Prelude: Moses and Jesus -- A child of the ghetto --Joseph the dreamer -- Uriel Acosta -- The Turkish Messiah -- The maker of lenses -- The master of the name -- Maimon the fool and Nathan the wise -- From a mattress grave -- The people's saviour -- The primrose sphinx -- Dreamers in congress -- The Palestine pilgrim -- The conciliator of Christendom -- The joyous comrade -- Chad Gadya -- Epilogue: A modern scribe in Jerusalem