Excerpt from After the Exile, Vol. 1: A Hundred Years of Jewish History and Literature In this volume, the narrative covers three quarters of the first century of Judaism, and de scribes how, both within and without J udea, the way was prepared for Ezra's mission of reform. A second volume will treat of that mission and its fruits, and carry the history of Judaism down to the time of the legendary Great Synagogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.