Inhalt

• V Titelblatt
• XII Table of Contents
• VII I. Dedication
• IX II. Preface
• XXV III. Bibliography
• XLVII Part I
• 1 IV. Introduction
• 51 V. Book of Exempla
• 51 1. Ten Kings
• 51 2. Abraham and Nimrod
• 51 2b. Abraham and Nimrod
• 52 3. Adrianus Worshiped as God
• 52 4. King Hiram and God
• 52 5. Alexander Legend
• 52 5a. Alexander and the Amazons
• 53 6. Alexander, Ishmaelite and Jews
• 53 7. God all too Powerful
• 53 8. Emperor Feasting God
• 54 9. God a Mighty Light
• 54 10. God the Builder
• 54 11. Emperor and Revival of Dead
• 54 12. God should Speak to His Creatures
• 54 13. God Gives Wisdom to the Wise
• 55 14. God´s Name only with Purity
• 55 15. Sabbath Pre-Eminence
• 55 16. God Pairs and Makes Ladders
• 56 17. Letter "Lamed" High
• 56 18. Dead Rising in their Garments
• 56 19. Evil Decrees Annulled and Demon Exorcised
• 56 20. Aḳiba and Parable of Fish
• 57 21. Two Martyrs of Lud
• 57 22. Lulianus and Papus
• 57 23. Candlesticks of the Temple
• 57 24. Martyrdom of Jose b. Yoezer
• 58 25. Nahum ish Gimzu and Miraculous Dust
• 58 26. Old Man Planting Charub Tree
• 58 27. Punishment of Worshippers of Golden Calf
• 59 28. False Prophets in Babylon
• 59 29. Gentile and Jew
• 59 30. Hillel and the Alphabet
• 59 31. Hillel´s Patience
• 60 32. Tithing by Jacob
• 60 33. Gentile and Red Heifer
• 60 34. Temtation of Sadok
• 60 34a. Temtation of Aķiba
• 60 35. Nathan and the Hetaera, Proselyte
• 61 36. Eliezer and the Teaching of Jesus
• 61 37. Merits and Charity
• 61 38. Child and Book of Genesis
• 61 39. Kamḥit and her Sons High Priests
• 62 40. Wisdom to the Wise
• 62 41. Abrahamic Covenant in Decalogue
• 62 42. God Revealed in Bush
• 62 43. Shining through Cleanliness
• 62 44. Shining through Cleanliness
• 62 45. Praying before King of Kings
• 62 46. Beruria and Prayer against Sin
• 62 47. Beruria and Barren Woman
• 62 48. Sequence of Events in Bible
• 63 49. Resurrection Proved
• 63 50. Min and Gaboha on Resurrection
• 63 51. Clever Jewish Slaves
• 64 52. Geniba and Salutation of Scholars
• 64 53. Shela and Clever Interpretation
• 64 54. Sun and Moon not Destroyed though Worshipped
• 65 55. God a Thief?
• 65 56. Woman Cannot Keept a Secret
• 65 57. Miriam and her Seven Sons Martyrs
• 65 58. R. Ishmael Ransomed as Child
• 65 59. Death of Children of R. Ishmael
• 66 60. Zophnat Sold Naked
• 66 61. Bible Transliterated
• 66 62. Egyptians Claim from Jews
• 66 63. Aḳiba Converts Romans
• 66 64. Joḥanan Questions Aḳiba in Prison
• 66 65. Questions to Disguised Students
• 66 66. Pupils and Robbers
• 66 67. Ḥananya b. Teradyon's Martyrdom
• 67 68. Martyrdom of Juda b. Baba
• 67 69. Siege of and Famine in Jerusalem
• 67 70. Ḳamsa and Fall of Jerusalem
• 69 71. Conversion of Onkelos
• 69 72. Destruction of Town through Hen and Cock
• 70 73. Chastity and Unchastity
• 70 74. Accusation of Unfaithfulness Disproved
• 70 75. Destruction of Bet-Tur
• 70 75a. Bar Coziba's Exploits
• 71 76. Martyrdom of Shimeon b. Gamliel and Ishmael
• 71 77. Mesha Sacrifices his Son
• 71 78. Merodakh and the Sun
• 71 79. Trustfulness of Labourer
• 72 80. Trustfulness of Disciples
• 72 81. Trustfulness of Pupils of R. Joshua
• 72 82. Death of Youth Justified
• 72 83. Aḳiba and Bastard
• 72 84. Hillel and Irrelevant Questions
