The sun., 1901-10-06

Geneva tonqr'-s ni Ogicutsil-'s amt ap-
proved by th" ROYAL A-iaiic Sovict, of
Eggiand. be ~or.'i- A-io'iqu- 80 Paris
a,.d rhc ttr"' .rlu Oriental NNri"iv l. i
- .t.m VIII ri rei,,ll- 80 No" lev 80 scholar
the n-isinr' IIcbr'v. while a. IA" ~siH" tini''
u exhibits tn he ord,r"rv r"adet tu" "iose,,'
possible approach 80 ;hc pruI"r p"nnunria-
ton IN connect ION with tri~ mt't"r wc
should not otr'lpnk the fact tha' name
occurring IN ',c Hill" have h""n every
where retained m the form mHdr fsn,iiIg
Ly he kmg james. V.r,i"n
The ciiic"s point out IN preface that
.. ~uhicc. matter ~ th,~ -ucvcIupei't
naturally falls into three I','r divisions.
Nh,.h have b.sn -lb'iiviI-i INT, depart
iia1'~ IN" first division comprises hi>-
tory. biography. -ocinlogv and folklore.
80 .ecoid comprehcnls Biblical. Hell
lca.-lic. Talm1dr'll. rahhinical, nIe,ii~Nal
nth Nco-lIehtaic litcra ure. ingci ner with
jurisprudence philol,gy and hlhliogtsphy,
tie third includes Theology snn philosophy.
\. regard the department, Of history. II
.. to l.. borne in mind that. from the time
"f J"sepilus ard the author q: FirS, Mac
cai-c, down % the nineteenth century.
o. ne name Ia. piunc-r OF jewish his
tory IN modern times was Isaac Marcus
Jost. wnos" -Gssctich;e de- Judrn,huu-
unsl sencr Sek;"u- remains a standard
wora to ~, I,-rsrnt day T. VA over
,ha,iowed hpNcvcr. ty II Gractz'- Gee
sohc,te d-r Ju.i-'. wh'c, i Siill tho mOsl
comprehensive work upon th" -ubieci
n We turn 80 ,aogrgj,hv We find tha' N.
-. i'll ~
,hc nineteenth century would form hut
a moderate t'ollect az IT, III. grrsi ho.
graphical dict ionat.e- 81 a general charar.
;or Jews have been almps' entirely omit 81,
though they have re,eive,i ~omr attention
In the latest editions of the -ncyclops-lias
of Meyer and ~ Bruckhaus aud in la
GrMnde EncycL,p,d.r" and the -Diction.
ary Of National Biography Tn" work
before us will on-r an aphabetic icallv az.
rsngsI r-gi-tcr A. complete a. pos-ible.
of .li jews and Jrwr-~-s who have a claim
to ~ remembered Wv pnstcriiy A. the
present wo'k d-as with M. Jews a. rsc-.
u was decin'd 'nprL,t iclblc TO eNclud.
any Representatives ~ ths' racr. what
ever NAV have b-rn ihcir r,hg,ou. anita.
tiols W. ~hall find iuclud,d therefore
~ his encyclopad,a such namrr a. thus-
~ Heinrich Heine, IAid~ig Borne. Th-odor
Rrafey. IOrd Belconsiield and Enin Pashn
W-b., We MS Ia IN. literary depart men.
"a, ,h-.ry, thai ,,, editor. n, v. moi though,
!, ,,,,..sary 4, ,,,unic with the -D,c.
t,nr,,y 4 ,h. BiId..s %, w,h the -Ency-
cIo,.ri,n B,hlica Ions.au.ntIv. vhiI,. all
Iip.s Of Biblical r,,.rarch are r.prc.entrd
ia ,h... paee.. they are treated conci-.lv.
A l. further 10 he noted thai Biblical sub
i.ct- are discussed under three several
heads. first. Biblical data. IN which the
.,,fement. Of the sacred text are se, forth
without comment: secondly. rabbinical
literature. under which caption i. presented
the Interpretation placed upon Biblical
facts by the Talmud Midrash and later
Jewish commentaries. and. thirdly. critical
views, under which head are stated the
opinions held by expounders of The -o-cslied
Higher Criticism concerning tho sources
and validity ~ Biblical assertions
While keeping abreast of the times in
Biblical matters the Jewish tnCvclop~dia
aims to reproduce the results Of modern
research in the held- Of Assyriology Egypt
olosy and of archaeological invest isation
in Palestine The editors aiso promi-.
TO pre.-n, in the mos, thorough manner
tho results achieved by recent critical