The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
A MONUMENTAL WORK.

The Jewish Encyclopedias: Descriptive
Record OF the History. Religion, Litera
,ure. and Customs OF the Jewish Peo-
PIC from the Earliest Times to the
Present Day. Prepared by More than
Four Hundred Scholars and Special
is;s including Cyrus Adler, Pm. D.
HIrsch, Ph. D. IL. d. and william
visine Editor. Chief OF the Bureau of
Translation. all under the direction OF
Managing Editor assisted by Ameri-
can and Foreign Boards OF Consulting
Editors. In Twelve Volumes. Volume
V. Funk & Wagnaus Company. Pub
llshtrs. New York.
This fifth volume Of the great work
undertaken by the compiiers aud pub.
fishers runs from Louis Lucien Dreyfus-
Brisac 20 Goat in biblical data. AS in
the previous volumes of this monumen-
tai work, the utmost diligence is excr-
cised in shedding all possible light
upor the persons whose biographies are
given and narrated, and upon every
subject treated The frontispieoe OF
the volume is a fac simile Of n page of
An illuminated scroll of tho Book of
Esther (Megillah). probably an Italian
writing of the eighteenth cenfGry. Fac
sim'les of important documents. grants
stSic. and 3hrlent pIctGreGraphs. aid
TIC scores % Jewish music, are all car
ried in excellent form.
There cores n natural order iii this
bco' discussion of Egypt. which is of
so much importance in Connection with
the Jewish peopie and IN the Biblical
rech;d. There IS a long article on Eng
lnnd in connection with the Jewish set
Elements, the Jewish business activities,
and commercial political. and literary
helpfulness of the Jews in that country.
Eschaiology occupies n considerable
section of the volume. and there is
full description of the Essences. The
Book of Esther receives full treatment.
both traditional and critical ''Ethics -
occupies MANY pages. and has very keen
ard earnest. discussions. The Exodus is
also treated very fully, and with
wealth OF erudition and breadth OF
spirit very good to read. "Ezra nat
hrally occupies attention. both histori-
cally and in biographical way The
biographies are especially numerous and
full in this volume. Festivals are
described. and the proper distinctions
made between the different kinds of
Them. Folk lore and folk tales receive
due attention. The article on France
is very long. and is also very important
IN the history cf tho Jews; all matters
relnting 10 the Jews and occurring n
Erunce are given full treatment herein.
y considerable nllTh.r Of pages are Ge.
voted &c Fr1 1nkIort ont he Main. FREE
nlasoury among tho Jews receives at
t:nticn amcng other rites and societies
described. Galicla and Galatia re-
ceive the attention which is their due.
and there is a full biography of the
great Gamaliel. and notes on other Ga
maliels. ''Gnmes and Sports are de-
scrfbed and illustrated. and the title of
Gaon. rather obscure generally, is fully
interpreted. The term Gehenna is ex
planned in detail, and an illustration
gives us n view OF the valley Of Ge-
Hinnom. The book of Genesis, fol-
lowing alphabetically, receives scholarly
and admirable treatment in every phase
of it. Gentiles, a generic term for 'the
stranger the outsider. or the un-
known, comes in for full elucidation.
and historical descriptive, and racial
treatment. Germany and its high i'm
portance to the Jewish people take up
many pages. and the exposition is most
important, And So one might go through
the volume from first 10 last. finding in
struction, information. and the best of
data on every sub iect and on every per.
son having any relation to or with the
Jews. II is indeed a treasure house of
learning upon all matters relating TO the
Jews. and TO the connection OF the
Jews with persons and places from the
earliest times to the present. And
nothing IS stale or narrow herein; all is
broad, scholarly, and admirable
throughout. II is a publication that
marks an epoch.