• 72 85. Nakdimon b. Gorian and the Rain
• 73 86. Riches of Palestine
• 73 87. Mysteries of Creation Expounded
• 73 88. Pride of R. Shimeon b. Gamliel
• 74 89. Weasel and Well
• 74 90. Value of the Law
• 74 91. Judgment after Death
• 75 92. Elazar b. Shimeon and Donkey Drivers
• 75 93. Elazar b. Shimeon a Mighty Eater
• 75 94. Elazar b. Shimeon Carrying Elijah across the River
• 76 95. Elazar b. Shimeon's Strength, Death and Miracles
• 77 96. Sages' Piety
• 77 97. Aḳiba Starts Studying
• 77 98. Aḳiba's Decision
• 78 99. Aḳiba and Drowning Man
• 78 100. Charity Rewarded
• 78 101. Monobaz and Treasures of Heaven
• 78 102. Punishment for Delay in Charity
• 78 103. Guests Beaten
• 78 104. Poor through Reduction of Tithes
• 78 105. Punishment for Neglect of Tithes
• 78 106. Reward for Tithing
• 78 107. Sheaf in Field
• 78 108. Money Used for Building Schools
• 78 109. Meekness of Tarfon
• 79 110. Dead Women Foretell Future
• 79 111.-112. Solomon Detects Thief
• 79 113. Solomon and Two-Headed Man
• 79 114. Solomon and Ashmedai
• 81 115. Solomon's Throne
• 81 116. Calendar
• 81 117. Rare Tree Reward for Sabbath Observance
• 81 118. Pearl in Fish Reward for Sabbath Observance
• 82 119. Riches for Sabbath Observance
• 82 120. Blessing of Sabbath
• 82 121a. Money in Stick
• 82 121b. Coin in Loaf
• 82 122. Coin in Loaf
• 82 123. Money and Hypocrite
• 82 124. Jewel in Bird's Nest
• 83 125. Eliezer's Decisions and Supernatural Witnesses
• 83 126. Prophecy and Death of R. Eliezer
• 83 127. Aḳiba Comforts Eliezer
• 83 128. No Mourning for Slaves
• 83 129. Pineḥas b. Yair´s Miracles
• 83 130. "Field of the Rabbis"
• 84 131. Abu Golis's Conversion
• 84 132. R. Jose´s Regrets
• 84 133. The Two Ways
• 84 134. Aḳiba and the Dead
• 84 135. Daughter of Nakdimon b. Gorian
• 84 136. Temptation of Matia b. Ḥeresh
• 84 137. Ben Sabar and the Angel of Death
• 85 138. Joshua b. Levi and Angel of Death
• 85 139. Bride & Angel of Death
• 85 (140.) 139a. Eliḥaraf and Angel of Death
• 85 (141.) 140. Two Youths and Angel of Death
• 85 (142.) 141. Elisha b. Abuya
• 87 (143.) 142. Three Wicked Daughters
• 87 (144.) 143. Strange Blessing by Scholars
• 87 (145.) 144. Allegory of Old Age
• 87 (146.) 145. R. Meir and Presumed Sore Eye
• 87 (147.) 146. Dead Children and Parable of Two Jewels
• 88 (148.) 147. Aḳiba Shepherd, Scholar through love of Wife
• 89 (149.) 148. Antoninus Visits R. Jehuda
• 90 (150.) 149. Antoninus and R. Jehuda's Advice
• 90 (151.) 150. "Whatever God does is for the Best"
• 91 (152.) 151. Study or Money
• 91 (153.) 152. Precious Gift from Paradise
• 91 (154.) 153. Rivers of Balm in Paradise
• 91 (155.) 154. Care in Judgment
• 91 (156.) 155. David and Giants of Nob
• 92 (157.) 156. David and Stone of Foundation
• 93 158. Washing of Hands
• 93 159. Washing of Hands
• 93 160. Aḳiba and Washing of Hands
• 93 161. Ḥanina b. Dosa Taught and Practised
• 93 162. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Daughter
• 93 163. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Sabbath Meal
• 93 164. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Scorpion
• 93 165. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Adder
• 94 166. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Cure
