Between them they rendered into Hebrew all the chief Jewish writings of the middle ages.
The first Christians were regarded, even by themselves, as a Jewish sect.
The precepts of the law were valuable in the eyes of the Scribes because they were the seal of Jewish particularism, the barrier erected between the world at large and the exclusive community of Yahweh's grace.
The story of Alexander's visit to Jerusalem rests on no better authority than a later Jewish romance.
He was a considerable force in the educational revival of Jewish education in France.