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The final volume closes the series by providing a biographical memoir of the historian by Philip Bloch, a detailed chronological table of Jewish history, and a comprehensive general index and subject guide intended for teachers and students. It explains indexing principles and name-arrangement conventions, groups persons by category, and supplies topical entries such as conversions, education, coins, and messianism, alongside study directions and cross-references to make the five-volume narrative easier to navigate and use for thematic or pedagogical research.

Index

  • A
  • Aaron, high priest, member of the tribe of Levi, 1, 12.
  • countenances idolatry, 1, 14.
  • meets Moses on Horeb, 1, 15.
  • descendants of. See Aaronides.
  • Aaron de la Papa. See Papa, Aaron de la.
  • Aaron of York, chief rabbi of England, 3, 588.
  • sums paid to Henry III by, 3, 591.
  • Aaron ben Asher, Massoret, criticised by Saadiah, 3, 196, 207.
  • corrects Bible manuscripts, 3, 207.
  • as a poet, 3, 223.
  • Aaron (II) ben Elia Nicomedi (1300–1369), Karaite philosopher, 4, 95.
  • Aaron (I) ben Joseph, the Elder (1270–1300), Karaite physician, disciple of Nachmani, 3, 607; 4, 71.
  • fixes the Karaite prayer book, 4, 71.
  • Aaron ben Meshullam (1170–1210), scholar, 3, 396.
  • Maimunist, attacks Meïr Abulafia, 3, 524.
  • Aaron ben Zerach, martyr, 4, 144.
  • Aaron ben Zion Ibn-Alamâni, physician at Alexandria, 3, 340.
  • Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu (943–960), opponent of Saadiah, 3, 194, 195, 196, 200.
  • reconciled with Saadiah, 3, 200–1.
  • Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 202.
  • death of, 3, 207–8.
  • in Sherira’s “Letter,” 3, 233.
  • Aaron Cohen, of Narbonne, elegy by, 4, 49.
  • Aaron Halevi (1235–1300), Talmudist, 3, 621.
  • Aaronides, the, oppose idolatry under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • dismissed for not participating in idolatrous worship, 1, 284.
  • massacred at the first fall of Jerusalem, 1, 314.
  • return with Zerubbabel, 1, 352.
  • rejected by Nehemiah, 1, 378.
  • provided for, under Ezra, 1, 382.
  • exiled by Nehemiah, 1, 386.
  • officiate on Gerizim, 1, 390.
  • honor Judah I’s remains, 2, 467.
  • in charge of Judah II’s remains, 2, 487.
  • in Arabia, 3, 55.
  • make Abraham ben David’s grave, 3, 490.
  • See also High priests, the; Priests, the.
  • Ab, the Ninth of, celebration of, by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 152, 159.
  • Abaka (Abagha), Tartar king in Persia, 3, 638.
  • Abayi Nachmani (280–338), Babylonian Amora, 2, 560.
  • disciple of Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 575, 580, 583.
  • principal of the Pumbeditha Academy, 2, 583.
  • youth of, 2, 583–4.
  • integrity of, 2, 584.
  • decrease of students under, 2, 584–5.
  • dialectics of, 2, 585.
  • death of, 2, 585.
  • rebukes Raba bar Joseph, 2, 586.
  • Abba of Accho, ordination of, 2, 540.
  • modesty of, 2, 541.
  • Abba bar Abba, Amora, father of Mar-Samuel, 2, 511.
  • Abba-Areka (Rab), Amora, authorized to teach in Babylon, 2, 454, 479, 511.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • opposed to the purchase of oil from heathens, 2, 484.
  • reception of, in Babylonia, 2, 512.
  • made Agora-nomos, 2, 512.
  • introduces excommunication into Babylonia, 2, 517.
  • compared with Hillel, 2, 517.
  • wife of, 2, 517.
  • modesty of, 2, 517–18.
  • descendants of, 2, 518, 544.
  • opposes Persian innovations, 2, 521.
  • yields to Magian demands, 2, 526.
  • influence of, on Jewish Babylonia, 2, 544.
  • Abba-Mari ben Isaac, sheriff of St. Gilles, 3, 399.
  • Abba-Mari ben Moses (Don Astruc En-Duran), follower of Nachmanides, 4, 27–8.
  • appeals to Ben Adret, 4, 28, 29.
  • fails to win Jacob ben Machir’s aid, 4, 31.
  • aggressive anti-Maimunist, 4, 32.
  • adherents of, 4, 33–4.
  • secures the support of Asheri, 4, 38.
  • draws up the ban against the study of science, 4, 38, 39.
  • opposed by the Tibbonides, 4, 41–2.
  • in Perpignan, 4, 50.
  • Abba Saul, a Tanaite, 2, 330.
  • Abbadides, the, in Seville, 3, 315.
  • Abbahu, a Palestinian Amora, 2, 531.
  • and the observance of the Law in Samaria, 2, 534.
  • secular culture of, 2, 537–8.
  • education of the daughter of, 2, 537.
  • and Diocletian, 2, 538.
  • Hebrew style of, 2, 538.
  • attacks Christian dogmas, 2, 539–40.
  • modesty and generosity of, 2, 540–1.
  • on the Greek theatre, 2, 542.
  • makes Cæsarea an academic city, 2, 543.
  • sons of, 2, 543.
  • Abbasside Caliphate (Caliphate of the East, Bagdad Caliphate), the, weakness of, in the twelfth century, 3, 431.
  • conquered by Hulagu, 3, 606.
  • Abbasside Caliphate, the, the Jews of, in the ninth century, 3, 145–6, 176–80.
  • under Al-Mutadhid, 3, 183.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 428–33.
  • Abbassides, the, opponents of the Ommiyyades, 3, 125.
  • Ab-beth-din, president of the Council of Seventy, 1, 395.
  • deputy of the president of the Synhedrion, 2, 360, 404.
  • office of, ceases, 2, 453.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Allah, vizir, prevents the forced conversion of Jews to Islam, 3, 312.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Hakam, murders the king of Saragossa, 3, 266.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Sabâ, partisan of Ali, 3, 90.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Salâm, Jewish disciple of Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Tumart, incites the Moors against the Almoravides, 3, 357–8.
  • founds the Almohades, 3, 358.
  • Abdallah Ibn-Ubey, opponent of Mahomet, 3, 75.
  • protects the Benu-Kainukaa, 3, 77.
  • promises aid to the Benu-Nadhir, 3, 78.
  • Abdallah, son of Saura, Jewish opponent of Mahomet, 3, 74.
  • Abdallah Almamun (813–833), son of Haroun Alrashid, at war with his brother, 3, 145.
  • prosperity of the Abbasside Caliphate under, 3, 146.
  • adopts the Mutazilist theology, 3, 147.
  • appealed to by rival parties in the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 155.
  • the last of the tolerant caliphs of the East, 3, 176.
  • reduces the power of the Exilarchs, 3, 177.
  • Abdel-latif, Mahometan physician, on Maimonides, 3, 473, 488.
  • Abdon, judge, 1, 66.
  • Abdul-Malik, Ommiyyade caliph, tolerance of, 3, 110.
  • Abdul Meg’id, sultan of Turkey, 5, 634.
  • emancipates the Jews, 5, 641, 664.
  • orders a revision of the Rhodes trial, 5, 647.
  • secures the Turkish Jews against the blood accusation, 5, 662.
  • Abdulmumen, Almohade ruler of northern Africa, tries to force Islam upon his subjects, 3, 358–60, 451.
  • Abdul-Rahman III, Ommiyyade caliph, appealed to in behalf of Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 209–10.
  • Moslem culture under, 3, 214.
  • appoints Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut interpreter, 3, 216.
  • death of, 3, 222.
  • Abel, Psychic type of the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • Abel. See Abel-Bethmaachah.
  • Abel-Bethmaachah, refuge of Sheba, 1, 149–50.
  • the region of, subjugated by Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • Abelè-Zion, ascetic Karaites in Jerusalem, 3, 182. See also “Mourners of Zion,” the.
  • Abenacar, Isaac (Manuel Pimentel), first Jew buried at Ouderkerk, 4, 672.
  • Abendana, Jacob, rabbi of London, 5, 214.
  • Abenhuacar. See Samuel Ibn-Wakar.
  • Abensur, Daniel, millionaire in Hamburg, 5, 205.
  • Abia, king of Arabia, at war with Izates of Adiabene, 2, 217–18.
  • Abiathar, the family of, under David’s protection, 1, 100.
  • partisan of David, 1, 107, 112.
  • made high priest, 1, 120.
  • on the persecution of the Gibeonites, 1, 123.
  • against Absalom, 1, 141.
  • urges the recall of David, 1, 146.
  • supports Adonijah, 1, 152.
  • of the priestly house of Ithamar, 1, 155.
  • deposed, 1, 160.
  • Abi-Ezri. See Eleazar ben Joel Halevi.
  • Abigail, wife of David, 1, 134.
  • Abijah, son of Samuel, judge, 1, 79.
  • Abijam, son of Rehoboam, king of Judah, 1, 189.
  • Abilene, given to Agrippa II, 2, 245.
  • Abimaï, son of Abbahu, 2, 543.
  • Abimelech, judge, 1, 63.
  • Abin, Amora, emigrates from Judæa, 2, 567.
  • Abinadab, guards the Ark of the Covenant, 1, 119.
  • Abinadab, son of Saul, death of, 1, 103.
  • Abinerglus (Abennerig), father-in-law of Izates, 2, 216.
  • Abishag, wife of David, and Adonijah, 1, 160.
  • Abishai, brother of Joab, kills Abner, 1, 111.
  • saves David, 1, 117.
  • commander in the Ammonite war, 1, 127.
  • conducts the Idumæan war, 1, 128–9.
  • against Absalom, 1, 141, 144.
  • conducts the war against Sheba, 1, 149.
  • Ablaat, astronomer, friend of Mar-Samuel, 2, 521.
  • Abner, cousin of Saul, qualities of, 1, 84–5.
  • frees Israel from the Philistines, 1, 108.
  • makes Ishbosheth Saul’s successor, 1, 108.
  • actual founder of the kingdom of the Ten Tribes, 1, 108.
  • jealous of Joab, 1, 109.
  • power of, 1, 109.
  • kills Asahel, 1, 110.
  • accused of coveting Rizpah, 1, 110.
  • joins David, 1, 110–11.
  • murdered, 1, 111–12.
  • Abner of Burgos. See Alfonso Burgensis.
  • Aboab, Immanuel, defends Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 55.
  • Aboab, Isaac, rabbi of Toledo, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 341.
  • negotiates for the settlement of Spanish exiles in Portugal, 4, 352, 365.
  • death of, 4, 366.
  • Aboab, Isaac, de Fonseca (1606–1693), rabbi at Amsterdam, instructs at the Talmud Torah, 4, 681.
  • member of the first Rabbinical college, 4, 682.
  • as a preacher, 4, 682–3.
  • vacillating character of, 4, 683.
  • goes to Brazil, 4, 693.
  • on the war in Brazil, 4, 694.
  • devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 52.
  • translates Kabbalistic works, 5, 54, 88.
  • and Spinoza, 5, 92.
  • Sabbatian, 5, 139, 160.
  • Aboab, Samuel, rabbi at Venice, and Luzzatto, 5, 240.
  • Aboda Zara, Mishnic treatise on idolaters, 2, 477.
  • Abodah, the, Day of Atonement Temple service, poem on, 3, 114–15.
  • Aboget, alleged poisoner of wells, 4, 102.
  • Abrabanel. See Dormido; Isaac ben Judah; Isaac II, son of Isaac; Isaac III, son of Judah Leon; Judah Leon; Samuel I; Samuel II.
  • Abrabanel family, the, descended from David, 3, 43.
  • Abrabanela. See Benvenida.
  • Abradhi, caliph of the East, vizir of, favors Saadiah, 3, 200.
  • Abraham, disciple of Meïr of Rothenburg, 4, 74.
  • Abraham, monk, convert to Judaism, 3, 21.
  • Abraham, patriarch, acquires Machpelah, 1, 4.
  • monotheist, 1, 5.
  • virtues of, 1, 6.
  • revered by the Israelites, 1, 6–7.
  • impresses Mahomet, 3, 71.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Abraham of Aragon, oculist, 3, 583.
  • Abraham de Balmes, physician and grammarian, 4, 411.
  • instructs Christians in Hebrew, 4, 473.
  • Abraham de Beya, traveler in Portuguese employ, 4, 368.
  • Abraham of Granada, Kabbalist, 4, 196–7.
  • Abraham de Herrera. See Herrera, Abraham de.
  • Abraham ben Chasdaï, Maimunist, as poet, 3, 388, 560.
  • denounces Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 544.
  • epigram by, 3, 544.
  • Abraham ben Chiya Albargeloni (1065–1136), astronomer, 3, 313; 4, 120.
  • Abraham ben David of Posquières (Rabed II, 1125–1198), Talmudist, as a controversialist, 3, 389, 399.
  • disciple of Abraham ben Isaac, 3, 392.
  • friend of Judah Ibn-Tibbon, 3, 397.
  • writes a Mishna commentary, 3, 399.
  • criticises Maimonides’ Mishne-Torah, 3, 490.
  • death of, 3, 490.
  • alleged founder of the Kabbala, 3, 547.
  • Abraham ben Isaac, head of the college of Narbonne, 3, 392.
  • son-in-law of, 3, 399.
  • Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Ezra (1088–1167), personality of, 3, 366–7, 381.
  • attitude of, towards the Karaites, 3, 366.
  • and Jehuda Halevi and Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 367.
  • poetry of, 3, 367–8.
  • as an exegete, 3, 368, 370–1, 371–3.
  • poverty of, 3, 368–9.
  • in the East, 3, 369.
  • in Rome, 3, 369–71.
  • as a grammarian, 3, 371, 374.
  • adheres to the Massora, 3, 371.
  • at Mantua and Lucca, 3, 371.
  • in southern France, 3, 373.
  • poem on, by Jacob Tam, 3, 373, 376.
  • in London, 3, 373–4.
  • as philosopher, 3, 373.
  • defends the Sabbath eve, 3, 374.
  • last years of, 3, 374–5.
  • son of, 3, 375.
  • influence of, on Italian Jews, 3, 423.
  • attacked by Nachmani, 3, 534, 608.
  • the works of, used by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • denounced as a heretic, 3, 624.
  • admired by Yedaya Bedaresi, 4, 43.
  • the works of, studied in the fourteenth century, 4, 143–4.
  • the Pentateuch commentary by, commented upon, 4, 144.
  • commentary on the works of, 4, 191.
  • exegesis of, praised by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • commentary by, in the Bomberg Bible, 4, 476.
  • studied by Spinoza, 5, 88.
  • Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia (1240–1291), Kabbalist, 4, 3, 11, 622.
  • youth and ideals of, 4, 4–5, 19.
  • system of, 5, 5–6, 14.
  • disciples of, 4, 6, 8, 10.
  • in Italy, 4, 6.
  • imprisoned, 4, 7.
  • Messianic claims of, 4, 7–8.
  • works of, 4, 8.
  • declared a heretic, 4, 625.
  • Abraham ben Sherira. See Mar-Abraham.
  • Abraham Ibn-Alfachar (1160–1223), favorite of Alfonso III of Castile, 3, 384–5.
  • ambassador to Morocco, 3, 385.
  • encourages Talmud study, 3, 386.
  • Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi (1110–1180), physician, philosopher, and historian, 3, 363–6.
  • parentage of, 3, 364.
  • attainments of, 3, 364.
  • as an historian, 3, 364, 365–6.
  • as a scientist, 3, 364.
  • as a philosopher, 3, 364–5.
  • style of, 3, 366.
  • death of, 3, 386.
  • the work of, consulted by Basnage, 5, 196.
  • Abraham Ibn-Shoshan, scholar, Spanish exile in Egypt, 4, 393.
  • Abraham Ibn-Zarzal, physician and astrologer, 4, 116.
  • Abraham, son of Manessier de Vesoul, 4, 150.
  • Abraham Bedaresi, poet, elegy by, 3, 579.
  • compared with his son, 4, 42.
  • Abraham Benveniste Senior, dignitary at the court of Juan II of Castile, 4, 228.
  • frames the law of Avila, 4, 229.
  • promotes the marriage of Isabella of Castile, 4, 280.
  • friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 341.
  • accepts baptism, 4, 351.
  • See also Coronel.
  • Abraham Bibago, favorite of John II of Aragon, 4, 275.
  • Abraham Farissol (1451–1525), Bible commentator and geographer, 4, 411–12.
  • protegé of Hercules d’Este I, 4, 412–13.
  • polemic writings of, 4, 413.
  • Abraham Israel, excommunicates Eibeschütz’s opponents, 5, 264.
  • Abraham Klausner, compiles the customs of various communities, 4, 134.
  • Abraham Levi, Spanish exile, Kabbalist, 4, 481.
  • Abraham (Abulmeni) Maimuni (1185–1254), son of Maimonides, his successor, 3, 493.
  • Talmudist and philosopher, 3, 495.
  • visited by rabbis emigrating to Palestine, 3, 505.
  • and the attacks upon his father, 3, 525–6, 545.
  • Abraham Maimuni II, great-grandson of Maimonides, converts Karaites to Rabbanism, 4, 71–2.
  • Abraham Menz, director of the Padua college, 4, 410.
  • Abraham Saba, Kabbalist, leaves Portugal, 4, 381.
  • Abraham Yizchaki, anti-Sabbatian, 5, 220–1.
  • Abraham Zacuto, disciple of Isaac Aboab, pronounces his funeral oration, 4, 366.
  • author of an astronomical calendar, 4, 367, 372.
  • escapes from Portugal, 4, 378.
  • at Tunis, 4, 391.
  • writes the Sefer Yochasin, 4, 391.
  • flees to Turkey, 4, 392.
  • compared with Elias Kapsali, 4, 407.
  • chronicle of, published, 4, 608, 629.
  • great-grandson of, 4, 678.
  • Abraham Zacuto Lusitano (1576–1642), physician, honor paid to, 4, 678.
  • Abrianim, transgressors of the Law, addressed by Jesus, 2, 152.
  • Absalom, son of David, instigates the murder of Amnon, 1, 134.
  • seeks refuge with Talmai of Geshur, 1, 134–5.
  • pardoned, 1, 136.
  • plots with Ahithophel, 1, 136, 138–44.
  • description of, 1, 137.
  • hailed as king in Hebron, 1, 139.
  • in Jerusalem, 1, 142–3.
  • accepts Hushai’s advice, 1, 143.
  • killed, 1, 144–5.
  • mourned by David, 1, 145.
  • monument of, 1, 145.
  • children of, 1, 145.
  • Absalom, son of John Hyrcanus, 2, 34.
  • in Pompey’s triumph, 2, 67.
  • Abt, friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 303.
  • Abtalion (Pollion), head of the Synhedrion, 2, 71–2.
  • maxims of, 2, 72; 3, 573.
  • disciples of, 2, 72, 96.
  • opposed to Antigonus, 2, 85–6.
  • counsels submission to Herod, 2, 88.
  • spared by Herod, 2, 89.
  • death of, 2, 90.
  • Abu-Abdullah Mahomet Alnasir, Almohade caliph, invades Andalusia, 3, 506–7.
  • decrees Jew badges, 3, 512.
  • Abu-Afak, poet, opponent of Mahomet, 3, 74.
  • Abu Amr Joseph ben Chasdaï. See Joseph ben Chasdaï.
  • Abu-Amr Joseph ben Zadik Ibn-Zadik (1080–1148), philosopher, 3, 314–15.
  • as a poet, 3, 315.
  • death of, 3, 361.
  • Abu-Amran Moses, founder of a Karaite sect, 3, 157–8.
  • Abu-Amranites, Karaite sectaries, 3, 158.
  • Abu-Amrun Musa ben Maimun Obaid Allah, Arabic name of Maimonides, 3, 447.
  • Abu Ayub (Solomon Ibn-Almuallem), poet and physician, 3, 312.
  • Abu Ayub Sulaiman Ibn-Yachya. See Solomon Ibn-Gebirol.
  • Abu-Bekr, Mahomet’s general, repulsed at Kamus, 3, 82.
  • Abudiente, Abraham Gideon, Sabbatian, 5, 155.
  • Abu Fadhl Chasdaï (1040), Arabic Jewish poet, vizir to the king of Saragossa, 3, 280.
  • Abuhajaj Joseph Ibn-Ezra, brother of Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 319.
  • son of, 3, 361.
  • Abu Hussain Joseph Ibn-Nagrela. See Joseph Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Abu-Ibrahim Isaac Ibn-Ezra, brother of Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 318.
  • Abu Ibrahim Isaac Ibn-Kastar ben Yasus (Yizchaki, 982–1057), physician and philosopher, 3, 273.
  • Abu-Isa. See Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak.
  • Abu Ishak al-Elviri, Mahometan poet, enemy of the Jews of Granada, 3, 278.
  • Abu Ishak Ibn-Mohajar, vizir to the Almoravide Ali, 3, 312.
  • Abu Jacob Yussuff Almostansir, Almohade ruler of Morocco, 3, 385.
  • Abu-Jafar Ibn-Aljezzar, Mahometan disciple of Isaac Israeli, 3, 181.
  • Abu Jafar Almansur, caliph, imprisons Anan ben David, 3, 129–30.
  • Abu-Kariba Assad Toban, king of Yemen, besieges Yathrib, 3, 62.
  • convert to Judaism, 3, 63.
  • end of, 3, 63.
  • sons of, 3, 64.
  • Abulafia. See Abraham ben Samuel; Abulafia, Moses; Joseph ben Todros; Levi ben Todros; Meïr ben Todros Halevi; Samuel ben Meïr Allavi; Todros ben Joseph.
  • Abulafia, Marrano, agent of Ferdinand and Isabella, opposes the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • burnt at the stake, 4, 317.
  • Abulafia, Moses, accused of ritual murder, 5, 636.
  • tortured, 5, 636–7.
  • turns Mahometan, 5, 638.
  • Abulafia family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 236; 4, 116.
  • members of, perish during the Black Death, 4, 113.
  • Abul-Ala, Arabic poet, 3, 199.
  • Abul Arab Ibn-Moïsha, Mahometan theologian and poet, friend of Maimonides, 3, 456.
  • accuses Maimonides of apostasy from Islam, 3, 474.
  • Abul-Barkat Hibat-Allah ben Malka. See Nathaniel.
  • Abulhassan, king of Morocco, at war with Castile, 4, 84.
  • Abulhassan Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Kamnial, physician, vizir to the Almoravide Ali, 3, 312.
  • patron of Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 320.
  • Abulhassan Jehuda ben Samuel Halevi (Ibn-Allevi). See Jehuda Halevi.
  • Abulhassan Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, brother of Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 318.
  • Abulkasim Ibn-Alarif, vizir of Habus, patron of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 256.
  • Abulkassim Mahomet. See Al-Mutamed.
  • Abulmeni Abraham Maimuni. See Abraham Maimuni.
  • Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, propagandist for Karaism, 3, 203–5.
  • as controversialist, 3, 204–5.
  • Hebrew style of, 3, 204, 206.
  • Abulvalid Mervan Ibn-Janach. See Jonah Marinus.
  • Abu Mansur Samuel ben Chananya, Nagid, invites Jehuda Halevi to Cairo, 3, 340–1.
  • successor of, 3, 443.
  • Abumelik, leads a Moorish army against Castile, 4, 84.
  • killed, 4, 85.
  • Abunassar Azaria, son of Joseph Ibn-Nagrela, flees to Lucena, 3, 279.
  • death of, 3, 284.
  • Abu-Sahal Ali (835–853), medical writer, 3, 146.
  • Abusahal Dunash ben Tamim. See Dunash ben Tamim.
  • Abu Said ben Chalfon Halevi, friend of Jehuda Halevi, 3, 340.
  • Abu-Yussuf Chasdaï ben Isaac Ibn-Shaprut. See Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut.
  • Abu-Yussuff Almansur, Almohade prince, introduces a garb for apostate Jews, 3, 511–12.
  • Abuzurj-Mihir, inventor of chess, 3, 7.
  • Abydos, Sabbataï Zevi imprisoned at, 5, 148, 151.
  • enriched by the Sabbatians, 5, 149.
  • Academies, the Babylonian, authority of the principals of, 2, 547.
  • closed under Kobad, 3, 4.
  • re-opened, 3, 5.
  • work of, 3, 6.
  • give religious instruction to the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
  • principals of, deposed by the Exilarchs, 3, 91.
  • independent of each other in internal affairs, 3, 96.
  • organization of, under the caliphs, 3, 96–7.
  • office of the president of, not hereditary, 3, 96.
  • meetings of, in Adar and Elul, 3, 97.
  • income of, 3, 97–8.
  • prayers for the departed at, 3, 101.
  • the heads of, excommunicate Anan ben David, 3, 134.
  • the Karaites on, 3, 134–5.
  • and the election of the Exilarch, 3, 137.
  • hold aloof from Islam theology, 3, 148.
  • respect paid to, in the ninth century, 3, 160.
  • See also under Pumbeditha and Sora.
  • Academies, the Babylonian, list of:
  • Firuz-Shabur,
  • Machuza,
  • Nahardea,
  • Nares,
  • Nisibis,
  • Pumbeditha,
  • Shekan-Zib,
  • Silhi,
  • Sora.
  • Academies, the Palestinian, origin of, 2, 324.
  • established by the disciples of Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 335.
  • frequented by Babylonian students, 2, 511, 531.
  • decline of, 2, 543, 548, 560.
  • method of, 2, 557–8.
  • See under Acbara; Bekiin; Cæsarea; Emmaus; Jamnia; Lydda; Sepphoris; Tiberias; Schools.
  • Academy at Jerusalem, founded by the Vegas, 5, 126.
  • Academy of Sciences at Berlin, prize of, won by Mendelssohn, 5, 303–4.
  • Mendelssohn proposed as member of, 5, 308.
  • Acbara, seat of Jannaï’s academy, 2, 470.
  • Accho (Acco; Acre; Ptolemais; St. Jean d’Acre), built by the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • surrenders to Shalmaneser, 1, 264.
  • fortifications of, destroyed by Ptolemy I, 1, 417.
  • the inhabitants of, threaten the Galilean Judæans, 1, 475.
  • Jonathan Haphus meets Demetrius at, 1, 496.
  • Jonathan Haphus taken prisoner at, 1, 499.
  • surrenders to Ptolemy VIII, 2, 40.
  • Vespasian prepares for his Judæan campaign at, 2, 285.
  • Talmudists in, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Maimonides at, 3, 456.
  • Nachmani at, 3, 605.
  • Kabbalist center, 3, 626.
  • Kabbalists of, burn the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 631.
  • Maimonides’ tomb at, desecrated, 3, 631.
  • Maimunists in, 3, 631.
  • David Maimuni at, 3, 632–3.
  • the Jews of, blotted out, 3, 650.
  • Acha of Diphta, proposed as principal of the Sora academy, 2, 627.
  • Acha ben Jacob, on Chama of Nahardea, 2, 595.
  • Achaï bar Huna, Amora, compiler of the Babylonian Talmud, 2, 631.
  • Achaia, Paul establishes Christian communities in, 2, 227.
  • Achbâr, teacher of the Law among the Arabic Jews, 3, 59.
  • Acher. See Elisha ben Abuya.
  • Achiab, prevents Herod from committing suicide, 2, 116.
  • Achish, Philistine king, in friendly relations with David, 1, 101–2.
  • acknowledges David king, 1, 108.
  • Achitub, grandson of Eli, high priest at Nob, 1, 79.
  • Achiya, first Exilarch known, 2, 509.
  • Achiya. See also Chiya.
  • Achmed I, sultan, Jewish women under, 4, 629, 630.
  • Achmed Shaitan, viceroy of Egypt, treachery of, 4, 395.
  • avenges himself on the Jews of Cairo, 4, 395–6.
  • Achunaï. See Chananya.
  • Acosta, Uriel (Gabriel). See Costa, Uriel da.
  • Acra, the, a part of Jerusalem, burnt by Titus, 2, 308.
  • Acra (Acrapolis; Baris; Birah), the, the Temple citadel, built by Nehemiah, 1, 382, 524.
  • garrisoned by Scopas, 1, 433.
  • Greek games taught in, 1, 445.
  • refuge of the Hellenists, 1, 454.
  • occupied by Menelaus, 1, 470, 478.
  • besieged by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 478.
  • Hellenists leave, 1, 480.
  • reinforced by Bacchides, 1, 491.
  • besieged by Jonathan Haphus, 1, 496.
  • surrenders to Simon Tharsi, 1, 523.
  • the towers of, taken down, 1, 524.
  • called Birah, 1, 524–5.
  • wife and children of Aristobulus II imprisoned in, 2, 58.
  • called Antonia, 2, 106.
  • See Antonia.
  • Acrabatene, the Samaritans of, slaughtered by the Zealots, 2, 243.
  • Acrabattine, the Idumæans driven out of, by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • invested by Simon bar Giora, 2, 293.
  • Acrapolis, the. See Acra, the.
  • Acre. See Accho.
  • Actian games, the, introduced into Jerusalem, 2, 105.
  • Actium, the battle of, won by Octavius, 2, 96.
  • Ada, a Babylonian Amora, 2, 579.
  • Adalbert, bishop of Prague, and the slave-trade of Jews, 3, 305.
  • Adam, the book of, Sibylline chronicle, quoted, 2, 462.
  • Adam Kadmon, Kabbalistic term, the original man, 5, 121, 143.
  • Adamantius, apostate Jew in Alexandria, 2, 619.
  • Adams, Hannah, history of the Jews by, 5, 593.
  • Adarsa, the battle of, won by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 485.
  • Adath Jeshurun, the body of advanced Jews in Amsterdam, innovations of, 5, 457.
  • Aden, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 436.
  • Adher-Baijan (Aserbeidsan), Samuel Ibn-Abbas in, 3, 442.
  • Adher-Baijan, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 430–33.
  • urged to join David Alrui, 3, 431.
  • followers of David Alrui, 3, 433.
  • Adiabene, description of, 2, 216.
  • the nobles of, conspire against Izates, 2, 217–18.
  • the people of, friendly to the Judæans, 2, 219.
  • in alliance with the Zealots, 2, 256.
  • the royal house of, aids Judæa against Rome, 2, 264.
  • the princes of, the only Judæan insurgents spared by Rome, 2, 311.
  • conquered by Trajan, 2, 393–4.
  • laid waste by Severus, 2, 464.
  • Adido, Simon Tharsi assembles his forces at, 1, 500.
  • Adiya, father of the poet Samuel, 3, 68.
  • Adnan, ancestor of the Arabs, 3, 61.
  • Adolph of Nassau, emperor, refuses to surrender Meïr of Rothenburg’s body, 4, 35.
  • war of, with Albrecht, 4, 35.
  • death of, 4, 36.
  • Adonijah, son of David, opposes Absalom, 1, 135.
  • rebels, 1, 151–4.
  • supporters of, 1, 152.
  • royal display of, 1, 152.
  • Nathan opposed to, 1, 153.
  • acknowledged king, 1, 153.
  • pays homage to Solomon, 1, 154.
  • killed, 1, 160.
  • Adonim. See Dunash ben Labrat.
  • Adoniram, superintendent of the building of the first Temple, 1, 163, 172.
  • accompanies Rehoboam to Shechem, 1, 181.
  • killed, 1, 182.
  • Adonis, Baal of the Phœnicians, 1, 54.
  • statue of, worshiped at Bethlehem, 2, 422.
  • Adora, Idumæan fortress, demolished by John Hyrcanus, 2, 8.
  • Adoyot, the oldest Mishna compilation, 2, 343, 460.
  • Adraat, chief town of Batanæa, 3, 77.
  • Benu-Nadhir settle in, 3, 79.
  • Adrammelech, son of Sennacherib, murders him, 1, 280.
  • Adramyttium, treasure-house in, for the half-Shekel contributions, 2, 53.
  • Adrianople, Karaites move to, 4, 269.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • Joseph Karo at, 4, 557.
  • Sabbataï Zevi at, 5, 154–66.
  • Nathan Ghazati at, 5, 158–9, 161.
  • Sabbatians of, devoted to Sabbataï, 5, 163.
  • Cardoso at, 5, 207.
  • Sabbatians in, 5, 210.
  • Adrianople, the Jews of, divided into national groups, 4, 478.
  • consider trading with Pesaro, 4, 579.
  • Adullam, David at, 1, 116.
  • Adultery, ritual for suspected cases of, abolished, 2, 238.
  • laws against, inviolate, 2, 424.
  • Advice to the Representatives of the People,” by Van Swieden, against the emancipation of the Dutch Jews, 5, 453–4.
  • Ælia Capitolina, name of Jerusalem under Hadrian, 2, 421–2.
  • Ælius Hadrian. See Hadrian.
  • Afia, Aaron, scientist in Salonica, 4, 405.
  • Africa (northern), Karaites influential in, in the tenth century, 3, 207.
  • Jewish captives transported to, 3, 213.
  • students from, at the Cordova Talmud school, 3, 228.
  • part of the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 248.
  • Talmud authorities of, in the eleventh century, 3, 248–9.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369.
  • asylum for persecuted Jews in the fifteenth century, 4, 197–8.
  • the Sephardic liturgy adopted in, 4, 198.
  • Portuguese conquests on the coast of, 4, 218.
  • Marranos flee to, 4, 318.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 352, 358, 361–2, 389–96.
  • descendants of Portuguese Marranos in, 4, 381.
  • Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 389.
  • emigration of Portuguese Marranos to, forbidden, 4, 508.
  • Africa (northern), the Jews of, conspire against the Visigothic empire, 3, 108.
  • aid Tarik, 3, 109.
  • persecuted, 3, 357–60, 451.
  • Africa, Visigothic, the Jews of, enjoy civil and political equality, 3, 45.
  • Agada, the, popular exposition of the Prophets and historical writings, 2, 328–9.
  • of Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 329.
  • used by R. Meïr, 2, 440.
  • the study of, preferred in Judæa, 2, 540.
  • cultivated by the brothers of Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 575–6.
  • cultivated under Theodosius II, 2, 623.
  • in the synagogue forbidden by Justinian I, 3, 14.
  • manifests the spirit of Judaism, 3, 15.
  • frequent use of, in the synagogues of the East, 3, 16.
  • cultivated among the Arabic Jews, 3, 59.
  • replaced by neo-Hebraic poetry, 3, 116.
  • cultivated by Eleazar ben Kalir, 3, 117.
  • studied by French and Italian Jews in the ninth century, 3, 160.
  • used by Rashi, 3, 288.
  • used by the Tossafists, 3, 345.
  • effect of, on Asiatic Jews, 3, 440.
  • contains philosophical doctrines according to Maimonides, 3, 479.
  • reconciled with philosophy by Abraham Maimuni, 3, 495.
  • rejected by Maimonides, 3, 523, 533.
  • accepted literally by Solomon ben Abraham, 3, 527–8.
  • view of, held by Nachmani, 3, 533, 535, 599–600.
  • in the Kabbala, 3, 549, 552.
  • used by Pablo Christiani, 3, 599.
  • rationalized by Solomon ben Adret, 3, 619.
  • used by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • authority of, 4, 214.
  • declared without authority by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • quoted, 4, 242.
  • reviled by Aaron Margalita, 5, 194.
  • used by Mannheimer, 5, 581.
  • Agag, Amalekite king, defeated by Saul, 1, 91–2.
  • killed, 1, 93.
  • Agape, the meal of the Nazarenes, 2, 223.
  • Agen, meeting-place of the Pastoureaux, 4, 56.
  • Agobard, bishop of Lyons, incites rebellion again Louis the Pious, 3, 164.
  • refuses to restore a runaway slave to a Lyons Jew, 3, 164.
  • tries to set Louis the Pious against the Jews, 3, 165–8.
  • joins the conspiracy against the empress, 3, 168.
  • successor to, 3, 170.
  • Agora-nomos, inspector of markets, Abba-Areka appointed as, 2, 512.
  • choice of, left to the Jews, 2, 616.
  • Agriculture, among the Jews of the Frankish and Burgundian kingdoms, 3, 35.
  • occupation of the Jews of Crissa, 3, 424.
  • Jews restricted to, by Frederick II, 3, 569.
  • occupation of the immigrants in Palestine, 4, 74.
  • See also Real estate.
  • Agrigentum, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • Agrippa I (10 B. C. E.–44 C. E.), grandson of Mariamne, distinguished by Caligula, 2, 175.
  • educated with the son of Tiberius, 2, 175.
  • appointed to an office in Tiberias, 2, 175.
  • courtier of the governor of Syria, 2, 175.
  • supplanted by his brother, 2, 175.
  • assisted by Alexander Lysimachus, 2, 175–6.
  • kindly treated by Tiberius, 2, 176.
  • imprisoned, 2, 176.
  • released, 2, 177.
  • king of Philip’s tetrarchy, 2, 177.
  • accuses Herod Antipas of treachery to Caligula, 2, 177.
  • ruler of Galilee and Peræa, 2, 177.
  • rouses the resentment of the Alexandrian Greeks, 2, 181–182.
  • and Caligula’s edict concerning images, 2, 188–9.
  • king of all Palestine, 2, 190.
  • coins in honor of, 2, 190, 194.
  • change in the character of, 2, 191.
  • popularity of, 2, 191–2.
  • piety of, 2, 192.
  • sends gifts to Athens, 2, 193.
  • favors Cæsarea and Sebaste, 2, 194.
  • plans of, for Judæa, 2, 194–5.
  • hampered by Vibius Marsus, 2, 195.
  • allied with Eastern princes, 2, 195–6.
  • death of, 2, 196.
  • memory of, insulted, 2, 196–7.
  • Agrippa II (27–92), son of Agrippa I, proposed as king of Judæa, 2, 196.
  • introduces Judæan envoys to Claudius, 2, 198.
  • prince of Chalcis, 2, 235.
  • and his sister, 2, 235.
  • titular king of Judæa, 2, 236.
  • king of Philip’s tetrarchy, 2, 245.
  • given four towns and Tiberias, 2, 245–6.
  • accused of encroaching upon the privileges of the Temple authorities, 2, 247–8.
  • bribed to make Joshua ben Gamala high priest, 2, 249.
  • summons all Judæans to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, 2, 251.
  • opposed to revolutionary measures, 2, 257–8.
  • flees from Jerusalem, 2, 258.
  • sends troops to Jerusalem, 2, 259.
  • palace of, burnt, 2, 260.
  • sends a contingent to the Roman army, 2, 264–5.
  • Tiberias under, 2, 273.
  • Varus, representative of, 2, 274–5.
  • the inhabitants of Gamala revolt against, 2, 275.
  • relation of, to Josephus, 2, 278.
  • meets Vespasian, 2, 285.
  • lacks patriotism, 2, 288–9.
  • pays homage to Galba, 2, 299.
  • helps Titus in the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 302.
  • spectator at the death of Judæans in the arena of Cæsarea Philippi, 2, 312.
  • fall of, 2, 317.
  • and Justus of Tiberias, 2, 319–20.
  • alleviates the burdens of the conquered Jews, 2, 332, 333.
  • Galilee given to, 2, 333.
  • treatment of, by Titus, 2, 388.
  • death of, 2, 388.
  • Agrippina, wife of Claudius, favorable to the Herodians, 2, 245.
  • Aguilar, Baron de, saves the Jews of Moravia from exorbitant taxes, 5, 252.
  • intercedes for the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 253.
