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Singerman ID#1577

A Synopsis of Jewish History from the Return of the Jews from the Babylonish Captivity, to the Days of Herod the Great; Giving an Account of the Different Sects of Those Days; the Introduction and use of Synagogues and Schools; the Origin and Introduction of Prayer among the Jews; the Ureem and Thumeem, the Mishna or Oral Law; the Gemara-Completion, usually styled the Talmud.

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Singerman ID#1577

Henry, Henry A. A Synopsis of Jewish History from the Return of the Jews from the Babylonish Captivity, to the Days of Herod the Great; Giving an Account of the Different Sects of Those Days; the Introduction and use of Synagogues and Schools; the Origin and Introduction of Prayer among the Jews; the Ureem and Thumeem, the Mishna or Oral Law; the Gemara-Completion, usually styled the Talmud. San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1859. 187 p.

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“Prayer in behalf of the United States of America”: pp. [185]-87 (composed by Rabbi H. A. Henry for Congregation Bene Yeshurun, Cincinnati). An undated broadside prospectus (Cincinnati: I. Hart & Co.) for this work is held by PPL.