This edition features • a linked Table of ContentsA SYNOPSIS OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE RETURN OF THE JEWS FROM THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY, TO THE DAYS OF HEROD THE GREAT; Giving an account of the different Sects of those days; the introduction and use of Synagogues and Schools; the origin and introduction of Prayer among the Jews; the Ureem and Thumeem; the Mishna or Oral Law; the Gemara-Completion, usually styled the Talmud.By Rev. H. A. HENRY, Rabbi Preacher of Congregation Sherith Israel, San Francisco; Author of Class Book for Jewish youth; of Discourses on the principles of the belief of Israel, &c., &c.