• 94 167. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Cure
• 94 168. Attendance at School Rewarded
• 94 169. R. Gamliel's Pride and Chastisement
• 94 170. R. Eliezer b. Hyrkanos and his Father
• 94 171. Comfort of Elazar b. Arakh
• 94 172. Astrologers' Error
• 95 173. Wife Substituted
• 95 174. Girl's Fate
• 95 175. Man Buried Twice
• 95 176. Min and Wind
• 95 177. Wine Turned Sour
• 95 178. R. Ḥisda's Former Wealth
• 95 179. Merit of Repetition
• 96 180. R. Meir and Samaritan
• 96 181. R. Meir and Wicked Innkeeper
• 96 182. R. Ishmaeland Samaritan
• 96 183. Kindness and Charity
• 96 184. Moses's Grave
• 96 185. Prayer Long and Short
• 96 186. Pride Loses Knowledge
• 96 187. Respect for Mother
• 96 188. Respect for Father
• 97 189. Respect for Mother
• 97 190. Respect for Mother
• 97 191. Respect for Mother
• 97 192. Good and Bad Treatment of Parents
• 97 193. Good and Bad Treatment of Parents
• 97 194. Blood Boiling
• 97 195. Companions in Paradise
• 97 196. Woman Carries Off Husband
• 97 197. Aḳiba Visits the Sick
• 98 198. Charity Atones
• 98 199. God Waits on Man
• 98 200. Feeding of Labourers
• 98 201. Portals of Future Jerusalem
• 98 202. Jewels of Future Jerusalem
• 98 203. Pearl for Gate of Jerusalem
• 98 204. Jew and Gate of Jerusalem
• 98 205. Shimeon b. Yoḥai and Rainbow
• 99 206. Shimeon b. Yoḥai in Cave
• 99 207. R. Meir and Clean Animals
• 99 208. Waters of Ocean
• 99 209. Treasure in Coals
• 99 210. Stones in High Road
• 100 211. Division of Earnings
• 100 212. Bar Kappara as Guest
• 100 213. Spell in Name of Jesus
• 100 213b. Ḥananya Under Spell
• 100 214. Denunciation of Jews Punished
• 100 215. Bar Ḥadya and Dreams
• 101 216. Ben Dama and Dreams
• 101 217. R. Ishmael and Dreams
• 101 218. King Sabur and Dreams
• 101 219. R. Eliezer and Dream
• 101 220. Death of Raba b. Naḥman
• 101 221. Women like Geese
• 102 222. Beauty of R. Joḥanan
• 102 223. Beauty of R. Joḥanan
• 102 224. R. Joḥanan and Resh Lakish
• 102 225. Unfair Treatment
• 102 226. Unaccustomed Food
• 102 227. Good Food Provided
• 102 228. Mar Uḳba's Secret Charity
• 103 229. Mar Uḳba's Liberality
• 103 230. Mar Uḳba's Clever Answer
• 103 231. Anatomy of Man
• 103 232. Death and Will of Jehuda ha-Nassi
• 103 233. Difference in Recitation of Prayers
• 103 234. Hezekiah's Good Acts
• 103 235. Ass of Pineḥas b. Yair
• 103 236. R. Joshua Taught Manners
• 104 237. Beruria's Rebuke
• 104 238. Wedding Feast Undisturbed
• 104 239. R. Shimeon b. Ḥalafta and Children
• 104 240. R. Aḳiba's Faith
• 104 241. Licentiousness Discouraged
• 105 242. Birth of Moses
• 105 243. Moses and Aaron before Pharoah
• 105 244. Fox and Heart of Ass
• 105 245. Aḳiba's Death and Burial
• 105 246. Solomon Well and Badly Treated
• 105 247. Marriage of Children
• 105 248. Aḳiba & Young Girl
• 105 249. Aḳiba and Woman with Blemish
• 105 250. Herod and Mariamne
• 106 251. Judith Legend
• 106 252. Menasseh's Repentance
• 106 253. Repentance of Elazar b. Dordaya
• 106 254. No Repentance after Death
• 106 255. Shimeon b. Shetaḥ and Janai
• 106 256. Astrologers Converted
• 106 257. Meal Half and Well Cooked
• 106 258. Aḳiba and Manners
• 106 259. Hillel and Belated Meal
• 107 260. Hillel's Pupils
• 107 261. R. Joshua and Philosophers of Alexandria