  • Aguilar, de, governor of Palma, asks for Gibraltar as a refuge for Marranos, 4, 282.
  • Aguilar, Raphael Moses d’, Sabbatian, 5, 139, 160.
  • Aguilar, the Jews of, destroyed, 4, 125.
  • Ahab, son of Omri, wife of, 1, 194, 196–7.
  • ascends the throne of Israel, 1, 196.
  • character of, 1, 196.
  • builds an ivory palace, 1, 201–2.
  • reproved by Elijah, 1, 202–3.
  • a famine announced to, 1, 203.
  • summons the priests of Baal to Carmel, 1, 203–4.
  • stops the persecution of the prophets, 1, 204.
  • imprisons Michaiah, 1, 205.
  • ally of Ben-hadad II, 1, 205.
  • ally of Jehoshaphat, 1, 206.
  • death of, 1, 206.
  • destruction of the house of, 1, 211–12.
  • Ahasuerus. See Xerxes.
  • Ahaz, king of Judah, character of, 1, 257.
  • ally of Tiglath-Pileser, 1, 258.
  • warned by Isaiah, 1, 258–9.
  • introduces Assyrian idolatry into Judah, 1, 260–1.
  • not buried in the royal mausoleum, 1, 267.
  • Ahaziah, son of Ahab, reign of, over Israel, 1, 206–7.
  • Ahaziah, son of Joram, king of Judah, killed by Jehu’s followers, 1, 211.
  • Ahijah, of Shiloh, prophet, at the consecration of the Temple, 1, 167.
  • rebukes Solomon, 1, 175.
  • prophesies success to Jeroboam, 1, 175.
  • prophesies the end of Jeroboam’s line, 1, 188.
  • Ahikam, father of Gedaliah, 1, 319.
  • Ahikam, son of Shaphan, saves Jeremiah, 1, 303.
  • Ahimaaz, messenger from Hushai to David, 1, 143.
  • Ahinoam, wife of Saul, 1, 95.
  • Ahishar, Solomon’s major-domo, 1, 172.
  • Ahithophel, councilor of David, 1, 122–3.
  • grandfather of Bathsheba, 1, 133.
  • opposed to Solomon’s succession, 1, 135.
  • plots with Absalom, 1, 136, 138–43.
  • with Absalom in Jerusalem, 1, 142.
  • advice of, rejected by Absalom, 1, 143.
  • suicide of, 1, 143.
  • Ahmed, khan of the Mongol kingdom in Persia, 3, 638.
  • Ahmed Coprili, Turkish grand vizir, orders the arrest of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 146.
  • imprisons Sabbataï at Abydos, 5, 148.
  • Ahriman. See Angro-Mainyus.
  • Ahunai, teacher of the Law, during Kobad’s persecutions, 3, 4.
  • Ahura-Mazda, Persian god of light, influence of the conception of, on Judaism, 1, 402.
  • Ai, attacked by the Israelites, 1, 33.
  • Aibu, father of Abba-Areka, 2, 511.
  • Aibu, son of Abba-Areka, 2, 518.
  • Aidug, Arab king, defeats Zorah Yussuf, 3, 64.
  • Ain-tab, the new-moon announced at, 2, 458.
  • Airvi (Eravi), king of Cranganor, and the Jews of India, 3, 630.
  • Aix-la-Chapelle, the Jews of, oppose the study of science, 4, 33.
  • the Congress of, the emancipation of the Jews discussed by, 5, 525–7.
  • Ajubides, the, make Egypt the Islam center, 3, 457.
  • Akbara, Karaite center, 3, 157.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 429.
  • Akbarites, the, a Karaite sect, 3, 157.
  • Akiba ben Joseph, teacher of the Law, suggested as successor to Gamaliel II, 2, 342.
  • effects the re-instatement of Gamaliel II, 2, 345.
  • informs Eliezer ben Hyrcanus of his excommunication, 2, 347.
  • legends concerning the youth of, 2, 350–1.
  • intellectual development of, 2, 351–2.
  • system of, 2, 352–3.
  • arranges the Halachas in groups, 2, 353.
  • disciples and wife of, 2, 354–5.
  • in the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 355.
  • and Ishmael ben Elisha, 2, 355–6.
  • theosophist, 2, 381.
  • saying of, 2, 381.
  • opposes Gnostic influences, 2, 382.
  • disciples of, proselytes, 2, 384.
  • and Akylas, 2, 385.
  • and Flavius Clemens, 2, 387, 389, 391.
  • influences Nerva, 2, 392.
  • opposes reckless charity, 2, 405.
  • prepares for the revolt against Hadrian, 2, 408; 5, 724–5.
  • attracted to Bar-Cochba, 2, 409.
  • at Lydda, 2, 423.
  • evades Roman spies, 2, 424.
  • martyrdom of, 2, 428–9.
  • disciples of, ordained, 2, 429.
  • disciples of, return to Judæa, 2, 433.
  • favorite disciple of, 2, 436.
  • dialectics of, adopted by Meïr, 2, 438–40.
  • first compiler of the Mishna, 2, 460.
  • position of, compared with Rabba bar Nachmani’s, 2, 579.
  • Akko. See Accho.
  • Akra di Coche, a Babylonian fortification, 2, 507.
  • Akrabattine. See Acrabattine.
  • Akrish. See Isaac ben Abraham Akrish.
  • Akylas (Aquila), convert to Judaism, translates the Scriptures into Greek, 2, 385.
  • superintends the rebuilding of Jerusalem, 2, 401.
  • mourns for Gamaliel II, 2, 404.
  • Akylas, translation of the Scriptures by, literal, 2, 386.
  • used by Jews and Ebionites, 2, 387.
  • used by Origen, 2, 489.
  • Targum Onkelos based on, 2, 581.
  • recommended to Jewish congregations by Justinian I, 3, 14.
  • Alabarch (Arabarch, Ethnarch), the, prince of the Judæans in Egypt, 1, 507, 510.
  • office of, confirmed by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • controls the Nile harbor, 2, 102.
  • dignity of, restored by Claudius, 2, 191.
  • See also Alexander Lysimachus; Ethnarch.
  • Al-ablak, castle of Samuel Ibn-Adiya, 3, 68, 69.
  • Aladhid, last Fatimide caliph of Egypt, 3, 443.
  • Aladil, sultan, receives emigrant rabbis kindly, 3, 506.
  • Alagon, Blasco de, conspires against Pedro Arbues, 4, 329.
  • Alami. See Solomon Alami.
  • Alani, the, of the Crimea, friendly to the Jews, 3, 123.
  • Alarcos, Alfonso VIII defeated at the battle of, 3, 387.
  • Alashkar. See Moses ben Isaac Alashkar.
  • Albalag. See Isaac Albalag.
  • Albalia. See Ibn-Albalia.
  • Albanian Gates, the, Jews settle in, 3, 124.
  • Albargeloni. See Abraham ben Chiya Albargeloni.
  • Albergeloni. See Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni.
  • Albert I, emperor, war of, with Adolph of Nassau, 4, 35.
  • punishes the Rindfleisch followers, 4, 36.
  • demands a ransom for Meïr of Rothenburg, 4, 37.
  • claims authority over the French Jews, 4, 47.
  • Albert II, emperor, imprisons the Jews of Austria, 4, 223.
  • banishes the Jews from Austria, 4, 224.
  • hostile to the Jews, 4, 249.
  • son of, cruel to the Jews, 4, 262–3.
  • Albert, duke of Bavaria, under the influence of John of Capistrano, 4, 258.
  • Albert von Brandenburg, archbishop of Mayence, convenes a diet to consider the Jewish question, 4, 463.
  • ordered to drop the Jewish question, 4, 464.
  • Albert of Munich, son-in-law of Maximilian I, 4, 428.
  • Albertina, the. See Königsberg, the university of.
  • Albertus Magnus, the works of, translated, 4, 69.
  • Albi. See Alby.
  • Albigenses, the, origin of, 3, 390.
  • in Béziers, 3, 394, 395.
  • relation of, to the Jews, 3, 501.
  • crusade against, 3, 501–2.
  • and the council of Montpellier, 3, 508.
  • and the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 509.
  • the war against, ended, 3, 519.
  • extirpation of, by the Inquisition, 3, 542.
  • Albinus, procurator of Judæa, appointed by Nero, 2, 248.
  • appealed to against Anan, 2, 248–9.
  • taxes Judæa heavily, 2, 249.
  • punishes the Sicarii, 2, 249.
  • Albo. See Joseph Albo.
  • Albrecht I. See Albert I.
  • Alby, the council of, forbids Jews to practice medicine among Christians, 3, 582, 583.
  • the Jews of, perish, 4, 57.
  • Alcala, the academy at, 4, 145.
  • the Jews of, ridiculed, 4, 181.
  • Alcana, street in Toledo occupied by Jews, 4, 118.
  • Alcaniz, the Jews of, converted, 4, 214.
  • Alcantara, the Order of, and Gonzalo Martinez, 4, 85–6.
  • Alcharam. See Mecca.
  • Alcharisi. See Jehuda Alcharisi.
  • Alcimus (Jakim), leader of the Hellenists, appointed high priest, 1, 482.
  • slays sixty Chassidim, 1, 483.
  • attracts the Hellenists, 1, 483.
  • fears Judas Maccabæus, 1, 483.
  • appeals to Demetrius I, 1, 484.
  • informs against Nicanor, 1, 484.
  • withdraws from Jerusalem, 1, 485.
  • takes possession of Jerusalem, 1, 487.
  • has the “Soreg” destroyed, 1, 492.
  • death of, 1, 492, 508.
  • Alcolea, the Jews of, converted, 4, 214.
  • Aldea de los Judios, village given to Jewish soldiers, 3, 592.
  • Aldobrandini, prevents the expulsion of the Ferrara Jews, 4, 660.
  • Aleman, Jochanan, Kabbalist, teacher of Pico di Mirandola, 4, 291.
  • Alembert, d’, approves of Pereira’s sign language, 5, 343.
  • Alenu prayer, the, misrepresented by Pessach-Peter, 4, 178.
  • attacked by Wülfer, 5, 185.
  • denounced by apostates, 5, 191.
  • exonerated by Michaelis, 5, 191.
  • regulations concerning, 5, 192.
  • Aleppo (Haleb), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Jehuda Ibn-Abbas settles at, 3, 442.
  • the Jewish liturgy of, changed, 3, 466.
  • taken by Hulagu, 3, 606.
  • the battle of, gives Egypt to the Turks, 4, 393.
  • Sabbataï Zevi in, 5, 133.
  • Alessandria, the Jews of, in the sixteenth century, 4, 653.
  • Alexander III, pope, convenes a Church Council, 3, 376.
  • orders the enforcement of anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 400.
  • finances of, managed by a Jew, 3, 421.
  • Alexander VI (Borgia), pope, and the Aragon Inquisition, 4, 319.
  • banishes the Jews from Rome, 4, 363.
  • the favor of, bought by the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 379.
  • friendly to the Jews, 4, 407.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 407–8.
  • Reuchlin at the court of, 4, 434.
  • Alexander I, of Judæa. See Alexander Jannæus.
  • Alexander II, of Judæa, son of Aristobulus II, marries Hyrcanus II’s daughter, 2, 58.
  • seizes Jerusalem, 2, 70.
  • has coins struck, 2, 70.
  • subdued by Aulus Gabinius, 2, 70–1.
  • rebels against Rome, 2, 73.
  • beheaded, 2, 75.
  • Alexander the Great, of Macedon, destroys the Persian empire, 1, 412.
  • legends about, 1, 412–13.
  • tolerance of, 1, 413, 415.
  • favors the Judæans, 1, 414–15, 418.
  • conquests of, 1, 415.
  • confusion after the death of, 1, 416.
  • Alexander, of Poland, hostile to the Jews, 4, 419.
  • Alexander I, of Russia, inquires into the condition of the Jews, 5, 472–3.
  • enforces attendance at schools, 5, 473.
  • and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 525, 527.
  • Alexander, apostate, accuses Jews of blasphemy, 4, 591.
  • Alexander, son of Mariamne, designated successor to Herod, 2, 112.
  • marriage of, 2, 112.
  • executed, 2, 113.
  • Alexander, Zealot leader, 2, 238.
  • attacks the Samaritans of Acrabatene, 2, 243.
  • Alexander Balas, pretender to the Syrian throne, ally of Jonathan Haphus, 1, 494, 496.
  • marriage of, 1, 496.
  • death of, 1, 496.
  • son of, on the throne, 1, 497–8.
  • Alexander (I) Jannæus (105–79), third son of Hyrcanus I, 2, 34.
  • banished to Galilee, 2, 38–9.
  • favors the Pharisees, 2, 39.
  • military character of, 2, 39.
  • defeated by Ptolemy VIII, 2, 40.
  • ally of Ptolemy VIII’s mother, 2, 41.
  • takes Gaza, 2, 41.
  • mediates between the Pharisees and Sadducees, 2, 42.
  • sides with the Sadducees, 2, 42–3.
  • refuses to offer the water libation, 2, 43.
  • defeated by the Nabathæan king, 2, 44.
  • Pharisees revolt against, 2, 44.
  • defeated by Eucærus, 2, 44.
  • forces Eucærus to retreat, 2, 45.
  • crucifies eight hundred Pharisees, 2, 45.
  • conquests of, 2, 45–6.
  • coins of, 2, 46.
  • builds fortresses, 2, 46, 315.
  • end of, 2, 47.
  • appoints his wife his successor, 2, 47.
  • sons of, 2, 47.
  • towns conquered by, declared free, 2, 67.
  • Alexander Lysimachus, Alabarch of Alexandria, aids Agrippa I, 2, 175–6, 181.
  • brother of Philo, 2, 185.
  • released from prison, 2, 190.
  • sons of, 2, 198, 235.
  • descendant of, 2, 395.
  • Alexander Polyhistor, writer friendly to the Judæans, 2, 179.
  • Alexander Severus (222–235), emperor, friendly to Jews and Judaism, 2, 481–3.
  • and Judah II, 2, 482.
  • presents a gold candlestick to a synagogue, 2, 482.
  • taught Jewish customs by Romanus, 2, 482.
  • anarchy after the death of, 2, 486, 526.
  • Alexander, Tiberius Julius. See Tiberius Julius Alexander.
  • Alexander Zabina, rival of Demetrius Nicator for the Syrian throne, 2, 6.
  • disputes the Syrian throne with Antiochus VIII, 2, 6.
  • acknowledged king by Hyrcanus I, 2, 6.
  • fall of, 2, 7.
  • Alexandra. See Salome Alexandra.
  • Alexandra, daughter of Aristobulus II, marries two princes of Chalcis, 2, 75.
  • Alexandra, daughter of Hyrcanus II, marries the son of Aristobulus II, 2, 58.
  • betroths her daughter Mariamne to Herod, 2, 81.
  • obtains Mark Antony’s favor for her son, 2, 91.
  • accuses Herod of her son’s murder, 2, 92.
  • threatened with death, 2, 93.
  • imprisoned, 2, 94, 96.
  • death of, 2, 105.
  • Alexandria, Judæans settle in, 1, 418.
  • center of the Egyptian Judæans, 1, 504–5.
  • busts of Caligula placed in the synagogues of, 2, 182.
  • wheat imported from, for Jerusalem, 2, 218.
  • study of the Law in, 2, 359.
  • synagogue of, destroyed, 2, 398.
  • Karaite community in, 3, 182.
  • Jehuda Halevi at, 3, 339–40.
  • Spanish spoken at, by the exiles, 4, 388.
  • rabbis of, favor the establishment of schools, 5, 663.
  • See also under Egypt.
  • Alexandria, the Jews of, rebel against Trajan, 2, 396.
  • punished by Martius Turbo, 2, 398.
  • ill-treated by Cyril, 2, 618–19.
  • receive fugitives from Palestine, 3, 23.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 444.
  • object to Maimonides’ Mishne-Torah, 3, 472.
  • appeal to Mehmet Ali in the Damascus affair, 5, 647.
  • rejoice over the release of the Damascus prisoners, 5, 660.
  • Alexandria, the Judæans of, influence those of Jerusalem, 1, 427.
  • occupy the Delta district, 1, 504.
  • under Ptolemy VII, 1, 519.
  • under Ptolemy VIII, 2, 12.
  • well treated by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • unkindly treated by Cleopatra, 2, 94.
  • antagonized by the Greeks, 2, 178, 181.
  • conspiracies against, 2, 181–2.
  • forced into the harbor, 2, 182–3.
  • forced to worship Caligula’s statues, 2, 183–4.
  • send envoys to Caligula, 2, 186–7; 5, 654.
  • well treated by Claudius, 2, 190–1.
  • have a synagogue in Jerusalem, 2, 201.
  • impregnated with Greek views, 2, 208–9.
  • apostasy among, 2, 209.
  • massacred, 2, 263–4.
  • undisturbed by the Roman war, 2, 313.
  • fugitive Zealots betrayed by, 2, 317–18.
  • and the closing of the Temple of Onias, 2, 322.
  • Alexandrian school of philosophy. See Judæo-Alexandrian school.
  • Alexandrion, fortress, built by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • surrenders to Pompey, 2, 64.
  • garrisoned by Aristobulus II, 2, 73.
  • Mariamne confined in, 2, 96.
  • fire signals on, 2, 363.
  • Alfachar. See Ibn-Alfachar.
  • Alfadhel, vizir of Saladin, employs Maimonides, 3, 472–3, 489.
  • acquits Maimonides of apostasy, 3, 474.
  • Alfarda, Strangers’ Tax, in Spain, 4, 344.
  • Alfassi. See Isaac ben Jacob Alfassi.
  • Alfonsine Tables, the, used by scientists, 4, 367.
  • Alfonso I, of Aragon, conquers Saragossa, 3, 316.
  • Alfonso II, of Aragon (1162–1196), the Jews under, 3, 387–8.
  • Alfonso VI, of Castile, employs Jews on diplomatic missions, 3, 291–2.
  • the Jews under, 3, 292–3.
  • admonished to dismiss Jews from state offices, 3, 294.
  • conquers Toledo, 3, 294.
  • opposed by a Mahometan league, 3, 295–6.
  • Alfonso VII Raimundez, of Castile (1126–1157), rebels against his parents, 3, 316.
  • Jewish favorite of, 3, 361.
  • death of, 3, 363, 366.
  • Alfonso VIII (III), of Castile (the Noble, 1166–1214), minority of, 3, 363.
  • the Jews under, 3, 384–7.
  • employs a Jew as ambassador, 3, 385.
  • Jewish mistress of, 3, 386.
  • assisted by the Toledo Jews against the Almohades, 3, 386–7.
  • defeated at Alarcos, 3, 387.
  • reproached for his humane treatment of the Jews, 3, 499.
  • appeals to Innocent III against the Mahometans, 3, 507.
  • protects the Jews of Toledo, 3, 507.
  • Alfonso X, of Castile (the Wise, 1252–1284), the Jews under, 3, 592–6.
  • patron of learning, 3, 592.
  • gives a village to his Jewish soldiers, 3, 592.
  • and the Jews of Seville, 3, 592–3.
  • employs Jews, 3, 593–4, 615.
  • reproached by Nicholas III, 3, 594, 615.
  • degrades the Jews, 3, 594–5.
  • Jews in the code of, 3, 595–6.
  • code of, in Spanish America, 3, 596.
  • executes his Jewish Almoxarif, 3, 616.
  • imprisons the Jews, 3, 616.
  • son of, rebels, 3, 616.
  • death of, 3, 616.
  • anti-Jewish statutes of, revived, 4, 194–5.
  • Alfonso XI, of Castile (1325–1380), the Jews prosperous under, 4, 52, 75–6.
  • Jewish favorites of, 4, 79–80.
  • petitioned against usury, 4, 80.
  • makes a Jew farmer of revenues, 4, 80.
  • Jews accused before, 4, 83.
  • accuses Gonzalo Martinez of treason, 4, 85.
  • besieges Valencia, 4, 86.
  • death of, 4, 113.
  • bastard sons of, oppose Pedro the Cruel, 4, 113.
  • wife of, 4, 114.
  • law of, renewed, 4, 193.
  • Alfonso II, of Ferrara, death of, 4, 660.
  • Alfonso IX, of Leon, does not compel the Jews to wear a badge, 3, 513.
  • Alfonso II, of Naples, patron of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 360, 383–4.
  • Alfonso III, of Portugal (1248–1279), the Jews under, 3, 618.
  • Alfonso V, of Portugal, takes Jews captive at Arzilla, 4, 286–7, 339.
  • employs Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 337–8.
  • prosperity of the Jews under, 4, 338–9.
  • code of, 4, 339.
  • Jewish favorites of, 4, 339.
  • death of, 4, 340.
  • Alfonso, brother of Henry IV, of Castile, crowned, 4, 278.
  • death of, 4, 279.
  • Alfonso, duke of Poitou, employs a Jewish oculist, 3, 583.
  • Alfonso, Infante of Portugal, releases Marranos, 4, 517.
  • Alfonso of Aragon, archbishop, protects Marranos, 4, 330.
  • Alfonso de Cartagena, influences Eugenius IV against the Jews, 4, 249–50.
  • Alfonso de Spina, Franciscan, attacks the Spanish Jews, 4, 276.
  • confessor of Alvaro de Luna, 4, 271.
  • writes a work against the Jews, 4, 277.
  • anti-Jewish work by, reprinted, 4, 415.
  • Alfonso of Valladolid. See Alfonso Burgensis.
  • Alfonso Burgensis (Abner of Burgos, Alfonso of Valladolid, 1270–1346), apostate, hostile to the Jews, 4, 81, 342.
  • infidel, 4, 81–2.
  • sacristan, 4, 82.
  • attacks the Jews in Hebrew, 4, 82.
  • reply to, by Isaac Pulgar, 4, 82.
  • accuses the Jews before Alfonso XI, 4, 83.
  • disciple of, 4, 141–2.
  • work of, refuted, 4, 143.
  • charges of, repeated, 4, 213.
  • Algazi, Moses Joseph, rabbi of Cairo, seconds Munk’s efforts to establish schools, 5, 664.
  • Algazi, Solomon, opposes the Sabbatian movement, 5, 144.
  • Alghazali, mystic philosopher, Mahometan, 3, 273, 357.
  • Algiers, refuge for the Jews of Spain, 4, 197.
  • tax imposed on Marrano fugitives in, 4, 199.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 361, 390–1.
  • Alguades, Meïr. See Meïr Alguades.
  • Alhakem, Ommiyyade caliph, employs Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 222, 227.
  • obtains an Arabic translation of the Mishna, 3, 237.
  • appealed to in behalf of Chanoch ben Moses, 3, 238.
  • appealed to by Joseph Ibn-Abitur, 3, 238.
  • death of, 3, 239.
  • founds a medical school at Cordova, 3, 261.
  • Ali, Mahomet’s general, defeats Marhab, 3, 82.
  • the Judæo-Babylonian community under, 3, 90.
  • the candidate of a party, 3, 90.
  • aided by Jews and Christians, 3, 90.
  • house of, and the Ommiyyades, 3, 92.
  • Ali (1106–1143), the second Almoravide ruler, the Jews under, 3, 312.
  • Ali Ibn-Isa, vizir of Abradhi, favors Saadiah, 3, 200.
  • Ali Ibn-Rahmadan, mathematician, and Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 76.
  • Ali Halevi, Gaon of Bagdad, 3, 429.
  • son of, 3, 438.
  • Ali Ikbal Addaula, prince of Denia, patron of Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • Alice of Montmorency, persecutes the Toulouse Jews, 3, 514.
  • Alkabez. See Solomon Alkabez.
  • Alkadir, caliph of the East, Sherira arraigned before, 3, 233–4.
  • Alkalaï. See Isaac ben Jacob Alfassi.
  • Alkamel, sultan, employs a Jewish physician, 3, 495.
  • Alkuti (Chepez), Jewish philosopher, sayings of, used by Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267.
  • Allatif. See Isaac ben Abraham Ibn-Latif.
  • Allebrandus, bishop of Worms, protects the Jews, 3, 301–2.
  • offers the Jews baptism, 3, 302.
  • Allegorical poems in Hebrew literature, 1, 158–9.
  • Allegorists, the, Alexandrian Jewish school of Scripture interpreters, 2, 208–9, 329.
  • Philo among, 2, 210.
  • misrepresentations of, accentuate the legal side of Judaism, 2, 471.
  • compared with the Mutazilists, 3, 147.
  • Allegorization, the, of the Scriptures by the mystics and the philosophers, 4, 23–4.
  • Alliance Israélite Universelle,” the outgrowth of Crémieux’s activity in the East, 5, 664.
  • founders of, 5, 701.
  • Alliances, Jewish, value of, 5, 704. See:
  • Alliance Israélite Universelle,
  • Anglo-Jewish Association,
  • Israelitische Allianz,
  • Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
  • Allorqui. See Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives.
  • Al-Luma’, Rikmah,” grammar and exegesis by Ibn-Janach, 3, 263.
  • Almagest, the, translated into Arabic, 3, 146.
  • Almaida, Manuela Nuñez da, poetess, 5, 203.
  • Almalek Alashraf, Egyptian sultan, besieges Accho, 3, 650.
  • Almamun. See Abdallah Almamun.
  • Almansor,” dramatic poem by Heine, 5, 548–9.
  • Almanzi, Italian Jewish scholar, 5, 622.
  • Almeida, Lopes de, Portuguese ambassador to Sixtus IV, 4, 340.
  • Almeirin, residence of the Portuguese king, 4, 493.
  • Almeria, captured by the Almohades, 3, 448.
  • Almohades (Almovachides, Unitarians), the, a Mahometan sect, 3, 358.
  • under Abdulmumen, 3, 358–9.
  • take Andalusia, 3, 360–1.
  • persecute the Spanish Jews, 3, 360–2.
  • irruptions of, into Christian territory, 3, 363.
  • drive the Jews from Andalusia, 3, 384.
  • attack Castile, 3, 386–7.
  • drive the Jews from Ceuta, 3, 424.
  • drive the Ibn-Abbas to Asia, 3, 442.
  • capture Cordova, 3, 447–8.
  • capture Almeria, 3, 448.
  • Jewish fugitives from, received in Sicily, 3, 569.
  • Almoravides, the, the Jews well treated by, 3, 296, 311–13.
  • attack the Arabs of Andalusia, 3, 316.
  • rebellion against, 3, 357.
  • dynasty of, destroyed by Abdulmumen, 3, 358.
  • Almosnino. See Moses Almosnino.
  • Almotassem, of Almeria, invades Granada, 3, 278.
  • Almovachides, the. See Almohades, the.
  • Almoxarif, treasurer in Castile, 3, 593; 4, 75, 79, 138, 160, 169.
  • Jews excluded from the position of, 4, 158.
  • Alms-giving, in Judæa after Ezra and Nehemiah, 1, 393–4.
  • Al-Muktadir (908–932), caliph of the East, banishes Mar-Ukba, 3, 184.
  • restores the Exilarch to office, 3, 185.
  • appealed to by the partisans of Saadiah and of David ben Zaccaï, 3, 195–6.
  • death of, 3, 196.
  • Al-muktadir Billah, king of Saragossa, patron of Abu Fadhl Chasdaï, 3, 280.
  • Almustadhi, Abbasside caliph, and the Exilarch Daniel, 3, 438.
  • Almustanjid, Abbasside caliph, and the Exilarch Daniel, 3, 438.
  • Al-Mutadhid (892–902), caliph of the East, the Jews under, 3, 183.
  • Al-Mutamed Ibn-Abbad (Abulkassim Mahomet), king of Seville, patron of Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 283, 284.
  • ally of Alfonso VI of Castile, 3, 294.
  • kills Alfonso’s ambassador, 3, 295.
  • joins the Mahometan league against Alfonso, 3, 295–6.
  • Al-Mutavakkil (849–856), caliph of the East, re-enacts Omar’s laws against the Jews, 3, 176–7.
  • Almuthadid, king of Seville, receives Jewish fugitives kindly, 3, 279–80.
  • Alnakvah family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 235.
  • Alnasir Ledin Allah, Abbasside caliph, patron of David of Mosul, 3, 506.
  • Alphabet, the Phœnician, adopted by other nations, 1, 3.
  • the Assyrian, adopted by the Judæans, 1, 395–6.
  • Alroy, or Alrui. See David Alrui.
  • Alsace, the Jews of, suffer during the Armleder persecutions, 4, 97.
  • declared outlaws, 4, 107.
  • abasement of, 5, 347–8.
  • taxes paid by, 5, 348, 446.
  • forced into usury, 5, 349.
  • blackmail levied on, 5, 349.
  • receipts from, forged, 5, 350.
  • protected by Louis XVI, 5, 350–1.
  • memorialize the crown, 5, 351, 352.
  • Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation among, 5, 430.
  • petition for alleviation of burdens, 5, 431.
  • complaints of and charges against, 5, 434.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • complain to the National Assembly, 5, 436.
  • attacked, 5, 437, 524, 542.
  • appeal to Grégoire, 5, 437.
  • exposed to attack, 5, 440.
  • emancipation of, opposed, 5, 441, 447.
  • under special protection, 5, 446.
  • relieved of taxes, 5, 446.
  • occupations of, 5, 475–6.
  • in danger of massacre, 5, 477.
  • equality of, restored, 5, 525.
  • Alsaid Ibn-Sina Almulk, poet, on Maimonides, 3, 473.
  • Al Tanchik, by Ibn-Janach, 3, 263.
  • Altiflisi. See Abu-Amran Moses.
  • Altona, the Jewish cemetery at, 4, 688.
  • Judah Chassid in, 5, 213.
  • printing press in, 5, 255.
  • Altona, the council of, espouses Eibeschütz’s cause, 5, 264–5.
  • punished for its treatment of Jacob Emden, 5, 265.
  • urges Eibeschütz to submit to a rabbinical court, 5, 268.
  • Altona-Hamburg, the rabbis of, and Moses Meïr Kamenker, 5, 230.
  • Alva, the duke of, barbarity of, 4, 601.
  • and the Jews, 4, 662.
  • Alvalensi. See Samuel Alvalensi.
  • Alvarez, Alfonso, de Villasandino, Spanish satirist, 4, 181.
  • Alvernes de Gras. See Suasso, Isaac.
  • Alypius, of Antioch, oversees the rebuilding of the Temple, 2, 599, 600.
  • Amadeus, duke of Savoy, imprisons Jews on account of the Black Death, 4, 103–4.
  • Amadia, birthplace of David Alrui, 3, 430, 431, 432.
  • Amalarich of Bena, philosopher, disciples of, burnt, 3, 503.
  • Amalasuntha, daughter of Theodoric, 3, 31.
  • Amalekites, the, dwell with the tribe of Judah, 1, 39.
  • war of, with Saul, 1, 91–2.
  • burn Ziklag, 1, 106–7.
  • Amali, the, a Gothic family, 3, 27.
  • Amalrich of Jerusalem, campaign of, 3, 444.
  • Amantius, governor of the East, punishes rioters, 3, 17.
  • Amasa, cousin of David, joins Absalom, 1, 139.
  • lacks military genius, 1, 143.
  • influences the men of Judah, 1, 146.
  • commander against Sheba, 1, 148.
  • killed by Joab, 1, 149.
  • Amasia (Amazia), the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • the Jews of, accused of murder, 4, 553.
  • Amasis, reigns over Egypt, 1, 327.
  • opponent of Cyrus, 1, 343.
  • Amatus (Chabib) Lusitanus (João Rodrigo de Castel-Branco), physician, 4, 569–70.
  • medical works by, 4, 570.
  • in Salonica, 4, 580.
  • death of, 4, 610.
  • Amaziah, of Judah, reconquers Edom, 1, 222–3.
  • respects the Law, 1, 223.
  • at war with Jehoash of Israel, 1, 224–5.
  • taken prisoner, 1, 225.
  • conspiracy against, 1, 226.
  • murder of, 1, 226.
  • interred in Jerusalem, 1, 228.
  • Amaziah, high priest of the bull-worship under Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • opposes Amos, 1, 236–7.
  • Ambivius, Marcus, second procurator of Judæa, 2, 135.
  • Ambrosius of Milan, bishop, incites persecutions of Arians and Jews, 2, 612–13.
  • rebukes mild treatment of Jews, 2, 614.
  • accuses the Jews, 2, 614.
  • Amemar (390–420), Amora, opens an academy at Nahardea, 2, 606.
  • subordinates himself to Ashi, 2, 606.
  • at the court of Jezdijird, 2, 610.
  • Amemar bar Mar-Janka (469–70?), Amora, executed, 2, 629.
  • Am-ha-Arez, the ignorant, addressed by Jesus, 2, 152.
  • Ami, Amora, defends a political offender, 2, 529–30.
  • subordinates himself to the Babylonian authorities, 2, 531, 537.
  • investigates the educational institutions of Judæa, 2, 532.
  • investigates the observance of the Law in Samaria, 2, 534.
  • appeals to Abbahu, 2, 538.
  • meets the corpse of Huna, 2, 548.
  • disciples of, 2, 560.
  • Amigo, Abraham, Talmudist and Kabbalist, 5, 126.
  • Ammon, an Egyptian god, 1, 9.
  • Ammonite district, the, governed by Aretas, 1, 447.
  • Ammonites, the, idolatry of, 1, 55.
  • attack Ephraim and Judah, 1, 64.
  • defeated by Jephthah, 1, 64–5.
  • invade the territory of Gad and Manasseh, 1, 80.
  • besiege Jabesh-Gilead, 1, 89–90.
  • at war with David, 1, 126–7.
  • subdued by David, 1, 128–9.
  • declared bondmen by Solomon, 1, 163.
  • attracted to Palestine, 1, 173.
  • regain independence, 1, 185.
  • urge Zedekiah to revolt, 1, 310.
  • in friendly relations with the Judæans, 1, 362.
  • hostile to the Judæans during the Syrian invasion, 1, 474.
  • defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • as proselytes, 2, 343, 383–4.
  • Amnon, eldest son of David, killed, 1, 134.
  • Amolo, bishop of Lyons, adversary of the Jews, 3, 171, 172–3.
  • Amon, of Judah, idolatry under, 1, 285–6.
  • murdered, 1, 286.
  • Amoraim, the, connection of, with the Tanaites, 2, 479.
  • expounders of the Mishna, 2, 489.
  • compared with the Tanaites, 2, 490, 590.
  • decisions of, 2, 515.
  • of Galilee, methods of, 2, 557.
  • last, in Judæa, compile the Jerusalem Talmud, 2, 612.
  • Babylonian, create Talmudic dialectics, 2, 635.
  • loss of creative power in the disciples of (See Sabureans, the), 3, 5.
  • See also Law, the, the teachers of.
  • Amoraim, the, list of:
  • Abayi Nachmani,
  • Abba of Accho,
  • Abba bar Abba,
  • Abba Areka (Rab),
  • Abbahu,
  • Abin,
  • Acha of Diphta,
  • Acha ben Jacob,
  • Achaï bar Huna,
  • Ada,
  • Amemar,
  • Amemar bar Mar-Janka,
  • Ami,
  • Ashi, son of Simaï,
  • Assi,
  • Chaggai,
  • Chama of Nahardea,
  • Chananya,
  • Chanina bar Chama,
  • Chasda of Cafri,
  • Chiskiya ben Chiya,
  • Chiya bar Abba,
  • Chiya bar Abba-Areka,
  • Dimé,
  • Huna,
  • Huna ben Chiya,
  • Huna ben Joshua,
  • Isaac bar Joseph,
  • Jannaï,
  • Jeremiah,
  • Jochanan bar Moryah,
  • Jochanan bar Napacha,
  • Jonah II,
  • Jonathan ben Amram,
  • José (Babylonian),
  • José (Palestinian),
  • Joseph ben Chiya,
  • Joshua ben Levi,
  • Judah II,
  • Judah III,
  • Judah ben Chiya,
  • Judah ben Ezekiel,
  • Kama,
  • Levi bar Sissi,
  • Mar bar Ashi,
  • Mar-Sheshet,
  • Mar-Ukban,
  • Mar-Zutra,
  • Meshershaya bar Pacod,
  • Nachman ben Isaac,
  • Nachman ben Jacob,
  • Papa bar Chanan,
  • Raba bar Joseph bar Chama,
  • Rabba bar Abbahu,
  • Rabba bar Chana,
  • Rabba bar Huna (Rab Abba),
  • Rabba bar Matana,
  • Rabba bar Nachmani,
  • Rabina,
  • Samuel,
  • Samuel (Arioch),
  • Samuel bar Bun,
  • Samuel bar Judah,
  • Shila,
  • Simaï bar Ashi,
  • Simlaï,
  • Simon bar Abba,
  • Simon bar Kappara,
  • Simon ben Lakish,
  • Tanchuma bar Abba,
  • Ulla,
  • Ushaya the Elder,
  • Ushaya the Younger,
  • Zeïra.
  • Amorites, the, a subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • defeat the tribe of Dan, 1, 39.
  • Amos, prophet, depicts the debauchery in Israel, 1, 234.
  • beauty of the prophecies of, 1, 235–6.
  • intrepidity of, 1, 237.
  • prophesies concerning Judah, 1, 237.
  • prophesies concerning Israel, 1, 247.
  • Amram. See Mar-Amram ben Sheshna.
  • Amram ben Isaac Ibn-Shalbib, physician and secretary to Alfonso VI of Castile, 3, 292.
  • ambassador to Seville, 3, 295.
  • Amram Efrati, rabbi of Valencia, 4, 162.
  • Amru, king of Yemen, 3, 64.
  • Amschel, promotes the emancipation of the Frankfort Jews, 5, 505.
  • Amschel, Talmudist, opponent of Israel Bruna, 4, 302.
  • Amsterdam, the first Portuguese Marranos in, 4, 665–75.
  • the first synagogue in, 4, 667.
  • the second synagogue in, 4, 671.
  • Hebrew printing press in, 4, 675.
  • called new Jerusalem, 4, 676.
  • the first synagogue of, honored, 4, 678.
  • third synagogue of, 4, 680.
  • German Jews settle in, 4, 680–1.
  • union of the Portuguese congregations of, 4, 681.
  • Jewish school in, 4, 681–2.
  • Polish-Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • the synagogue of, visited by an English ambassador, 5, 33–4.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 79.
  • the secular authorities of, and Spinoza, 5, 95.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 139, 150.
  • stagnation of the trade of, 5, 149.
  • new synagogue at, 5, 166–7.
  • Chayon at, 5, 220.
  • repudiates Chayon, 5, 231.
  • Luzzatto at, 5, 242.
  • split in the Jewish community of, 5, 457–8.
  • the German rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
  • Amsterdam, the Jews of, religious government of, 4, 684–5.
  • influence of, 4, 685.
  • branches of, 4, 685, 693; 5, 50.
  • desirous of settling in England, 5, 18.
  • mourn for Isaac de Castro-Tartas, 5, 32.
  • alarmed at Spinoza’s scepticism, 5, 90–1, 92.
  • try Spinoza, 5, 92.
  • lay him under the lesser ban, 5, 93.
  • lay him under the greater ban, 5, 94.
  • culture of, 5, 109.
  • and Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 155.
  • warned against Sabbatian emissaries, 5, 220.
  • marriages of, 5, 453.
  • oppose their own emancipation, 5, 454, 457.
  • number of, 5, 455.
  • send messengers to the French Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • Amsterdam, the Portuguese Jews (Marranos) of, disturbed in their religious exercises, 4, 666.
