Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX. PAGE Abba Areka, 69, 173 n. Abba Saul, 124 Abraham, divorces Hagar, 23, 133 Adulteress, must leave her husband, 42 loses her Kethubah, 122 cannot marry paramour 96 Adultery 42, 83, 86, 93, 96, 107 Agent, see Messenger. of husband could not delegate powers', ... 151 doctrine of agency founded on Biblical law, . 177 Aha, Rabbi, 135, 191 Amemar 125 Ami, Rabbi, 65, 76 Amoraim, 17 Annulment of the Get, 48,87,186,187 Antenuptial Incontinence, 28, 41, 47, 63, 122 Apostasy, does not destroy marriage relation, ... 75 Aqiba, Rabbi 33,37,85,116,152 Arabian form of divorce, 136 Assi, Rabbi, 129 Attestation of the Get, 171 Augustus, 139 Aversion, unconquerable, reason for divorce, ... 125 Babylonia, centre of Jewish life, 18 Bald Get 159 Bar Kokhba, divorce regulations after the rebellion of, 119, 140, 132 n., 183 Barrators excommunicated, 187 Barrenness, cause of divorce, 87,99, 124 Bedouin, divorce among the 137 Betrothed, divorce of, 77 PAGE Bigamy, cause of divorce, 99 Bill of Divorce, views of Sadducees on 16 peculiar to the Jews, 59, 135 soldiers, 134, 170 ordering, 143 writing, 148 attesting, 171 delivering, 174 oldest form of, 132 form of, 156 essential parts of 161 torn crosswise on payment of Kethubah, . . 118 when void, consequences, 49 effect of, 105 "Old Get," 81 "Folded Get, -' 159 "Bald Get," 159 when lost, 81, 188 Bitter waters, ordeal of the, 93 Blank forms of Get, use of, 158 Bondswoman, rights of, 55 Captive, wife taken 46 Causes for divorce, adultery, . 83 antenuptial incontinence 42 apostasy, 75 aversion, 125 barrenness, 99 bigamy, 76 desertion, 73 expatriation, 126 immorality, 123 impotence, 65 leprosy 67 licentiousness, 76 mutual consent 39 physical blemishes, 67 PAGE refusal of conjugal rights 63 refusal to support, 68...
