THE

WOMEN OF ISRAEL.

BY

GRACE AGUILAR,
AUTHOR OF " WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP," "MOTHER'S RECOMPENSE 7

" VALE OF CEDARS," ETC.

VOL. II.

NEW-YORK:
D. APPLETON & COMPANY,
90, 92 & 94 GRAND STREET.

1870.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY JAN 11 192

Wise Woman of Tekoah.--Woman of Abel.--Rizpah.-- Prophet's

Widow

37

The Captivity.—Review of the Book of Ezra.--Suggestions as to

the Identity of the Ahasuerus of Scripture.-Choice of Esther

80

SIXTH PERIOD.

CONTINUANCE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE.

PAO1

CHAPTER I.

Review of the Jewish History, from the Return from Babylon to

the Appeal of Hyrcanus and Aristobulus to Pompey

127

CHAPTER II.

From the Appeal to Pompey to the Death of Herod

139

WOMEN OF ISRAEL IN THE PRESENT, AS INFLUENCED BY THE PAST.