Contents
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second and Third Editions.
List of Abbreviations and References to Rabbinic Writings.
Introductory. The Preparation for the Gospel; the Jewish world in the days of Christ
CHAPTER I. THE JEWISH WORLD IN THE DAYS OF CHRIST - THE JEWISH DISPERSION IN THE EAST.
CHAPTER V. ALEXANDRIA AND ROME - THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE CAPITALS OF WESTERN CIVILISATION.
From the Manger in Bethlehem to the Baptism in Jordan.
CHAPTER I. IN JERUSALEM WHEN HEROD REIGNED
CHAPTER II. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF HEROD - THE TWO WORLDS IN JERUSALEM.
CHAPTER III. THE ANNUNCIATION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
CHAPTER IV. THE ANNUNCIATION OF JESUS THE MESSIAH, AND THE BIRTH OF HIS FORERUNNER.
CHAPTER V. WHAT MESSIAH DID THE JEWS EXPECT?
CHAPTER VI. THE NATIVITY OF JESUS THE MESSIAH.
CHAPTER VII. THE PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN AND THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER VIII. THE VISIT AND HOMAGE OF THE MAGI, AND THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
The Ascent: From the River Jordan to the Mount of Transfiguration.
CHAPTER I. THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
CHAPTER IV. THE MARRIAGE FEAST IN CANA OF GALILEE - THE MIRACLE THAT IS 'A SIGN.'
CHAPTER V. THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE - 'THE SIGN,' WHICH IS NOT A SIGN.
CHAPTER VI. THE TEACHER COME FROM GOD AND THE TEACHER FROM JERUSALEM - JESUS AND NICODEMUS
CHAPTER VIII. JESUS AT THE WELL OF SYCHAR
CHAPTER IX. THE SECOND VISIT TO CANA - CURE OF THE 'NOBLEMAN'S' SON AT CAPERNAUM.
CHAPTER X. THE SYNAGOGUE AT NAZARETH - SYNAGOGUE-WORSHIP AND ARRANGEMENTS.
CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST GALILEAN MINISTRY.
CHAPTER XII. AT THE 'UNKNOWN' FEAST IN JERUSALEM, AND BY THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
CHAPTER XIV. A SABBATH IN CAPERNAUM
CHAPTER XV. SECOND JOURNEY THROUGH GALILEE - THE HEALING OF THE LEPER.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT - THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST AND RABBINIC TEACHING.[2499]
CHAPTER XIX. THE RETURN TO CAPERNAUM - HEALING OF THE CENTURION'S SERVANT.
CHAPTER XX. THE RAISING OF THE YOUNG MAN OF NAIN - THE MEETING OF LIFE AND DEATH.
CHAPTER XXI. THE WOMAN WHICH WAS A SINNER
CHAPTER XXIV. CHRIST STILLS THE STORM ON THE LAKE OF GALILEE.
CHAPTER XXV. AT GERASA - THE HEALING OF THE DEMONISED.
CHAPTER XXVII. SECOND VISIT TO NAZARETH - THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MIRACULOUS FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND
CHAPTER XXX. THE NIGHT OF MIRACLES ON THE LAKE OF GENNESARET
CHAPTER XXXIII. JESUS AND THE SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN
CHAPTER XXXIV. A GROUP OF MIRACLES AMONG A SEMI-HEATHEN POPULATION
The Descent: From the Mount of Transfiguration into the Valley of Humiliation and Death.
CHAPTER I. THE TRANSFIGURATION.
CHAPTER II. ON THE MORROW OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
CHAPTER VI. AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES - FIRST DISCOURSE IN THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER VII. IN THE LAST, THE GREAT DAY OF THE FEAST'
CHAPTER VIII. TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE ON THE OCTAVE OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
CHAPTER IX. THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND.
CHAPTER X. THE 'GOOD SHEPHERD' AND HIS 'ONE FLOCK' - LAST DISCOURSE AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES.
CHAPTER XIII. TO THE DISCIPLES - TWO EVENTS AND THEIR MORAL.
CHAPTER XIV. AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.
CHAPTER XX. CHRIST'S DISCOURSES IN PERÆA - CLOSE OF THE PERÆAN MINISTRY
CHAPTER I. THE FIRST DAY IN PASSION-WEEK - PALM-SUNDAY - THE ROYAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
CHAPTER IX. THE FIFTH DAY IN PASSION-WEEK - 'MAKE READY THE PASSOVER!'
CHAPTER X. THE PASCHAL SUPPER - THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
CHAPTER XI. THE LAST DISCOURSES OF CHRIST - THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION.[5716]
CHAPTER XIII. THURSDAY NIGHT - BEFORE ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS - PETER AND JESUS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE MORNING OF GOOD FRIDAY.
CHAPTER XV. 'CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED.'
CHAPTER XVI. ON THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XVII. 'ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD; HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN'
APPENDIX I. Pseudepigraphic Writings
APPENDIX II. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology
APPENDIX V. Rabbinic Theology and Literature
APPENDIX VII. On the Date of the Nativity of our Lord
APPENDIX VIII. Rabbinic Traditions about Elijah, the Forerunner of the Messiah
APPENDIX IX. List of Old Testament Passages Messianically Applied in Ancient Rabbinic Writings
APPENDIX X. On the Supposed Temple-Synagogue
APPENDIX XI. On the Prophecy, Is. XL. 3
APPENDIX XII. The Baptism of Proselytes
APPENDIX XIV. The Law in Messianic Times
APPENDIX XV. The Location of Sychar, and the Date of our Lord's Visit to Samaria
APPENDIX XVIII. Haggadah about Simeon Kepha (Legend of Simon Peter)
APPENDIX XIX. On Eternal Punishment, According to the Rabbis and the New Testament
INDEX II. Of Passages from the Four Gospels Referred To in these Volumes