Volume 1 of 6. From the close of the Canon to the end of the 12th century. These works contain a history of Jewish literature from the close of the Bible to our own days. The purpose of this history is to make accessible to the large intelligent public the results of Jewish scholarship and research in the various branches of Jewish literature, carried on during the last century, to coordinate and correlate the scattered facts and numerous data into one whole to create a complete picture of the productivity of the Jewish genius during the ages.