  • pay a tax on corpses, 4, 673.
  • intolerant treatment of, 4, 673.
  • culture of, 4, 674, 677–8.
  • invited to settle in Denmark, 4, 675.
  • early in the seventeenth century, 4, 677.
  • wealth of, 4, 677; 5, 205.
  • devotion of, to Judaism, 4, 678–9.
  • found benevolent institutions, 4, 679.
  • morality of, 4, 679–80.
  • espouse Chayon’s cause, 5, 223, 225.
  • abuse Chacham Zevi, 5, 224.
  • urged to oppose Chayon, 5, 225.
  • Chacham Zevi summoned before the council of, 5, 226.
  • send Chayon to the East, 5, 227.
  • hold aloof from the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 264.
  • Amsterdam, the rabbis of, mediocrity of, 4, 682.
  • Poles, 5, 17, 206.
  • try Spinoza, 5, 92–4.
  • sentence Moses Meïr Kamenker, 5, 230.
  • Anabaptists, the, enthusiasm of, 4, 470.
  • Anahita (Anaitis), Persian goddess of love, 1, 408.
  • Anakim, the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan, 1, 2.
  • Anan (Seth), a family of high priests, 2, 237.
  • Anan, governor of the Temple, envoy to Rome, 2, 244.
  • Anan (Ananias, son of Eleazar?) of the family of Anan, high priest under Agrippa II, 2, 236.
  • favors Sadducæism, 2, 248, 271.
  • dismissed, 2, 248–9.
  • house of, burnt, 2, 260.
  • important post of, 2, 271.
  • supports the charges against Josephus, 2, 281.
  • incites a civil war, 2, 295.
  • party of, overpowered, 2, 295–6.
  • executed, 2, 296.
  • Anan, of the family of Seth, high priest, 2, 135.
  • Anan ben David, aspirant to the Exilarchate, 3, 128.
  • opponents and adherents of, 3, 129.
  • imprisoned, 3, 129.
  • permitted to emigrate, 3, 130.
  • opposes the Talmud, 3, 130; 5, 727.
  • works of, 3, 131.
  • uses Mishnic rules of interpretation, 3, 131.
  • abolishes the fixed calendar, 3, 131.
  • rigor of, 3, 132–3.
  • exegesis by, 3, 133.
  • accepts Jesus and Mahomet, 3, 133–4.
  • excommunicated, 3, 134.
  • the Exilarch of the Karaites, 3, 135.
  • memorial service for, 3, 135.
  • mediocrity of, 3, 135.
  • son of, his successor, 3, 136.
  • characterized by Saadiah, 3, 189.
  • descendants of, 3, 444.
  • Anan ben Jonathan, advises the surrender of Jerusalem, 2, 265.
  • Ananel, high priest, appointed by Herod, 2, 90.
  • deposed, 2, 91.
  • re-appointed, 2, 92.
  • successor to, 2, 107.
  • Ananel di Foligno, apostate, denounces the Talmud, 4, 564.
  • Anania, merchant, converts Izates of Adiabene, 2, 216.
  • Anania, physician to Izates of Adiabene, 2, 217.
  • Ananias, high priest. See Anan of the family of Anan.
  • Ananias, son of Onias IV, Egyptian general, sides with Cleopatra, 2, 10, 12.
  • prevents an invasion of Judæa, 2, 41.
  • Ananites, the, appeal to the caliph, 3, 129.
  • exiles, 3, 134.
  • differ with their founder on various points, 3, 136.
  • See Karaites, the.
  • Anastasius, the Sinaite, Patriarch at Antioch, killed by the Jews, 3, 18.
  • Anathoth, birthplace of Jeremiah, 1, 289, 290.
  • Anatoli, Jacob. See Jacob ben Abba Mari ben Simon Anatoli.
  • Anavim, the (the Gentle), disciples of Isaiah, 1, 254.
  • and Hezekiah, 1, 267.
  • sufferings of, under Manasseh, 1, 283–4.
  • spread the doctrines of God, 1, 286.
  • nucleus of a nationalistic party in Babylonia, 1, 337–8.
  • Anbar. See Firuz-Shabur.
  • Ancona, Marranos permitted to settle in, 4, 408, 500.
  • Solomon Molcho at, 4, 501.
  • Marranos well treated in, 4, 525, 526.
  • refuge of the Neapolitan Jews, 4, 544.
  • trade of, diverted to Pesaro, 4, 579, 580.
  • Jews of, try to regain their trade, 4, 579.
  • Jews permitted to remain in, on their expulsion from the Papal States, 4, 591, 659.
  • Ancona, the Marranos of, protected by three popes, 4, 568.
  • persecuted by Paul IV, 4, 568–9.
  • tried by the Inquisition, 4, 570–1.
  • Andalusia, broken up into small kingdoms, 3, 255.
  • Berbers and Arabs at war in, 3, 316.
  • conquered by the Almohades, 3, 360.
  • Jews driven from, 3, 384.
  • invaded by the Almohades, 3, 506–7.
  • taxation of the Jews of, 3, 617.
  • the Marranos of, taught by Jews, 4, 334–5.
  • expulsion of the Jews from, proposed, 4, 336.
  • See also under Spain; Spain, Visigothic.
  • Andalusian school, the, of Jewish poetry, 3, 223–4.
  • Andrade, Abraham, rabbi, deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 484, 490.
  • Andreas, of Hungary, excommunicated for employing Jews, 3, 521.
  • Andreas Beltran, Marrano, denounces the Talmud, 4, 213.
  • Andreias (Lucuas), leader of the Jews of Cyrene, 2, 395.
  • Andrew, disciple of Jesus, 3, 153.
  • Andro, Joseph Nassi duke of, 4, 596.
  • Andromachos, governor of Cœlesyria, killed by the Samaritans, 1, 414.
  • Andronicus, lieutenant of Antiochus Epiphanes, murders Onias III, 1, 448.
  • Andronicus, son of Messalam, Judæan champion, 1, 516.
  • Angels, imported into Judaism, 1, 403.
  • Angiel, one of the Sefiroth, 4, 17.
  • Anglo-Jewish Association,” the, founders and work of, 5, 703.
  • Angoulême, the Jews of, maltreated, 3, 570.
  • Angro-Mainyus, Persian god of darkness, and Judaism, 1, 402.
  • transformed into Satan, 1, 403.
  • Anilaï (Chanilai), robber chieftain, 2, 202.
  • Anjou, rabbis from, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Anjou, the Jews of, observe a fast, 3, 380.
  • under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • maltreated, 3, 570.
  • Anna, wife of Joceus of York, death of, 3, 415.
  • Annals of Persecution, The,” by Joseph Cohen, 4, 590.
  • Annals of the Kings of France and of the house of Othman, The,” by Joseph Cohen, 4, 556.
  • Ano, wife of Jeroboam I, 1, 184.
  • Ansar, allies of Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • Anteri, Jacob, rabbi of Damascus, charged with ritual murder, 5, 638.
  • translates Talmud passages, 5, 640.
  • Anthropomorphists, literalist expounders of the Koran, 3, 148.
  • among the Jews, 3, 152.
  • Antigonus, Macedonian general, and Ptolemy I, 1, 417.
  • Antigonus of Soho, disciple of Simon the Just, saying of, 1, 422.
  • Antigonus, son of Aristobulus II, graces Pompey’s triumph, 2, 67.
  • escapes from Rome, 2, 72.
  • second captivity of, 2, 73.
  • protected by Ptolemy of Chalcis, 2, 75.
  • seeks the aid of Cæsar, 2, 75–6.
  • plots against Herod, 2, 80–1.
  • king of Judæa, 2, 82–3.
  • has coins struck, 2, 83.
  • character of, 2, 85.
  • dissension between, and the Synhedrists, 2, 85–6.
  • declared an enemy of Rome, 2, 86.
  • beheaded, 2, 89.
  • sister of, 2, 94.
  • Antigonus, son of John Hyrcanus, besieges Samaria, 2, 10.
  • alleged murder of, 2, 36–7.
  • campaign of, against the Ituræans and Trachonites, 2, 37.
  • death of, 2, 38.
  • Anti-Maimunists, the, opponents of Moses ben Maimun, 3, 523–4.
  • led by Solomon ben Abraham, 3, 527.
  • excommunicated by the Jews of Aragon, 3, 537.
  • invite the Dominicans into the controversy, 3, 542–3.
  • subdued by the burning of the Talmud, 3, 579–80.
  • of Palestine, excommunicated, 3, 632–3.
  • See also under Maimunist controversy, the; Maimunists, the.
  • Anti-Maimunists, list of:
  • Daniel ben Saadiah,
  • David ben Saul,
  • Jehuda bar Joseph Ibn-Alfachar,
  • Jonah ben Abraham Gerundi (the Elder),
  • Meïr ben Todros Halevi Abulafia,
  • Moses ben Chasdaï Taku,
  • Moses ben Nachman,
  • Samson ben Abraham,
  • Solomon ben Abraham,
  • Solomon Petit,
  • Tossafists, the, of northern France, 3, 529.
  • Antioch, Judæans settle in, 1, 419.
  • gladiatorial combats introduced in, 1, 444.
  • partly destroyed by Judæans, 1, 497.
  • Verus Commodus at, 2, 47.
  • number of Judæans in, 2, 201–2.
  • Nazarenes in, 2, 222–3.
  • Judæan Christians of, 2, 231.
  • the Judæans of, protected by Titus, 2, 313.
  • residence of Niger, 2, 463.
  • Antioch, the Jews of, interest Christians in Judaism, 2, 613–14.
  • dispossessed of their synagogues, 2, 621–2.
  • murdered by the green faction, 3, 10–11.
  • massacre the Christians, 3, 18.
  • subdued, 3, 18.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Antiochus, of Commagene, favorite of Caligula, 2, 189.
  • allied with Agrippa I, 2, 195.
  • son of, 2, 195, 235.
  • Antiochus III, the Great, of Syria, defeated at Raphia, 1, 425–6.
  • takes Egypt, 1, 432.
  • enters Jerusalem, 1, 432.
  • besieges the Acra, 1, 433.
  • repairs the Temple, 1, 433.
  • defeated by the Romans, 1, 434.
  • death of, 1, 434.
  • Antiochus IV Epiphanes, of Syria, hostage at Rome, 1, 434, 442–3.
  • characterization of, 1, 442–3.
  • accession of, described in Daniel, 1, 443–4.
  • introduces gladiatorial combats into Syria, 1, 444.
  • petitioned to admit Judæan athletes to citizenship, 1, 444–5.
  • makes Menelaus high priest, 1, 447.
  • summons Menelaus to justify himself, 1, 448.
  • punishes Onias III’s murder, 1, 448.
  • exonerates Menelaus, 1, 449.
  • war of, with Egypt, 1, 450–1.
  • desecrates the Temple, 1, 451, 455.
  • calumniates Judaism, 1, 452–3.
  • treats the Judæans cruelly, 1, 453–4.
  • orders the worship of the Greek gods in Jerusalem, 1, 454–5.
  • sacrifices ordered on the birthday of, 1, 456.
  • dependencies of, revolt, 1, 463.
  • determines to exterminate the Judæans, 1, 463–4.
  • son of, entrusted to Lysias, 1, 463.
  • in the East, 1, 466.
  • death of, 1, 477.
  • appoints a regent, 1, 477.
  • persecutes the Samaritans, 1, 516.
  • Antiochus V Eupator, of Syria, accession of, 1, 477.
  • appealed to by the Hellenists, 1, 478.
  • treaty of, with the Judæans, 1, 480, 488.
  • makes Judas Maccabæus high priest, 1, 481.
  • Rome displeased with, 1, 482.
  • Antiochus VI, of Syria, on the throne, 1, 497–8.
  • cause of, espoused by the Hasmonæans, 1, 498, 499.
  • Antiochus VII Sidetes, of Syria, assisted by Simon Tharsi, 1, 525.
  • permits Simon to strike coins, 1, 525, 528.
  • hostile to Simon, 1, 528–9.
  • investigates Simon’s assassination, 1, 530.
  • abandons the assassin, 1, 531.
  • besieges John Hyrcanus, 2, 3–4.
  • grants a truce, 2, 4.
  • counselors of, advise the suppression of Judaism, 2, 4.
  • yields up Judæan fortresses, 2, 4–5.
  • seeks the alliance of John Hyrcanus, 2, 5.
  • death of, 2, 5.
  • Antiochus VIII Grypus, of Syria, succession of, opposed, 2, 6.
  • poisons his mother, 2, 6.
  • harasses the Idumæans of Samaria, 2, 9.
  • Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, of Syria, hostile to John Hyrcanus, 2, 9.
  • forbidden by Rome to molest the Judæans, 2, 9.
  • aids Samaria, 2, 10.
  • defeated by the sons of John Hyrcanus, 2, 10.
  • allied with Ptolemy VIII, 2, 10.
  • Antiparo, Joseph Nassi duke of, 4, 596.
  • Antipas I. See Herod Antipas, son of Malthace and Herod I.
  • Antipas, of the Herodian family, wickedness of, 2, 236.
  • Antipas, treasurer of the Synhedrion, suspected of Roman proclivities, 2, 294.
  • Antipater, the Idumæan, counselor of Hyrcanus II, 2, 59.
  • intrigues against Aristobulus II, 2, 59.
  • bribes Scaurus, 2, 62.
  • envoy to Pompey, 2, 63.
  • governor of Judæa, 2, 66–7.
  • supports Rome, 2, 70.
  • causes the death sentence of Pitholaus, 2, 75.
  • offers his services to Cæsar, 2, 75.
  • tries to coerce the Judæans into loyalty to Cæsar, 2, 77.
  • wife and sons of, 2, 77.
  • warns Herod, 2, 78.
  • urges mild measures upon Herod, 2, 79.
  • poisoned, 2, 80.
  • Antipater, son of Herod I, conspires against the sons of Mariamne, 2, 112–13.
  • conspires against Herod, 2, 113.
  • convicted of attempted parricide, 2, 114.
  • executed, 2, 116.
  • Antipater, son of Jason, envoy to Rome, 1, 526.
  • Anti-Phædon,” by John Balthasar Kölbele, 5, 316.
  • Anti-Semitism, prevalence of, 5, 704.
  • Antitaktes, an extreme sect of Jewish Christians, 2, 370.
  • Anti-Talmudists. See Frankists.
  • Anti-Trinitarians, a Christian sect of the Reformation period, 4, 541.
  • in Poland, 4, 647.
  • Anton, Charles (Moses Gerson Cohen), apostate, descent and history of, 5, 267.
  • writes a panegyric on Eibeschütz, 5, 267.
  • denies the existence of Sabbatians, 5, 271.
  • Antonia, daughter of the triumvir, ward of Alexander Lysimachus, 2, 176.
  • Antonia, sister-in-law of Tiberius, advocate of the Judæans, 2, 172.
  • patroness of Agrippa I, 2, 176.
  • Antonia, fortress of the Temple, named for Mark Antony, 2, 106.
  • communicates with the Temple, 2, 109, 111.
  • vestments of the high priests kept in, 2, 129.
  • pontifical robes removed from, 2, 172.
  • strengthened by Agrippa I, 2, 195.
  • invested by Cumanus, 2, 242.
  • first wall of, taken by Titus, 2, 305.
  • See also Acra, the.
  • Antoninus, a Jew recommended by Pope Gelasius, 3, 29.
  • Antoninus, name of Alexander Severus in Jewish sources, 2, 482.
  • Antoninus Pius, emperor, clemency of, 2, 432.
  • revokes Hadrian’s decrees, 2, 433.
  • revolution in Judæa under, 2, 447.
  • death of, 2, 447.
  • Antony, Mark, member of the second triumvirate, favors Herod, 2, 81, 87.
  • beheads Antigonus, 2, 89.
  • interested in Aristobulus (III), 2, 91, 93.
  • fall of, 2, 96.
  • Antwerp, Amatus Lusitanus at, 4, 569.
  • the Jews of, expelled, 4, 662.
  • Anusim, forced converts, 4, 179.
  • See Marranos, the.
  • Anzarbi, Arabic medical authority, taught by Jews, 3, 146.
  • Apamea, treasure house in, for the Temple contributions, 2, 53.
  • Apelles, of Ascalon, favorite of Caligula, 2, 187.
  • Apelles, Syrian overseer, resisted by the Maccabees, 1, 459.
  • Aphek, battle of, between Israelites and Philistines, 1, 70.
  • Apherema, taken by the Samaritans, 1, 410.
  • Aphrodite, worshiped by the Persians, 1, 108.
  • Apion, Greek writer, misrepresents Judaism, 2, 180–1.
  • envoy to Caligula, 2, 186.
  • contrasted with Philo, 2, 187.
  • charges of, refuted by Josephus, 2, 390.
  • Josephus’ work against, translated, 4, 608.
  • Apis, black bull, worshiped by the Egyptians, 1, 9.
  • Apocalypse, the Christian, by John, 2, 369.
  • Apocrypha, the, rejected from the Canon, 2, 344.
  • translated into Greek, 2, 359.
  • considered part of the Canon by Christians, 2, 359, 488.
  • canonized by the Council of Nice, 2, 624.
  • Apollo, Onias III takes refuge in the temple of, at Daphne, 1, 448.
  • Apollonius, ambassador to Rome, 2, 4–5.
  • Apollonius, commander of Cœlesyria, confiscates the Temple treasures, 1, 438.
  • Apollonius, Syrian general, in the war with Jonathan Haphus, 1, 496.
  • Apollonius, Syrian general, takes Jerusalem, 1, 453–4.
  • defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 462.
  • Apollonius Malo, Greek writer, maligns Judaism, 2, 178–9.
  • Apollonius Molo, Greek writer, hostile to the Judæans, 2, 68.
  • Apollos, of Alexandria, Christian teacher, 2, 231.
  • Apology for the Honorable Nation of the Jews,” by Edward Nicholas, 5, 28–9.
  • Apostasy to Christianity among Jews after the destruction of Jerusalem, 2, 322.
  • in the early Christian centuries, 2, 377.
  • under Constantine, 2, 562–3.
  • in Hamburg, 4, 687, 690.
  • in Vienna, 4, 706.
  • among the Chassidim, 5, 213.
  • among the Frankists, 5, 287.
  • among the Jews of Germany, 5, 420.
  • in Berlin, 5, 587.
  • See also under Conversions to Christianity; Marranos, the.
  • Apostasy to Islam among Jews in the East in the twelfth century, 3, 441–2.
  • among Sabbatians, 5, 153–4, 211.
  • among Chassidim, 5, 213.
  • See also under Conversions to Islam.
  • Apostasy to paganism among Jews in Alexandria, 2, 184.
  • Apostate, an, the disappearance of, causes annoyance to the Jews of Paris, 4, 175.
  • in Breslau, charges the Jews with host desecration, 4, 261.
  • Apostates, account of, by Philo, 2, 184.
  • in Alexandria, 2, 209.
  • act as spies upon the Jews under Hadrian, 2, 425.
  • Constantine protects the Jews against, 2, 564.
  • excommunicated by the later Patriarchs, 2, 612–13.
  • decisions concerning, by Natronaï ben Nehemiah, 3, 122.
  • repentant, kindly received by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 264.
  • permitted by Emperor Henry IV to return to Judaism, 3, 306.
  • returning, unkindly treated by the Jews, 3, 308–9.
  • forbidden to retain Jewish customs, 3, 510.
  • house for, in England, 3, 644.
  • validity of the evidence of, 4, 36–7.
  • force the Jews to attend church, 4, 132.
  • inform against Marranos, 4, 180.
  • in Spanish satiric literature, 4, 181.
  • favored by the Council of Basle, 4, 246.
  • employed as censors, 4, 566, 659.
  • annoy the Jews of the Papal States, 4, 581, 584.
  • refrain from defending the German Jews, 5, 533.
  • Heine on, 5, 548–9, 551–2.
  • assert the falsity of the blood accusation, 5, 650.
  • See also under Apostasy; Conversions; Marranos, the.
  • Apostates, list of:
  • Abraham Senior, the family of
  • Abulafia, Moses
  • Adamantius,
  • Alexander,
  • Alfonso Burgensis,
  • Ananel di Foligno,
  • Anton, Charles
  • Asher of Udine,
  • Astruc Raimuch,
  • Astruc Sibili,
  • Baptista, John
  • Bonafoux, Daniel Israel
  • Börne, Ludwig
  • Chananya, nephew of Joshua,
  • Chayon, Nehemiah, son of
  • Cohen, Nehemiah
  • Diego de Valencia,
  • Donin (Nicholas),
  • Drusilla,
  • Du Vallié, Paul
  • Eliano, Victor
  • Ferrus, Pero
  • Frank, Jacob
  • Friedländer, David, the family of
  • Gans, Edward
  • Gershom ben Jehuda, son of
  • Gerson, Christian
  • Guidon,
  • Heine, Heinrich
  • Herz, Henrietta
  • Isaac of Mayence,
  • Isaac Ibn-Ezra,
  • John of Valladolid,
  • Joseph,
  • Joseph de Vesoul,
  • Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives,
  • Juan de España,
  • Kahtz, Christian
  • Karben, Victor von
  • Levi ben Shem Tob,
  • Levi, Wolf
  • Levin, Rachel
  • Machault, Denys
  • Margalita, Aaron
  • Margaritha, Anton
  • Mendelssohn, Dorothea
  • Mendelssohn, Henrietta
  • Moro, Joseph
  • Nathaniel (Hibat-Allah),
  • Neander, Augustus
  • Nunes, Henrique
  • Pablo Christiani,
  • Paul, apostle,
  • Pedro de la Caballeria,
  • Pessach-Peter,
  • Pfefferkorn, Joseph
  • Riccio, Paul
  • Sabbataï Zevi,
  • Samuel Ibn-Abbas,
  • Samuel Abrabanel (Juan de Seville),
  • Schwarz, Peter
  • Sixtus Senensis,
  • Solomon Levi of Burgos (Paul de Santa Maria),
  • Tiberius Julius Alexander,
  • Uriah of Mayence,
  • Vayol, Hans
  • Wenzel, Francis
  • Wolfkan of Ratisbon.
  • Apostles, the twelve, trusted disciples of Jesus, 2, 158.
  • sent out by the early Christians, 2, 220.
  • Apostole, mission tax, collected by the Patriarchs, 2, 487.
  • Apostoli, messengers of the Synhedrion, 2, 535.
  • Appian, historian, persecuted by Jewish rebels, 2, 396.
  • Apries (Hophra), of Egypt, at war with Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 312.
  • defeated, 1, 313.
  • ally of Judah, 1, 318.
  • receives Judæans kindly, 1, 324.
  • dethroned, 1, 327.
  • Apulia, the Jews of, liable to curial duties, 2, 616.
  • invaded by the Mahometans, 3, 212.
  • Jews from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Aquet, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Aquila. See Akylas.
  • Aquinas, Thomas, works of, translated, 4, 69.
  • studied by Solomon Levi, 4, 183.
  • Aquitania, rabbis from, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • gathering place of crusaders, 3, 570.
  • Arabarch. See Alabarch, the.
  • Arabia, trade with, under Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • (Auranitis) Paul flees to, 2, 226.
  • Jewish fugitives flee to, 2, 317, 319, 419.
  • Jews settle in, 2, 629; 3, 54–5.
  • Babylonian Jews emigrate to, 3, 4.
  • position of Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 53.
  • See also Auranitis.
  • Arabia, the Jews of, similarity of, to the Arabs, 3, 56.
  • alienate Mahomet’s followers, 3, 74–5.
  • rejoice at Mahomet’s death, 3, 84.
  • possess good taste, 3, 111.
  • find the authority of the Talmud irksome, 3, 119–20.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 436–7.
  • Arabia, northern (Hejas), inhabitants of, descended from Ishmael, 3, 60, 61.
  • Arabia, northern (Hejas), the Jews of, 3, 54–6.
  • lead a Bedouin life, 3, 57.
  • distinguish themselves in poetry, 3, 57–8.
  • intelligence of, 3, 58.
  • religious affairs among, 3, 58–9.
  • relation of, to the Arabs, 3, 60–1.
  • history of, 3, 67–71.
  • dispossessed by Mahomet, 3, 76–83.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 436–7.
  • Arabia, southern, inhabitants of, descended from Yoktan, 3, 60.
  • called Kachtanites, 3, 61.
  • See also Himyarites, the; Yemen.
  • Arabia, southern, the Jews of, 3, 56.
  • the Jews of, trade with India, 3, 57.
  • a Jewish kingdom in, 3, 62–7. See under Yemen.
  • Arabia Felix, southern Arabia, 3, 56.
  • Arabic, spoken by Jews of Mahometan countries, 3, 110–11.
  • used by the Gaon of Sora officially, 3, 178.
  • translation of the Bible into, 3, 189–90.
  • used in Sherira’s responses, 3, 232.
  • spoken by the Jews of Andalusia, 3, 235.
  • the Mishna translated into, 3, 237.
  • spoken by Italian Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 423.
  • translations from, made by Jews, 3, 593.
  • taught as a means of conversion, 3, 597; 4, 245.
  • forgotten by the Spanish Jews, 4, 60.
  • Arabic poetry influences neo-Hebraic poetry, 3, 116, 224.
  • Arabs, the, love the Scriptures, 3, 59.
  • adopt the Jewish calendar, 3, 59–60.
  • relation of, to the Jews, 3, 60.
  • supremacy of, 3, 86–7.
  • helped by the Jews and Samaritans, 3, 87.
  • enthusiasm of, for their language, 3, 110–111.
  • obtain access to scientific literature through Jews, 3, 111.
  • influence the revival of Hebrew, 3, 111.
  • at war with the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • defeated by the Chazars, 3, 139.
  • unkindly treated by the Spanish Berbers, 3, 261.
  • See also under Mahometans, the; Nabathæans, the.
  • Arach, the family of, intermarries with the Ammonites, 1, 362.
  • Aradus, built by the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • refuses obedience to Antiochus IV, 1, 463.
  • Aragon, Jews in, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • ally of Castile against the Almohades, 3, 387.
  • forced converts in, relapse into Judaism, 4, 180.
  • Ferdinand of Castile becomes king of, 4, 205, 206.
  • the Inquisition established in, 4, 319.
  • opposed to the Inquisition, 4, 319, 328.
  • privileges of, canceled, 4, 326.
  • inquisitors appointed for, 4, 326.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Aragon, the Jews of, under Alfonso II, 3, 387–8.
  • under Pedro II, 3, 497–8.
  • prevent anti-Jewish legislation, 3, 508.
  • exempt from wearing the Jew badge, 3, 514–15.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 530, 536, 537.
  • letter to, denouncing Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 544.
  • under Jayme I, 3, 596–7.
  • regarded as “servi cameræ,” 3, 597.
  • debate with Pablo Christiani, 3, 602.
  • persecuted in the fourteenth century, 4, 77.
  • massacred on account of the Black Death, 4, 102–3.
  • helped by the higher classes, 4, 103.
  • under Pedro IV and Juan I, 4, 145.
  • possess penal jurisdiction, 4, 155.
  • persecuted in 1391, 4, 170–1, 172.
  • converted, 4, 206, 214.
  • at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 214.
  • under John II, 4, 274, 275.
  • warned of approaching danger, 4, 336.
  • proclamation expelling, 4, 347–8.
  • possessions of, sequestrated, 4, 350.
  • Aragon, the Marranos of, 4, 309.
  • try to suppress the Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • Aram, home of Abraham, 1, 4. See Syria.
  • Arama, Isaac. See Isaac Arama.
  • Aramæans, the, help the Ammonites against David, 1, 126–7.
  • See under Damascus, the kingdom of; Syria.
  • Aramaic, learnt by the Judæans in Babylon, 1, 330–1.
  • spoken by the Judæans in Hasmonæan times, 2, 14, 15.
  • spoken in Galilee, 2, 149.
  • words in the Mishna, 2, 461.
  • Aranda, Counts de, try to suppress the Aragon Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • Aranda, de, Marrano bishop, burnt by Torquemada, 4, 333.
  • Arari, David, accused of ritual murder, 5, 636, 638.
  • persecuted, 5, 636–7.
  • Araunah. See Ornah.
  • Arbachshter. See Ardashir.
  • Arbues, Pedro, de Epila, inquisitor in Aragon, 4, 326.
  • plot against, by the Marranos, 4, 329.
  • killed in church, 4, 330.
  • honor paid to the memory of, 4, 330–1.
  • Marranos concerned in the murder of, sheltered in Navarre, 4, 357.
  • Arcadius (395–408), emperor of the East, insignificance of, 2, 615.
  • the Jews under, 2, 616.
  • Archelaus, of Cappadocia, daughter of, 2, 112, 128.
  • Archelaus (Herod II), son of Herod I, sovereign of Judæa and Samaria, 2, 119.
  • promises to abolish unjust laws, 2, 120–1.
  • attacks those offering the Passover sacrifices, 2, 121.
  • forbids the celebration of Passover, 2, 122.
  • puts Jerusalem under Quintilius Varus, 2, 122–3.
  • ethnarch of Judæa, 2, 127.
  • deposes the high priest Joasar, 2, 127.
  • war of, against Athronges, 2, 128.
  • marries Glaphyra, 2, 128.
  • exiled by Augustus, 2, 128.
  • property of, confiscated by Augustus, 2, 129.
  • Archelaus, Julius, brother-in-law of Agrippa II, 2, 235.
  • Archipelago, the, Cardoso in, 5, 207.
  • Archisynagogus, title of the rabbi of Speyer, 3, 297.
  • Architecture, under Herod, 2, 106–7, 118.
  • Ardashir (Arbachshter), establishes the dynasty of the Sassanides, 2, 513, 523.
  • restores the Zoroastrian doctrine, 2, 524.
  • Ardashir, populated with Jews, 2, 507. See also Ctesiphon.
  • Ardebil, Armenian fortress, taken by the Chazars, 3, 139.
  • Are philosophical truths susceptible of mathematical demonstration?” prize essay by Mendelssohn, 5, 303–4.
  • Are there means to make the Jews happier and more useful in France?” prize question of a Metz society, 5, 434–5.
  • Areobindus, minister of Justinian I, 3, 15.
  • Aretas, Nabathæan king, and the high priest Jason, 1, 447, 481.
  • Aretas, Nabathæan king, overthrown, 2, 45.
  • Aretas, Nabathæan king, helps Hyrcanus II, 2, 59.
  • besieges Aristobulus II, 2, 60.
  • raises the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 62.
  • defeated by Aristobulus II, 2, 62.
  • attacked by Scaurus, 2, 70.
  • Aretas, Nabathæan king, aids Quintilius Varus, 2, 126.
  • Aretas, Nabathæan king, at war with Herod Antipas, 2, 173.
  • Aretas Philodemus, Nabathæan king, creates the office of Judæan ethnarch, 2, 202.
  • Argent, d’, marquis, friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 304.
  • Argentière, the Jews of, oppose the study of science, 4, 33.
  • Argob, fortress, besieged by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 47.
  • Argun (1284–1291), khan of the Perso-Mongolian realm, employs Saad-Addaula as physician and financier, 3, 638, 646.
  • distinguishes Saad-Addaula, 3, 647.
  • enters into diplomatic connections with Europe, 3, 647.
  • sickness and death of, 3, 649.
  • Arianism, toleration of, under Valentinian I, 2, 603; 3, 44.
  • hostility to, by Ambrosius of Milan, 2, 612.
  • less hostile to Jews than Catholicism, 3, 26.
  • persecuted in Spain, 3, 46.
  • Arias Montana, publishes a polyglot Bible, 4, 651.
  • Arias, Jean, instigates a persecution, 4, 279.
  • Arias, Joseph Szemach, translator of Josephus, 5, 113.
  • uninfluenced by Spinoza, 5, 117.
  • Arioch. See Samuel.
  • Aristides, Church teacher, demonstrates the independence of Christianity, 2, 431.
  • Aristobulus (Judah) I, son of John Hyrcanus, defeats Antiochus IX, 2, 10.
  • removes his mother from the regency, 2, 35.
  • first Hasmonæan to assume a royal title, 2, 35.
  • coins of, 2, 35.
  • dissensions under, 2, 36.
  • imprisons his mother and brothers, 2, 36.
  • hostile to the Pharisees, 2, 36.
  • accused of matricide and fratricide, 2, 36–7, 38.
  • campaign of, against the Ituræans and Trachonites, 2, 37.
  • death of, 2, 37–8.
  • Aristobulus II, son of Alexander Jannæus, 2, 47.
  • protects the Sadducees, 2, 55.
  • conspires against Hyrcanus, 2, 56.
  • character of, 2, 58.
  • made king, 2, 58.
  • besieged, 2, 60.
  • bribes Scaurus, 2, 62.
  • defeats Aretas, 2, 62.
  • has coins struck, 2, 62.
  • bribes Pompey, 2, 62–3.
  • summoned to Damascus by Pompey, 2, 63.
  • at war with Pompey, 2, 64–7.
  • in Pompey’s triumph, 2, 67.
  • escapes from Rome, 2, 72.
  • garrisons Alexandrion, 2, 73.
  • surrenders Machærus, 2, 73.
  • second captivity of, at Rome, 2, 73.
  • freed by Cæsar, 2, 75.
  • poisoned, 2, 75.
  • wife and daughters of, in Chalcis, 2, 75.
  • Aristobulus (III), brother of Mariamne, high priest, 2, 91.
  • popularity of, 2, 92.
  • murdered, 2, 92.
  • Aristobulus, brother of Agrippa I, supplants him, 2, 175.
  • opposes Caligula, 2, 188.
  • wife of, 2, 195.
  • begs for a truce, 2, 197.
  • Aristobulus, son of Mariamne, designated successor to Herod, 2, 112.
  • marriage of, 2, 112.
  • executed, 2, 113.
  • Aristotle, the Ten Categories of, compared with the Ten Commandments, 3, 197.
  • sayings of, used by Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267.
  • system of, as presented by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 328.
  • dominance of, in the twelfth century, 3, 331.
  • works of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 398.
  • popular among Jews, 3, 448–9.
  • philosophy of, interpreted by Ibn-Sina, 3, 478.
  • theories of, in Jewish writings, 3, 479.
  • denounced by Nachmani, 3, 534.
  • works of, translated into Latin, 3, 566–7.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 66.
  • opposed by Gersonides, 4, 93.
  • authority of, questioned by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 146.
  • Ethics of, translated, 4, 193.
  • quoted by Jewish preachers, 4, 232.
  • writings of, expounded by Judah ben Yechiel, 4, 289.
  • system of, expounded by Elias del Medigo, 4, 290.
  • studied by Polish Jews, 4, 633.
  • Ark of the Covenant, the, 1, 23, 41.
  • taken by the Philistines, 1, 70–2.
  • made by Achitub, 1, 79.
  • removed to Jerusalem, 1, 119–120.
  • transferred to the Temple, 1, 166.
  • Arles (city), Jews participate in battles before, 3, 36.
  • Jews remain in, after their banishment from France by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • Arles (district), first Jewish settlement of Gaul in, 3, 35.
  • Arles, kingdom of, demanded by Albrecht I, 4, 47.
  • Armada, the, collapse of, 4, 663.
  • Armenia, the Jews of, taken by Shabur II, 2, 591.
  • invaded by the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • Armenians (Tartars?), converted to Judaism, 3, 439–40.
  • Armentarius, name borne by Gallic Jews, 3, 36.
  • Armleder (Leather-arms) persecutions, the, of the German Jews, 4, 97–8.
  • Arnheim, adviser of the duke of Alva, 4, 662.
  • Arnim, representative of the romantic school, 5, 515.
  • Arnold, cardinal bishop of Cologne, protects the Jews, 3, 352.
  • Arnold of Brescia, denounces the popes, 3, 370.
  • Arnold of Citeaux, organizes the crusade against the Albigenses, 3, 502.
  • organizes a crusade against the Spanish Mahometans, 3, 507.
  • instigates an attack upon the Toledo Jews, 3, 507.
  • Arnoldists, the, party opposed to Reuchlin, 4, 456.
  • Arnstadt, the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 611.
  • Arnstein, Nathan Adam von, wife of, 5, 414.
  • Ar-Rabbi Mor (Arraby Moor), title of the chief rabbi of Portugal, 3, 618; 4, 158–9, 380.
  • duties, assistants, and jurisdiction of, 4, 159.
  • Arsaces, the dynasty of, fall of, 2, 513, 523.
  • Arsaces, satrap of Parthia, revolts from Antiochus IV, 1, 463.
  • Arsenios, Samaritan favorite of Empress Theodora, 3, 17.
  • Arta (Larta), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 406.
  • the Jews of, split up into national groups, 4, 478.
  • Artaban, fined for using Mezuzzoth, 2, 424.
  • Artabanus, of Parthia, invites Izates to act as arbitrator, 2, 217.
  • Artabanus IV (211–226), of Parthia, and Abba-Areka, 2, 513.
  • overthrown, 2, 523.
  • Artaxerxes I Longimanus, of Persia, assists Ezra, 1, 366.
  • influenced by Judæan favorites, 1, 371.
  • makes Nehemiah governor of Judæa, 1, 373.
  • Artaxerxes II Memnon, of Persia, Egypt rebels against, 1, 407.
  • banishes Judæans, 1, 408.
  • killed, 1, 409.
  • Artaxerxes III Ochus, of Persia, 1, 407.
  • Artaxias, of Armenia, independent of Antiochus IV, 1, 463.
  • Artemion, leader of a Jewish rebellion on Cyprus, 2, 397.
  • Artemion, the school of, deface the Septuagint, 2, 386.
  • Artisans, among the Alexandrian Judæans, 1, 505.
  • among the teachers of the Law, 2, 344, 348, 441, 442, 575.
  • See Handicrafts; Trades.
  • Aruch, Talmudic dictionary, by Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi, 3, 179.
  • by Nathan ben Yechiel, 3, 290, 421.
  • See also Lexicon, Talmudical.
  • Arverna. See Auvergne.
  • Arzilla, Jews taken captive at, 4, 286, 339.
  • Portuguese Marranos in, 4, 381.
  • Asa, king of Judah, accession of, 1, 189.
  • forbids the worship of Astarte, 1, 190.
  • at war with Baasha, 1, 190–1.
  • ally of Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • Asahel, Joab’s brother, killed by Abner, 1, 110.
  • Asaph, psalmist, 1, 79, 120–1.
  • Asaphites, descendants of Asaph, 1, 120.
  • Asara be-Tebeth. See Fast of Tebeth.
  • Ascalon (Askelon), Philistine port, 1, 54.
  • left in the possession of the Philistines by David, 1, 117.
  • Ascalona, the Jews of, exterminated, 4, 170.
  • Ascarelli, Deborah, poetess, 5, 68.
  • Ascarelli, Joseph, husband of the preceding, 5, 68.
  • Ascension, the dogma of, attacked by Abbahu, 2, 539–540.
  • Ascetics, among the Arabian Jews, 3, 437.
  • Asclepiadotus, lawyer, opposes Belisarius, 3, 32.
  • murdered, 3, 32.
  • Ashdod (Azotus), Philistine port, 1, 54.
  • the Ark of the Covenant at, 1, 71.
  • left in the possession of the Philistines by David, 1, 117.
  • conquered by Uzziah, 1, 231.
  • destroyed, 1, 496.
  • revenue from, left to Salome, 2, 120.
  • Asher, the tribe of, acquires land in the north, 1, 37.
  • relation of, to the Phoenicians, 1, 53.
  • twenty towns of, given to Hiram, 1, 164.
