The contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.<br />
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The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia, prepared by more than four hundred scholars and specalists, was a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day.

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia 


 

<p>Derived from the verb <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:text-bottom;"> (á¸³al <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:text-bottom;">), "to report," "to explain," "to narrate." The verb <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:text-bottom;"> sometimes introduces halakic explanations, but the noun <img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:text-bottom;"> is used only in contradistinction to "halakah," and means a tale, a narrative, an explanation, a homily, including also the gnomic laws of the Rabbis, as well as stories and legends bearing upon the lives of Biblical and post-Biblical Jewish saints. Such topics as astronomy and astrology, medicine and magic, theosophy and mysticism, and similar subjects, falling mostly under the heading of folk-lore, pass as a rule also under the name of "haggadah." It thus stands for the whole content of the non-legal part of the old rabbinical literature. When applied to the Scriptures in order to indicate interpretation, illustration, or expansion in a moralizing or edifying manner, it is used in the form "Midrash Haggadah" (see <a href="midrash-haggadah.html">MIDRASH HAGGADAH</a>).</p><div class="bibliography"><strong>Bibliography:</strong><ul class="bibliography"><li class="bibliographyitem"> Levy's and Jastrow's Dictionaries, s.;</li> <li class="bibliographyitem">SchÃ¼rer, Gesch. 3d ed., 2:339, note 26.</li></ul><div class="right-side italic fs-13">S. S.</div> <div class="right-side italic fs-13">J.</div> </div>


The contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.



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