• 107 262. Aḳiba and Shipwreck
• 107 263. Dangerous Discussion
• 107 264. General Almsgiving
• 107 265. Creation of World
• 107 266. Starving Scholars
• 108 267. Eyes of Leviathan
• 108 268. City of Truth
• 108 269. Rejoicing at Weddings
• 108 270. Origin of Evil
• 108 271. Good and Bad Wife of Ishmael
• 108 272. Condolences
• 108 273. Carefulness
• 108 274. Learning Revived
• 108 275. Gehazi's and Jesus's Refusal to Repent
• 109 276. No Respect for Rich
• 109 277. Boring Ear of Slave
• 109 278. Severer Punishment for Thief
• 109 279. High Priest Simon and Alexander
• 109 280. Solomon Praising the Dead
• 109 281. Wealth Spent on Study
• 110 282. Ahab and Jehoran Rewarded by God
• 110 283. Saving the Town
• 110 284. Conversion of Onkelos
• 110 285. Sections of Bible
• 110 286. Esau First Born
• 110 287. Barreness of Matriarchs
• 110 288. Martyrdom of Ḥananya b. Teradyon
• 111 289. Martyrdom of Ḥananya b. Teradyon
• 111 290. Hillel Confident
• 111 291. Fear
• 111 292. R. Meir and Beruria's Sister
• 111 293. Aḳiba Decides the Law
• 111 294. Roughhandling
• 111 295. Priest Impure
• 111 296. Jews Self-Restrained
• 111 297. Advent of Messiah
• 112 A.
• 112 298. Aḳiba and Drowning Man
• 112 299. Ship Saved by Charity
• 112 300. Bar Kappara's Charity to Shipwrecked Man
• 113 B.
• 113 301. Joshua b. Levi and Prophet Elijah
• 113 302. Elijah's Gift to Poor Man
• 113 303. Three Clever Tricks
• 113 304. Joab in Kinsari
• 114 305. Drunkard in Cemetery
• 114 306. Good and Evil Eye
• 114 307. Demon in Tree
• 114 308. Man Who did not Swear
• 114 309. Reward for Observance of Sabbath
• 114 310. Virtuous Woman
• 114 311. Test of Rightful Son
• 115 312. Cow Observing Sabbath
• 115 313. Wicked Brother-in-Law
• 115 314. Saved from Serpent
• 115 315. R. Meir and Kidor
• 115 316. Frog Princess
• 183 316. Frog Princess
• 116 317. Seven Good Years When Young
• 116 318. Aḳiba's Daughter Saved
• 116 319. Prophet Elijah and Blessed Coin
• 116 320. Wickedness Defeated (Maimonides)
• 117 321. Giants and Twelve Spies
• 117 322. Gluttony
• 117 323. Butcher Companion in Paradise
• 117 324. Money Recovered by Trick
• 117 325. Hasty Accusation
• 117 326. Reward for Single Pious Deed
• 118 327. Faithful Woman
• 118 328. Man more Faithful then Women
• 118 329. Solomon and Boiled Egg
• 119 330. Miraculous Herbs
• 119 331. Pineḥas b. Yair's Wonderful Deeds
• 119 332. Burial of Scholar and Tax Gatherer
• 120 333. Mar Uḳba and Virtuous Hannah
• 120 334. Grateful Dead
• 121 335. Wise Youth and Ravens
• 121 336. Solomon's Daughter Marries Bastard
• 121 337. Wars of Jacob against Sichem
• 122 338. Woman in Hell
• 122 C.
• 122 339. Dead Denounces Murderers
• 123 340. Moses and Jesus
• 123 341. Jewel in Bird's Nest
• 124 342. Solomon and Boiled Egg
• 125 343. Solomon and Ant
• 125 344. Maimonides Turns into Lion
• 126 345. Maimonides and Lime Kiln
• 126 346. Maimonides, Ben Ezra and Pearl
• 127 347. Ben Ezra and Crucified Jewish Child
• 127 348. Wicked Enters Paradise
• 127 349. Charmed Horse
• 128 350. Wicked Woman's Advice
• 128 351a. Solomon and Faithless Woman
• 129 351b. Solomon and Faithless Woman
• 129 352. Youth and Language of Birds
• 130 353. Solomon Proves Murder
• 131 354. Maimonides and King's Dream
• 131 355. Three Gifts of Elijah
• 132 D.