  • descendants of, around Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • Asher, tribesmen of, join Gideon, 1, 62.
  • join Solomon’s fleet, 1, 170.
  • Asher of Udine, apostate, charges Jews with blasphemy, 4, 584.
  • Asher ben Jehuda, hero of Solomon Ibn-Sakbel’s romance, 3, 318.
  • Asher ben Meshullam, ascetic, 3, 396–7.
  • Asher ben Yechiel (Asheri, 1250–1327), Tossafist, 4, 34–5.
  • accepts the evidence of baptized Jews, 4, 37.
  • settles in Toledo, 4, 37.
  • opposed to the study of science, 4, 37–8, 39, 50, 86–7.
  • opinion of, sought by Abba-Mari, 4, 38.
  • influence of, on the Spanish Jews, 4, 51.
  • as Talmudist, 4, 51.
  • severity of, 4, 53.
  • sons of, 4, 87.
  • prefers Germany, 4, 90, 96.
  • See also Asheri family, the.
  • Asher Lämmlein, poses as the forerunner of the Messiah, 4, 482.
  • adherents of, 4, 483.
  • Asher, Saul, deplores the decay of morality among the Jews, 5, 419.
  • writes against Fichte, 5, 463.
  • Asheri. See Asher ben Yechiel; Jacob ben Asheri; Jehuda ben Asher I; Jehuda ben Asher II.
  • Asheri family, the, loses members by the Black Death, 4, 113.
  • members of, martyrs in 1391, 4, 169–70.
  • See Asher ben Yechiel.
  • Ashi (352–457), principal of the Sora academy, wealth of, 2, 605.
  • re-builds the academy of Sora, 2, 606.
  • receives the title of Rabbana, 2, 606.
  • authority of, 2, 606.
  • makes Sora the center of Jewish life, 2, 607.
  • collects the Talmud, 2, 607–9.
  • completes the work of Judah I, 2, 609.
  • decisions of, 2, 609.
  • at the court of Jezdijird, 2, 610.
  • suppresses the Messianic hope, 2, 610–11.
  • death of, 2, 611.
  • successors of, 2, 626.
  • son of, 2, 626.
  • Ashkabá, prayer for the departed at the Babylonian academies, 3, 101.
  • Ashkenasi. See Saul Cohen Ashkenasi.
  • Ashkenazi. See Solomon ben Nathan.
  • Ashkenazi, Jacob, Talmudist and Sabbatian, 5, 150.
  • Ashkenazi, Jacob Emden. See Emden, Jacob.
  • Ashkenazi, Zevi. See Zevi Ashkenazi.
  • Ashmodai, a demon introduced from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • Ashmun, a Canaanite god, 1, 54.
  • Ashura, name for the Atonement Day among the Arabian Jews, 3, 58.
  • fast day instituted by Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • Asia, the Jews of, esteem Mahometans, 3, 88–9.
  • loses the leadership of Judaism, 3, 207.
  • Karaites obtain influence in, 3, 207.
  • low estate of Judaism in, 3, 440.
  • Messianic hopes in, 4, 497.
  • See also East, the; Abbasside Caliphate, the.
  • Asia Minor, conquered by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • votive offerings from, seized by Flaccus, 2, 68–9.
  • women in, converted to Judaism, 2, 215.
  • Greek-Christian communities in, 2, 227.
  • study of the Law in, 2, 358–9.
  • chief seat of the Pagan Christians, 2, 367.
  • districts of, rebel against Hadrian, 2, 399.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405–6.
  • Asia Minor, the Jews of, celebrate two days of the new-moon, 2, 363.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • molested by Greek Catholics, 4, 552–3.
  • Sabbatians, 5, 137.
  • Asia Minor, the Judæans of, send contributions to the Temple, 2, 52.
  • protected by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • have a synagogue at Jerusalem, 2, 201.
  • make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 2, 220.
  • Asinaï (Chasinaï), robber chief near Nahardea, 2, 202.
  • Asiré ha-Tikwah,” drama by Joseph Penso, 5, 113.
  • Askaloni, Joseph, manager of Reyna Nassi’s printing press, 4, 628.
  • Askelon. See Ascalon.
  • Asma, poetess, satirizes Mahomet, 3, 76.
  • Asochis. See Sichin.
  • Assad, teacher of the Law, converts the Yemenites to Judaism, 3, 62–3.
  • Assassins, the, plot against Saad-Addaula, 3, 648–9.
  • Assembly, the Great. See Great Assembly, the.
  • Asser, deputy to the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Asser, Carolus and Moses, members of the Felix Libertate, 5, 452.
  • zealous in the emancipation struggle, 5, 454.
  • Assi, Palestinian Amora, subordinates himself to the Babylonian authorities, 2, 531, 537.
  • investigates the educational institutions of Judæa, 2, 532.
  • investigates the observance of the Law in Samaria, 2, 534.
  • appeals to Abbahu, 2, 538.
  • meets Huna’s corpse, 2, 548.
  • disciples of, 2, 560.
  • Assidæans, the. See Chassidim, the; Hasmonæans, the; Maccabees, the.
  • Assyria, doom of, predicted by Isaiah, 1, 272–3.
  • invaded by the Scythians, 1, 287.
  • power of, declines, 1, 287, 296.
  • fall of, 1, 303.
  • Assyrian customs introduced into Judah, 1, 260–1.
  • characters used for the Scriptures, 1, 395–6.
  • Assyrians, the, extend their territory, 1, 246.
  • host of, destroyed at Lachish, 1, 277.
  • defeat the Medes, 1, 287.
  • Astarte, worship of, by the Canaanites, 1, 54.
  • in Samuel’s time, 1, 75.
  • under Solomon, 1, 175.
  • under Rehoboam, 1, 189.
  • under Omri, 1, 195.
  • under Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • under Hezekiah, 1, 269.
  • See also Idolatry.
  • Asti, French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • Astorga, the Jews of, converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 205.
  • Astronomers and mathematicians, Jewish, list of:
  • Abraham ben Chiya Albargeloni,
  • Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Ezra,
  • Abraham Zacuto,
  • Bonet de Lates,
  • David Gans,
  • Isaac ben Baruch Albalia,
  • Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II,
  • Jacob ben Machir Tibbon,
  • Judah ben Moses Cohen,
  • Judah Ibn-Verga,
  • Levi ben Gerson,
  • Meïr Alguades,
  • Moses ben Israel Isserles,
  • Profiat Duran,
  • Sahal Rabban,
  • Samuel Ibn-Abbas,
  • Simon ben Zemach Duran,
  • Vecinho, Joseph
  • Zag Ibn-Said.
  • Astronomical knowledge, the, of the teachers of the Law, 2, 336, 344–5, 349, 521.
  • Astronomy, studied in Portugal, 4, 367–8.
  • studied by Polish Jews, 4, 633.
  • Astruc En-Duran. See Abba-Mari ben Moses.
  • Astruc Levi, at the Tortosa disputation, 4, 208.
  • ascribes no authority to the Agada, 4, 214.
  • refuses to accept baptism, 4, 215.
  • Astruc Raimuch (Francisco God-flesh, Dios-Carne), apostate, expounds Christian dogmas, 4, 182.
  • Astruc Sibili, informs against the Palma Jews, 4, 246.
  • imprisoned and baptized, 4, 247.
  • Astruc, Aristides, founder of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 701.
  • Astyages, of Media, dethroned by Cyrus, 1, 342.
  • Asverus, name of Alexander Severus in the Jewish sources, 2, 482.
  • Atel. See Volga.
  • Athaliah, Ahab’s daughter, marriage of, 1, 206.
  • introduces idolatry into Judah, 1, 209.
  • upholds Baal worship in Jerusalem, 1, 212, 214.
  • executes members of the house of David, 1, 213.
  • six years’ rule of, 1, 215.
  • murder of, 1, 216.
  • Athenion, favorite of Ptolemy II, envoy to Jerusalem, 1, 423.
  • and Joseph, son of Tobiah, 1, 424, 425.
  • Athenion, general of Cleopatra, sent against Herod, 2, 95.
  • Athens, gifts sent to, by Judæan kings, 2, 193.
  • Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • the Jews of, oppose Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 124.
  • Athias, editor of the Ferrara Spanish Bible, 4, 576.
  • Athias, Isaac, Chacham of Hamburg, 4, 689.
  • Athronges, a shepherd, assumes the royal title, 2, 125.
  • war of, with Archelaus, 2, 128.
  • Atonement, Day of, forbidden to be observed, 2, 572.
  • among the Arabs, 3, 58.
  • liturgy of, 3, 113–14.
  • a second, 4, 626.
  • Atra, besieged by Trajan, 2, 399.
  • Attalus, of Pergamus, proclaims Antiochus IV king of Syria, 1, 443.
  • Attaman. See Hetman.
  • Atzbaha. See Elesbaa.
  • Aubriot, Hugues, prevôt of Paris, protects the Jews, 4, 151.
  • Auerbach, Jacob, fair-preacher in Leipsic, 5, 573.
  • Heine on, 5, 577.
  • Auerstädt, defeat of, 5, 495.
  • Augenspiegel,” the, Reuchlin’s pamphlet against Pfefferkorn, 4, 446–8.
  • excitement created by, 4, 448.
  • adverse opinions of, 4, 450.
  • charges against, 4, 451.
  • burning of, ordered, 4, 451–2.
  • cleared of the charge of heresy, 4, 455.
  • declared heretical by the University of Paris, 4, 460.
  • translation of, 4, 460.
  • Augsburg, the Jews of, saved from the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 36.
  • perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • imprisoned, 4, 163.
  • re-admission of, petitioned for, 4, 127–8.
  • expelled, 4, 249, 413.
  • August, of Brunswick, has Templo’s work translated, 5, 114–15.
  • Augustine, Church Father, hates the Jews, 2, 625.
  • Augustus (Octavius), member of the second triumvirate, 2, 81.
  • favors Herod, 2, 86.
  • wins the battle of Actium, 2, 96.
  • confirms Herod’s royal dignity, 2, 101–2.
  • favors the Egyptian Judæans, 2, 102–3.
  • favors the Roman Judæans, 2, 103.
  • increases Herod’s territory, 2, 103.
  • power of, over Herod, 2, 105.
  • statue of, erected in Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • asked to ratify Antipater’s death-sentence, 2, 114.
  • condemns the execution of Herod’s sons, 2, 116.
  • executor of Herod’s will, 2, 120.
  • appealed to by the Herodians, 2, 122.
  • seizes Herod’s treasures, 2, 123.
  • makes Judæa an ethnarchy, 2, 126–7.
  • exiles Archelaus, 2, 128.
  • instructions of, to the governor of Syria, 2, 129.
  • death of, 2, 135.
  • Augustus III, of Poland, and the Frankists, 5, 283.
  • Auranitis (Hauran, Havvoth Jair), the Gileadites take possession of, 1, 64.
  • Paul flees to, 2, 226.
  • given to Agrippa II, 2, 245.
  • cavalry from, sent to Jerusalem, 2, 259, 260.
  • See also Arabia.
  • Aurelian, emperor, conquers Zenobia, 2, 530.
  • Aurum coronarium (crown money), tax imposed on Judæa, 2, 463.
  • collected by the Patriarchs, 2, 487, 535.
  • Austrasia, the Jews of, in the sixth century, 3, 40.
  • Austria, Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute confirmed for, 3, 635.
  • Jews emigrate to, from Hungary, 4, 111.
  • John of Capistrano in, 4, 258.
  • Jewish exiles from, take refuge in Poland, 4, 263, 420.
  • Polish Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • at war with Prussia, 5, 251.
  • willing to grant citizenship to the Jews, 5, 518.
  • protects the Frankfort Jews, 5, 520.
  • in the Quadruple Alliance, 5, 658.
  • Jews concerned in the reorganization of, 5, 697.
  • Jewish association in, 5, 703.
  • Austria, the Jews of, fill offices, 3, 516, 567.
  • protected by Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, 3, 567–9.
  • suffer during the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 36.
  • suffer from the Deggenburg persecution, 4, 98.
  • accused of well poisoning, 4, 110.
  • suffer during the Hussite agitation, 4, 222–4.
  • charged with host desecration, 4, 223–4.
  • banished, 4, 224, 427.
  • restrictions placed on, 4, 585.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 652.
  • condition of, improved by Joseph II, 5, 357–8.
  • letter addressed to, by Wessely, 5, 368.
  • continued abasement of, 5, 461.
  • freed from the poll-tax, 5, 464.
  • new taxes imposed on, 5, 508.
  • under Francis I, 5, 523.
  • influence of Mannheimer on, 5, 579.
  • growing self-respect of, 5, 582.
  • Austria, Lower, the Jews of, banished, 4, 585.
  • Austrian Succession, the, War of, and the Jews of Prague, 5, 251–2.
  • Autobiography of Josephus, 2, 390.
  • of Uriel da Costa, 5, 64–5.
  • of Solomon Maimon, 5, 409.
  • Auto-da-fé, the first, of Marranos, 4, 317.
  • See also Marranos, the; Inquisition, the.
  • Auvergne (Arverna), Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • Auxerre, rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Averroës (Ibn-Roshd), commentaries by, on Aristotle, translated, 3, 566–7.
  • views of, opposed by Gersonides, 4, 93.
  • admired by Narboni, 4, 94.
  • quoted by Jewish preachers, 4, 232.
  • system of, expounded by Elias del Medigo, 4, 290.
  • Avesta, the, laws of clean and unclean in, 1, 402.
  • Avicebrol (Avicebron), name of Solomon Ibn-Gebirol among the schoolmen, 3, 271.
  • Avicenna. See Ibn-Sina.
  • Avigedor Kara, rabbi of Prague, on friendly terms with Emperor Wenceslaus, 4, 166.
  • Avignon, the council of, forbids the employment of Jews in state offices, 3, 503–4.
  • the papacy at, 4, 162.
  • Jews remain in, after their banishment from France, 4, 177, 659.
  • David Reubeni in, 4, 499.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 141.
  • Jews in, during the French Revolution, 5, 436.
  • Avignon, the Jews of, oppose the study of science, 4, 33.
  • tolerated by the popes, 4, 177.
  • expelled, 4, 592.
  • honor Crémieux and Montefiore, 5, 658.
  • Avila, de, Marrano bishop, burnt by Torquemada, 4, 333.
  • Avila, the Messiah of, 4, 8–9, 9–10.
  • religious disputation at, 4, 140–2.
  • Henry IV deposed at, 4, 278.
  • law of, 4, 229.
  • Avila, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 205.
  • Avitus, bishop, presides over the council of Epaone, 3, 37.
  • forcibly converts the Jews of Clermont, 3, 38–9.
  • celebrated in a poem, 3, 39.
  • Avran, commander under Lysimachus the Benjamite, 1, 449.
  • Ayllon, Solomon (1667–1728),
  • Sabbatian, profligacy of, 5, 210.
  • youth of, 5, 214.
  • rabbi of London, 5, 214.
  • rabbi of Amsterdam, 5, 215.
  • on Chacham Zevi, 5, 221.
  • mistrusted by the Portuguese community, 5, 222.
  • supports Chayon’s cause, 5, 222–3.
  • refuses reconciliation with Chacham Zevi, 5, 224.
  • acquits Chayon of heresy, 5, 224–5.
  • Brieli writes to, 5, 225.
  • summons Chacham Zevi before the Council, 5, 226.
  • abandons Chayon, 5, 231.
  • Azael, name of a Sefirah, 4, 17.
  • Azariah. See Uzziah.
  • Azariah, general of Judas Maccabæus, 1, 476.
  • Azariah, high priest, contest of, with Uzziah, 1, 245.
  • Azariah ben Zadok, high priest under Solomon, 1, 167.
  • Azarya ben Moses deï Rossi (1514–1578), attainments of, 4, 614.
  • connects the Talmud with other ancient writings, 4, 614.
  • works by, 4, 615.
  • as a critic, 4, 615.
  • declared a heretic, 4, 616.
  • Azeka, offers opposition to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 311.
  • Azharoth,” composed by Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni, 3, 284.
  • Aziz, of Emesa, husband of Drusilla, 2, 235.
  • Azotus. See Ashdod.
  • Azriel, Kabbalist, reduces the Kabbala to a system, 3, 548; 4, 14.
  • history of, unknown, 3, 548.
  • clothes the Kabbala in philosophical language, 3, 549, 556.
  • Azzel Ibn-Samuel, one of the Benu-Kuraiza, 3, 81.
  • B
  • Baal, altar to, in Samaria, 1, 197.
  • priests of, assemble by order of Elijah, 1, 203–4.
  • Baal, the worship of, among the Canaanites, 1, 54.
  • by Ammonites and Moabites, 1, 55.
  • at Ophrah, 1, 62.
  • in Samuel’s time, 1, 75.
  • under Omri, 1, 195.
  • under Athaliah, 1, 212, 214.
  • removed from Jerusalem, 1, 216–17.
  • under Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • abolished by Menahem, 1, 244.
  • See also Astarte; Idolatry.
  • Baal ha-Turim. See Jacob ben Asheri.
  • Baal-Peor. See Peor.
  • Baal-Perazim, mount, scene of a Philistine defeat, 1, 116.
  • Baal-Shem. See Israel of Miedziboz.
  • Baal-Zebub, idol, consulted by Ahaziah, 1, 207.
  • Baalbek, a Karaite center, 3, 158.
  • captured by Hulagu, 3, 606.
  • Baalis, king of Ammon, protects Judæan fugitives, 1, 318.
  • instigates Gedaliah’s murder, 1, 322.
  • Baaltis. See Astarte.
  • Baasha, of Israel, kills Nadab, 1, 189.
  • ascends the throne, 1, 190.
  • allied with the king of Egypt, 1, 190.
  • at war with Asa, 1, 190–1.
  • allied with Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • takes Ramah, 1, 191.
  • death of, 1, 191.
  • Bab al Abwab, Persian wall against the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • Baba ben Buta, follower of Shammai, 2, 133.
  • Babenberg, the princes of, permit Jews to fill state offices, 3, 567.
  • Babylon, inhabitants of, colonized in Samaria, 1, 285.
  • description of, 1, 330.
  • fall of, 1, 349–50.
  • the goddess of love worshiped in, 1, 408.
  • the Judæans of, aid Judæa against Rome, 2, 264.
  • study of the Law in, 2, 358.
  • Babylonia, the scene of Jewish activity, 2, 503–4, 531, 537; 3, 160; 5, 726.
  • three meanings of, in Jewish history, 2, 504–5.
  • resembles the Holy Land, 2, 544.
  • Jewish public life in, 2, 547.
  • independent of Judæa, 2, 548.
  • rise of, 2, 557.
  • the study of the Law flourishes in, 2, 574–5.
  • called Irak by the Arabs, 3, 89.
  • loses intellectual supremacy, 3, 193, 210, 228.
  • Jewish communal life in, in the tenth century, 3, 194.
  • visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • Babylonia, Jewish, described, 2, 504.
  • compared with Judæa, 2, 505.
  • districts of, 2, 505.
  • towns of, 2, 505–8.
  • fertility of, 2, 507–8.
  • scene of the war between Julian and Shabur II, 2, 601.
  • Sora the center of, 2, 607.
  • constitution of, 3, 93–101.
  • communal constitution of, 3, 98–100.
  • power of, 3, 100–1.
  • mystic doctrines flourish in, 3, 154.
  • Babylonia, the Jews of, resist Trajan, 2, 393, 397.
  • favorable position of, 2, 508.
  • political chief of, 2, 508–11.
  • needs of, produce a new development of the Law, 2, 511.
  • resort to the academies of Galilee, 2, 511, 531.
  • religious ignorance of, 2, 513.
  • immorality of, 2, 516–17, 579.
  • establish the sanctity of the law of the land, 2, 520.
  • suffer under Magian supremacy, 2, 524–5.
  • on friendly terms with the Magi, 2, 525–6.
  • injured by Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • luxurious habits of, 2, 588.
  • oppressed by Shabur II, 2, 591–2.
  • favor Julian the Apostate, 2, 597.
  • well treated by Jezdijird, 2, 609–10.
  • persecuted, 2, 626, 627–8; 3, 8.
  • suffer under Zendik communism, 3, 2–3.
  • rebel under Mar-Zutra II, 3, 3–4.
  • independence of, 3, 3–4.
  • kindly treated by Bahram Tshubin, 3, 8–9.
  • prosperous under Chosru II, 3, 9–10.
  • help the Arabs, 3, 89.
  • form a separate community under the Exilarch, 3, 89.
  • oppose Moawiyah, 3, 90, 92.
  • ill-treated by the caliphs of the East, 3, 176–7.
  • Babylonia, the Judæans of, kindly treated, 1, 329–30, 331.
  • government and possessions of, 1, 330.
  • easily learn Aramaic, 1, 330–1.
  • practice idolatry, 1, 332.
  • cherish Hebrew literature, 1, 334–6.
  • joined by the descendants of the Ten Tribes, 1, 335–6.
  • mourning of, 1, 337–8.
  • make proselytes, 1, 338–9.
  • adopt Chaldæan superstitions, 1, 339–40.
  • occupations and wealth of, 1, 339–40.
  • literature produced by, 1, 340–2.
  • not desirous of returning to Palestine, 1, 340, 341.
  • beg for permission to return to Palestine, 1, 342–3.
  • hate Babylon, 1, 343.
  • persecuted, 1, 343–4.
  • divided into the worldly and the pious, 1, 349.
  • interested in the war with Cyrus, 1, 349.
  • cured of idolatry by the fall of Babylon, 1, 350.
  • permitted to return to Palestine, 1, 351.
  • number of, returning under Cyrus, 1, 352.
  • sympathy of, with the returning exiles, 1, 354–5.
  • national enthusiasm of, 1, 363–5.
  • accompany Ezra to Palestine, 1, 366.
  • send contributions to the Temple, 2, 52.
  • welcome Hyrcanus II, 2, 90.
  • own large tracts of land, 2, 202.
  • in Batanæa, 2, 274.
  • massacred by Varus, 2, 275.
  • retreat to Gamala, 2, 275.
  • Bacchides, Syrian general, sent to Jerusalem, 1, 482.
  • slays Judæans at Beth-Zachariah, 1, 483.
  • encamps before Jerusalem, 1, 486.
  • defeats the Judæans at Eleasa, 1, 487.
  • reduces the whole country, 1, 491.
  • leaves Judæa, 1, 492.
  • makes a truce with Jonathan Haphus, 1, 493–4.
  • Bacchus, worshiped in Alexandria, 1, 428.
  • Bacharach, the Jews of, massacred, 3, 636.
  • Bachiel Ibn-Alkonstantini, physician, Maimunist, 2, 536, 537.
  • Bachurim, Talmud students, 4, 640; 5, 567.
  • Bachya Ibn-Pakuda, moral philosopher, system of, 3, 271–2.
  • ascetic, 3, 272.
  • work of, translated, 3, 392, 397.
  • Badajoz, Henrique Nunes murdered at, 4, 490.
  • attacked by Spanish Marranos 4, 498.
  • Baden, the Jews of, the blood-accusation against, 3, 564.
  • obtain political freedom, 5, 502–3.
  • persecuted, 5, 530–1.
  • honor Riesser, 5, 601.
  • Badis, Berber king, supported by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 258.
  • makes him vizir, 3, 258.
  • makes him chief of the Granada congregations, 3, 259.
  • avenges Balkin’s death, 3, 275.
  • orders the massacre of the Granada Arabs, 3, 276.
  • mistrusts Joseph Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 277.
  • Baffa, sultana, favorite of, 4, 629.
  • Bagdad, a scientific center, 3, 146.
  • the Mutazilist theology taught at, 3, 147.
  • in the Pumbeditha district, 3, 156.
  • Saadiah at, 3, 196.
  • Sabbataï Donnolo at, 3, 213.
  • birthplace of Dunash ben Labrat, 3, 226.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369.
  • Bagdad, the Jews of, prosperous under Al-Mutadhid, 3, 183.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 428.
  • Talmudical college of, 3, 429, 438.
  • invited to join David Alrui, 3, 431.
  • enthusiastic for David Alrui, 3, 432.
  • Maimunists, 3, 633.
  • attacked by the Mongols, 3, 649–50.
  • Bagdad Caliphate, the. See Abbasside Caliphate, the.
  • Bagoas (Bagoses), Syrian commander, murders Artaxerxes III, 1, 409.
  • levies a tax on the daily sacrifice, 1, 409–10.
  • Bahir, a Kabbalistic manuscript, 3, 556, 557.
  • Bahram Tshubin, Persian general, ascends the throne, 3, 8.
  • friendly to the Jews, 3, 8–9.
  • dispossessed by Chosru II, 3, 9.
  • Bahurim, David passes through, 1, 142.
  • Bail, defends the Jews, 5, 522.
  • Bailly, mayor of Paris, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 445.
  • Bairut. See Beyrout.
  • Bajazet (Bajasid) II, sultan, censures the expulsion of the Spanish Jews, 4, 356.
  • receives Spanish exiles kindly, 4, 364, 400.
  • Jews under, 4, 402.
  • Baki, Simon, rabbi, superstition of, 5, 201–2.
  • Balaam, magician, employed against the Israelites, 1, 28.
  • Balak, king of Moab, hostile to the Israelites, 1, 28.
  • Balance, The,” grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • Balanyiar, Jews settle in, 3, 124, 139.
  • Balch, birthplace of Chivi Albalchi, 3, 198.
  • Baldwin IV, of Jerusalem, banishes the Jews, 3, 427.
  • Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, induces Richard I to dismiss the Jews from his palace, 3, 410.
  • and Benedict of York’s baptism, 3, 411.
  • Balkin (Bologgin), of Granada, abdicates in favor of Badis, 3, 258.
  • death of, 3, 258, 275.
  • partisans of, leave Granada, 3, 258.
  • Joseph Ibn-Nagrela secretary to, 3, 274.
  • Bamberg, the council of, enforces Jew badges, 4, 255.
  • the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 529.
  • Band of Virtue, the, founded by Berlin Jewesses, 5, 423, 425.
  • Bandito, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Baptism, the moral meaning of, taught by John the Baptist, 2, 146.
  • value of, examined by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 188.
  • Baptista, John (Solomon Romano), grandson of Elias Levita, apostate, denounces the Talmud, 4, 564.
  • Bar, the Jews of, slaughtered by Cossacks, 5, 11.
  • Barak, judge, leads the Israelites against Jabin, 1, 61.
  • Barbaro, Mark Antonio, Venetian consul, and Solomon Ashkenazi, 4, 605.
  • Barbary states, the, Marranos emigrate to, 4, 485.
  • Polish-Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • Barbastro, the Jews of, converted, 4, 214.
  • the Marranos of, conspire against Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Barcelona, the disputation at, 3, 598–601.
  • bishop of, appointed censor of the Talmud, 3, 603.
  • report of the disputation at, 3, 603–4.
  • Kabbala taught in, 4, 6.
  • Marranos from, in Algiers, 4, 199.
  • the Inquisition established in, 4, 332.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Barcelona, the Jews of, the leaders of northern Spain, 3, 387–8.
  • entreat Nachmani to break off the disputation, 3, 600–1.
  • opposed to the study of science, 4, 29, 33, 40.
  • charged with causing the Black Death, 4, 102–3.
  • persecuted, 4, 171–2.
  • Bar-Chanina, teacher of Jerome, 2, 623–4.
  • Bar-Cochba, attacks Akiba, 2, 409.
  • described as the Messiah, 2, 410.
  • confidence of, 2, 411.
  • victories of, 2, 411.
  • coins of, 2, 411.
  • hostile to Christians, 2, 412.
  • restores the Jewish state, 2, 412, 413.
  • strongholds of, 2, 414–15.
  • particulars of the revolt of, 2, 415–16.
  • loses the strongholds of the north, 2, 416.
  • causes the death of Eleazar of Modin, 2, 418.
  • end of, unknown, 2, 419.
  • Barebones Parliament. See Parliament, the Short.
  • Bar-Eleaza, son-in-law of Judah I, 2, 455–6.
  • Barfat Crescas, imprisoned, 4, 150.
  • Barfat. See Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat; Zarak.
  • Bari, the four Sora emissaries captured at, 3, 203.
  • Baris. See Acra, the; Antonia.
  • Bar-Kappara. See Simon bar Kappara.
  • Bar-Kasha, and Rab, 2, 518.
  • Bar-Kosiba, real name of Bar-Cochba.
  • Barlæus, Caspar, Socinian, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Barnabas. See Jose Barnabas.
  • Barnave, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441.
  • Barrios, Miguel (Daniel) de, historian, 5, 202.
  • versifier, 5, 204.
  • Bartholomaion, demon exorcised by Simon ben Yochaï, 2, 449.
  • Baruch, ancestor of the Ibn-Albalias, early settlement of, in Spain, 3, 43.
  • Baruch of Benevento, Kabbalist, 4, 481.
  • Baruch ben Samuel, Talmudist, member of the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • Baruch Ibn-Albalia, birth of the son of, 3, 322.
  • Baruch, son of Neriah, reads Jeremiah’s prophecies in the Temple, 1, 304.
  • taken prisoner by the Chaldæans, 1, 315.
  • attends Jeremiah in Mizpah, 1, 320.
  • taken captive by Ishmael, 1, 322.
  • rescued, 1, 323.
  • in Egypt, 1, 324.
  • in Babylon, 1, 328.
  • brings Jeremiah’s writings to Babylon, 1, 336.
  • writes a history of Israel, 1, 336–7.
  • Letter of, translated, 2, 359.
  • Baruch Gad, Palestinian emissary, on the Sons of Moses, 5, 126.
  • Baruch Yavan, carries the Eibeschütz controversy to Poland, 5, 262–3.
  • Baruch, Jacob, Börne’s father, deputy to the Congress of Vienna, 5, 513.
  • Baruch, Löb (Louis). See Börne, Ludwig.
  • Barzaphernes, Parthian commander, 2, 82.
  • Barzillai, aids David, 1, 144.
  • Bashan, the inhabitants of, appeal to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474–5.
  • Basilius (850–866), emperor, tries to convert the Jews, 3, 175–6.
  • Basilius, Jewish slave-dealer, and Pope Gelasius, 3, 29.
  • Basle, the Talmud printed at, 4, 589.
  • Alsatian Jews escape to, 5, 437.
  • Basle, the Council of, renews the anti-Jewish measures of previous councils, 4, 245, 248, 251, 264.
  • excludes Jews from university degrees, 4, 245.
  • favors baptized Jews, 4, 246.
  • degrades Eugenius IV, 4, 249, 250.
  • decree of, concerning Jewish physicians disregarded, 4, 407.
  • Basle, the Jews of, protected from the Black Death persecutions, 4, 106, 108.
  • banishment of, demanded, 4, 106–7.
  • burnt, 4, 107.
  • Basmath, daughter of Solomon, 1, 177.
  • Basnage, Jacob (1653–1723), historian of the Jewish dispersion, 5, 195, 593.
  • on the persecutions of the Jews, 5, 195–6.
  • consults Jewish historians, 5, 196.
  • faults of the history by, 5, 196–7.
  • prejudiced, 5, 197.
  • importance of the history by, 5, 197.
  • disciples of, 5, 197.
  • history of, suggested by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 202.
  • Bassan, Isaiah, teacher of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 235.
  • espouses Luzzatto’s cause, 5, 238, 241.
  • makes Luzzatto promise not to teach Kabbala, 5, 239.
  • has Luzzatto’s writings in safekeeping, 5, 239.
  • permits Luzzatto to publish Kabbalistic works, 5, 239.
  • Bassora, under the jurisdiction of the Sora academy, 3, 98.
  • the Mutazilist theology taught in, 3, 147.
  • the Gaon of Sora at, 3, 202.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Bassus, Vespasian’s governor of Judæa, 2, 315.
  • Basula, Moses. See Moses Basula.
  • Batanæa, given to Philip by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • under Philip, 2, 137.
  • given to Agrippa II, 2, 245.
  • cavalry from, sent to Jerusalem, 2, 259, 260.
  • Babylonian Judæans in, 2, 274.
  • Porphyry a native of, 2, 502.
  • the Benu-Kainukaa settle in, 3, 77–8.
  • Batavian Republic, the, the Jews of, emancipation of, 5, 452.
  • number of, 5, 453, 455.
  • disabilities of, 5, 453.
  • writings hostile to, 5, 453.
  • hold aloof from the National Assembly, 5, 454.
  • emancipated, 5, 456–7.
  • appointed to public offices, 5, 458.
  • protection of, in Germany, 5, 458, 463.
  • See also Emancipation of the Dutch Jews; Holland.
  • Bath-Kol, heavenly voice, 2, 337, 338.
  • Bathori, Stephen, election of, as king of Poland, 4, 642.
  • the Jews prosperous under, 4, 642–3.
  • Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite, becomes David’s wife, 1, 132.
  • sons of, 1, 133.
  • made first queen, 1, 134.
  • pleads for Solomon’s succession, 1, 153.
  • Bathyra, Judæan fortress in Batanæa, 2, 274.
  • Baudin, suppresses evidence in favor of the Damascus Jews, 5, 637.
  • Bavaria, John of Capistrano in, 4, 258.
  • the poll-tax abolished in, 5, 468.
  • Bavaria, the Jews of, suffer from the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 35–6.
  • suffer from the Hartmann von Deggenburg persecution, 4, 98.
  • during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • accused of aiding the Hussites, 4, 222.
  • assaulted by the imperial army, 4, 225.
  • expelled, 4, 253–4.
  • during John of Capistrano’s visit, 4, 258.
  • taxed for the defense of the Ratisbon Jews, 4, 305.
  • take refuge in Poland, 4, 420.
  • accused of child-murder, 4, 545–6.
  • partial emancipation of, 5, 508.
  • Bayonne, the kings of Castile and of France meet at, 4, 2.
  • Bayonne, the Jews of, addressed in behalf of the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 253.
  • in Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • prosperity of, 5, 436.
  • emancipated, 5, 442–3.
  • Bayreuth, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 530.
  • Beatrice, wife of Juan I of Castile, heir to Portugal, 4, 158.
  • proposes David Negro as chief rabbi, 4, 161.
  • Beaucaire (Belcaire), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 400.
  • Be-Chatim, home of Achaï bar Huna, 2, 631.
  • Bechinath ha-Dath, work of Elias del Medigo, 4, 293.
  • Bechinath Olam, by Yedaya Bedaresi, 4, 49.
  • Bedaresi. See Abraham; Yedaya En-Bonet.
  • Bedr, battle of, between Mahomet and the Koraishites, 3, 76.
  • Beer of Mizricz (Berish, 1700–1772), founder of new Chassidism, 5, 375, 379.
  • learning of, 5, 379.
  • habits of, 5, 379–80.
  • pilgrimages to, 5, 380, 407.
  • simulates inspiration, 5, 380–1.
  • emphasizes the importance of the Sabbath, 5, 381–2.
  • apostles of, 5, 383.
  • adopts the Portuguese ritual, 5, 386–7.
  • death of, 5, 392.
  • a relative of, supreme Zaddik, 5, 393.
  • sayings by, 5, 393.
  • disciples of, 5, 393.
  • Beer, Jacob, private synagogue of, in Berlin, 5, 563.
  • Beersheba, frontier town of ancient Israel, 1, 129.
  • pilgrimages to, 1, 232.
  • Behaim, Martin, at João II’s astronomical congress, 4, 367.
  • Bekashoth ha-Memin, prayer by Yedaya Penini, 4, 43.
  • Bekiin, center for the teaching of the Law under Gamaliel II, 2, 335, 348.
  • Bel, temple of, rebuilt by Alexander the Great, 1, 415.
  • Bela IV, of Hungary, invites Jewish agents into his country, 3, 613.
  • introduces Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, 3, 613–14.
  • Belgium, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 112.
  • Catholic agitators in, hostile to the Jews, 5, 655.
  • Belief of the Universe, The,” by Chayon, 5, 219–20.
  • Belillos, Jacob, rabbi of Venice, and Luzzatto, 5, 239.
  • Belisarius, Jewish soldiers fight against, 3, 4.
  • removes the Temple vessels to Constantinople, 3, 26.
  • in Italy, 3, 31.
  • opposed by the Jews of Naples, 3, 32.
  • Belkis, supposed name of the Queen of Sheba, 1, 173.
  • Bellerophon,” satire by Lefrank, 5, 471–2.
  • Bellieta, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Belmonte, Bienvenida Coen, Jewish poetess, 5, 203.
  • Belmonte, Jacob Israel, poet, interested in the Amsterdam Marranos, 4, 665.
  • Belmonte, Manuel, poet, founder of an academy of poetry, 5, 113.
  • Belmontes, the, millionaires at Amsterdam, 5, 205.
  • Belvedere, the Nassi palace at Constantinople, 4, 597.
  • Hebrew printing press at, 4, 628.
  • Ben-Adret. See Solomon ben Abraham ben Adret.
  • Benaiah, commander of David’s mercenaries, 1, 122.
  • in the Ammonite war, 1, 126.
  • opposes Absalom, 1, 141.
  • acknowledges Solomon king, 1, 153.
  • kills Adonijah and Joab, 1, 160.
  • Ben Asai (Azai). See Simon ben Asai.
  • Ben Asher. See Moses and Aaron ben Asher.
  • Benavente, the Jews of, converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 205.
  • Ben-Batiach, Zealot leader, aids Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 323.
  • Bendama, and the Jewish Christians, 2, 370.
  • Ben David, Messiah, 2, 144.
  • Ben-David, Lazarus (1762–1832), philosopher, 5, 405.
  • admires Kant’s philosophy, 5, 409.
  • lectures on Kant, 5, 410.
  • deplores the decay of morality among Jews, 5, 419.
  • leaves attacks on Judaism unanswered, 5, 469.
  • influences Heine, 5, 546.
  • member of the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • Bene Amri, the, attack the Hasmonæans, 1, 491.
  • Bene Bathyra, presidents of the Synhedrion, 2, 90, 358.
  • resign in favor of Hillel, 2, 99.
  • Bene-Berak, home of Akiba, 2, 355.
  • Benedict XII, pope, unable to protect the Jews, 4, 99.
  • Benedict XIII (Pedro de Luna), pope, debates with Shem-Tob ben Isaac Shaprut, 4, 142.
  • confers ecclesiastic offices upon Solomon Levi, 4, 184, 190.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 200.
  • plans the conversion of the Spanish Jews, 4, 206–7.
  • arranges the disputation at Tortosa, 4, 207.
  • plans the annihilation of the Talmud, 4, 209.
  • and Jewish delegates to Tortosa, 4, 210.
  • pomp displayed by, 4, 210–11.
  • refuses to release the Jews from the disputation, 4, 211.
  • presides over the disputation, 4, 212.
  • threatens the Jewish delegates with death, 4, 213, 239.
  • issues a bull against the Talmud and the Jews, 4, 215–16.
  • deposed by the council of Constance, 4, 216, 228.
  • sets up a papal court at Peñiscola, 4, 217.
  • originates the sermon for Jews, 4, 655.
  • Benedict XIV, pope, acquits the Jews of the blood accusation, 5, 282.
  • Benedict of York, accepts baptism, 3, 411.
  • returns to Judaism, 3, 411.
  • death of, 3, 413.
  • house of, burnt, 3, 413.
  • Bene Korach. See Korah, the sons of.
  • Bene Mikra. See Karaites, the.
  • Benet, Mordecai, leader of the orthodox party, 5, 567, 572.
  • Benevento, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • the Inquisition for Marranos at, 4, 385.
