |
Should Akiba's method of law deduction be called casuistic? |
210 |
| XXIX. |
What degree of pain or peril justifies disregard of ceremonial law? |
216 |
| XXX. |
Can the number of our duties be specified? |
221 |
| XXXI. |
What is Revelation, and how did the sages apply it to the Oral Law? |
228 |
| XXXII. |
Is the Jew's first duty to his countrymen or to his coreligionists? |
238 |
| XXXIV. |
What right had the Byzantine Empire to the title "Roman"? |
249 |
| XXXV. |
Compare Bible and Talmud as literatures. In what sense can it be said that the Talmud made the Jew? |
255 |
| XXXVIII. |
In what respect did mediaeval slavery differ from Russian serfdom and from the bond service in the early colonial era of America? |
287 |
| XXXIX. |
Why did the higher clergy oppose the mingling of Jews and Christians, and the lower favor it? |
292 |
| XL. |
Why did Judaism not succeed as a proselytising religion? |
298 |
| XLI. |
Should Mohammed be called a prophet? |
303 |
| XLII. |
Amplify the probable consequences of the acceptance of Mohammed by the Jews. |
311 |
BOOK I.
JUDEA, A VASSAL STATE.
CHAPTER I.
UNDER PERSIAN SWAY.
