The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: A Descr

Excerpt from The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. 5: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People From the Earliest Times; Dreyfus-Brisac-GoatDriver, samuel rolles: English Christian Hebraist; born at Southampton Oct. 2, 1846; regius professor of Hebrew (in succession to Pusey), and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, since 1883; member of the Old Testament Revision Com pany, 1876 - 84.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.