  • Benfelden, the council at, banishes the Jews of the upper Rhine, 4, 107.
  • Ben-hadad I, of Damascus, ally of Israel and Judah, 1, 191.
  • defeats Omri, 1, 195.
  • Ben-hadad II, of Damascus, besieges Samaria, 1, 205.
  • defeated by Ahab, 1, 205.
  • treachery of, 1, 205.
  • defeats Ahab and Jehoshaphat, 1, 206.
  • murdered, 1, 210.
  • Ben-hadad III, of Damascus, defeated, 1, 221–2.
  • Benisch, Abraham, founder of the “Anglo-Jewish Association,” 5, 703.
  • Benjamin, the tribe of, acquires Gibeon, 1, 38.
  • holds assemblies at Shiloh, 1, 41.
  • opposed to intermarriages with the heathen, 1, 56.
  • aids Ehud against the Moabites, 1, 60.
  • attacked by the Philistines, 1, 64.
  • aids Saul, 1, 85.
  • accuses David of destroying the house of Saul, 1, 124.
  • sides with Absalom, 1, 139–40.
  • hesitates to recall David, 1, 146.
  • meets David at the Jordan, 1, 147.
  • closely united with Judah, 1, 174.
  • loyal to Rehoboam, 1, 182.
  • members of, return from the Captivity, 1, 352.
  • Benjamin of Canterbury, Tossafist, 3, 409.
  • Benjamin of Fermo, patron of Immanuel Romi, 4, 68.
  • Benjamin of Tiberias, and Emperor Heraclius, 3, 19, 22.
  • Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela, traveler, 3, 388–9; 4, 127.
  • Benjamin ben Moses of Nahavend (800–820), spreads the Mutazilist philosophy, 3, 150–1.
  • founder of the Makariyite sect, 3, 151.
  • Benjamin Assia, physician, scorns the teachers of the Law, 2, 589–90.
  • Ben-Kafren (Ephraim), defends Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 227.
  • Ben Kohelet, work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 260.
  • Ben Mishle, work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 260.
  • Ben-Naphtali, criticises the Ben Ashers, 3, 207.
  • Ben-Nazar. See Odenathus.
  • Ben Shaltiel-Chen. See Serachya ben Isaac.
  • Ben Soma. See Simon ben Zoma.
  • Ben Tehillim, work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 260.
  • Benu-Aus, the, Arabic family, relations of, to the Jews, 3, 55.
  • conversions among, to Judaism, 3, 61.
  • hostile to Jewish rule, 3, 67.
  • the Jews of Yathrib dependent on, 3, 68.
  • feuds of, 3, 70–1.
  • Benu-Bachdal, the, Jewish-Arabic tribe, 3, 54–5.
  • Benu-Kainukaa, the, Jewish tribe in northern Arabia, 3, 55.
  • invited to accept Islam, 3, 74, 76–7.
  • forced to surrender to Mahomet, 3, 77.
  • settle in Batanæa, 3, 77–8.
  • preserve love for Arabic, 3, 111.
  • object to Talmudic restraints, 3, 119.
  • Benu-Kinanah, the, Arab tribe converted to Judaism, 3, 61.
  • Benu-Kuraiza, the, a Jewish-Arabic tribe, 3, 54–5.
  • threatened by Mahomet, 3, 77.
  • make war upon Mahomet, 3, 80.
  • slaughtered, 3, 81.
  • Benu-Nadhir, the, a Jewish-Arabic tribe, 3, 54–5.
  • threatened by Mahomet, 3, 77.
  • meditate treachery against Mahomet, 3, 78.
  • forced to emigrate, 3, 78–9.
  • war with, justified in the Koran, 3, 79.
  • organize an alliance against Mahomet, 3, 79–80.
  • rouse the Jews of Chaibar to resist Mahomet, 3, 82.
  • preserve love of Arabic, 3, 111.
  • object to Talmudic restraints, 3, 119.
  • Ben Usiel, champion of the orthodox party, 5, 627.
  • Benvenida Abrabanela, wife of Samuel II Abrabanel, character of, 4, 409.
  • friend of the duchess of Tuscany, 4, 410, 544.
  • supports David Reubeni, 4, 493.
  • prevents the banishment of the Naples Jews, 4, 543.
  • Benveniste. See Abraham Benveniste Senior; Benveniste Ibn-Labi; Benveniste, Chayim; Isaac; Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste Halevi; Judah; Sheshet; Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi.
  • Benveniste Ibn-Labi, part translator of Aristotle’s Ethics, 4, 193.
  • Benveniste, Chayim (1603–1673), rabbi of Smyrna, Sabbatian, 5, 136.
  • disappointed in Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 155.
  • Benveniste family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 236.
  • Gracia Mendesia of, 4, 571.
  • Ben Yasus. See Abu Ibraham Isaac Ibn-Kastar ben Yasus.
  • Ben-Zeeb, one of the Measfim, 5, 400.
  • Be-Rab, Abba-Areka’s school, 2, 514.
  • Berab. See Jacob Berab.
  • Berachoth, the eighteen, introduced by Gamaliel II, 2, 363.
  • Berachya ben Natronaï Nakdan (Crispia, 1230–1270), fabulist, 3, 560.
  • Berachya, son of Jacob Querido, Messiah, followers of, 5, 211.
  • soul of, in Jacob Frank, 5, 274.
  • prayers addressed to, 5, 274.
  • Berber princes, the, receive Jewish refugees kindly, 4, 198.
  • Berbers, the, establish themselves in southern Spain, 3, 256.
  • hostile to the Spanish Arabs, 3, 261, 276, 316.
  • incensed against the Jews, 3, 275.
  • slay Joseph Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 278.
  • Berdaa. See Derbend.
  • Berenice, daughter of Agrippa I, marriage of, 2, 235.
  • Drusilla envious of, 2, 236.
  • appeals to Gessius Florus, 2, 254.
  • popularity of, 2, 257.
  • palace of, burnt, 2, 260.
  • captivates Titus, 2, 289, 299.
  • wins Tiberius Alexander to Vespasian’s side, 2, 300.
  • influence of, over Titus, 2, 302, 307.
  • in the arena of Cæsarea Philippi, 2, 312.
  • honored at the court, 2, 317.
  • fall of, 2, 317.
  • obtains pardon for Justus of Tiberias, 2, 319–20.
  • consoles her conquered coreligionists, 2, 333.
  • abandoned by Titus, 2, 388.
  • Berenice, Herod’s niece, marriage of, 2, 112.
  • friend of Antonia, 2, 176.
  • Bergamo, Bernardinus of Feltre in, 4, 296.
  • Berish. See Beer of Mizricz.
  • Berlin, settlement of Jews in, 5, 174.
  • Chayon at, 5, 218–20.
  • subscribers to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation in, 5, 329.
  • the Free School of, 5, 416.
  • the progressive party in, 5, 418.
  • Jewish physicians of, a class, 5, 461.
  • the University of, arbiter between the Jews and the Senate of Frankfort, 5, 520.
  • Jacobson transplants the Reform movement to, 5, 562–3.
  • private synagogues in, closed, 5, 563.
  • appoints no rabbi, 5, 566.
  • a German Jewish church in, 5, 683.
  • rabbinical colleges at, 5, 700.
  • Berlin, the Jews of, threatened with expulsion, 4, 652.
  • under Frederick I, 5, 190.
  • split into two parties, 5, 219.
  • culture of, 5, 294–5.
  • enterprises of, 5, 396–7.
  • devoted to literary pursuits, 5, 397.
  • encourage the Meassef, 5, 399.
  • influenced by Herz, 5, 407.
  • disseminators of culture, 5, 410–11.
  • the salons of, 5, 412–13, 422–23.
  • millionaires, 5, 414.
  • begin the emancipation struggle, 5, 414–16.
  • influence of, 5, 416–17.
  • apostasy among, 5, 420, 587.
  • procure an order against anti-Jewish pamphlets, 5, 469.
  • object to Napoleon’s Synhedrion, 5, 494–5.
  • antipathy to, weakened, 5, 691.
  • See also Reform of Judaism, the.
  • Berlin religion,” the, opposition to, 5, 333.
  • Bernal, Abraham Nuñes and Marcus da Almeyda, Marranos, martyrs, 5, 92.
  • Bernaldez, Andreas, pastor, on the Spanish Jewish exiles, 4, 349.
  • Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, preaches the second crusade, 3, 349.
  • preaches the repudiation of Jewish debts, 3, 349.
  • prevents a persecution of the French Jews, 3, 351, 356.
  • appealed to, by the archbishop of Mayence, 3, 352.
  • denounces Rudolph, 3, 353.
  • influences Rudolph, 3, 353.
  • Bernard of Sienna, master of John of Capistrano, 4, 257.
  • Bernard, Isaac, Mendelssohn’s employer, 5, 296, 303.
  • Bernardinus of Feltre, Franciscan, preaches against the Jews in Italy, 4, 296.
  • failure of, 4, 296–7.
  • in Trent, 4, 297.
  • raises the blood accusation, 4, 298.
  • Bernardo, Dominican, incites the mob against Marranos, 4, 487.
  • Bernays, Isaac (1792–1849), opposes the Hamburg reforms, 5, 574.
  • characteristics of, 5, 574–5, 577.
  • chief work by, 5, 575.
  • criticises Mendelssohn and his school, 5, 575.
  • appointed to the Hamburg rabbinate, 5, 576.
  • character of the sermons by, 5, 577.
  • Heine on, 5, 577.
  • respected by the orthodox, 5, 577–8.
  • influence of, in Germany, 5, 582.
  • influence of, on Steinheim, 5, 602.
  • Ben Usiel disciple of, 5, 627.
  • forbids the use of the Reform Temple prayer book, 5, 673.
  • attacked by the Reform Temple Union, 5, 673.
  • supported by the rabbi of Altona, 5, 674.
  • Bernays, Jacob, founder of the Breslau seminary, 5, 700.
  • Berne, the Jews of, accused of well poisoning, 4, 104–5.
  • consuls of, spread the charge against the Jews, 4, 105.
  • Bernhard, treasurer of the Frankish empire, friendly to the Jews, 3, 162.
  • rebellion against, 3, 166.
  • Bernstorff, Danish minister, decides against Eibeschütz, 5, 265.
  • Bernstorff, deputy to the Congress of Vienna, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519.
  • on the emancipation of the Jews at Aix, 5, 527.
  • Berr, Berr Isaac (1744–1828), member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 431.
  • a representative French Jew, 5, 436.
  • delegate to the National Assembly, 5, 438, 440.
  • on the emancipation of the French Jews, 5, 448–9.
  • projects a French Bible translation, 5, 449.
  • son of, 5, 460.
  • deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 482.
  • opposes Sabbath sessions, 5, 486.
  • candidate for the presidency, 5, 487.
  • answers the imperial commissioners, 5, 490.
  • Berr, Cerf (Herz Medelsheim, 1730–1793), representative of the Alsatian Jews, 5, 351.
  • character of, 5, 430.
  • services of, to the Alsatian Jews, 5, 430, 431.
  • services of, to the government, 5, 430.
  • draws Jews to Strasburg, 5, 431.
  • member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 431.
  • a representative French Jew, 5, 436.
  • accused of bribing, 5, 447.
  • culture of the family of, 5, 476.
  • brother-in-law of, 5, 484.
  • Berr, Lipmann Cerf, speaks in the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 487.
  • Berr, Michael (1780–1843), first Jewish attorney in France, addresses the princes of Europe, 5, 460.
  • deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 482.
  • a state officer in Westphalia, 5, 500.
  • member of the Westphalian Consistory, 5, 501.
  • addresses the Congress of Aix on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 527.
  • Berthold, bishop of Strasburg, at the council of Benfelden, 4, 107.
  • Bertinoro. See Obadiah di Bertinoro.
  • Bertolio, abbé, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 445.
  • Bertrand, cardinal-legate, forbids baptized children to return to Judaism, 3, 514.
  • Berytus. See Beyrout.
  • Besht. See Israel of Miedziboz.
  • Bessarabia, Frankists in, 5, 283.
  • Bethany, Jesus in, 2, 160.
  • the Synhedrion removed to, 2, 240.
  • suburb of Jerusalem, 2, 292.
  • Bethar, fortress, 2, 414.
  • Bar-Cochba retreats to, 2, 416–17.
  • legends about, 2, 417.
  • siege of, 2, 417–19.
  • fall of, 2, 418–19.
  • Betharamata. See Beth-Ramatha.
  • Beth-Din, name of the Synhedrion, 2, 325.
  • Bethel, taken by the Ephraimites, 1, 34.
  • description of, 1, 45.
  • Samuel holds assemblies at, 1, 78.
  • a center of idolatry, 1, 186.
  • an association of prophets at, 1, 205, 234.
  • visited by Elijah, 1, 208.
  • bull-worship at, 1, 233.
  • capital of Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • Amos at, 1, 235, 236.
  • Cuthæans worship at, 1, 285.
  • purged of idolatry, 1, 294.
  • priests of, killed, 1, 295.
  • military station under Hadrian, 2, 419.
  • Bethhagla, fortress, besieged by Bacchides, 1, 493.
  • Beth-Haran, balm of Gilead found near, 1, 43.
  • Beth-horon, battle of, won by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 462.
  • camp of Nicanor at, 1, 485.
  • Cestius Gallus retreats from, 2, 266–7.
  • Beth Israel, third Amsterdam synagogue, 4, 680.
  • Beth Jacob, first Amsterdam synagogue, 4, 667, 671.
  • poem in honor of, 4, 678–9.
  • Bethlehem, birthplace of David, 1, 95–6.
  • camp of the Philistines, 1, 116.
  • children of, murdered by Herod, 2, 116.
  • the expected birthplace of the Messiah, 2, 161.
  • statue of Adonis worshiped at, 2, 422.
  • nunnery at, 2, 623.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Bethmaon, Josephus and the men of Tiberias meet at, 2, 279.
  • Bethome, Pharisee fortress, 2, 45.
  • Bethoron. See Beth-horon.
  • Bethpage, suburb of Jerusalem, 2, 292.
  • Beth-Ramatha (Betharamata), palace of, destroyed, 2, 125.
  • re-named Livia, 2, 138.
  • Bethsaida, Jesus in, 2, 157.
  • Bethsan (Bethshan). See Bethshean.
  • Bethshean (Bethsan, Scythopolis), bodies of Saul and Jonathan dishonored at, 1, 104.
  • Greek citizens of, resist Joseph, 1, 425.
  • refuge of Antiochus IX, 2, 10.
  • recovered by the sons of John Hyrcanus, 2, 11.
  • Judæans of, massacred, 2, 262–3.
  • sparsely inhabited by Jews in the sixth century, 3, 12.
  • Bethshearim, temporary seat of the Synhedrion, 2, 452.
  • Beth-Shemesh, battle of, between the kings of Israel and Judah, 1, 224–5.
  • Bethsur. See Beth-Zur.
  • Beth-Waad, religious school in the Sopheric age, 1, 396.
  • Beth-Zachariah, the battle of, Judas Maccabæus defeated at, 1, 479.
  • Judæans slain at, by Bacchides, 1, 483.
  • Beth-Zur (Bethsur), Judas Maccabæus victorious at, 1, 469–70.
  • stronghold against the Idumæans, 1, 473.
  • garrison of, surrenders to Lysias, 1, 479.
  • reinforced by Bacchides, 1, 491.
  • Hellenists take refuge in, 1, 494.
  • garrisoned by the Hasmonæans, 1, 498.
  • under Simon Tharsi, 1, 523, 524.
  • Alexander Jannæus and Cleopatra make a league at, 2, 41.
  • Beugnot, Napoleon’s state councilor, favors Jewish emancipation, 5, 480.
  • helps to frame the Westphalian constitution, 5, 500.
  • Beyrout, the Judæans of, perish in the arena, 2, 312.
  • Beyrout (Bairut, Berytus), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • protected by European consuls, 5, 641.
  • appeal to European Jews, 5, 651.
  • Bezalel Masserano, requests permission for Jews to own Talmud copies, 4, 658.
  • Bezetha, suburb of Jerusalem, fortified by Agrippa, 2, 195.
  • destroyed by Cestius Gallus, 2, 265.
  • seized by the Romans, 2, 303.
  • Béziers (Biterræ), Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • synagogue of, sold, 4, 48.
  • Béziers, the council of, inflicts hardships upon the Albigenses, 3, 581.
  • renews ancient restrictions against the Jews, 3, 581–2.
  • prohibits Jews from practicing medicine among Christians, 3, 582, 583.
  • Béziers, the Jews of, attacked at Eastertide, 3, 173–4, 394.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 394–5.
  • under Count Roger, 3, 395.
  • suffering of, during the Albigensian crusades, 3, 502–3.
  • excommunicate Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 530.
  • Bible, the. See Law, the; Old Testament, the; Pentateuch, the; Scriptures, the; Septuagint, the; Translation; Vulgate, the; and under its various books.
  • Bible exegesis. See Exegesis.
  • Bible for Israelites,” by Sachs, 5, 693.
  • Biblical Orient, The,” ascribed to Isaac Bernays, 5, 575.
  • on the symbolism of Judaism, 5, 575–6.
  • emphasizes the historical mission of the Jews, 5, 576.
  • Bidkar, follower of Jehu, 1, 211.
  • Biester, admirer of Mendelssohn, 5, 372.
  • Bilbeïs, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 444.
  • Bing, Isaiah Berr (1759–1805), writes a defense of the Jews, 5, 434.
  • Birah, the. See Acra, the; Antonia.
  • Birath, camp of Bacchides, 1, 486.
  • Birchath ha-Minim, curse of the Jewish Christians, 2, 379–80.
  • Biri, religiousness of the inhabitants of, 2, 480.
  • Birtha. See Bitra.
  • Biterræ. See Béziers.
  • Bither. See Bethar.
  • Bitra, the Jews of, hostile to Julian the Apostate, 2, 601–2.
  • Black Death, the, ravages of, 4, 100, 133, 135.
  • Jews charged with having caused, 4, 101–2, 188; 5, 728.
  • in southern France, 4, 102.
  • in Spain, 4, 102–3, 112–13.
  • in Switzerland, 4, 103–5, 106–7.
  • in Germany, 4, 105, 111, 133.
  • in Austria, 4, 110.
  • in Hungary, 4, 111.
  • in Poland, 4, 111–12.
  • in Belgium, 4, 112.
  • in Catalonia, 4, 112–13.
  • in Castile, 4, 113.
  • Black Forest, the, the Jews of, molested by Lutheran peasants, 4, 542–3.
  • Black Prince, the. See Edward, prince of Wales.
  • Black Sea, the, Jews settle on the shores of, 3, 123.
  • serfs on, 5, 2.
  • Blanche, mother of Louis IX, at the disputation on the Talmud, 3, 576.
  • refuses to banish the Jews, 3, 585.
  • Blanche de Bourbon, wife of Pedro the Cruel, 4, 116–17.
  • party of, 4, 117.
  • meditates the banishment of the Spanish Jews, 4, 117.
  • murder of, resolved on, 4, 121–2.
  • death of, attributed to the Jews, 4, 122.
  • illegality of the marriage of, 4, 122.
  • Blandrata, disciple of Servetus, 4, 647.
  • Bloch, Mattathias, emissary of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 133, 137.
  • Blois, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 3, 378–81.
  • fast prescribed for, 3, 380–1.
  • Blood accusation, the, first preferred in Blois in 1171, 3, 378–81.
  • under Philip Augustus, 3, 402.
  • in Germany in the twelfth century, 3, 418.
  • preferred by Innocent III, 3, 499.
  • against the Baden Jews, 3, 564.
  • in Germany and France in the thirteenth century, 3, 583–5.
  • disproved by Innocent IV, 3, 584–5, 635.
  • in England under Henry III, 3, 591.
  • believed by Alfonso X, 3, 596.
  • under Rudolph of Habsburg, 3, 635–7.
  • at Mayence, 3, 636.
  • at Munich, 3, 636–7.
  • in England, 3, 643.
  • against the Jews of Austria, 4, 223–4.
  • in South Germany, 4, 227.
  • against the Jews of Palma, 4, 246–7.
  • against the Jews of Silesia, 4, 261–2.
  • forbidden by Casimir IV of Poland, 4, 264.
  • against the Jews of Trent, 4, 298–9, 304, 307.
  • in Ratisbon, 4, 301–2, 304–5.
  • not believed by Emperor Frederick III, 4, 305.
  • the Jews of Castile charged with, 4, 343–4.
  • the Jews of Neuburg charged with, 4, 545.
  • injustice of, shown by a Lutheran pastor, 4, 545–6.
  • preferred by Dr. John Eck, 4, 546–7.
  • preferred by Luther, 4, 550.
  • denounced by Stephen Bathori, 4, 642.
  • preferred by William Prynne, 5, 45.
  • Manasseh ben Israel defends the Jews from, 5, 47–9.
  • the Jews of Metz charged with, 5, 174–5.
  • Richard Simon disproves, 5, 175–6.
  • Moses Germanus disproves, 5, 177.
  • denounced by John Wülfer, 5, 185.
  • denounced by Wagenseil, 5, 187.
  • endorsed by Eisenmenger, 5, 187, 188.
  • preferred by the Frankists, 5, 279.
  • Jews acquitted of, by Benedict XIV, 5, 282.
  • Jews acquitted of, by Clement XIII, 5, 285.
  • Believed by the papal nuncio Serra, 5, 286.
  • not refuted at Lemberg, 5, 287.
  • threatened to be brought in Damascus, 5, 633.
  • the Damascus Jews charged with, 5, 636.
  • alleged to be proved from the Talmud, 5, 639.
  • brought against the Jews of Rhodes, 5, 640–1.
  • a Jülich Jew charged with, 5, 642.
  • groundlessness of, asserted by apostates, 5, 650.
  • groundlessness of, asserted by the London rabbis, 5, 654–5.
  • refuted by Mehmet Ali, 5, 661.
  • firman securing the Turkish Jews against, 5, 662.
  • refuted by Zunz, 5, 669.
  • See also Child-murder; Host-desecration.
  • Boabdil. See Muley Abu-Abdallah.
  • Bodenlaube, castle, Süsskind of Trimberg at, 3, 420.
  • Bodo, bishop, accepts Judaism, 3, 168–9.
  • hatred of, towards Christians, 3, 169.
  • Boëthius, a notability of the sixth century, 3, 31.
  • Boëthus, a family of high priests, 2, 108, 237.
  • Boëthusans, a Sadducee sect, 2, 108.
  • Bohemia, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • a Talmud center, 3, 420–1.
  • adopts Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, 3, 569.
  • Jews emigrate to, from Hungary, 4, 111.
  • Austrian exiles settle in, 4, 224.
  • Polish Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • Jewish exiles from Vienna settle in, 5, 173.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 208, 228.
  • Jews excluded from parts of, 5, 523.
  • rabbis of, oppose the Brunswick conference, 5, 682.
  • Bohemia, the Jews of, carry on the slave trade, 3, 305.
  • suffer during the first crusade, 3, 305.
  • determine to emigrate, 3, 307.
  • plundered, 3, 308.
  • suffer during the second crusade, 3, 356.
  • address Solomon ben Adret on religious questions, 3, 620.
  • suffer during the Hartmann von Deggenburg persecution, 4, 98.
  • charged with host-desecration, 4, 164–6.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 417.
  • take refuge in Poland, 4, 420, 631–2.
  • charged with incendiarism, 4, 544.
  • exiled, 4, 544.
  • recalled, 4, 545.
  • submit religious questions to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • heavily taxed, 4, 652, 702; 5, 508.
  • rights of, extended, 4, 707.
  • suspected of treason, 5, 252.
  • banished, 5, 252.
  • modify their synagogue service, 5, 582.
  • Böhme, Jacob, mystic, disciple of, 5, 24.
  • Boleslav Pius, confirms Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, 4, 111, 263.
  • Bologgin. See Balkin.
  • Bologna, synod at, 4, 218.
  • Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Marranos well treated at, 4, 525.
  • Bologna, the Jews of, expelled, 3, 421.
  • persecuted by Pius V, 4, 590–1.
  • flee to Ferrara, 4, 591.
  • Bomberg, Daniel, publishes the Babylonian Talmud, 4, 468.
  • a rabbinical Bible, 4, 476.
  • Bonafides, character in “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 325.
  • Bonafoux Vidal, opposes the study of science, 4, 28.
  • Bonafoux, Daniel Israel, Sabbatian, 5, 207.
  • convert to Islam, 5, 208.
  • Bonald, Louis Gabriel Ambroise, French reactionary leader, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 477–9.
  • maligns the Jews, 5, 478, 485.
  • in league with Molé, 5, 479.
  • Bonastruc de Porta. See Moses ben Nachman.
  • Bonastruc Desmaëstre, at the Tortosa disputation, 4, 208.
  • Bonastruc, Isaac. See Isaac Bonastruc.
  • Bonet. See David Bonet Buen-Giorno.
  • Bonet, a Jew of Montpellier, 3, 395.
  • Bonet de Lates, physician, to Pope Alexander VI, 4, 407–8.
  • to Leo X, 4, 408.
  • letter to, from Reuchlin, 4, 453, 454.
  • espouses Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 454.
  • Bonfed. See Solomon ben Reuben Bonfed.
  • Bonifaccio, Balthasar, accuser of Sarah Sullam, 5, 70.
  • Boniface VIII, pope, at odds with Philip IV of France, 4, 44.
  • Boniface IX, pope, forbids the forcible baptism of Jews, 4, 173.
  • Bonnet, Caspar, work of, translated by Lavater, 5, 309.
  • works of, criticised by Mendelssohn, 5, 312–13, 314–15.
  • disclaims connection with Lavater, 5, 313–14.
  • Bonosus, governor of the East, subdues the Jews of Antioch, 3, 18.
  • Book of Creation, The,” commentary on, 3, 197.
  • Book of Riches, The,” work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 261.
  • Book of the Pious, The,” by Judah Sir Leon ben Isaac, 3, 408.
  • Book of the Wars of God, early Hebrew poetry, 1, 29.
  • Book of Wisdom, The,” against paganism, 2, 205–8.
  • Boppard, the blood accusation in, 3, 418, 637, 639.
  • Boraïta, an apocryphal Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Boraïtas, explained by Abba-Areka, 2, 515.
  • by Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 578.
  • Bordeaux, the Marranos in, 5, 341.
  • German Jews in, 5, 342.
  • struggle in, between German and Portuguese Jews, 5, 342–3.
  • foreign Jews ejected from, 5, 343–4.
  • Bordeaux, the Jews of, maltreated by crusaders, 3, 570.
  • perish during the Pastoureaux massacres, 4, 56.
  • addressed in behalf of the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 253.
  • in Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • prosperity of, 5, 436.
  • join the National Guard, 5, 438.
  • on the Jewish question, 5, 442.
  • emancipated, 5, 442–3.
  • not affected by Napoleon’s restrictive laws, 5, 499.
  • Borgia, cardinal. See Alexander VI, pope.
  • Börne, Ludwig (1786–1837), employed in the Frankfort ducal police, 5, 505, 541.
  • defends the German Jews, 5, 533.
  • as a Jew, 5, 536.
  • as a German, 5, 536–7.
  • apostle of liberty, 5, 537, 538–9.
  • resemblance of, to Mendelssohn, 5, 538.
  • despises the Jews of his time, 5, 538, 540.
  • sobriety of, 5, 538.
  • life of, in Frankfort, 5, 539.
  • style of, 5, 539.
  • feeling of, for Jews, 5, 539–40.
  • insults offered to, as a Jew, 5, 540–1.
  • defends the Jews, 5, 541–2.
  • publishes a journal, 5, 542.
  • becomes a Christian, 5, 542.
  • wit of, 5, 542.
  • on the “hep, hep!” persecutions, 5, 542–3.
  • answers Dr. Holst, 5, 543–4.
  • compared with Heine, 5, 544.
  • early home-life of, 5, 545.
  • debt of the Jews to, 5, 556.
  • debt of Germany to, 5, 556.
  • compared with Erter, 5, 615.
  • Boso, king of Burgundy, and the Jews, 3, 175.
  • Bosporus, the, Jews settle on, 3, 123.
  • a Karaite community on, 3, 182.
  • Bosporus (Kertch), capital of the Crimea, 3, 222.
  • Bossuet, bishop, applauds Richard Simon’s exegesis, 5, 179.
  • Bostanaï, Exilarch, restores the office to power, 3, 10.
  • recognized as chief of the Jews, 3, 89.
  • marries a daughter of Chosru, 3, 89.
  • vassal of the Mahometans, 3, 89.
  • permitted to wear a signet ring, 3, 89–90.
  • dissensions among the sons of, 3, 91.
  • descendants of, and the college presidents, 3, 91.
  • descendants of, inherit the Exilarchate, 3, 94.
  • Sherira a descendant of, 3, 232.
  • line of, described in Sherira’s “Letter,” 3, 233.
  • Bostra, birthplace of Simon ben Lakish, 2, 495.
  • Botarel, Moses. See Moses Botarel.
  • Bourbon dynasty, the, restored to the French throne, 5, 512, 596.
  • Bourges, the archbishop of, anti-Jewish sentiments of, 3, 171.
  • Bow and Buckler,” polemic by Simon ben Zemach Duran, 4, 238.
  • Brabant, soldiers of, enlisted against the Hussites, 4, 225.
  • Brahe, Tycho, astronomer, and David Gans, 4, 638.
  • Brancas, duke of, given the Jews of Metz, 5, 348, 446.
  • Brandenburg, the Mark of, Jews settle in, 5, 173–4.
  • Brandenburg, the Mark of, the Jews of, accused of host-desecration, 4, 439–40.
  • charged with child murder, 4, 440.
  • burnt, 4, 440.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 652.
  • Bray, the Jews of, suffer martyrdom, 3, 404.
  • Brazil, Paul de Pina in, 4, 670.
  • the Jewish community in, 4, 693–4.
  • Breidenbach, Wolff (1751–1829), interested in the abolition of the poll-tax, 5, 467, 468, 472.
  • Bremen, Jews admitted into, 5, 507.
  • Bremen, the Jews of, threatened with banishment, 5, 512.
  • banished, 5, 520.
  • Brendel, professor, attacked for defending the Jews, 5, 528.
  • Brentano, representative of the romantic school, 5, 515.
  • Breslau, the clergy of, upbraided by John of Capistrano, 4, 260–1.
  • Chayon at, 5, 218.
  • anti-Jewish pamphlets published in, 5, 470.
  • rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • the Hamburg reforms adopted in, 5, 573.
  • a German-Jewish church in, 5, 682.
  • a Jewish seminary at, 5, 699, 700.
  • Breslau, the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109–10.
  • engaged in money-lending, 4, 260.
  • charged with host-desecration, 4, 261.
  • tortured, 4, 261.
  • burnt or banished, 4, 262–3.
  • join the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • apostasy among, 5, 420.
  • Bresselau, Mendel J., Hebrew style of, 5, 398.
  • establishes a society and a journal, 5, 398, 399.
  • compiles a liturgy, 5, 564.
  • scourges the orthodox party, 5, 572.
  • secretary of the Reform Temple Union, 5, 672.
  • Bretagne, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • Bridle for the Jews, The,” by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • Brieli, Jehuda Leon (1643–1722), rabbi of Mantua, innovations of, 5, 200.
  • opponent of the Kabbala, 5, 200.
  • opposes Chayon, 5, 225.
  • Bristol, a Jew of, tortured by King John, 3, 505.
  • Britain, rebels against Hadrian, 2, 399.
  • Brody, the Chassidim in, 5, 388.
  • ban against the Chassidim published in, 5, 392.
  • Chassidistic writings burned in, 5, 393.
  • beginnings of culture among the Jews of, 5, 612.
  • Broglie, Duc de, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 447.
  • Bromet, Herz, member of the Felix Libertate, 5, 453.
  • zealous for the emancipation of the Dutch Jews, 5, 454.
  • deputy to the National Assembly, 5, 458.
  • Broussa, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • the Jews of, and the Pesaro trade, 4, 579.
  • Brühl, Saxon minister. Jewish agent of, 5, 263.
  • and Eibeschütz’s supporters, 5, 263.
  • indifferent about Polish affairs, 5, 282.
  • Bruna, Israel. See Israel Bruna.
  • Brunetta, a Jewess of Trent, on friendly terms with Christians, 4, 297.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 4, 298.
  • Brunhilde, of Austrasia, permits Jews to own slaves, 3, 34.
  • Brünn, the Jews of, banished, 4, 263.
  • Israel Bruna exiled from, 4, 302.
  • Jews under restrictions in, 5, 523.
  • Brunswick, rabbinical conference at, 5, 677–8, 681–2.
  • Brunswick, the duke of, honors Mendelssohn, 5, 308.
  • commends Mendelssohn’s reply to Lavater, 5, 313.
  • conversation of, with Mendelssohn, on Christian dogmas, 5, 315.
  • Brunswick, the Jews of, expelled, 4, 652.
  • deprived of civil rights, 5, 512.
  • Brunswick-Lüneburg abolishes the poll-tax, 5, 467.
  • Bruria (Valeria), wife of Rabbi Meïr, 2, 436.
  • Brussels, the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 112.
  • expelled, 4, 662.
  • Brutus, Roman leader, suicide of, 2, 81.
  • Buchholz, opposes Jewish emancipation, 5, 468, 472.
  • Buda, the council of, anti-Jewish decrees of, 3, 614–15.
  • Buda-Pesth, rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
  • See also Pesth.
  • Budnians, anti-Trinitarian sect, 4, 647.
  • Budny, Simon, translates the Bible into Polish, 4, 647.
  • Buen-Giorno. See David Bonet Buen-Giorno.
  • Buffon, praises Pereira’s sign language, 5, 343.
  • Bugia (Buja), refuge for Spanish Jews, 4, 197.
  • suffering of Spanish exiles in, 4, 361.
  • Bulan, king of the Chazars, convert to Judaism, 3, 139–40, 327.
  • Bulgarians, the, friendly to the Jews, 3, 123.
  • vassals to the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • Bulls, papal, by Benedict XIII, 4, 215–16.
  • Boniface IX, 4, 173.
  • Clement IV, 3, 602.
  • Clement VI, 4, 103, 105, 173.
  • Clement VII, 4, 507, 515, 516.
  • Clement VIII, 4, 671.
  • Eugenius III, 3, 349–51.
  • Eugenius IV, 4, 229, 250, 251.
  • Gregory IX, 3, 564.
  • Gregory X, 3, 635.
  • Innocent III, 3, 497.
  • Innocent IV, 3, 584–5; 4, 165.
  • Julius III, 4, 565.
  • Martin V, 4, 219–20, 226.
  • Nicholas V, 4, 253, 254, 256, 287.
  • Paul III, 4, 516, 522, 526.
  • Paul IV, 4, 566.
  • Pius IV, 4, 588, 589.
  • Pius V, 4, 591.
  • Sixtus IV, 4, 311, 319, 321, 322.
  • Sixtus V, 4, 655–6, 658.
  • against the immigration of Jews in Palestine, 4, 274.
  • Buol Schauenstein, Count von, protects the Frankfort Jews, 5, 530.
  • Burgos, Kabbala taught in, 4, 6.
  • disputation at, 4, 140.
  • coronation of Juan I at, 4, 156.
  • Burgos, the cortes of, make the Jews responsible for the civil war, 4, 124–5.
  • oppose the employment of Jews, 4, 229.
  • Burgos, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • taxed heavily, 4, 123, 124.
  • persecuted, 4, 170.
  • converted, 4, 205.
  • Burgundians, the, the empire of, the Jews of, not considered a distinct race, 3, 35.
  • occupations of, 3, 35–6.
  • discriminated against, 3, 37.
  • Burgundy, the Jews of, presented to the Church, 3, 175.
  • Burnt-offerings, Samuel on the importance of, 1, 74.
  • Jochanan ben Zakkai on, 2, 324, 325.
  • Burrus, Nero’s secretary, bribed to oppose the Judæans, 2, 247.
  • Bury St. Edmunds, the Jews of, butchered, 3, 415.
  • Busche, Hermann von, partisan of Reuchlin, 4, 456.
  • Buxtorf, John, senior (1564–1639), renders rabbinical studies accessible to Christians, 5, 21.
  • Buxtorfs, the, introduce rabbinical literature to Christians, 5, 179.
  • Byk, Jacob Solomon, Hebrew style of, 5, 617.
  • Byron, quoted, 4, 127.
  • Byzantine emperors, the, Jews under, 5, 725–6.
  • Byzantine empire, the, attacked by the Agadists, 3, 16.
  • in fear of the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • fall of, 4, 267.
  • toleration of, 4, 285.
  • Byzantine empire, the, the Jews of, under Arcadius, 2, 615–16.
  • forbidden to build synagogues, 2, 617.
  • treated with hostility, 3, 10.
  • forced into Christianity, 3, 122–3.
  • emigrate, 3, 123–4.
  • in the ninth century, 3, 175–6.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424–8.
  • not admitted to military offices, 3, 425.
  • brutal treatment of, 3, 425.
  • poets among, 3, 426.
  • C
  • Cabades. See Kobad.
  • Caballeria, Alfonso de, Marrano, tries to suppress the Aragon Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • Caballo, Jules, founder of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 701.
  • Cabiri, the seven planets worshiped by the Canaanites, 1, 54.
  • Cabrera, governor of the castle of Segovia, 4, 283.
  • Cabul, fortress, 2, 414.
  • fall of, 2, 416.
  • religiousness of the inhabitants of, 2, 480.
  • Caceres, Simon de, opens a Jewish burial-ground in London, 5, 49.
  • Cacina, Roman consul, and Titus, 2, 317.
  • Cadiz, Marranos flee to, 4, 313.
  • victims of the Inquisition in the archbishopric of, 4, 317.
  • taken by the English, 4, 665.
  • Cæsar, Julius, in the first triumvirate, 2, 73.
  • frees Aristobulus II, 2, 75.
  • favors Antipater, 2, 75–6.
  • kindly disposed to the Judæans, 2, 76, 179.
  • hated by the Judæans of Palestine, 2, 77.
  • murder of, 2, 79.
  • remits the tax during the Sabbatic year, 2, 469.
  • Cæsar, Sextus, governor of Syria, honors Herod, 2, 78.
  • makes Hyrcanus II responsible for the life of Herod, 2, 78.
  • Cæsarea (Mazaca). See Mazaca.
  • Cæsarea (Straton), beautified by Herod, 2, 106.
  • trade and shipping of, 2, 118.
  • seat of the procurator, 2, 129.
  • residence of Herod (Philip), 2, 173.
  • favored by Agrippa I, 2, 194.
  • destroyed by an earthquake, 2, 408–9.
  • made an academic city, 2, 543.
  • anti-Christian riot in, 3, 17.
  • played into the hands of the Arabs, 3, 87.
  • Cæsarea (Straton), the Greek inhabitants of, rejoice over Agrippa I’s death, 2, 196.
  • hate the Judæans, 2, 246–7.
  • quarrel with the Judæans, 2, 252–3.
  • Cæsarea (Straton), the Jews of, Greek culture of, 2, 538.
  • devoted to circus sports, 2, 626.
  • Cæsarea (Straton), the Judæans of, deprived of civil rights, 2, 247.
  • exterminated, 2, 262.
  • perish in the arena, 2, 312.
  • Cæsarea Philippi, built by the tetrarch Philip, 2, 138.
  • capital of Philip’s tetrarchy, 2, 158.