• 132 356. Ben Ezra and Jehuda Halevi
• 133 357. False Blood Libel
• 133 358. Tree as Witness
• 133 359. Jewish Wet-Nurse
• 134 360. Half a Friend
• 134 361. True Friendship
• 134 362. Devoted Friendship
• 134 363. Apostate Confounded
• 134 364. Rabbi Discovers True Mother
• 135 365. Eliezer of Worms and Maimonides
• 136 366. Reward for Filial Obedience
• 136 367. Self-Control
• 136 368. Kind Cured by Poor Man's Citrons
• 137 369. Contest with Wizzard Priest
• 137 370. Treasure in Coal
• 138 371. Aḳiba and Pearl: Meekness of Rich Man
• 138 372. "Nature"
• 139 373. Three Brothers and Witch
• 140 E.
• 140 374. Miraculous Apple from Paradise
• 142 F.
• 142 375. Giving of Law
• 142 376. Demon and Jew
• 143 377. Money in Loaf
• 143 378. Man Who Would not Swear
• 144 379. Children in Well
• 144 380. Joseph Mokir Shaba
• 145 381. Bread upon the Water
• 146 382. Two Murderers Discovered
• 146 383. Good and Bad Feeding
• 147 384. R. Meir and Butcher's Wife
• 147 385. Two Sisters and Waters of Ordeal
• 148 386. Merchandise of Scholar
• 148 G.
• 148 387. Angel of Death and Uncharitable Innkeeper
• 149 388. Birth of Ben Batira
• 149 389. Koraḥ's Riches and Fall
• 149 390. Bird's Three Advices
• 150 391. Blood Test
• 150 392. Solomon and Two-Headed Man
• 151 393. Joshua b. Levi and Prophet Elijah Travelling Together
• 151 394. R. Meir and Snake
• 152 395. Demon in Tree
• 152 396. Demon in Statue
• 153 397. Saved by Single Gift
• 153 398. Ben Sabar and Angel of Death
• 153 399. Wise Will
• 153 400. God near his His People
• 154 H.
• 154 401. Faithless Woman and Robber
• 154 402. Solomon's Three Maxims
• 155 403. Gold in Jars
• 155 404. Solomon and Daughter of King of Ammon
• 156 I.
• 156 405. Warder Worthy of Paradise
• 157 406. Men Worthy of Paradise
• 157 407. God and the Maimed
• 157 408. Sanctification of Sabbath
• 157 409. Ḥanina b. Dosa and Gift from Paradise
• 157 410. Immaculate Shirt
• 158 411. Perverse Woman
• 158 412. Witch
• 159 413a. Companion in Paradise
• 159 413b. Nanas the Butcher and Companion in Paradise
• 159 414. Hopeless and Hopeful
• 160 415. Elijah Slave and Builder
• 160 416. Friends Better than Money
• 160 417. Charity Rewarded
• 162 K.
• 162 418. David, Gnats, Spiders and Fools
• 162 419. True Friends
• 162 420. Demon and Fire Worshippers
• 163 421. Ḥilkiah and the Rain
• 164 422. Sleep for Seventy Years
• 164 423. Money in Tree
• 165 424. Three Chests
• 165 425. Merchant and Rain
• 166 426. Solomon and Chess
• 166 427. Solomon and Good and Bad Meal
• 166 428. King and Schoolmaster
• 167 429. Judaism a Pearl
• 167 430. Bunch of Grapes
• 168 431. Bird as Witness
• 168 432. God's Justice
• 169 433. Thief's Secret
• 169 434. Three Questions
• 170 435. Foolish Wish
• 170 436. Charity Rewarded
• 171 437. Half the Mantle
• 171 438. Impossible to go against Luck
• 172 439. Grateful Dead
• 173 440. Grateful Dead
• 175 441a. Man and Snake
• 176 441b. Man and Snake
• 176 442. Widow Comforted
• 177 443. Three Questions
• 177 444. Solomon and Spirit of the Wind
• 178 445. "One Pursuing a Thousand"
• 179 446. Three Maxims
• 180 447. Demons Overheard
• 180 448. Fallen Star
• 180 449. "Bread upon the Water"
• 182 450. Girl with Hands Cut-Off
• 185 VI. Literary Parallels
• 271 VII. Index
• 210 Part II