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The Hebrew Commonwealth, Closing Scenes Of The Jewish War Of Independence, The Dispersed Of Israel, Political And Religious State Of The Jews After The Destruction Of Jerusalem, History Of The Synagogue From The Destruction Of Jerusalem To The Jewish War Of Liberation, The Last Jewish War Under Bar Cochba, State Of The Synagogue After The Last Jewish War, Social Condition Of Palestine, The Life Of The People, Jewish Moral Philosophy, Progress Of Arts And Sciences Among The Hebrews, Poetry And Music, Jewish Law, Theological Science And Religious Belief In Palestine, Interpretation Of Scripture, Mysticism And Philo, Jewish Theology, The Patriarchate Under The Last Pagan Emperors, Extinction Of The Patriarchate And Final Dispersion Of The Jews
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For many years have I cherished the desire of writing a History of the Jewish Nation. It is remarkable, that a work apparently of such interest and importance to the Christian student should not long ere this have been supplied. It is my deliberate conviction that Jewish History casts much light on the evangelical accounts in the Gospels, on the Book of Acts, and on later Ecclesiastical History, both in its records of the spread of Christianity, and of the origin and development of heretical sects.
The illustrations which Jewish History affords of the New Testament are not confined to a description of the circumstances, social relations, and religious opinions which are there assumed as well known. It is impossible to read even a single page in the Gospels without being struck with the contrast between the spiritual tendency and direction of the Old Testament, as there brought to light, and the formalism and literalism of the Synagogue. A simple and impartial account of Judaism on the one hand, and a perusal of the Gospels on the other, constitutes one of the most convincing proofs of the Divine origin of the Christian religion, and of its organic connection with that of the Old Testament. Again, it is impossible to read the Gospel narrative in the light of Jewish history without feeling that the notions and circumstances to which it alludes, are exactly those of the time in which Jesus Christ lived and taught on earth. They apply to that period, and to that period only. The notions, the modes of speaking, the opposition and its very manner, to which the New Testament refers, are exactly those of that period. If a copy of the Gospels were put into the hands of an impartial Jewish historian, he could not fail to discover that the events there chronicled must have taken place exactly at the time when, according to Christian belief, Jesus walked amongst men. The Gospels, historically speaking, cannot be an after-production. However, as it was my purpose not so much to illustrate the New Testament as rather to give an account of the Jewish nation, I have, in this book, almost entirely omitted direct references to its statements.
The illustrations which Jewish History affords of the New Testament are not confined to a description of the circumstances, social relations, and religious opinions which are there assumed as well known. It is impossible to read even a single page in the Gospels without being struck with the contrast between the spiritual tendency and direction of the Old Testament, as there brought to light, and the formalism and literalism of the Synagogue. A simple and impartial account of Judaism on the one hand, and a perusal of the Gospels on the other, constitutes one of the most convincing proofs of the Divine origin of the Christian religion, and of its organic connection with that of the Old Testament. Again, it is impossible to read the Gospel narrative in the light of Jewish history without feeling that the notions and circumstances to which it alludes, are exactly those of the time in which Jesus Christ lived and taught on earth.
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