The Book of Delight and Other Papers

Israel Abrahams, one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation (1858-1925)

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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PREFACE

-03- THE BOOK OF DELIGHT

-04- A VISIT TO HEBRON

-05- THE SOLACE OF BOOKS

-06- MEDIEVAL WAYFARING

-07- THE FOX'S HEART

-08- MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN

-09- HEBREW LOVE SONGS

-10- A HANDFUL OF CURIOSITIES

-11- CHAPTER I. GEORGE ELIOT AND SOLOMON MAIMON

-12- CHAPTER II. HOW MILTON PRONOUNCED HEBREW

-13- CHAPTER III. THE CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS

-14- CHAPTER IV. THE ANGLO JEWISH YIDDISH LITERARY SOCIETY

-15- CHAPTER V. THE MYSTICS AND SAINTS OF INDIA

-16- CHAPTER VI. LOST PURIM JOYS

-17- CHAPTER VII. JEWS AND LETTERS

-18- CHAPTER VIII. THE SHAPE OF MATZOTH