ABSTRACT
Judaism has adapted itself to every clime, and the Holy One of Israel has been worshipped in the tongues of many nations. Judaism has, indeed, rarely forsaken to any serious extent the language of its Lawgiver, of its prophets, psalmists and sages, but it is its pride that the original language of its sources and records is made known to every son of the Covenant. The influence of Jewish legislation over the non-Jewish population of the Judean State was the means of bringing many new adherents to Judaism. If the living power of a religion be measured by the zeal with which it is propagated and spread, Judaism never showed greater vitality than during the period which is considered by most Christian theologians as the classical age of Jewish decay. The Fathers of the Church, Church Councils and Christian kings and Emperors, vied with each other in attempts to crush any possible spread of Judaism.