  • Judæans of, perish in the arena, 2, 312.
  • Cæsars, the, sacrifices offered for, 2, 103.
  • Cafri, native town of Rabba bar Chana, 2, 454.
  • Cain, the Choic type of the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • Cainites, a Gnostic sect, 2, 375.
  • Cairo (Fostat), a Karaite community in, 3, 182.
  • Talmud study encouraged in, 3, 208, 210.
  • Jehuda Halevi at, 3, 340–1.
  • two synagogues of, 3, 444.
  • Karaites of, 3, 444; 4, 71.
  • Maimonides at, 3, 457–92.
  • hospital at, 3, 495.
  • Spanish spoken at, 4, 388.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 392–96.
  • Purim of, 4, 396.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 76.
  • Cairo, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 444.
  • maltreated, 4, 396.
  • establish schools, 5, 664.
  • reconciled with the Karaites, 5, 664.
  • Calabrese. See Chayim Vital Calabrese.
  • Calabria, the Jews of, subject to curial duties, 2, 616.
  • invaded by the Mahometans, 3, 212.
  • Calahorra, Abraham Ibn-Ezra dies at, 3, 374.
  • Calatayud, the Marranos of, conspire against Pedro Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Calatayud, the Jews of, excommunicate anti-Maimunists, 3, 537.
  • converted, 4, 214.
  • Calatrava, fortress, taken by Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, 3, 361.
  • Calderon, dramatist, 5, 112.
  • Calderon, the Jewish, 5, 110–11.
  • Calendar, the, arranged by the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 326.
  • fixed by astronomical calculations, 2, 336.
  • fixed by the Patriarchs, 2, 362–3.
  • corrected by Akiba’s disciples, 2, 433.
  • arranged by Chananya, 2, 443.
  • drawn up by Mar-Samuel, 2, 521–2, 574.
  • the computation of, forbidden, 2, 571.
  • fixed adopted by Hillel II, 2, 572–4.
  • method of calculating, 2, 573.
  • Jewish, adopted by the Arabs, 3, 59–60.
  • fixed, abolished by Anan ben David, 3, 131.
  • fixed, rejected by the Tiflisites, 3, 158.
  • key to, by Nachshon ben Zadok, 3, 179.
  • Karaite, attacked by Saadiah, 3, 190–1.
  • rules of, collected by Saadiah, 3, 196.
  • work on, by Dunash ben Tamim, 3, 211, 217.
  • Isaac Ibn-Albalia on, 3, 283.
  • accuracy of, demonstrated, 3, 313.
  • work on, by Maimonides, 3, 451.
  • used by the Karaites, 4, 270.
  • See also Ibbur.
  • Caligula, emperor, distinguishes Agrippa I, 2, 174–5, 176.
  • divine honor to the images of, 2, 183–4.
  • hates the Judæans, 2, 187.
  • statues of, in the Temple, 2, 188–9.
  • assassinated, 2, 189.
  • Judaism defended before, 5, 654.
  • Caliphate of the East, the. See Abbasside Caliphate, the.
  • Calixtus, pope, convenes a Church Council in France, 3, 376; 4, 275.
  • Callimandrus, Egyptian general against the Judæans, 2, 11.
  • Calliopas, charioteer, causes a riot, 3, 11.
  • Calumniator, The,” sobriquet of Joshua Lorqui, 4, 217.
  • Calvin, and Michael Scotus, 4, 541.
  • Cambridge, the Jews of, expelled, 3, 641.
  • Cambyses, of Persia, death of, 1, 358.
  • Camith, family of high priests, 2, 237.
  • Campanton. See Isaac ben Jacob Campanton.
  • Campeggio, cardinal, on the commission on the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 514.
  • Campo Formio, peace of, and the poll tax of French Jews in Germany, 5, 464.
  • Campo-Mayor, refuge for Spanish Marranos, 4, 498.
  • Can the Jews remain in their present condition without harm to the state?” anti-Jewish pamphlet, 5, 469–70.
  • Canaan, entry of Israelites into, 1, 1, 32.
  • description of the coast of, 1, 2–3.
  • claimed by the Israelites, 1, 4–5.
  • rapid conquest of, 1, 39–40.
  • becomes the Holy Land, 1, 41.
  • not entirely conquered, 1, 50–1.
  • See Palestine.
  • Canaanites, the, description of, 1, 2–4.
  • subdivisions of, 1, 3.
  • trade of, 1, 3.
  • cities of, 1, 3.
  • at war with Asher and Naphtali, 1, 37.
  • dwell with the tribe of Judah, 1, 39.
  • in dread of the Israelites, 1, 40.
  • heathenism of, 1, 51.
  • idol worship of, 1, 54.
  • relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–8.
  • suffer under David, 1, 131.
  • help to build the Temple, 1, 163.
  • See Gibeonites; Jebusites; Philistines, etc.
  • Candia. See Crete.
  • Canea, the Jews of, importance of, 4, 406.
  • Canon, the, of the Holy Writings, completed, 2, 344.
  • See Scriptures, the.
  • Cansino family, the, dragomans in Oran, 5, 169.
  • Cantheras, family of high priests, 2, 237.
  • Caorsini (Ultramontanes), usury practiced by, 3, 510.
  • Capernaum (Kephar Nahum), Jesus successful in, 2, 153–7.
  • the first church at, 2, 565.
  • Capets, the first, the Jews oppressed under, 3, 241–2.
  • Caphar-Salama, the battle of, Judas Maccabæus victorious at, 1, 484.
  • Caphtor, the original home of the Philistines, 1, 54.
  • Capistrano. See John of Capistrano.
  • Capnion. See Reuchlin, John.
  • Capo d’Istrias, Russian plenipotentiary, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 527.
  • Cappadocia, study of the Law in, 2, 358.
  • the Jews of, under Shabur I, 2, 520, 526.
  • Captives of Hope, The,” drama by Joseph Penso, 5, 113.
  • Captivity, the, the return from, 1, 351–6.
  • See Babylonia, the Judæans of.
  • Captivity, the, Princes of. See Exilarchate, the; Exilarchs, the.
  • Capua, the Jews of in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Hillel of Verona in, 3, 629.
  • Carabas, impersonates Agrippa I, 2, 182.
  • Caracalla, emperor, vices of, 2, 468.
  • relation of, to the Jews, 2, 468–9.
  • exacts the tax during the Sabbatic year, 2, 469.
  • Caraffa, Pietro. See Paul IV, pope.
  • Çarça, Samuel. See Samuel Çarça.
  • Carcassonne, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • Cardoso, Abraham Michael (1630–1706), Marrano, resumes Judaism, 5, 163.
  • occupations and morality of, 5, 164.
  • figures as a Sabbatian prophet, 5, 164–5.
  • proclaims himself Sabbataï’s successor, 5, 207.
  • writings of, 5, 208, 248.
  • writings of, burned, 5, 220.
  • Cardoso, (Isaac) Fernando (1615–1680), Marrano physician, resumes Judaism, 5, 163.
  • occupations and life of, 5, 164.
  • anti-Sabbatian, 5, 164, 165.
  • Sachs compared with, 5, 688.
  • Cardozo, Elihu Aboab, erects a synagogue at Hamburg, 4, 689.
  • Carenton, the Jews of, attacked by crusaders, 3, 355.
  • Carians, the, mercenary troops employed by Athaliah, 1, 214.
  • in sympathy with Joash, 1, 215–6.
  • Carinthia, the Jews of, expelled, 4, 427.
  • Carlovingians, the last, the Jews oppressed under, 3, 241–2.
  • Carlsruhe, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 530.
  • the Hamburg reforms adopted in, 5, 573.
  • Carmel, Mount, description of, 1, 44.
  • considered holy by the Canaanites, 1, 51.
  • Elijah lives on, 1, 203.
  • Elisha lives on, 1, 208.
  • north-western limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Carmelite district, the, of Paris, commends the Jews, 5, 444.
  • Carmona, the Marranos of, resist the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • conspirators of, burnt, 4, 317.
  • Carpentras, rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Carpentras, the Jews of, not banished by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • wealth of, 4, 592.
  • number of, 5, 436.
  • honor Crémieux and Montefiore, 5, 658.
  • Carrion, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • persecuted, 4, 170.
  • Carthage, captured by Genseric, 2, 611.
  • the Temple vessels removed from, 3, 26.
  • Carvajal, Fernandez (Isaac), a Jew secretly living in London, 5, 38.
  • opens a Jewish burial ground, 5, 49.
  • Casalmaggiore, the Jews of, number of, 4, 653.
  • Casimir III, the Great, of Poland, extends the privileges of the Jews, 4, 111, 263.
  • protects the Jews, 4, 111.
  • Jewish mistress of, 4, 112.
  • Casimir IV, of Poland, extends the privileges of the Jews, 4, 263–5, 419.
  • under Capistrano’s influence, 4, 265–6.
  • revokes the privileges of the Jews, 4, 266.
  • sons of, 4, 419, 631.
  • statute of, confirmed by Sigismund III, 4, 643.
  • Caspe, the Jews of, converted, 4, 214.
  • Caspian Sea, the, Jews settle on the coast of, 3, 123.
  • island in, refuge of the Chazars, 3, 222.
  • Cassander, ally of Ptolemy I, at the battle of Ipsus, 1, 417.
  • Cassel, meeting place of the Westphalian consistory, 5, 501.
  • Cassiodorus, minister of Theodoric, 3, 30.
  • homiletic exposition of the Psalms by, 3, 31.
  • on the Jews, 3, 31.
  • Cassius, Avidius, rebel, death of, 2, 463.
  • Cassius Longinus, Caius, legate of Crassus, retreats before the Parthians, 2, 74.
  • defeats the Judæan army, 2, 74.
  • governor of Syria, forces contributions from Judæa, 2, 80.
  • suicide of, 2, 81.
  • Cassius Longinus, Caius, governor of Syria, occupies Jerusalem, 2, 197.
  • Castel-Branco, João Rodrigo de. See Amatus Lusitanus.
  • Castellane, de, deputy to the National Assembly, 5, 439.
  • Castel-Narbonnais, refuge of the Jews from the Pastoureaux, 4, 56.
  • Castile, lacks Talmud schools in the twelfth century, 3, 322.
  • Jews in, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • war of, with Morocco, 4, 84.
  • civil war in, 4, 118–19, 120–2, 123–6.
  • union of, with Portugal, 4, 161.
  • quarrel about the rabbinate of, 4, 161–2.
  • forced converts in, relapse into Judaism, 4, 180.
  • Marranos of, 4, 309. See under Marranos.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • See also under Spain.
  • Castile, the Jews of, under Alfonso VI, 3, 292–3.
  • under Alfonso Raimundez, 3, 361, 363.
  • oppose the Almohades, 3, 387.
  • under Alfonso VIII, 3, 499.
  • first persecution of, 3, 507.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 530, 536, 544.
  • under Alfonso X, 3, 592–6.
  • under Ferdinand III, 3, 592.
  • employed at court, 3, 593–4.
  • degraded by Alfonso X, 3, 594–6.
  • fined, 3, 616.
  • under Sancho, 3, 616–17.
  • taxed, 3, 617; 4, 125–6.
  • send deputies to Huete, 3, 617.
  • number of, 3, 617.
  • opponents of science, 4, 38.
  • in the fourteenth century, 4, 51–3.
  • leaders of the Spanish-Jewish community, 4, 75.
  • under Alfonso X, 4, 75–6.
  • guilty of usury, 4, 80.
  • Gonzalo Martinez conspires against, 4, 84–5.
  • neglect Jewish science, 4, 86–7, 91.
  • not held responsible for the Black Death, 4, 113.
  • under Pedro the Cruel, 4, 113–26.
  • aid Maria de Padilla, 4, 117.
  • in the civil war, 4, 118–19, 120–2, 123–6.
  • Pedro’s opponents hostile to, 4, 120–1.
  • held responsible for the civil war, 4, 124–5, 167.
  • reduced to beggary by the civil war, 4, 137.
  • under Henry II, 4, 137–8.
  • hostility to, 4, 138.
  • degraded by outward signs, 4, 139.
  • forced into religious debates, 4, 140–2.
  • possess penal jurisdiction, 4, 155.
  • deprived of criminal jurisdiction, 4, 157.
  • accusations against, 4, 157.
  • under Henry III, 4, 193.
  • under Juan II, 4, 194, 203–4, 205–6, 228–9.
  • assaulted, 4, 204–5.
  • bull against, 4, 250–1.
  • appeal to Juan II, 4, 251.
  • insecurity of, under Juan II, 4, 252–3.
  • under Henry IV, 4, 274–6.
  • low position of, in Henry IV’s statute book, 4, 278.
  • indispensable as financiers, 4, 279–80.
  • warned of approaching danger, 4, 336.
  • protected by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 343–4.
  • help the Marranos, 4, 344.
  • proclamation expelling, 4, 347–8.
  • See also under Spain.
  • Castile, New, the Jews of, taxed, 3, 617.
  • Castro, an English Jew, and the Damascus affair, 5, 653.
  • Castro, de, a noble Castilian family, 3, 363.
  • Castro, Abraham de, Selim I’s master of the mint, benevolence of, 4, 393.
  • informs against the Egyptian viceroy, 4, 395.
  • Castro, Balthasar (Isaac) Orobio de (1620–1687), Marrano, professor of metaphysics at Salamanca, tortured, 5, 116.
  • professor of medicine at Toulouse, 5, 117.
  • associates with Spinoza, 5, 117.
  • refutes Spinoza’s views, 5, 167.
  • prominence of, 5, 199–200.
  • Castro, Bendito (Baruch Nehemiah) de, physician, Sabbatian, 5, 140, 150.
  • Castro, Moses de, antagonist of Jacob Berab, 4, 534–5.
  • Castro, Rodrigo de (1560–1627), Marrano physician, ability of, 4, 686–7.
  • owns landed property, 4, 688.
  • Castro-Tartas, Isaac de, Marrano, martyrdom of, 5, 31–2.
  • Casuistry, in the Mishna, 2, 475–6.
  • Catalina of Lancaster, regent for Juan II of Castile, 4, 193.
  • issues edicts concerning the Jews, 4, 203–4, 205–6, 275.
  • death of, 4, 217, 228.
  • Catalonia, part of Aragon, 3, 387.
  • Catalonia, the Jews of, in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 530.
  • massacred, 4, 102–3.
  • provide against the Black Death persecutions, 4, 112–13.
  • possess penal jurisdiction, 4, 155.
  • persecuted in 1391, 4, 172.
  • converted, 4, 214.
  • loyal to their faith, 4, 215.
  • possessions of, sequestrated, 4, 349.
  • Catechumens, the house of, supported by the Jews, 4, 566.
  • Catherine, empress of Russia, member of the Berlin Academy, 5, 308.
  • at war with Poland, 5, 388.
  • Catherine, of Portugal, hostile to the Marranos, 4, 489.
  • Catherine de Medici, queen mother in France, and Joseph Nassi, 4, 598.
  • proposes her son for the Polish throne, 4, 604.
  • Catholic Church, the, rise of, 2, 500.
  • Catholic Church, the German, established, 5, 682.
  • Catholic reaction, the, 4, 650–1.
  • the Jews suffer under, 4, 652–3.
  • Catholicism, more hostile to the Jews than Arianism, 3, 26.
  • overthrown in England, 4, 541.
  • and the romantic movement, 5, 516.
  • See Christianity.
  • Catholics, the, toleration of, under Valentinian I, 2, 603.
  • hate Theodoric, 3, 29, 30.
  • antagonized by the Arian Visigoths, 3, 44–5.
  • in the Damascus affair, 5, 650–1, 662.
  • See Christians, the.
  • Catholics, the Greek, molest the Turkish Jews, 4, 552–3.
  • Cathunho, Isaac, Marrano in Pernambuco, 4, 693.
  • Catullus, Roman governor of Cyrene, executes Zealots, 2, 318.
  • Caucasus, the, Jews settle in, 3, 123.
  • under the Exilarch’s jurisdiction, 3, 429.
  • Cavilhão, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • Ceba, Ansaldo, priest and poet, tries to convert Sarah Sullam, 5, 69–70.
  • Cendebæus, Syrian general, invades Judæa, 1, 529.
  • Ceneda, wagers a pound of his own flesh, 4, 657.
  • Cenedæus, of Adiabene, relatives of, aid Judæa against Rome, 2, 264.
  • Censorship of the press introduced by Caraffa, 4, 563.
  • in Germany, 5, 532.
  • Censorship of the Talmud under Jayme I of Aragon, 3, 603.
  • advised by two popes, 4, 658.
  • abuses of, 4, 659, 660.
  • See under Talmud, the.
  • Census, a, taken by David, 1, 137–8.
  • of Judæans ordered by Augustus, 2, 129.
  • arouses terror and dissension, 2, 130.
  • resisted by the Zealots, 2, 133–4.
  • in 66, 2, 251.
  • Centuries,” by Amatus Lusitanus, 4, 570.
  • Cervera, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 94, 103.
  • Cesis, de, cardinal, on the commission on the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 514.
  • Ceuta, the Jews of, emigrate, 3, 424.
  • battle of, 4, 390.
  • Ceylon, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 436.
  • Chabar, teacher of the Law among the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
  • Chaberim, fellows, 2, 364.
  • Chabib. See Amatus Lusitanus.
  • Chabulon. See Cabul.
  • Chaburah, order, 2, 364.
  • Chacham, officer of the Synhedrion, 2, 360.
  • office of, ceases, 2, 453.
  • title of the Amsterdam rabbis, 4, 681.
  • title of the Hamburg rabbis, 4, 689; 5, 577.
  • Chacham Zevi. See Zevi Ashkenazi.
  • Chacon, Castilian farmer of taxes, 4, 275.
  • Chadija, wife of Mahomet, 3, 71.
  • Chages, Jacob (1620–1674), recluse at Jerusalem, 5, 126.
  • teacher of Nathan Ghazati, 5, 131.
  • threatens Sabbataï Zevi with excommunication, 5, 132.
  • Chages, Moses, denounces Chayon’s work as heretical, 5, 222.
  • excommunicates Chayon, 5, 224.
  • abused by the Amsterdam Portuguese Jews, 5, 224.
  • excommunicated and driven from Amsterdam, 5, 226.
  • in Altona, 5, 231.
  • opposes Luzzatto’s Kabbala, 5, 238.
  • threatens Kabbalistic writers with the ban, 5, 239.
  • forbids the study of Kabbala to young men, 5, 241.
  • deprecates leniency towards Eibeschütz, 5, 249–50.
  • opposes the Eibeschütz Talmud edition, 5, 251.
  • returns to Palestine, 5, 256.
  • Chaggai (Haggai), teacher of the Law, attacks Judah II, 2, 485.
  • a Palestinian Amora, 2, 560.
  • member of the last Synhedrion, 2, 567.
  • Chaibar, Israelites settle in, 3, 54.
  • the Benu-Nadhir settle in, 3, 79.
  • Chaibar, the Jews of, descendants of the Rechabites, fortifications held by, 3, 55.
  • threatened by Mahomet, 3, 81–2.
  • roused against Mahomet, 3, 82–3.
  • driven away by Omar, 3, 85.
  • preserve love for Arabic, 3, 111.
  • object to Talmudic restraints, 3, 119.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Chaifa, burial place of Nachmani and Yechiel of Paris, 3, 608.
  • Chain of Tradition, The,” by Gedalya Ibn-Yachya, 4, 616.
  • Chaireas, commander of the fortress Joazer, 1, 474.
  • Chakan (Chagan), title of the Chazar kings, 3, 138.
  • Chalafta, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • Chalcis, prince of. See Herod II.
  • Chaldæan garrison in Judah, 1, 321.
  • Chaldæans, the. See Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Chaldaic translations of Scriptures, 2, 581–2.
  • Chaldee, taught as a means of conversion, 4, 245.
  • Chalil, vizir, tries to save Esther Kiera, 4, 630.
  • Chama of Nahardea (356–377), Amora, 2, 593.
  • principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 594.
  • insignificance of, 2, 594–5.
  • Chama ben Anilaï, a Jew of Sora, 2, 545–6.
  • Chamath, military station under Hadrian, 2, 419.
  • Chambéry, supposed center of the well poisoners, 4, 102.
  • Chamiz, Joseph, physician, and Leo Modena, 5, 67.
  • Kabbalist, 5, 74.
  • Champagne, the home of Talmud studies after Rashi, 3, 289.
  • Talmud college of, 3, 403.
  • Chanan, prince of the Jews of Taima, 3, 437.
  • Chanan of Iskia, restores the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 9.
  • Chananel ben Chushiel, recognized as a Talmud authority, 3, 211, 248.
  • busies himself with the Jerusalem Talmud, 3, 249.
  • consults Haï Gaon, 3, 252.
  • eulogizes Haï Gaon, 3, 253.
  • Alfassi disciple of, 3, 285.
  • writings of, the basis of Nathan ben Yechiel’s lexicon, 3, 290.
  • Chananel Ibn-Askara, Kabbalist, 4, 74.
  • Chananya, Agadist, 2, 575–6.
  • Chananya (Achunaï), brother of Anan ben David, candidate for the Exilarchate, 3, 129.
  • death of, 3, 137.
  • Chananya, nephew of Joshua ben Chananya, joins Christianity, 2, 370.
  • withdrawn from Jewish Christian influences, 2, 443.
  • establishes a Synhedrion at Nahor-Pakod, 2, 443.
  • arranges the calendar, 2, 443.
  • and Simon II, 2, 443–4.
  • dissolves his Synhedrion, 2, 444.
  • Chananya, principal of the Sora academy, 3, 10.
  • Chananya. See also Chanina.
  • Chanceller, Jewish Portuguese official, 4, 159.
  • Chanilaï. See Anilaï.
  • Chanina, teacher of the Law, 2, 330.
  • Chanina. See Mar-Chanina.
  • Chanina bar Chama, refused permission to teach, 2, 456.
  • to be appointed teacher by Gamaliel III, 2, 466.
  • the oldest of the Amoraim, 2, 490.
  • work of, 2, 490–1.
  • compared with Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, 2, 491.
  • deserted by his disciples, 2, 491.
  • veneration for, 2, 491.
  • characterizes the people of Sepphoris, 2, 491–2.
  • old age of, 2, 492.
  • protects Mar-Samuel’s daughter, 2, 528.
  • disciples of, 2, 531.
  • Chanina ben Abbahu, at Tiberias, 2, 543.
  • Chanina (Chananya) ben Teradion, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • refuses obedience to Hadrian’s decrees, 2, 427.
  • suffers martyrdom, 2, 429.
  • wife and daughter of, 2, 429, 436.
  • Chaninaï, Babylonian Jewish judge, declares Bostanaï’s son legitimate, 3, 91.
  • Chaninaï, Exilarch, 3, 10.
  • Chaninaï, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 10.
  • Chaninaï Kahana ben Huna (765–775), Gaon of Sora, 3, 137.
  • Chanoch ben Moses (940–1014), attainments of, 3, 229.
  • rabbi of Cordova, 3, 230.
  • chief of the Andalusian Jews, 3, 236.
  • dispute about the position of, 3, 237–8.
  • deposed and re-instated, 3, 240.
  • on the death of Jacob Ibn-Jau, 3, 241.
  • death of, 3, 241.
  • Chanukah (Hanukkah), Feast of Lights, instituted, 1, 472–3.
  • introduced into Egypt, 2, 6–7.
  • observed by pagans, 2, 384.
  • abolished by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • Charag, poll-tax of the Babylonian Jews, 2, 508.
  • Chares, leader of the Zealots in Gamala, 2, 289.
  • Charisi. See Jehuda Alcharisi.
  • Charlemagne, predecessors of, and the Jews, 3, 40.
  • contributes to the advancement of the Jews, 3, 141, 143.
  • protects the Jews, 3, 142.
  • embassy of, to Haroun Alrashid, 3, 143.
  • oath imposed by, on Jews testifying against Christians, 3, 144.
  • Charles IV, emperor, protects the Jews, 4, 106.
  • gives the Jews of Worms to the town, 4, 108.
  • at war with Gunther of Schwarzburg, 4, 109.
  • punishes the murderers of Jews, 4, 109–10.
  • and the Jews of Nuremberg, 4, 110.
  • asked to permit Jews to return to Augsburg, 4, 127–8.
  • grants “servi cameræ” to the electors, 4, 128.
  • deed of, concerning the Jews, 4, 695.
  • Charles V, emperor, ambassador of, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 411.
  • opposed to Reuchlin, 4, 464.
  • adherents of, 4, 468.
  • declares Luther an exile, 4, 469.
  • refuses freedom of belief to Marranos, 4, 484.
  • empowers the Inquisition to proceed against Lutherans, 4, 485.
  • Nunes sent to, to learn about the Inquisition, 4, 490.
  • threatens the liberty of Italy, 4, 492.
  • treats Rome as a hostile city, 4, 497.
  • liberates Reubeni from the Spanish Inquisition, 4, 499.
  • crowned king of Italy, 4, 503.
  • instrumental in the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 507, 509, 517, 518.
  • delivers Molcho and Reubeni to the Mantua Inquisition, 4, 510.
  • imprisons Reubeni, 4, 511.
  • hated by Clement VII, 4, 514.
  • victorious at Tunis, 4, 517.
  • hostile to Paul III, 4, 526.
  • banishes the Jews from Naples, 4, 544.
  • renews the privileges of the Jews, 4, 547.
  • in debt to the Mendes bank, 4, 572.
  • orders the Mendes property to be seized, 4, 573.
  • expels the Jews from the Netherlands, 4, 661–2.
  • Charles VII, anti-emperor, occupies Prague, 5, 251.
  • Charles of Anjou, king of Sicily, employs a Jewish physician, 3, 628.
  • Charles, of Baden, grants the Jews political freedom, 5, 502–3.
  • Charles I, of England, promotes the cause of liberty, 5, 25.
  • Charles II, of England, the Jews under, 5, 141.
  • Charles II, the Bald (843), king of the western Franks, friendly to the Jews, 3, 170, 172.
  • condition of the Jews under, 3, 170–4.
  • Charles III, the Simple (899–914), of France, grants the possessions of the Narbonne Jews to the Church, 3, 175.
  • Charles IV, of France, death of, 4, 77.
  • Charles V, of France, permits Jews to return, 4, 129.
  • increases the privileges of the Jews, 4, 131, 133.
  • prohibits forced attendance of Jews at churches, 4, 132.
  • death of, 4, 150.
  • Charles VI, of France, protects the Jews, 4, 152.
  • and the rights of Jewish creditors, 4, 174.
  • banishes the Jews, 4, 175–6.
  • protects the exiles, 4, 176.
  • Charles VIII, of France, conquers Naples, 4, 360.
  • alliance against, 4, 373.
  • Charles IX, of France, and the election of a Polish king, 4, 604.
  • Charles X, of France, the emancipation of the Jews under, 5, 596.
  • Charles III, of Navarre, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 184.
  • Charles X, of Sweden, at war with Poland, 5, 15.
  • Charles XI, of Sweden, inquires into Karaism, 4, 182.
  • Charles XII, of Sweden, inquires into Karaism, 4, 184.
  • Chasda of Cafri (217–309), a Babylonian Amora, 2, 545.
  • disciple of Rab, 2, 552–3.
  • good fortune of, 2, 553, 576, 585.
  • estrangement between, and Huna, 2, 553.
  • principal of the Sora academy, 2, 553.
  • death of, 2, 553, 583.
  • Chasdaï (670–730), Exilarch, 3, 92.
  • Chasdaï ben Abraham Crescas (1340–1410), philosopher, 4, 145–7.
  • as Talmudist, 4, 146.
  • exposes the weakness of Aristotelianism, 4, 146.
  • disciple of Nissim Gerundi, 4, 146.
  • character of, 4, 147.
  • orthodoxy of, 4, 149.
  • authority of, 4, 149–50, 230.
  • imprisoned, 4, 150, 155.
  • appealed to about the French rabbinate, 4, 150, 153.
  • son of, martyr, 4, 172.
  • describes the persecution of 1391, 4, 172.
  • intrigue against, 4, 185.
  • attacks the Christian dogmas, 4, 187–8.
  • influences Profiat Duran, 4, 190.
  • religious philosophy of, 4, 191–3, 240.
  • creed of, 4, 193.
  • disciple of, 4, 208, 239.
  • anti-Christian polemic by, translated, 4, 235.
  • views of, endorsed by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • studied by Spinoza, 5, 88.
  • Chasdaï ben Solomon of Tudela, rabbi, denounces Chayim ben Gallipapa, 4, 149.
  • ambition of, 4, 162.
  • Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut (915–970), makes science a principle of Judaism, 3, 187.
  • first representative of Judæo-European culture, 3, 188.
  • protects Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 209–10, 228.
  • corresponds with Dunash ben Tamim, 3, 211, 217.
  • the founder of Judæo-Spanish culture, 3, 215, 223.
  • modern character of, 3, 215–16.
  • attainments of, 3, 216.
  • as diplomat, 3, 216, 218–19.
  • homage paid to, 3, 217.
  • corresponds with Dossa, son of Saadiah, 3, 217.
  • translates the work of Dioscorides, 3, 218.
  • grieves over the Jewish dispersion, 3, 219.
  • communicates with the king of the Chazars, 3, 219–22.
  • honored by Alhakem, 3, 222.
  • inspires poets, 3, 223–4.
  • and Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 224–5, 226–7.
  • invites Dunash Ibn-Labrat to Cordova, 3, 226.
  • encourages the study of the Talmud in Spain, 3, 227–8.
  • favors Chanoch ben Moses, 3, 230.
  • death of, 3, 230.
  • unique in Spanish-Jewish history, 3, 313.
  • Chassidim (Chasidim, Assidæans), the, Nazarites under Simon the Just, 1, 422.
  • opposed to the Hellenists, 1, 435–6.
  • piety of, 1, 436, 490.
  • exponents of the teachings of, 1, 436.
  • incite the Judæans to steadfastness, 1, 457.
  • hiding-places of, betrayed, 1, 457–8.
  • killed in the caves, 1, 458.
  • follow Mattathias the Hasmonæan, 1, 460.
  • betrayed by Alcimus, 1, 483.
  • a distinct party, 1, 489.
  • compared with the Hasmonæan party, 1, 489–90.
  • incensed at the destruction of the “Soreg,” 1, 492.
  • withdraw from public life, 2, 16.
  • called Essenes, 2, 16. See Essenes, the.
  • give rise to the Pharisees, 2, 16. See Pharisees, the.
  • See also under Hasmonæans, the; Maccabees, the.
  • Chasinaï. See Asinaï.
  • Chassidim, the, Polish Sabbatian sect, emigrate, 5, 212.
  • exhort to penance, 5, 212.
  • supported by Samuel Oppenheim, 5, 213.
  • accept Islam and Christianity, 5, 213.
  • Chassidim, the (new), mock at the Talmudists, 5, 379.
  • form a brotherhood, 5, 383–5.
  • introduce innovations, 5, 386.
  • divide into two branches, 5, 388.
  • slander Elijah Wilna, 5, 391.
  • excommunicated, 5, 391–2.
  • conduct of, under persecution, 5, 392–3.
  • put themselves under “Rebbes,” 5, 392.
  • read only Chassidistic works, 5, 393.
  • second interdict against, 5, 393–4.
  • writings of, burned, 5, 393.
  • resist the opening of secular schools, 5, 394.
  • writings of, forbidden in Galicia, 5, 394.
  • efforts to suppress, 5, 394.
  • persecute readers of non-Hebrew books, 5, 608, 611.
  • attacked by Joseph Perl, 5, 612.
  • joined by Erter, 5, 613.
  • Chassidism, the (new), opposed to Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 375, 379.
  • founders of, 5, 375.
  • character of, 5, 380–1.
  • the leaders of, 5, 381–3.
  • circumstances favoring the spread of, 5, 383–6, 387.
  • opposed by the Mendelssohnians, 5, 394.
  • prevents the spread of culture among Russian Jews, 5, 473.
  • revolt from, and culture in Galicia, 5, 611.
  • Chastelard, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Chateaubriand, on Judaism, 5, 427, 428.
  • reactionary influence of, 5, 477, 478.
  • Chatel, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 103–4.
  • Châtelet, refuge of the Jews of Paris, 4, 151.
  • Chaumette, instrumental in setting up the religion of Reason, 5, 450.
  • Chaves, Jacob de, pupil of Luzzatto, 5, 242.
  • Chaves, Moses de, patron of Luzzatto, 5, 242.
  • Chaya, daughter of Elias Schor, Frankist, 5, 275.
  • Chayim of Landshut, appoints three rabbis for Germany, 4, 227.
  • Chayim of Lublin, excommunicates Eibeschütz’s opponents, 5, 261, 262.
  • deprived of his rabbinate, 5, 263.
  • Chayim ben Gallipapa (1310–1380), rabbi of Pampeluna, proposes innovations, 4, 148–9.
  • Chayim Ibn-Musa (1390–1460), polemic writer against Christianity, 4, 235–7.
  • controversy of, with a Christian, 4, 236.
  • refutes Nicholas de Lyra’s charges, 4, 237.
  • rules by, for religious controversies, 4, 237.
  • Chayim Benveniste. See Benveniste, Chayim.
  • Chayim Cohen, disciple of Jacob Tam, 3, 381.
  • Chayim Malach, leader of a Sabbatian sect, 5, 212.
  • doctrines of, 5, 213.
  • joins the Donmäh, 5, 214.
  • travels of, 5, 214.
  • Chayim Vital Calabrese (1543–1620), Kabbalist, youth of, 4, 623.
  • meets Isaac Lurya, 4, 623–4.
  • spreads reports about Lurya’s gifts, 4, 624.
  • usurps authority over Lurya’s disciples, 4, 625.
  • alleged forerunner of the Messiah, 4, 625; 5, 53.
  • in Palestine and Syria, 5, 52–3.
  • invites Kabbala enthusiasts to Damascus, 5, 53.
  • alleges possession of Lurya’s manuscripts, 5, 53.
  • brother and son of, 5, 53.
  • writings of, sought, 5, 54.
  • Messianic speculation in the Kabbala of, 5, 120–1.
  • adherents of, in Jerusalem, 5, 125.
  • descendant of, 5, 267.
  • disfigures Judaism, 5, 559.
  • Chayon, Nehemiah Chiya (1650–1726), Sabbatian, education of, 5, 215.
  • character of, 5, 215–16.
  • doctrines of, 5, 216–17.
  • excommunicated, 5, 216.
  • publishes a pamphlet, 5, 217.
  • preaches Sabbatian doctrines at Prague, 5, 217–18.
  • submits his work to Naphtali Cohen, 5, 218.
  • enters into relations with Löbele Prosnitz, 5, 219.
  • prints his work in Berlin, 5, 219–20.
  • at Amsterdam, 5, 220.
  • denounced, 5, 221–2.
  • work of, denounced, 5, 222.
  • supported by Ayllon and Pinto, 5, 223.
  • work of, examined by a Portuguese committee, 5, 223.
  • excommunicated, 5, 224, 231.
  • acquitted of heresy, 5, 224–5.
  • homage paid to, 5, 225.
  • opposed by Brieli, 5, 225.
  • calumniates his opponents, 5, 226.
  • exposed, 5, 227.
  • disgrace of, 5, 227.
  • ban removed from, 5, 228.
  • returns to Europe, 5, 230–1.
  • death of, 5, 231.
  • son of, 5, 231.
  • influences Eibeschütz, 5, 248.
  • Chayuj. See Jehuda Ibn-Daud.
  • Chayyat. See Judah ben Jacob Chayyat.
  • Chazanuth, synagogue chanting, 3, 118.
  • Chazaria, the Crimean peninsula, 3, 138.
  • the Ten Tribes in, 3, 141.
  • Chazars, the, friendly to the Jews, 3, 123.
  • Jews settle in the capital of, 3, 124.
  • found a kingdom, 3, 138.
  • warlike, 3, 138.
  • conquer the Crimea, 3, 138.
  • converted to Judaism, 3, 139–40, 327–30.
  • victorious over the Arabs, 3, 139.
  • taught the Bible and Talmud, 3, 140.
  • influences of Judaism on, 2, 141.
  • judicial system of, 3, 141.
  • information about, brought to Spain, 3, 219–20.
  • power of, in the tenth century, 3, 221.
  • flee before Sviatislav, 3, 222.
  • Jewish princes of, take refuge in Spain, 3, 254.
  • the land of, visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • Chazraj, the, Arabic family, relations of, to the Jews, 3, 55.
  • conversions among, to Judaism, 3, 61.
  • hostile to Jewish rule, 3, 67.
  • Jews of Yathrib, dependent on, 3, 68.
  • feuds of, 3, 70–1.
  • Chebrath Dorshe Leshon Eber, society for the promotion of the Hebrew language, 5, 398–9.
  • Chelebi, Raphael Joseph, mint-master at Cairo, benevolence of, 5, 124–5.
  • devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 125.
  • interested in Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 125, 127.
  • the Jerusalem Jews appeal to, 5, 127–8.
  • Sabbataï Zevi married in the house of, 5, 129.
  • letter to, from Nathan Ghazati, 5, 131.
  • rewarded by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 145.
  • encourages the Italian Sabbatians, 5, 160.
  • Chemnitz, leader hostile to the Jews of Worms, 4, 698.
  • Chemosh, Ammonite and Moabite god, 1, 55.
  • worshiped on the Mount of Olives, 1, 175.
  • Chepez Alkuti. See Alkuti.
  • Cherem. See Excommunication.
  • Cherethites, the, mercenary troops under David, 1, 122.
  • in the Ammonite war, 1, 126.
  • employed against Sheba, 1, 149.
  • attend Solomon, 1, 153.
  • Chesheb-Efod, mathematical work by Profiat Duran, 4, 191.
  • Chess, inventor of, 3, 7.
  • Chiddush, a novelty in Talmud explanations, 4, 641.
  • Chiddushim, Talmudic explanations by Nachmani, 3, 532.
  • Chiddushim, theoretic discussion of the Talmud, 3, 345.
  • Child-murder, charged against Israel Bruna, 4, 302–5.
  • Manasseh ben Israel exonerates the Jews from, 5, 42.
  • Child-murder, the charge of against the Jews, of Zurich, 4, 105.
  • of Spain, 4, 276.
  • of Sepulveda, 4, 278–9.
  • of Trent, 4, 298–9.
  • discredited by the Doge of Venice, 4, 299.
  • of Frankfort, 4, 299–300.
  • forbidden in Portugal, 4, 372.
  • believed by Maximilian I, 4, 414.
  • of the Mark of Brandenburg, 4, 440.
  • See also Blood accusation, the.
  • Childebert I, forbids the Jews to appear on the street at Eastertide, 3, 37.
  • anti-Jewish decrees of, revived, 3, 171.
  • Chillon, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 103–4.
  • the castellan of, spreads evidence against the Jews, 4, 108.
  • Chillukim, hair-splitting Talmudic discussions, 4, 641.
  • Chilperic, Merovingian king, forces Christianity upon the Jews, 3, 39.
  • Chindaswinth (642–652), Visigothic king, kindly disposed towards the Jews, 3, 101–2.
  • Chinon, college of, sold, 4, 48.
  • the Jews of, martyrs, 4, 57–8.
  • Chintila (638–642), Visigothic king, forces Jews into Catholicism, 3, 51–2, 101.
  • Chinuch Nearim, Berlin Free School, curriculum of, 5, 416.
