One of the interesting features of the book is the manner In which the principal "attacks on Judaism have been dealt with. There is the ancient standby that the Old Testament is mo longer the standard adopted by Jews in their dealings with their Gentile fellow citizens or among themselves. Instead it is said that the Talmud is the code by which, Jews live, and this book is given a mysterious importance and held out a secret code inculcating not only 2 hatred of non-Jews but a standard of morality according as to whether Jew or Christian is to be dealt with. The Talmud is a record in Hebrew and Aramaic of what was taught and spoken in the Schools tu Palestine and Babylon between 200 BE. and A.D. 500. The first portion Jdeais with" the Law, its inderpretation as based on tradition and precedent, not entirely dissimilar from the precedents and judgments which make up the bulk of English law today; while the second portion consists of maxims, proverbs, legend: and folklore. Even the "Kol Nidret" prayer has been twisted In its mean-{ng against the Gentile, but examination it hes proved to be just 'a8 highly moral a declaration as any which Have ever been invented by Gentile thinkers; while, of course, the most wretched allegation made against the Jews is the story of the ritual murder—in_ connection with which probably the best criticism Will be that Shanghai will remember how the table used for washing in connection with Jewish burial servies was fancifully reported Germany as an altar for ritual murder.
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