(Baltimore, 1891).

D. Castelli.--_Future Life in Rabbinical Literature_, _J.Q.R._,
I, p. 314.

M. Güdemann.--_Spirit and Letter in Judaism and Christianity_,
_ibid._, IV, p. 345.

I. Harris.--_Rise and Development of the Massorah_,
_ibid._, I, pp. 128, etc.

H. Polano.--_The Talmud_ (Philadelphia, 1876).

I. Myers.--_Gems from the Talmud_ (London, 1894).

D.W. Amram.--_The Jewish Law of Divorce according to Bible and
Talmud_ (Philadelphia, 1896).




CHAPTER IV

THE MIDRASH AND ITS POETRY

Mechilta, Sifra, Sifre, Pesikta, Tanchuma, Midrash
Rabbah, Yalkut.--Proverbs.--Parables.--Fables.


In its earliest forms identical with the Halachah, or the practical and