  • Chios, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • prophets on, silenced by Sabbataï’s apostasy, 5, 157.
  • Nathan Ghazati on, 5, 160.
  • Chiskiya, Gaon of Pumbeditha and Exilarch, executed, 3, 254.
  • sons of (Ibn-Daudi), in Spain, 3, 254, 275.
  • Chiskiya, prince of the Cairo Karaites, 3, 444.
  • Chiskiya ben Chiya, offends Judah ha-Nassi, 2, 457.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • disciple of Judah I, 2, 511.
  • Chiskiya ben Reuben, member of the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • Chivi Albalchi, the first rationalistic Bible critic, 3, 199.
  • Chiya, a Babylonian buried in Palestine, 2, 548.
  • Chiya (Achiya) bar Abba, Amora, characterization of, 2, 454, 531.
  • punished by Judah I, 2, 455.
  • sons of, 2, 457, 470, 511.
  • announces the new-moon at Ain-tab, 2, 458.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Mishnic compilation of, authoritative, 2, 471.
  • intercedes for Abba-Areka, 2, 512.
  • investigates the Judæan educational institutions, 2, 532.
  • collects the Patriarch’s tax, 2, 536.
  • supported by Beth-Silvani, 2, 536.
  • leaves Judæa, 2, 536.
  • ignorant of the Bible, 2, 536.
  • rigor of, 2, 536–7.
  • appeals to Abbahu, 2, 538.
  • Agadist, 2, 540.
  • Chiya, son of Abba-Areka, learned in the Law, 2, 518.
  • Chmielniecki, Bogdan (1595–1657), grievances of, against Jews, 5, 7.
  • organizes the Haidamak troops, 5, 8.
  • conditions of peace, proposed by, 5, 12, 14.
  • Chochmoth, the sciences, studied under Measfim influence, 5, 402–3.
  • Chocim, Jacob Frank at, 5, 27.
  • Chodar-Warda, son of Jezdijird III, at war with his brother, 2, 628.
  • Choics. See Gnosticism.
  • Chorazin, Jesus in, 2, 157.
  • Choreas, Caligula’s murderer, 2, 189.
  • Chorin, Aaron, aids the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • recalls his approval of the movement, 5, 571.
  • Chosru (Chosroes) I Nushirvan, of Persia, imposes a poll-tax upon the Jews, 3, 5.
  • son of, 3, 7.
  • protects his dominions against the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • Chosru II (590–628), of Persia, supplanted, 3, 8–9.
  • protected by Mauritius, 3, 9.
  • prosperity of the Jews under, 3, 9–10.
  • at war with the Byzantine empire, 3, 19.
  • incapacity of, 3, 22.
  • death of, 3, 22.
  • Chozari (Chosari), philosophical work by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 327–36, 338.
  • translated into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • Chrestus, apostle at Rome, 2, 202, 231.
  • Christ, the. See Messiah, the.
  • Christian IV, of Denmark, invites Jews to settle there, 4, 675.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 692; 5, 115.
  • Christian VII, of Denmark, subscribes to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 334.
  • Christian Denunciation, The,” by Wagenseil, 5, 186.
  • Christian dogmas, in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • debated at Avila, 4, 141.
  • expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • belief in, threatened, 5, 682.
  • Christian dogmas, the, criticised, by Abbahu, 2, 539–40.
  • Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • Joshua Ibn-Vives, 4, 186–7.
  • Chasdaï Crescas, 3, 187–8.
  • Profiat Duran, 4, 189.
  • Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • See also under Disputation; Polemical works against Christianity.
  • Christian names forbidden to Jews, in Spain, 4, 52, 139.
  • in Prussia, 5, 630.
  • Christian nurses, Jews forbidden to employ, 3, 294, 400, 508, 582; 4, 566.
  • Christian servants, Jews forbidden to keep, by the third Lateran Council, 3, 400, 418, 422.
  • by the Council of Avignon, 3, 504.
  • by French Church Councils, 3, 508.
  • by the Council of Oxford, 3, 516.
  • by the Council of Béziers, 3, 581, 582.
  • by the code of Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • by the Council of Vienna, 3, 611.
  • under Juan II, of Castile, 4, 203, 205.
  • by Eugenius IV, 4, 250, 253.
  • by Paul IV, 4, 566.
  • by Pius IV, 4, 588.
  • Christian servants, Jews keep, under Charles the Bold, 3, 172.
  • in Speyer, 3, 298.
  • Christian slaves, not permitted to become Jews, 2, 564, 567, 615; 3, 46, 171–2.
  • become Jews in Visigothic Spain, 3, 45.
  • Christian slaves, Jews forbidden to keep, by the Theodosian code, 2, 617; 3, 28–9.
  • by Gregory I, 3, 33–4.
  • by Reccared, 3, 46.
  • by Sisebut, 3, 48.
  • by the Council of Rouen, 3, 294.
  • in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • See also Slave-trade, the; Slaves.
  • Christian state, the, founded by Constantius, 2, 568.
  • Christianity, Essenism with foreign elements, 2, 142.
  • origin of, in Messianic longings, 2, 142–3.
  • helped by the exegesis of the Pharisees, 2, 166.
  • averse to Phariseeism, 2, 171.
  • power of, over Rome, 2, 174.
  • indebted to the apostle Paul, 2, 225, 365.
  • does not appeal to cultivated Greeks, 2, 229.
  • relation of, to Judaism, according to Paul, 2, 229–30.
  • schism in, 2, 230, 232, 365.
  • influences the Jewish peasants, 2, 364.
  • development of, belongs to Jewish history, 2, 365.
  • equivalent to the teaching of Paul, 2, 373.
  • elements of, 2, 373–4.
  • as viewed by the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • influences Judaism, 2, 380–1.
  • mocked at by Hadrian, 2, 407–8.
  • independent of Judaism, 2, 431.
  • laws hostile to, promulgated by Severus, 2, 464.
  • admired by Alexander Severus, 2, 481.
  • becomes the Catholic Church, 2, 500.
  • new dogmas of, 2, 500–1.
  • oppresses Judaism and Samaritanism, 2, 535.
  • proselytizing efforts of, 2, 539.
  • persecuted by Diocletian, 2, 539.
  • triumphant, 2, 559, 560.
  • influence of, on Constantine, 2, 561–2.
  • completely separated from Judaism, 2, 563–4.
  • shaped by Constantius, 2, 566.
  • confined by Julian the Apostate, 2, 596.
  • and Magianism, 2, 627.
  • forced upon the Samaritans, 3, 16–17.
  • tolerant in western Europe, 3, 34.
  • among the Chazars, 3, 139–40.
  • barbarous during the Middle Ages, 3, 187.
  • objections of, to Judaism answered by Saadiah, 3, 198.
  • contest of, with Islam, 3, 297.
  • characterized by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 328–9, 330.
  • belief of, in the supernatural, 5, 305.
  • dethronement of, by the French thinkers, 5, 305–6.
  • Mendelssohn on, 5, 313–14.
  • characterized by Heine, 5, 552.
  • See also Christian dogmas; Christians; Polemical works against Christianity.
  • Christianity, conversions to. See Apostasy; and under Conversion.
  • Christianity, Pauline, hostility of, accentuates the legal character of Judaism, 2, 471.
  • produces the Talmud, 3, 127.
  • Christians, the, regarded as conjurors, 2, 170.
  • consider the Apocrypha part of the Bible, 2, 359, 489.
  • accuse Jews of cursing Jesus, 2, 380.
  • propaganda of, in the pagan world, 2, 383.
  • tamper with the Septuagint, 2, 385–6.
  • of Judæa, receive Hadrian with servility, 2, 406.
  • accounts by, of Bar-Cochba, 2, 412.
  • persecuted by Hadrian, 2, 430–1.
  • separate themselves from the Jews, 2, 431.
  • appeal to Marcus Aurelius, 2, 449.
  • intercourse of, with the heathen interdicted, 2, 476–7.
  • complain of the indifference of the Jews, 2, 483.
  • primitive sects of, merged into the Catholic Church, 2, 500.
  • persecuted by the Magi, 2, 524.
  • persecuted by Diocletian, 2, 533, 539.
  • called Galilæans by Julian, 2, 596.
  • reproached for having forsaken Judaism, 2, 597.
  • malign Julian, 2, 599.
  • object to the rebuilding of the Temple, 2, 600–1.
  • well treated by Jezdijird, 2, 609–10.
  • oppress Judæa, 2, 611.
  • refuse to recognize the authority of the Patriarchs, 2, 612–13.
  • forbidden to trade with Jews, 2, 620.
  • controversies with, interest the Jews in Scripture studies, 2, 623.
  • persecuted by Jezdijird III, 2, 627–8.
  • of Babylonia suffer from Zendik communism, 3, 2–3.
  • persecuted by Hormisdas IV, 3, 8.
  • in possession of Palestine, 3, 11.
  • Jewish witnesses cannot testify against, 3, 12, 102, 520; 4, 250.
  • of Jerusalem perish at the hands of Persians and Jews, 3, 19.
  • forbidden to eat at Jewish banquets in Gaul, 3, 36, 37.
  • forbidden to hold intercourse with Jews, 3, 36, 37, 407, 499, 595, 611; 4, 216, 245, 250, 560, 590.
  • forbidden to marry Jews in Spain, 3, 44, 46.
  • ill-treated in Yemen, 3, 64, 65.
  • Mahomet’s revelation against, 3, 78.
  • driven out of Najaran, 3, 85.
  • restrictions against, in the covenant of Omar, 3, 87–8.
  • Jewish testimony against, accepted, 3, 144.
  • persecuted under the sons of Haroun Alrashid, 3, 145.
  • Frankish, respect Judaism, 3, 163.
  • antagonized by Bishop Bodo, 3, 169.
  • called Mozarabs among the Mahometans, 3, 215.
  • persecuted by Hakim, 3, 247.
  • invade Mahometan Spain, 3, 291.
  • persecuted by Abdulmumen, 3, 359.
  • permitted to testify against Jews, 3, 422.
  • deny equal rights to the Marranos, 4, 256–7.
  • study Hebrew, 4, 471–4.
  • interested in the Kabbala, 4, 481.
  • devote themselves to Hebrew literature, 5, 21–2.
  • interested in the Sabbatian movement, 5, 137, 151.
  • interested in Judaism and the Jews, 5, 176.
  • attracted by Jewish literature, 5, 178–9.
  • Hebraists, attack the Jews, 5, 184.
  • and the Eibeschütz-Emden controversy, 5, 262.
  • subscribers to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 329.
  • See also Christianity; Ebionites; Greek Christians; Jewish Christians; Judæan Christians; Nazarenes; Pagan Christians.
  • Christians, the early. See Jewish Christians, the; Judæan Christians, the; Nazarenes, the, etc.
  • Christians, the Judaizing, under Receswinth, 3, 104.
  • under Erwig, 3, 106–7.
  • forbidden to own real estate, 3, 107–8.
  • See also Marranos, the.
  • Christians, the Nestorian, help the Arabs in Babylonia, 3, 89.
  • side with Ali, 3, 90.
  • Christians, the Syrian, and the science of grammar, 3, 7.
  • make scientific literature accessible to the Arabs, 3, 111.
  • Christina, of Sweden, student of Hebrew, 5, 21.
  • Manasseh ben Israel recommended to, 5, 22, 23.
  • Manoel Texeira’s guest, 5, 140.
  • intercedes for the Jews of Vienna, 5, 171.
  • Chronicles, the Books of, written by a Levite, 1, 411.
  • Chrysostom. See John Chrysostom.
  • Church appurtenances, Jews forbidden to buy, 3, 377.
  • Church councils, occupied with the Jewish question, 3, 25.
  • discuss the slave-trade of the Jews, 3, 40.
  • convened in France by the fugitive popes, 3, 376–7.
  • Church councils, list of:
  • Alby,
  • Avignon (1209),
  • Bamberg (1451),
  • Basle (1431–1443),
  • Béziers (1246),
  • Buda (1279),
  • Clermont (1095),
  • Constance (1414),
  • Epaone (517),
  • Exeter (1287),
  • Illiberis (320),
  • Lateran, the third (1179)
  • Lateran, the fourth (1215)
  • Lateran, the fifth (1512–1517)
  • Lyons (829),
  • Mâcon (581),
  • Meaux (845),
  • Montpellier,
  • Narbonne (1227),
  • Nice (325),
  • Orleans (538, 545),
  • Oxford (1222),
  • Paris (615, 846, 1212),
  • Rome (1078),
  • Rouen (1231),
  • Toledo (589, 633, 652?),
  • Tours (1231),
  • Trent (1545),
  • under Chintila (638),
  • under Erwig,
  • under Wamba,
  • Vannes (465),
  • Vienna (1267),
  • Zamora (1313).
  • Church Fathers, the, works of, connected with the Talmud, 4, 614.
  • Church of the Mother of God,” synagogue in Constantinople, 3, 26.
  • Chushiel (950–980), emissary from Sora, settles in Kairuan, 3, 208, 210.
  • title of, 3, 211.
  • disciples of, 3, 211.
  • Chuzpit, interpreter of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357, 429.
  • Cicero, animosity of, to Judæans, 2, 68–70.
  • indebted to Greek writers, 2, 179.
  • Cidellus, Jewish adviser of Alfonso VI of Castile, 3, 292.
  • Cilicia, mercenaries of, hired by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 39.
  • Greek-Christian communities in, 2, 227.
  • the Jews of, punish an apostate, 2, 565.
  • Cincinnati, rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
  • Circumcision, observed by Babylonian proselytes, 1, 339.
  • observed by Babylonian Judæans, 1, 364.
  • whether optional or imperative with proselytes, 2, 384–5.
  • forbidden by Hadrian, 2, 422, 424.
  • permitted by Antoninus Pius, 2, 433.
  • of slaves, forbidden, 2, 567, 615; 3, 46.
  • practiced by the heathen Arabs, 3, 61.
  • discussed in Frankfort, 5, 676–7.
  • See also under Proselytes.
  • Citizen’s Cry against the Jews, The,” published in Metz, 5, 434.
  • Citizenship granted to Judæans in Egypt, 1, 418, 503.
  • granted to Judæans in Antioch, 1, 419.
  • granted to Judæan athletes, 1, 445.
  • withdrawn from the Alexandrian Judæans, 2, 182.
  • restored to the Alexandrian Judæans, 2, 191.
  • Judæans of Cæsarea deprived of, 2, 247.
  • Roman, under Caracalla, 2, 468.
  • Roman, of the Jews, guarded by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • accorded to the Jews of Gaul, 3, 35.
  • enjoyed by the Jews of Castile, 3, 292–3.
  • obtained by the Jews of Tudela, 3, 388.
  • enjoyed by the Jews of Messina, 3, 423.
  • enjoyed by Jews in the Holy Roman Empire, 4, 443.
  • See also Emancipation of the Jews, the.
  • Civil offices, Honorius III objects to Jews in, 3, 515.
  • Henry II of Castile refuses to exclude Jews from, 4, 125.
  • exclusion from, requested in Lisbon, 4, 160.
  • Civil offices, Jews excluded from, by Theodosius II, 3, 28, 171.
  • by the Council of Toledo, 3, 46.
  • by the Council of Mâcon, 3, 39, 171.
  • in the Empire of the East, 3, 175, 425.
  • by the Arabs, 3, 216.
  • by Gregory VII, 3, 293.
  • by Innocent III, 3, 400.
  • by the Council of Avignon, 3, 504.
  • by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510.
  • in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • by Frederick II, 3, 567, 569.
  • by the Council of Béziers, 3, 582.
  • by Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • by the Council of Vienna, 3, 611.
  • by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • by Rudolph of Habsburg, 3, 635.
  • by Juan II, 4, 194–5, 203, 228, 229.
  • by Benedict XIII, 4, 216.
  • by the Council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • by Henry IV, 4, 278.
  • See Magisterial offices.
  • Civil offices, Jews fill, under Al-Mutadhid, 3, 183.
  • in Moslem Spain, after Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 234–5.
  • under Alfonso VIII of Castile, 3, 384.
  • in Messina, 3, 423.
  • in Toulouse, 3, 501, 514.
  • in Austria, 3, 516–17, 567.
  • under Alfonso X, 3, 593, 596, 615.
  • See Magisterial offices.
  • Civil war, between the houses of Saul and David, 1, 109–10.
  • David and Absalom, 1, 138–44.
  • the Zealots and the Peace Party in Jerusalem, 2, 259–70.
  • the Zealots and the Moderates in Jerusalem, 2, 295.
  • the Zealots and the Sicarii, 2, 297–9.
  • Pedro the Cruel and Henry de Trastamare, 4, 118–26.
  • Claims of the Jews to German Citizenship,” by Rühs, 5, 517.
  • Claudius, emperor, makes Agrippa I king over Palestine, 2, 190.
  • makes Herod II prætor and prince of Chalcis, 2, 190.
  • treats the Judæans well, 2, 190–1, 193.
  • and the fortification of Jerusalem, 2, 195.
  • and Agrippa II, 2, 196.
  • makes the governor of Judæa independent of the governor of Syria, 2, 197.
  • makes Herod II titular king of Judæa, 2, 198.
  • names Tiberius Julius Alexander governor of Judæa, 2, 198.
  • expels Judæans from Rome, 2, 202.
  • makes Agrippa II king of Chalcis, 2, 235.
  • makes Felix governor of Galilee, 2, 242.
  • banishes Cumanus, 2, 245.
  • gives Agrippa II a kingdom, 2, 245.
  • death of, 2, 245.
  • Clemens of Alexandria, Father of the Church, critical spirit of, 2, 488.
  • Clemens, Flavius, proselyte, sons of, proclaimed Cæsars, 2, 387.
  • and four teachers of the Law, 2, 387, 389, 391.
  • condemned to death, 2, 389.
  • and Josephus, 2, 389, 391.
  • Clement III, pope, resists the return of forced converts to Judaism, 3, 306, 308.
  • orders the confiscation of the Talmud, 3, 602.
  • Clement IV, pope, appealed to against Nachmani, 3, 605.
  • Clement VI, pope, has Gersonides’ astronomical treatise translated, 4, 93.
  • arrests the Black Death persecutions, 4, 103.
  • declares the Jews innocent of well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • forbids the forced baptism of Jews, 4, 173.
  • Clement VII, pope, friendly to the Jews, 4, 407.
  • grants David Reubeni an audience, 4, 492.
  • efforts of, for the liberty of Italy, 4, 492.
  • treats Reubeni with distinction, 4, 492–3.
  • addressed on the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 500.
  • permits Marranos to profess Judaism, 4, 500.
  • intercourse of, with Molcho, 4, 503.
  • honors Molcho publicly, 4, 505.
  • opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 505.
  • saves Molcho from the stake, 4, 507.
  • establishes the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 507.
  • sympathizes with the Marranos, 4, 509.
  • innocent of Molcho’s death, 4, 512.
  • stays the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 513.
  • absolves Marranos for leaving the Church, 4, 513–14.
  • motive of, in protecting the Marranos, 4, 514.
  • appoints a commission on the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 514.
  • death of, 4, 515.
  • briefs of, enforced by Paul IV, 4, 516.
  • absolves the Marranos of Ancona, 4, 568.
  • Clement VIII, pope, grants an amnesty to the Marranos, 4, 528.
  • expels the Jews from the Papal States, 4, 659.
  • forbids the reading of the Talmud, 4, 659.
  • incorporates Ferrara with the Papal States, 4, 660.
  • absolves Portuguese Marranos, 4, 671.
  • Clement IX, pope, death of, 5, 171.
  • Clement XIII, pope, acquits the Jews of the blood accusation, 5, 285–6.
  • Clemente, Philip, Marrano, tries to suppress the Aragon Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • Cleopatra I, sister of Antiochus IV, wife of Ptolemy V, 1, 450.
  • Cleopatra II, sister and wife of Ptolemy VI, claimant of the Egyptian throne, 1, 506.
  • marries Ptolemy VII Physcon, 1, 518.
  • Cleopatra III, second wife of Ptolemy VII, mother of Ptolemy VIII, espouses the cause of Judæa, 2, 10.
  • defended by Judæan soldiers, 2, 12.
  • sends an army against her son, 2, 40–1.
  • in league with Alexander Jannæus, 2, 41.
  • Cleopatra VI, friendly to Herod, 2, 86.
  • favors Aristobulus (III), 2, 92.
  • summons Herod to answer for Aristobulus’ death, 2, 92–3.
  • receives the district of Jericho, 2, 93.
  • unkind to the Alexandrian Judæans, 2, 94.
  • schemes against Herod, 2, 94–5.
  • death of, 2, 102.
  • body-guard of, given to Herod, 2, 103.
  • Cleopatra, wife of Demetrius Nicator, kills her son, 2, 6.
  • Cleopatra of Jerusalem, wife of Herod, 2, 119.
  • Clermont, the Jews of, and Bishop Avitus, 3, 38–9.
  • the council of, resolves upon a crusade, 3, 297.
  • Clermont-Tonnerre, Count, defends the Jews, 5, 440.
  • favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441.
  • Closener of Strasburg, historian, on the persecution of the Jews, 4, 106.
  • Clotaire II, Merovingian king, hostile to the Jews, 3, 40.
  • Clovis, founder of the Frankish kingdom, 3, 35.
  • Jews in the army of, 3, 36.
  • converted, 3, 36.
  • Coblenz, the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 611.
  • Cochelet, French consul-general, interferes in the Damascus affair, 5, 647.
  • ordered to stop the Damascus trial, 5, 649.
  • hinders Montefiore and Crémieux in Egypt, 5, 659, 660.
  • Codes, general, defining the status of the Jews. See under
  • Alfonso X of Castile,
  • Alfonso V of Portugal,
  • Henry IV of Castile,
  • Napoleon,
  • Theodosius,
  • Visigothic.
  • Codes, Jewish religious. See
  • Asher ben Yechiel,
  • Mishna, the
  • Mishne Torah,
  • Mordecai Jafa,
  • Moses ben Israel Isserles,
  • Shulchan Aruch,
  • Turim.
  • Cœlesyria, Macedonian province, Judæa belongs to, 1, 414.
  • conquered by Ptolemy I, 1, 416.
  • revolts from Ptolemy II, 1, 423.
  • Joseph, tax-gatherer of, 1, 425.
  • Herod governor of, 2, 79.
  • Cohen, Aaron. See Aaron Cohen.
  • Cohen, Chayim. See Chayim Cohen.
  • Cohen, Daniel, scientist, 4, 405.
  • Cohen (Soncino), Gershon, establishes a printing house in Prague, 4, 418.
  • Cohen, Isaac. See Isaac Cohen Shalal.
  • Cohen, Jehuda. See Jehuda ben Solomon Cohen Ibn-Matka.
  • Cohen, Jonathan. See Jonathan Cohen.
  • Cohen, Joseph ben Joshua. See Joseph ben Joshua Cohen.
  • Cohen, Joshua Falk, president of the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 645.
  • Talmudist, 4, 703.
  • Cohen, Judah. See Judah ben Moses Cohen.
  • Cohen, Malachi, rabbi of Leghorn, espouses the cause of Eibeschütz, 5, 264.
  • Cohen, Moses. See Moses Cohen de Tordesillas; Moses ben Judah.
  • Cohen, Moses Gerson. See Anton, Charles.
  • Cohen, Naphtali, Kabbalist, patron of Chayon, 5, 217.
  • approves of Chayon’s work, 5, 218.
  • refrains from exposing Chayon, 5, 219.
  • exposes Chayon, 5, 227.
  • Cohen, Nehemiah, announces the approach of the Messiah, 5, 152.
  • summoned by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 152.
  • disagrees with Sabbataï, 5, 153.
  • turns Mahometan, 5, 153.
  • betrays Sabbataï, 5, 153.
  • returns to Poland, 5, 154.
  • Cohen, Nehemiah Vital, rabbi of Venice, and Luzzatto, 5, 239.
  • Cohen, Perachyah, physician and scientist, 4, 405.
  • Cohen, Raphael (1722–1803), rabbi of the “three communities,” opposes Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 330, 331, 333.
  • objects to the study of the sciences, 5, 402.
  • retirement of, 5, 566.
  • son-in-law of, 5, 570.
  • grandson of, 5, 598.
  • Cohen, Sabbataï, commemorates the Cossack massacres, 5, 13.
  • Cohen, Samuel. See Samuel Cohen ben Daniel.
  • Cohen, Saul. See Saul Cohen Ashkenazi; Saul Astruc Cohen.
  • Cohen, Shalom, employed by the Hamburg Dayanim, 5, 573.
  • Cohen, Simcha. See Simcha Cohen.
  • Cohn, Isidore, founder of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 701.
  • Coimbra, the Inquisition at, 4, 508.
  • Coin, counterfeiting of, denounced by the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • clipping of, charged against the English Jews, 3, 642.
  • Coinage, the right of, enjoyed by the Jews of Hungary, 3, 521.
  • Coins struck by Simon Tharsi, 1, 525, 528.
  • by John Hyrcanus, 2, 12.
  • by Aristobulus I, 2, 35.
  • by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • by Salome Alexandra, 2, 48.
  • by Aristobulus II, 2, 62.
  • by Alexander, son of Aristobulus II, 2, 70.
  • by Antigonus, 2, 83.
  • for Agrippa I, 2, 190, 194.
  • by the Zealots, 2, 268.
  • in honor of Simon ben Gamaliel, 2, 269.
  • Judæan, under Vespasian, 2, 292.
  • commemorating Titus’ victory, 2, 314.
  • by Nerva, 2, 392.
  • by Hadrian, 2, 407, 419.
  • by Bar-Cochba, 2, 411.
  • Collectants, a Dutch sect, 5, 94.
  • Colleges, established in Spain by the law of Avila, 4, 229.
  • Colleges, Rabbinical, at Metz, 5, 597–8, 700.
  • at Padua, 5, 624, 700.
  • at Breslau, 5, 699–700.
  • at various places, 5, 700.
  • Colleges, Talmudical, at Narbonne, 3, 143, 242, 392.
  • in western countries founded by emissaries from Sora, 3, 208.
  • at Cordova, 3, 209, 228.
  • in Egypt and the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 210.
  • at Kairuan, 3, 210–11, 248.
  • in Spain, 3, 236.
  • at Mayence, 3, 243, 247.
  • at Lucena, 3, 322.
  • at Toledo, 3, 338, 362.
  • in Spain, closed, 3, 361, 384.
  • at Dampierre, 3, 403.
  • at London, 3, 409.
  • at Bagdad, 3, 429, 633.
  • in France, closed, 4, 48.
  • at Paris, 4, 133.
  • at Alcala, 4, 145.
  • at Padua, 4, 410.
  • in Poland, 4, 420, 634, 639.
  • at Cremona, 4, 582.
  • at Prague, 5, 249.
  • the decay of, 5, 566–7, 569.
  • See also under Academies; Schools.
  • Collegium Germanicum, propagandist seminary, 4, 654.
  • Collier, Thomas, refutes anti-Jewish charges, 5, 46.
  • Colloquium Middelburgense,” controversial work, 4, 691.
  • Colmar, the Jews of, banished, 4, 416.
  • Cologna, Abraham Vita di (1755–1832), deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 488, 490.
  • second vice-president of the Synhedrion, 5, 495.
  • member of the French consistory, 5, 502.
  • conservative, 5, 559.
  • Cologne, fair of, visited by Jews, 3, 243.
  • university of, and the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • theologians of, sanction the burning of the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 452.
  • Cologne, the Dominicans of. See Dominicans, the, of Cologne.
  • Cologne, the Jews of, privileges of, abolished by Constantine, 2, 563.
  • settlement of, 3, 41.
  • protected during the first crusade, 3, 304.
  • massacred at Neus, 3, 304–5.
  • persecuted during the second crusade, 3, 352.
  • represented at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • protected during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 106, 108.
  • banished, 4, 227, 413.
  • Columbus, aided by Joseph Vecinho, 4, 368.
  • Comet, a, orbit of, calculated by Joshua ben Chananya, 2, 349.
  • Comino, the isle of, Abraham Abulafia on 4, 8.
  • Commentary,” Talmudical work by Rashi, 3, 288.
  • Commerce, under Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • pursued by Alexandrian Judæans, 1, 504.
  • under the Herodians, 2, 118.
  • between Jews and Christians forbidden, 2, 620; 4, 203, 216.
  • among the Jews of the Frankish and Burgundian kingdoms, 3, 35.
  • in the hands of Jews in the eighth century, 3, 142–3.
  • international, in the hands of Jews, 3, 162.
  • in the hands of the Jews under the Saxon emperors, 3, 242–3.
  • the, of southern France, carried on by Jews, 3, 391.
  • the, of Venice, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • of the Turkish Jews, 4, 401.
  • of the Jews in Poland, 4, 419.
  • capacity for, an argument for the admission of Jews into England, 5, 40–1.
  • the, of the Jews, described by Simone Luzzatto, 5, 82–3.
  • stagnation of, during the Sabbatian movement, 5, 149.
  • forbidden partly to the Jews of Alsace, 5, 348.
  • the, of Jews under the Napoleonic law, 5, 524–5.
  • Commercial Hall, meeting place of the Synhedrion in Bethany, 2, 239.
  • Commodus, emperor, profligacy of, 2, 447.
  • death of, 2, 448, 463.
  • Communities of the Friends of Light,” Protestant societies, 5, 682, 683.
  • Compositions,” grammatical work by Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • Concerning the Jews and their Lies,” by Luther, 4, 548–9.
  • Concerning the superstitions of the Jews,” letter addressed to Louis the Pious, 3, 167–8.
  • Conciliador, the, by Manasseh ben Israel, translated, 5, 22.
  • Concordance of the Bible, by Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymos, 4, 234–5.
  • Condottieri, Italian mercenaries, 4, 286.
  • Confederation War, the, Jews suffer during, 5, 387–8.
  • Confession of Faith, the, recital of, forbidden, 3, 15.
  • Confessional, the, discussed by the Jews of France, 3, 343.
  • Confessions,” by Heine, 5, 553–5.
  • Confirmation, the rite of, introduced into German Jewish communities, 5, 562, 573.
  • Confiscation and burning, the, of Hebrew books, by the Dominicans, 3, 542–3.
  • by Gregory IX, 3, 574–6, 578–9.
  • by Pfefferkorn, 4, 429–31, 437–8, 441, 444.
  • under Julius III, 4, 565.
  • under Paul IV, 4, 567, 583, 584–5.
  • under Pius V, 4, 590.
  • under Gregory XIII, 4, 654.
  • at Kamieniec, 5, 282.
  • See also under Talmud, the.
  • Conflict of Duties, the, Letter on,” by Solomon Duran I, 4, 238.
  • Conforte, David, itinerant rabbi and historian, 5, 202.
  • Congress. See Aix-la-Chapelle; Rastadt; Vienna.
  • Coniah. See Jehoiachin.
  • Conrad III, emperor, protects the Jews during the second crusade, 3, 351, 416.
  • joins the second crusade, 3, 353, 354.
  • Conrad of Wintertur, exculpates the Jews from the charge of well poisoning, 4, 106, 108.
  • Consistorial organization, in France, approved by Napoleon, 5, 498.
  • established in Westphalia, 5, 501–2.
  • Consolation for the Sorrows of Israel,” by Samuel Usque, 4, 558–61.
  • Constance, the Council of, and Benedict XIII, 4, 212, 216.
  • condemns Ferrer, 4, 217.
  • anarchy during, 4, 218.
  • elects Martin V pope, 4, 219.
  • condemns John Huss to death, 4, 221.
  • expenses of, borne by the Jews, 4, 248.
  • Constance (Costnitz), the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • wait on Martin V, 4, 219.
  • Constance (lake), the cities on, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • Constantia, queen-mother, contends for the regency in Castile, 4, 52.
  • Constantine I, emperor, puts Judaism on an equality with Christianity, 2, 561.
  • under the influence of Christianity, 2, 561–2.
  • abolishes the privileges of the Jews, 2, 563; 5, 725.
  • closes Jerusalem to the Jews, 2, 564; 3, 11–12.
  • protects the Jews against apostates, 2, 564.
  • anti-Jewish restrictions of, revived, 3, 23, 171.
  • Constantine VIII (944–949), Byzantine emperor, and Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 218.
  • Constantine, African town, refuge for Spanish Jews, 4, 197.
  • Constantine Dragosses, last Byzantine emperor, 4, 267.
  • Constantinople, the Temple vessels in, 3, 26–7.
  • Karaite center, 4, 69, 71, 269.
  • fall of, 4, 267.
  • Spanish spoken at, by the exiles, 4, 388.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 402–4.
  • the Mendes-Nassi family in, 4, 577.
  • rabbis of, advise the diversion of Jewish trade from Ancona, 4, 580.
  • rabbis of, excommunicate Daud, 4, 599.
  • description of, by Moses Almosnino, 4, 608.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 76.
  • Sabbataï Zevi at, 5, 145–8.
  • effect of Sabbataï’s apostasy in, 5, 157.
  • Sabbatians excommunicated in, 5, 157, 159.
  • Sabbataï Zevi banished to, 5, 166.
  • Cardoso at, 5, 207.
  • Chayim Malach banished from, 5, 214.
  • Chayon at, 5, 227–8.
  • rabbis of, espouse the cause of Eibeschütz, 5, 264.
  • a rabbi of, accused of using human blood, 5, 640.
  • revision of the Rhodes trial at, 5, 647.
  • Constantinople, the Jews of, inhabit a separate quarter, 3, 26.
  • expelled, 3, 26.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 425.
  • divided into national groups, 4, 402, 478.
  • taxed, 4, 402.
  • have a political representative, 4, 404.
  • collect a ransom for Polish-Jewish captives, 5, 8.
  • appeal to the European Jews, 5, 651.
  • Constantius, emperor, influence of, on the Church, 2, 566.
  • teachers of the Law banished from Judæa under, 2, 566–7.
  • hostile to the Jews, 2, 567–8.
  • founder of the Christian state, 2, 568.
  • re-enacts Hadrian’s edicts against the Jews, 2, 571.
  • makes Julian co-emperor, 2, 595.
  • law of, with regard to the slaves of Jews revived, 2, 615.
  • law of, concerning the Patriarchs re-enacted, 2, 616.
  • Constitutio Judæorum, issued by Innocent III, 3, 497.
  • Constitution of the Directory, the, recognizes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 452.
  • Constitution, the French, ratified by Louis XVI, 5, 447.
  • Constitutions, The,” code of the Inquisition compiled by Torquemada, 4, 326–8.
  • introduced into Portugal, 4, 508.
  • Conti, Vincent, prints the Zohar, 4, 583.
  • Contra-Remonstrants, the, a Dutch sect, 4, 673.
  • Contrasts and Greatness of Constantinople,” by Moses Almosnino, 4, 608.
  • Controversial literature, in Spain in the fifteenth century, 4, 232–8.
  • See also Polemical works against Christianity.
  • Conversations and Recollections,” by Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 320.
  • Conversion, the, of the Himyarites, 3, 56.
  • Conversion, the, of the Jews to Christianity, promoted by Constantine, 2, 562, 564.
  • desired by Theodoric, 3, 29–30.
  • hoped by Bernard of Clairvaux, 3, 353.
  • means used for, by Raymond de Penyaforte, 3, 520.
  • encouraged by Louis IX, 3, 570.
  • projected by Benedict XIII, 4, 206–7.
  • designed by the Council of Basle, 4, 245–6.
  • attempted in Ratisbon, 4, 301.
  • measures for, devised by Pfefferkorn, 4, 425–6.
  • unpopular, 4, 426–7.
  • measures for, devised by Gregory XIII, 4, 654–5, 706.
  • hoped for by Cromwell, 5, 43.
  • agitated by Charles XI of Sweden, 5, 182.
  • agitated by Wagenseil, 5, 186.
  • urged by Rühs, 5, 517.
  • See also Apostasy; Apostates.
  • Conversion, the forced, of Jews to Christianity, objected to by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • objected to by Henry IV, 3, 298.
  • forbidden by the third Lateran Council, 3, 421.
  • deprecated by Gregory IX, 3, 570.
  • deprecated by Gregory X, 3, 635.
  • advised by Duns Scotus, 3, 644; 4, 277.
  • forbidden by Clement VI, 4, 103, 173.
  • deprecated by Innocent IV, 4, 165.
  • forbidden by Boniface IX, 4, 173.
  • deprecated by Martin V, 4, 220.
  • advocated by John of Capistrano, 4, 277.
  • condemned by Ferdinand Coutinho, 4, 375.
  • attempted by Manoel of Portugal, 4, 377.
  • objected to by Paul III, 4, 517–18.
  • See also Marranos, the.
  • Conversions, forced, of Jews to Christianity, in Magona, 2, 619–20.
  • in Clermont, 3, 38–9.
  • under Chilperic, 3, 39.
  • under Sisebut, 3, 48, 49–50.
  • under Chintila, 3, 51–2, 101.
  • under Receswinth, 3, 102–4.
  • under Erwig, 3, 106–7.
  • under Leo the Isaurian, 3, 122–3.
  • under Basilius, 3, 176.
  • in Mayence, 3, 246, 303.
  • in Treves, 3, 300.
  • in Worms, 3, 301–2.
  • in Bohemia, 3, 305, 356.
  • in Blois, 3, 380.
  • in France, 3, 403, 570; 4, 48, 56.
  • in Toulouse, 3, 514.
  • during the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 36.
  • in Speyer, 4, 107.
  • in Strasburg, 4, 108.
  • in Hungary, 4, 111.
  • in Castile, 4, 126, 137, 205.
  • in Seville, 4, 169.
  • in Cordova, 4, 169.
  • in Toledo, 4, 170.
  • in Valencia, 4, 171.
  • in Gerona, Barcelona, and Lerida, 4, 172.
  • in Aragon, 4, 206, 214.
  • in Austria, 4, 224.
  • in Palma, 4, 247.
  • in Bavaria, 4, 254.
  • of children in Breslau, 4, 262.
  • in Trent, 4, 298.
  • in Spain at the expulsion, 4, 351.
  • in Navarre, 4, 358.
  • in Genoa, 4, 363.
  • in Malaga, 4, 370.
  • of children at San Thomas, 4, 371.
  • in Portugal, 4, 374, 375–6, 378.
  • in the Mark of Brandenburg, 4, 440.
  • in Poland, 5, 7–8.
  • See also Apostasy; Apostates; Marranos, the.
  • Conversions, forced, of Jews to Islam, by Omar, 3, 120.
  • decreed by Hakim, 3, 247–8.
  • in Morocco, 3, 358–9.
  • in northern Africa, 3, 359–60.
  • in Lucena, 3, 311–12, 361.
  • under Abdulmumen, 3, 451–6.
  • in Yemen, 3, 461.
  • Maimonides on, 3, 462–4.
  • See also Apostasy; Apostates.
  • Conversions, forced, of Jews to Magianism, 2, 629.
  • Conversions to Judaism, in Babylon, 1, 338–9.
  • under Zerubbabel, 1, 356.
  • made by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • among the Romans under Tiberius, 2, 136–7.
  • among the heathen, 2, 215–19, 383–5.
  • among the Roman soldiers of Titus, 2, 306.
  • Tacitus and Josephus on, 2, 384.
  • forbidden by Antoninus Pius, 2, 433.
  • forbidden by Constantine, 2, 562.
  • among slaves forbidden, 2, 564, 567–8, 615; 3, 46.
  • during the Persian occupation of Palestine, 3, 21.
  • forbidden by the councils of Orleans, 3, 37.
