THE

WOMEN OF ISRAEL

OR

Characters and Sketches

FROM

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AND JEWISH HISTORY.

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

THE PAST HISTORY, PRESENT DUTIES, AND FUTURE
DESTINY OF THE HEBREW FEMALES, AS BASED
ON THE WORD OF GOD.

BY

GRACE AGUILAR,

AUTHOR OF

"THE MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE," "THE VALE OF CEDARS,"

ETC. ETC.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. WERTHEIMER AND CO.,
CIRCUS PLACE, FINSBURY CIRCUS.

296.76

RAB 901

CONTENTS.

FOURTH PERIOD.

The Monarchy

MICHAL

ABIGAIL

WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH-WOMAN OF ABEL-RIZPAH

-PROPHET'S WIDOW.

THE SHUNAMMITE .

LITTLE ISRAELITISH MAID-HULDAH

FIFTH PERIOD.

The Babylonish Captivity.

THE CAPTIVITY-REVIEW OF BOOK OF EZRA

ESTHER

REVIEW OF EVENTS NARRATED BY EZRA AND NEHEMIAH

SIXTH PERIOD.

The Second Temple.

REVIEW OF THE JEWISH NATION, FROM THE RETURN

FROM BABYLON TO THE APPEAL OF HYRCANUS

AND ARISTOBULUS TO POMPEY

Page.

20

39

56

74

9!

97

137

149

Women of Israel in the Fresent, as influenced by the Past.

THE WAR AND DISPERSION-THOUGHTS ON THE TALMUD

TALMUDIC ORDINANCES AND TALES

329

344

FOURTH PERIOD.

WOMEN OF ISRAEL DURING THE CONTIN. UANCE OF THE MONARCHY.