Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Mohammed wisely called the Jewish nation the people of books. From the very first knowledge of the race to the present time the wide gamut of Lennan feeling has been struck by the poetry and philosophy of rabbinical literature. The Talmud was the literary production of Jewish religion preceeding the...
The Talmud is written in classical Hebrew, which is made up of four different Jewish dialects and is smattered, here and there, with borrowed words of Latin, Greek and even Persian origin. Owing to this complex structure, an intelligent study of the book is extremely difficult. Yet the time and...
In construction, the book is divided into six distinct parts, relating to agricultural pursuits of the people, holidays, civil laws, marriages, purity, and sacrifices in temples. This organization is intelligently arranged and is written with a peculiar terseness, which is characteristic of Hebrew literature at that time. It is this...
Only three teams have so far entered for the Leiter cup series, the whole number of men entered being thirty-three. As the entries will close on April 7, it is desired that men intending to play in these games will organize as soon as possible. Entires may be handed...
Mr. Hurlbut has just returned from his trip through the middle West and South. Leaving Cambridge the first of February, he visited twenty-two cities, speaking at the different Harvard Clubs, and the larger preparatory schools and setting before them the interests and advantages of the University. He also looked...