  • among the Arabs, 3, 61–3.
  • punishable with death by the code of Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • See also Circumcision; Proselytes.
  • Conversions to Paganism in Alexandria, 2, 184.
  • Converts, forced, to Christianity, a menace to the Spanish Jews, 4, 179.
  • emigrate from Spain, 4, 179.
  • relapse into Jewish ceremonies, 4, 180.
  • See Marranos, the.
  • Converts, forced, to Judaism, the Idumæans under John Hyrcanus, 2, 8–9.
  • the Ituræans and Trachonites under Aristobulus I, 2, 37.
  • Converts to Christianity, cannot return to Judaism, 3, 49–50, 306, 308.
  • See also Apostates; Christians, Judaizing; Marranos, the.
  • Converts to Judaism. See Circumcision; Conversions to Judaism; Proselytes.
  • Copenhagen, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 531.
  • Copia, Sarah. See Sullam, Sarah Copia.
  • Copia, Simon, father of Sarah Sullam, 5, 69.
  • Coponius, first procurator of Judæa, 2, 129.
  • administration of, 2, 135.
  • Cordova, ancient gateway in, 3, 42.
  • Jews masters of, 3, 109.
  • seat of a Talmud school, 3, 210, 228, 236.
  • birthplace of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 255.
  • taken by Suleiman, 3, 255, 262.
  • medical school at, 3, 261.
  • home of the Albalias, 3, 283.
  • synagogues of, destroyed, 3, 360.
  • Talmud school of, destroyed, 3, 384.
  • taken by the Almohades, 3, 447–8.
  • the Inquisition in, 4, 325.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • disturbance in, caused by the Inquisition, 4, 484.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 91, 92.
  • Cordova, the Jews of, ransom Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 209.
  • choose him as their rabbi, 3, 209.
  • appeal to Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 209–10.
  • Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut political chief of, 3, 217.
  • prosperity of, 3, 229.
  • side against Joseph Ibn-Abitur, 3, 238.
  • Jacob Ibn-Jau chief of, 3, 239.
  • emigrate, 3, 255.
  • murdered in 1391, 4, 169.
  • Cordova, the Marranos of, attacked, 4, 281–2.
  • flee to Granada, 4, 351.
  • Corfu, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 363–4.
  • Isaac Abrabanel at, 4, 384.
  • rites of the Jews of, followed in Greece, 4, 406.
  • Nathan Ghazati at, 5, 160.
  • honors shown to Crémieux in, 5, 668.
  • Corinth, Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • Paul establishes a Christian community in, 2, 228.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Cornelianus, Atidius, governor of Syria, defeated by the Parthians, 2, 447.
  • Cornelius, Judæan envoy to Claudius, 2, 197–8.
  • Coronel, baptismal name of Abraham Senior’s family, 4, 351.
  • Coronel, David Senior, Marrano in Pernambuco, 4, 693.
  • Coronello, Joseph Nassi’s deputy, 4, 597.
  • Correa, Isabel, Marrano poetess, 5, 114.
  • Correction of the False Teacher,” by Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymos, 4, 234.
  • Cosmas, bishop of Prague, protects the Jews during the first crusade, 3, 305, 307.
  • Cossacks, the, origin and independence of, 5, 2.
  • efforts to convert, 5, 2–3.
  • highly taxed, 5, 3.
  • Jews further the enslavement of, 5, 6.
  • insurrections of, 5, 6, 7.
  • organized into Haidamak troops, 5, 8.
  • massacres of the Jews by, 5, 9–12.
  • make peace with the Poles, 5, 12.
  • attack the Jews, 5, 14, 15.
  • second treaty with, 5, 14.
  • losses inflicted upon the Jews by, 5, 15.
  • persecutions by, influence Judaism, 5, 16–17.
  • ravages of, in Poland, 5, 388.
  • Costa, Duarte Nuñes da, Portuguese agent in Hamburg, 4, 692.
  • Costa, Emanuel da, Marrano, martyrdom of, 4, 520–1.
  • Costa, Isaac Atias da, civic honors of, 5, 458.
  • Costa, Joseph da, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 34.
  • Costa, Uriel (Gabriel) da (1590–1640), as a Marrano, 5, 56.
  • studies the Scriptures, 5, 57.
  • returns to Judaism, 5, 57.
  • at odds with Amsterdam Judaism, 5, 58–9.
  • excommunicated, 5, 59.
  • attacked by Samuel da Silva, 5, 59.
  • publishes a work hostile to Judaism, 5, 59–60.
  • retracts, 5, 60–1.
  • formulates a natural religion, 5, 61.
  • fails to conform to Jewish usages, 5, 62.
  • restrains Christians from becoming Jews, 5, 62.
  • refuses to do penance, 5, 62.
  • penance imposed upon, 5, 63–4.
  • autobiography of, 5, 64–5.
  • suicide of, 5, 64.
  • violence of, 5, 84.
  • case of, compared with Spinoza’s, 5, 92, 93, 97.
  • Costnitz. See Constance.
  • Costobar, prevents the escape of fugitives from Jerusalem, 2, 89.
  • Costobar, of the Herodian family, wickedness of, 2, 236.
  • accuses Gessius Florus before Nero, 2, 268.
  • Cotys, king of Armenia Minor, ally of Agrippa I, 2, 195.
  • Cotys, Byzantine commander, subdues the Jews of Antioch, 3, 18.
  • Council of Elders, the, instituted by Moses, 1, 25–6.
  • Council of Seventy, the. See Council, the Great.
  • Council, the Great, of Seventy, work of, 1, 394–5.
  • institutes Chanukah, 1, 472–3.
  • informs the Egyptian Judæans of the independence of Judæa, 1, 522.
  • composed of Sadducees, 2, 42.
  • chief post in, given up to the Pharisees, 2, 48–9.
  • reorganized, 2, 50.
  • called the Great Synhedrion, 2, 71.
  • See Synhedrion, the.
  • Council, the Great, couples at the head of:
  • José, son of Joëzer. José, son of Johanan.
    Joshua, son of Perachia. Matthai of Arbela.
    Judah ben Tabbai. Simon ben Shetach.
    Shemaya. Abtalion.
    Hillel I. Shammai.
  • Councils, Church. See Church Councils.
  • Counsels and Lessons,” by Santob de Carrion, 4, 115.
  • Couples. See Council, the Great.
  • Courts of justice, held on Mondays and Thursdays in Judæa, 1, 394.
  • restored to the Jews by Alexander Severus, 2, 482.
  • purified by Abba-Areka, 2, 517.
  • See also Jurisdiction, Jewish, autonomous.
  • Coutinho, Ferdinand, bishop of Algarve, opposes the forcible baptism of Jews, 4, 375.
  • describes the baptism of Jewish children, 4, 376.
  • opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 500.
  • Cracow, Jews massacred in, on the charge of well poisoning, 4, 111.
  • the Jews of, number of, 4, 632.
  • the German population of, 5, 3.
  • Chassidistic writings burned in, 5, 393.
  • Cranganor, destroyed, 2, 630.
  • Crassus, member of the first Triumvirate, receives Syria, 2, 73.
  • robs the Temple, 2, 74.
  • slain, 2, 74.
  • Creation, Kabbalistic theory of, 3, 552–3.
  • theory of, held by Isaac Lurya, 4, 619.
  • Creed, the, by Albo, 4, 240.
  • by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 193.
  • Creed, the, by Maimonides, 3, 459–60.
  • effect of, 3, 469, 470.
  • objected to, by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 193.
  • Creizenach, Michael (1789–1842), advocate of the Reform movement, 5, 674–5.
  • Crémieux, Adolf (1796–1880), espouses the cause of the Damascus Jews, 5, 643–4.
  • acts in conjunction with the English Jews, 5, 645, 651.
  • appeals to Louis Philippe, 5, 645.
  • announces the faithlessness of Louis Philippe, 5, 651.
  • appeal to, from Damascus, 5, 651.
  • sent to Egypt, 5, 652.
  • at the London meeting, 5, 653.
  • hampered by the French ministry, 5, 658.
  • sets out for Egypt, 5, 658.
  • honors shown to, 5, 658–9, 667–8.
  • introduces himself to Mehmet Ali, 5, 659.
  • influences the European consuls and Mehmet Ali, 5, 660.
  • tries to establish schools in Egypt, 5, 663, 671.
  • services of, acknowledged, 5, 669–72.
  • declines a medal, 5, 671.
  • president of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 702.
  • Cremona, the Talmud burnt at, 4, 582–3.
  • Cremona, the Jews of, number of, 4, 653.
  • expelled, 4, 660.
  • Crescas, Barfat, imprisonment of, 4, 150.
  • Crescas, Chasdaï. See Chasdaï ben Abraham Crescas.
  • Crescas Vidal, opposes the study of science, 4, 28–9.
  • reproaches Samuel Sulami for harboring a heretic, 4, 29.
  • Crete (Candia), the Judæans of, make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 2, 220.
  • a false Messiah in, 2, 610–11.
  • restored to Turkey, 5, 661.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 363–4, 406.
  • the Talmud burnt in, 4, 565.
  • Cardoso on, 5, 207.
  • Crimea, the, Jews of the Byzantine empire settle in, 3, 123–4.
  • the Karaites spread to, 3, 182.
  • the land of the Chazars, 3, 222.
  • the Karaites in, in the twelfth century, 3, 435.
  • Karaites emigrate from, 4, 269.
  • Jews of Poland transported to, 5, 8.
  • Crispia. See Berachya ben Natronaï Nakdan.
  • Crissa, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Critical History of the Old Testament, The,” by Richard Simon, 5, 179.
  • Croatia, the Jews of, proscribed, 3, 614.
  • Crœsus, at war with Cyrus, 1, 343.
  • Cromwell, Oliver, obtains religious liberty for England, 5, 25–6.
  • inspired by the Old Testament, 5, 26, 27.
  • regards the Jews favorably, 5, 27.
  • dissolves the Long Parliament, 5, 34.
  • Protector, 5, 35.
  • favors the re-settlement of Jews in England, 5, 35, 42–3.
  • invites Manasseh ben Israel to England, 5, 38.
  • receives Manasseh, 5, 38–9.
  • hopes to convert the Jews, 5, 43.
  • assembles a commission on the Jewish question, 5, 43–5.
  • followers of, favor the admission of Jews, 5, 44.
  • reported the Messiah of the Jews, 5, 45.
  • dismisses Manasseh honorably, 5, 49.
  • acquits the Marrano Robles, 5, 49.
  • permits a Jewish burial ground in London, 5, 49.
  • Crossen, the duchy of, Jews settle in, 5, 173.
  • Crown money. See Aurum coronarium.
  • Crusade, a, against the Albigenses, 3, 501–3.
  • against the Mahometans in Spain, 3, 507.
  • preached by order of Gregory IX, 3, 570.
  • organized by Louis IX with Jewish money, 3, 585.
  • Crusade, the first, Jews during, 3, 298–305, 308, 309.
  • disgraceful end of, 3, 306.
  • Crusade, the second, Jews during, 3, 349–56.
  • Crusade, the third, participators in, 3, 404, 411, 418.
  • preached by Fulko de Neuilly, 3, 405.
  • Crusade, the fourth, and the Jews, 3, 496–7.
  • Crusaders, fall upon Jews in the English towns, 3, 412–13.
  • Crusades, the, begin with massacres of the Jews, 4, 222.
  • Crzemieniec, Jewish children slaughtered in, 5, 12.
  • Ctesiphon (Ardashir), capital of the Parthians, 2, 506.
  • populated with Jews, 2, 507.
  • escapes seizure by Julian the Apostate, 2, 602.
  • Cuenca, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 91, 92.
  • Cuenqui, Abraham, Sabbataï Zevi’s biographer, 5, 212.
  • Cumanus (48–52), procurator of Judæa, 2, 241.
  • places a cohort in the Temple, 2, 242.
  • punishes the profanation of the Scriptures, 2, 242–3.
  • sides with the Samaritans, 2, 243.
  • hated in Jerusalem, 2, 244.
  • called to Rome to justify himself, 2, 244.
  • banished, 2, 245.
  • Curiel, Jacob, unites the Portuguese congregations of Amsterdam, 4, 681.
  • Portuguese agent in Hamburg, 4, 692.
  • Cuthæans, the, a mixed population colonized in Samaria, 1, 285.
  • See Samaritans, the.
  • Cyaxares, of Media, defeats the Assyrians, 1, 287.
  • puts an end to Assyria, 1, 303.
  • Cyclades, the, Joseph Nassi duke of, 4, 596.
  • Cycle of Rabbi Nachshon, the, key to the Jewish calendar, 3, 179.
  • Cydonia, original home of the Philistines, 1, 54.
  • Cypros, wife of Agrippa I, appeals to Herodias, 2, 175.
  • hostage for her husband, 2, 176.
  • Cypros, wife of Antipater, 2, 77.
  • Cyprus, refuge of Ptolemy VIII, 2, 12.
  • seized by Ptolemy VIII, 2, 40.
  • wheat imported from, for Jerusalem, 2, 218.
  • the Judæans of, make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 2, 220.
  • promised to Joseph Nassi, 4, 600.
  • taken by the Turks, 4, 601.
  • as a Jewish state, 4, 611.
  • Cyprus, the Jews of, rebel against Trajan, 2, 394.
  • Martius Hurbo sent against, 2, 398.
  • join an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, 3, 20.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424–5.
  • Cyrenaica, the Judæans of, have a synagogue in Jerusalem, 2, 201.
  • the Jews of, rebel against Trajan, 2, 394, 395, 396.
  • Cyrene, Judæans settle in, 1, 419.
  • position of the Judæans in, 1, 503.
  • given to Ptolemy VII, 1, 507.
  • the Judæans of, make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 2, 220.
  • Zealots take refuge in, 2, 317, 318.
  • Jewish revolt in, 2, 331.
  • the Jews of, revolt from Trajan, 2, 395, 397.
  • Cyril, bishop of Alexandria, ill-treats the Jews, 2, 618–19; 3, 23.
  • Cyrus, of Persia, dethrones the Median king, 1, 342.
  • at war with Crœsus, 1, 343.
  • called the instrument of God by Isaiah, 1, 348.
  • conquers Babylon, 1, 349–50.
  • proclaims himself king of Babylon, 1, 350.
  • permits the Judæans to return to Palestine, 1, 351–2.
  • sends an escort with the returning exiles, 1, 355.
  • Czarnicki, Polish general, ill-uses the Jews, 5, 15.
  • Czechowic, Martin, Polish Unitarian, writes against Judaism, 4, 648.
  • Czenstochow, Frank imprisoned at, 5, 288, 289.
  • Czernigov, the Jews of, massacred, 5, 10.
  • D
  • Dabaritta, the Judæans of, plunder Agrippa II’s agent, 2, 279.
  • Dævas, Persian evil spirits, 1, 403.
  • Dafiera. See Solomon Dafiera.
  • Dagger of Faith, The,” anti-Jewish work by Raymund Martin, 3, 622–3.
  • Dagobert (629), Merovingian king, hostile to the Jews, 3, 40.
  • Dagon, Philistine god, 1, 55.
  • temple of, burnt, 1, 496.
  • Dâï, forerunner of the Messiah, 3, 124.
  • Dalalat al Haïrin. See “Guide of the Perplexed, The.”
  • Dalberg, Karl von, imperial chancellor, aids Breidenbach, 5, 468.
  • favors the emancipation of Jews, 5, 504.
  • grants civil rights to the Jews of Frankfort, 5, 505.
  • Dalburg, bishop of Worms, refuses to judge the Reuchlin case, 4, 454.
  • Dallim (Ebionim), disciples of Isaiah, 1, 254.
  • Dalmatia, the Jews of, proscribed, 3, 614.
  • Damascus (Aram, Syria), belongs to the king of Israel, 1, 127.
  • king of, defeated by David, 1, 127.
  • taken by Rezon, 1, 177, 183.
  • king of, makes a treaty with Rehoboam, 1, 183.
  • extended by Tabrimon, 1, 183.
  • conquered by Jeroboam II, 1, 232.
  • besieged by Tiglath-Pileser, 1, 259.
  • subdued by Sennacherib, 1, 270.
  • the goddess of love, worshiped in, 1, 408.
  • taken by the Hasmonæans, 1, 498.
  • number of Judæans in, 2, 202.
  • women of, adopt Judaism, 2, 215.
  • the Nazarene community in, 2, 222–3.
  • the apostle Paul in, 2, 226, 227.
  • Jehuda Halevi at, 3, 342.
  • captured by Hulagu, 3, 606.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 399–400.
  • Chayim Vital Calabrese in, 5, 52–3.
  • Damascus affair, the, reported in the French journals, 5, 642.
  • taken up by Crémieux, 5, 644.
  • considered in England, 5, 645.
  • the Austrian report on, 5, 646.
  • in the hands of Mehmet Ali, 5, 647.
  • tried by a court of European consuls, 5, 648.
  • trial of, stopped by Thiers, 5, 649.
  • in the French Chamber of Deputies, 5, 649–50.
  • view of, among Catholics, 5, 650–1.
  • in Parliament, 5, 652–3.
  • discussed by London Jews, 5, 653–4.
  • a Mansion House meeting protests against, 5, 656–7.
  • rejoicing at the termination of, 5, 667, 669.
  • plans for commemorating, 5, 669, 670, 671.
  • account of, by Erter, 5, 671.
  • Munk on, 5, 671–2.
  • Damascus, the Jews of, in an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, 3, 20.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 426–7.
  • liturgy of, changed, 3, 466.
  • cause of, espoused by various governments, 5, 633.
  • number of, 5, 634.
  • suspected of ritual murder, 5, 635, 636.
  • arrested and tortured, 5, 636–7.
  • houses of, destroyed, 5, 637.
  • evidence favoring, suppressed, 5, 637.
  • confess under torture, 5, 638.
  • pronounced guilty by Ratti Menton, 5, 640.
  • appeal to the European Jews, 5, 642, 651.
  • torture of, stopped, 5, 648.
  • release of, 5, 660–1.
  • new crusade against, incited by Catholics, 5, 662.
  • Dan, the tribe of, late settlement of, 1, 39.
  • isolation of, 1, 51.
  • attacked by the Philistines, 1, 64.
  • oppressed by the Philistines, 1, 66.
  • around Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • Dan, northern frontier town of Israel, 1, 129.
  • occupied by Sheba’s followers, 1, 149–50.
  • center of idolatry, 1, 186, 233.
  • subjugated by Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • Danger to the Welfare and Character of the Germans through the Jews,” by J. F. Fries, 5, 521.
  • Dangerous Courses, The,” by Joseph Penso, 5, 113.
  • Daniel, the supposed grave of, causes a quarrel, 3, 434–5.
  • Daniel, the Book of, written during the Maccabæan struggle, 1, 465–6.
  • language of, 1, 465.
  • consolations offered by, 1, 465.
  • prophesies the end of the Syrian power, 1, 465–6.
  • additions to, 2, 359.
  • prophecy of, thought to be verified, 2, 482–3.
  • explained by Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 494–5.
  • as explained by Christians, 2, 502.
  • commentary on, by Porphyry, 2, 502.
  • a verse of, applied to Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • a prophecy of, applied to Julian the Apostate, 2, 598.
  • commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 373.
  • Nissim Gerundi on, 4, 120.
  • Gallipapa on, 4, 149.
  • commentary on, by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 482.
  • Simone Luzzatto on, 5, 81.
  • Daniel, friend of Immanuel Romi, 4, 66.
  • Daniel, Karaite, candidate for the Exilarchate, 3, 155.
  • Daniel ben Saadiah, anti-Maimunist, 3, 525–6.
  • excommunicated, 3, 526.
  • Daniel, son of Solomon (Chasdaï?, 1165–1175), Exilarch, 3, 438.
  • death of, 3, 439.
  • Dante, friend of Immanuel Romi, 4, 65.
  • imitated by Immanuel Romi, 4, 66, 67.
  • quoted, 4, 325.
  • Danz, Frankfort deputy to the Congress of Vienna, objects to the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519.
  • Daphne, Verus Commodus at, 2, 447.
  • Darius, king of Persia, permits the rebuilding of the Temple, 1, 359.
  • Darius, commander of Agrippa II’s troops, 2, 259.
  • Dark Age,” the Jewish, 4, 617.
  • Darke ha-Talmud, work by Isaac Campanton, 4, 230.
  • Darmstadt, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 530.
  • Daroca, the Jews of, converted, 4, 206, 214.
  • Darshanim, Jewish preachers, deliver sermons in the vernacular, under Louis the Pious 3, 163.
  • Daub, professor, protects the Jews of Heidelberg, 5, 531.
  • Daud, physician, traduces Joseph Nassi, 4, 598–9.
  • banished and excommunicated, 4, 599.
  • Dauphiné, Jews remain in, after the expulsion by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • David, king, anointed, 1, 95–6.
  • poetic talent of, 1, 96.
  • under Samuel’s influence, 1, 96–7.
  • and Goliath, 1, 97.
  • soothes Saul’s melancholy, 1, 98.
  • victorious over the Philistines, 1, 98–9.
  • attacked by Saul, 1, 99.
  • marries Michal, 1, 100.
  • outlawed, 1, 100.
  • in friendly relations with Ammonites and Philistines, 1, 100–2.
  • at Ziklag, 1, 101–2.
  • to help the Philistines against Saul, 1, 102.
  • routs the Amalekites, 1, 106–7.
  • chosen king by Judah, 1, 107.
  • ally of Achish, 1, 107–8.
  • resides at Hebron, 1, 109.
  • and Abner, 1, 110–12.
  • rules over the whole kingdom, 1, 112.
  • subdues the Jebusites, 1, 113–14.
  • resides at Jerusalem, 1, 114.
  • at war with the Philistines, 1, 115–18.
  • at Adullam, 1, 116.
  • saved by Abishai, 1, 117.
  • ally of Hiram, 1, 118.
  • builds a cedar palace, 1, 119.
  • makes Jerusalem the center of religious life, 1, 119–20.
  • introduces choral song into the religious service, 1, 120.
  • as Psalmist, 1, 120–1.
  • as king, 1, 121.
  • loyalty to, 1, 121–2.
  • army of, 1, 122.
  • favorite and councilor of, 1, 122–3.
  • surrenders Saul’s descendants to the Gibeonites, 1, 123.
  • buries the remains of Saul and Jonathan, 1, 124.
  • at war with the Moabites, 1, 125–6.
  • at war with the Ammonites, 1, 126–7.
  • at war with the Aramæans, 1, 127.
  • at war with the Ammonites and Idumæans, 1, 128–9.
  • enlarges his territory, 1, 129–30.
  • faith of, 1, 130.
  • lenient towards conquered races, 1, 131.
  • betrays Uriah, 1, 131–2.
  • rebuked by Nathan, 1, 133.
  • and Absalom, 1, 134–7.
  • orders a census, 1, 137–8.
  • conspiracy against, 1, 138–44.
  • leaves Jerusalem, 1, 140–1.
  • faithful followers of, 1, 141–2, 144.
  • enemies of, 1, 142.
  • victorious over Absalom, 1, 144.
  • mourns Absalom, 1, 145.
  • invited to Jerusalem by the northern tribes, 1, 146.
  • pardons Amasa, 1, 146.
  • met by embassies of Benjamites and Judæans, 1, 146–8.
  • suppresses Sheba’s revolt, 1, 148–50.
  • returns to Jerusalem, 1, 150.
  • restrained from building a Temple, 1, 150–1.
  • debility of, 1, 151.
  • has Solomon acknowledged king, 1, 153.
  • death of, 1, 154.
  • summary of the reign of, 1, 154–5.
  • number of wives of, 1, 161.
  • descendants of, the only ones entitled to the crown, 1, 527–8.
  • a descendant of, the Messiah, 2, 143, 144.
  • descent from, traced by Spanish families, 3, 43.
  • Israelites under, settle in northern Arabia, 3, 54.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • favorite character of the Puritans, 5, 26.
  • David, candidate for the Exilarchate, 3, 439.
  • David, German immigrant in Turkey, 4, 271.
  • David, principino of the Neapolitan Jews, 3, 424.
  • David of Mosul, Exilarch in Jerusalem, 3, 506.
  • excommunicates Daniel ben Saadiah, 3, 526.
  • David de Pomis (1525–1588), physician, employed by Christians, 4, 653.
  • attainments of, 4, 656.
  • defense of Jewish physicians by, 4, 656–7.
  • Talmudic dictionary by, 4, 657.
  • David ben Daniel, Exilarch of Mosul, excommunicates Solomon Petit, 3, 632.
  • David ben Judah (825–840), Exilarch, 3, 155–6.
  • David ben Kalonymos, Tossafist, member of the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • David ben Maimun, brother of Maimonides, 3, 451, 457.
  • David ben Saul, excommunicates the Maimunists, 3, 529.
  • excommunicated, 3, 530, 536–7.
  • David ben Zaccaï (940), Exilarch, deposes Kohen-Zedek, 3, 186.
  • appoints two Geonim of Sora, 3, 192–3.
  • excommunicates the congregation of Fars, 3, 194.
  • injustice of, 3, 194–5.
  • contest of, with Saadiah, 3, 195–6, 200–1.
  • cause of, espoused by Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu, 3, 200.
  • death of, 3, 201.
  • great-grandson of, 3, 254.
  • David Ibn-Abi Zimra (1470–1573), scholar, Spanish exile in Cairo, 4, 393.
  • rabbi of Cairo, 4, 394.
  • abolishes the Seleucidæan era, 4, 394–5.
  • reverses the liturgical changes made by Maimonides, 4, 395.
  • Kabbalist, 4, 481.
  • David Ibn-Albilla, philosopher, 4, 91.
  • David Ibn-Yachya, rabbi at Naples, 4, 410.
  • David Ibn-Yachya Negro, foresees the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal, 4, 339.
  • David Abudarham, a Jew of Castile, 3, 617.
  • David Alrui (Alroy, Ibn-Alruchi, Menahem ben Solomon), attainments of, 3, 430.
  • summons the Jews of the East to return to Jerusalem, 3, 431.
  • imprisoned, 3, 431–2.
  • death of, 3, 433.
  • David Bonet Buen-Giorna, Marrano, persuaded to remain a Christian, 4, 188.
  • epistle to, 4, 188–90.
  • David Gans (1541–1613), historian and astronomer, works of, 4, 638–9.
  • consulted by Basnage, 5, 196.
  • refutes Eibeschütz’s defense, 5, 270.
  • David Kimchi (1160–1235), grammarian and lexicographer, 3, 393–4, 561.
  • grammatical and exegetical work of, 3, 394.
  • Maimunist, 3, 530–1, 540–1.
  • denounces Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 544.
  • works of, used by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • commentary of, in the Bomberg Bible, 4, 476.
  • David Maimuni (1223–1300), grandson of Maimonides, aided by Solomon ben Adret, 3, 620.
  • Nagid of Egypt, friend of the Exilarch Yishaï, 3, 627.
  • appealed to by Hillel of Verona, 3, 631.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 632–3.
  • David Negro Ibn-Yachya, counselor of Ferdinand I of Portugal, 4, 159–60.
  • leaves Lisbon, 4, 160.
  • chief rabbi of Castile, 4, 161, 162.
  • David Rafan, discovers the Zohar to be a forgery, 4, 20–1.
  • David Reubeni, travels of, in the East, 4, 491.
  • description of, 4, 491–2.
  • at Rome, 4, 492, 493.
  • honored by the Jews, 4, 493.
  • received by João III of Portugal, 4, 493, 498.
  • considered the forerunner of the Messiah, 4, 494, 497–8.
  • repulses the Marranos and Solomon Molcho, 4, 495–6.
  • opposed by Miguel de Silva, 4, 498–9.
  • leaves Portugal, 4, 499.
  • prisoner in Spain, 4, 499.
  • in Avignon, 4, 499.
  • and Molcho, 4, 504.
  • and the Venetian senate, 4, 504.
  • petitions Charles V, 4, 509–10.
  • confined by the Spanish Inquisition, 4, 511.
  • David’s chapel, Franciscan church on Mount Zion, 4, 274.
  • Daya, character in “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 324.
  • Dayan, title of the judges in Jewish Babylonia, 3, 98.
  • title of Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 229.
  • Dayane-di-Baba, judges of the gate, in Babylonia, 2, 547.
  • Dayanim, assistants of the rabbis, 5, 566, 569.
  • Dead Sea, the, description of, 1, 43.
  • Debir, the, the Holy of Holies, 1, 165.
  • Debir (Kirjath-Sepher), taken by the tribe of Judah, 1, 38.
  • Deborah, judge, inspires resistance to Jabin, 1, 61.
  • Debts owing to Jews, the interest on, repudiated by Eugenius III, 3, 349, 351.
  • the repudiation of, not permitted by Maria de Molina, 4, 52.
  • the repudiation of, urged by Louis the Rich, 4, 254.
  • Decapolis, league of towns, freed from Judæan rule, 2, 67.
  • Deckendorf (Deggendorf), the Jews of, massacred, 4, 98.
  • Declaration,” by Manasseh ben Israel, concerning the admission of Jews into England, 5, 39–42.
  • Defense of the Rational Worshipers of God,” by Reimarus, 5, 320.
  • Definitions and Descriptions,” by Isaac Israeli, 3, 181.
  • Deï Rossi. See Azarya ben Moses deï Rossi.
  • Deity, the, Israelitish conception of, 1, 24, 402.
  • Delaborde, Count, on the Turkish Jews, 5, 649–50.
  • Delight of all Mankind,” epithet of Titus, 2, 304.
  • Delitzsch, Franz, admires neo-Hebraic poetry, 5, 628–9.
  • Della Ruvere, Marco, nuncio in Portugal, 4, 514.
  • Della Volta, Samuel Vita, physician and scholar, 5, 622.
  • Del Medigo. See Elias del Medigo.
  • Delmedigo, Joseph Solomon (1591–1655), sceptic, 5, 56, 75–6.
  • ancestry and education of, 5, 75.
  • wanderings of, 5, 76–80.
  • mathematical attainments of, 5, 76.
  • among Karaites, 5, 76–7.
  • as physician, 5, 76, 80.
  • defends the Kabbala, 5, 78.
  • at Amsterdam, 5, 79.
  • preacher, 5, 79–80.
  • end of, 5, 80.
  • hypocrisy of, 5, 84.
  • Delmedigo, Judah, son of Elias, rabbi of Canea, 4, 406.
  • Dembowski, Nicolas, bishop of Kamieniec, persecutes the Frankists, 5, 278.
  • Frankists make a partial confession of Christianity before, 5, 279.
  • favors the Frankists, 5, 279–80.
  • consents to disputations between Frankists and Talmudists, 5, 280, 281–2.
  • confiscates and burns the Talmud, 5, 282.
  • death of, 5, 282.
  • Dembowski, Frankist family, 5, 289.
  • Demetrius I, of Syria, sent to Rome as hostage, 1, 443.
  • throne of, usurped by Antiochus IV, 1, 443.
  • plots to depose Antiochus V, 1, 481.
  • escapes from Rome, 1, 482.
  • kills Antiochus V, 1, 482.
  • appoints Alcimus high priest, 1, 482.
  • sends Bacchides to Jerusalem, 1, 482, 486.
  • sends Nicanor to Judæa, 1, 484.
  • leaves the religious freedom of the Judæans undisturbed, 1, 488, 491–2.
  • seeks the friendship of Jonathan Haphus, 1, 494, 495–6.
  • Demetrius II Nicator, of Syria, contests the throne with Alexander Balas, 1, 496.
  • appealed to by the Hellenists, 1, 497.
  • exempts the Judæans from taxation, 1, 497.
  • besieged in his palace, 1, 497.
  • seeks help with Jonathan Haphus, 1, 497.
  • flees from Antioch, 1, 498.
  • negotiates with Simon Tharsi, 1, 521.
  • acknowledges the independence of Judæa, 1, 521.
  • expedition of, against Persia, 1, 525.
  • defeated by the Parthians, 2, 5.
  • deposed by Alexander Zabina, 2, 6.
  • death of, 2, 6.
  • Demetrius, librarian of Ptolemy II, advises the translation of the Law, 1, 514.
  • Demetrius, son of Antigonus, defeated, 1, 417.
  • Demetrius, son-in-law of Agrippa I, 2, 235.
  • Demiurge, creator of the world, in the Gnostic system, 2, 375.
  • Demons, exorcism of, in Galilee, 2, 148.
  • by the Essenes, 2, 151.
  • by Jesus, 2, 156–7.
  • by the disciples of Jesus, 2, 170.
  • Denia, home of Isaac Albergeloni, 3, 284.
  • Denmark, the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • Jews invited to settle in, 4, 675.
  • rabbis of, willing to excommunicate Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519, 531.
  • Derasha. See Agada.
  • Derbend (Berdaa), Jews settle in, 3, 124.
  • refuge of the Chazars, 3, 222.
  • Derketades, royal Assyrian house, last member of, 1, 258.
  • Derush. See Agada.
  • Descartes, philosophy of, studied by Spinoza, 5, 89.
  • characteristics of, 5, 90.
  • Desfar, Juan, governor of Palma, protects the Jews, 4, 246, 247.
  • Dessau, subscribers to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation in, 5, 329.
  • Deuteronomy, the Book of, found in the Temple, 1, 289, 292–3. See under Law, the.
  • Deuterosis, code of Rabbi Akiba, 2, 354.
  • Deuterotes, the Tanaites, 2, 371.
  • Deutz, Menahem, member of the French consistory, 5, 502.
  • Deutz, the Jews of Cologne take refuge in, 4, 227.
  • De Wette, exegete, 5, 623, 695.
  • De Witt, John, friend of Spinoza, 5, 107, 108.
  • Deza, archbishop of Seville, second inquisitor general, 4, 356, 484.
  • Dhor el-Khedib, highest peak of Lebanon, 1, 44.
  • Dialoghi d’amore (“Dialogues of Love”), by Leon Abrabanel, 4, 480–1.
  • Dias, André, Marrano, assassin of Henrique Nunes, 4, 490.
  • Dibre Sopherim, the work of the Council of Seventy, 1, 395.
  • traditional Jewish lore, 2, 19, 472.
  • See Law, the oral.
  • Dictionaries, Chaldean and Rabbinical, by Elias Levita, 4, 474.
  • Dictionary. See Aruch; Iggaron; Lexicon; Machbereth.
  • Diderot, praises Pereira’s sign language, 5, 343.
  • Diebitsch, von, defender of the Jews, 5, 470.
  • Diego de Valencia, apostate, Spanish satirist, 4, 181.
  • Dietary laws, the, observed by the Babylonian Judæans, 1, 364.
  • observed by the Judæan Christians of Antioch, 2, 231.
  • obeyed by the Jews of Gaul, 3, 36.
  • observed by the Jews of Arabia, 3, 58.
  • made severer by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • not observed by the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675.
  • declaration against, withdrawn, 5, 676.
  • Dieterich. See Theodoric of Burgundy.
  • Diez, friend of Dohm, on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 358–9.
  • Dimé, Palestinian Amora, banished from Judæa, 2, 567.
  • Dimuh, so-called synagogue of Moses at, 3, 445.
  • Dina d’malchuta dina, sanctity of the law of the land, 2, 519.
  • Diniz (1279–1325), of Portugal, Jews under, 3, 618.
  • Dio Cassius, historian, on the revolt under Bar Cochba, 2, 411.
  • on the fall of Bethar, 2, 418–19.
  • Dio Kart, birthplace of Huna, 2, 545.
  • Diocæsarea. See Sepphoris.
  • Diocletian, emperor, tolerant, 2, 533.
  • accuses Judah III of disloyalty, 2, 533–4.
  • and Abbahu, 2, 538.
  • persecutes Christianity, 2, 539.
  • Diodorus, ambassador to Rome, 2, 4–5.
  • Diodotus Tryphon, general of Alexander Balas, puts the latter’s son on the throne, 1, 497–8.
  • friendly to Jonathan Haphus, 1, 498.
  • seeks to make himself king, 1, 498–9.
  • takes Jonathan Haphus prisoner, 1, 499.
  • negotiates with Simon Tharsi for tribute, 1, 500–1.
  • has Jonathan Haphus executed, 1, 501.
  • Simon Tharsi hostile to, 1, 521.
  • at odds with Antiochus Sidetes, 1, 525, 528, 529.
  • Diogenes, Sadducee, favorite of Alexander Jannæus, 2, 42.
  • advises the crucifixion of Pharisees, 2, 45.
  • put to death by the Pharisees, 2, 55.
  • Diokna Kadisha, Kabbalistic term, 4, 538.
  • Dionysus, worshiped in Alexandria, 1, 428.
  • festival of, in Judæa, 1, 428, 456–7.
  • Dios-Carne. See Astruc Raimuch.
  • Dioscorides, work of, translated, 3, 218.
  • Diospolis. See Lydda.
  • Dioterich. See Theodoric.
  • Disciples, meaning of, 2, 357.
  • See Law, the, the teachers of.
  • Dispersion, the, of Judæans under Uzziah, 1, 227.
  • after the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 317–18.
  • in the lands of the Seleucidæ and the Ptolemies, 1, 420–1.
  • value of, 2, 200–1.
  • Disputation, between Judæans and Samaritans in Alexandria, 1, 516–17.
  • between Donin and four rabbis, 3, 576–8.
  • between Pablo Christiani and Nachmani, 3, 598–604.
  • at Burgos, 4, 140.
  • at Avila, 4, 140–2.
  • at Pampeluna, 4, 142.
  • at Tortosa, 4, 207–15.
  • at Kamieniec, 5, 280–1.
  • at Lemberg, 5, 285–7.
  • Disputations, between Jews and Christians, under Basilius, 3, 175–6.
  • in France in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • See under Polemical works against Christianity.
  • Distinction,” anti-Karaite work by Saadiah, 3, 192.
  • Diversions,” satire by Joseph ben Sabara, 3, 559.
  • Divine Service, the. See Liturgy, the.
  • Divorce, abolished by Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, 3, 124.
  • bills of, criticised after delivery to the wife, 3, 378.
  • discussed by the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 489, 491.
  • discussed by the French Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Divorce law, the, as formulated by the Pharisees, 2, 50.
  • according to the school of Shammai, 2, 132.
  • as interpreted by Meïr, 2, 439.
  • alleviations of, proposed by Judah II, 2, 484.
  • regulated by Abba Areka, 2, 516–17.
  • reformed by Hunaï and Mar-Raba, 3, 92.
  • changed by Gershom, 3, 244.
  • modified by the Troyes synod, 3, 378.
  • changed by Menachem of Merseburg, 4, 228.
  • Divorces, frequent among Kabbalists, 4, 627; 5, 210.
  • Djabar, the Jews of, pillaged, 5, 641.
  • Dnieper, the, colonies of serfs on, 5, 2.
  • Doag, captain of the guard under Saul, 1, 91.
  • Dob Beer. See Beer of Mizricz.
  • Dohm, Christian William (1751–1820), friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 351–2.
  • plea by, for the amelioration of the condition of the Jews, 5, 352–62.
  • inspired by Mendelssohn, 5, 356, 361, 366.
  • admits the depravity of the Jews, 5, 361.
  • criticised by Mendelssohn, 5, 361–2.
  • enlists Mirabeau’s sympathies for the Jews, 5, 366.
  • fails to impress Frederick the Great, 5, 414.
  • helps to frame the Westphalian constitution, 5, 500.
  • entertains a distorted view of Jewish history, 5, 593.
  • Dok, fortress, Simon Tharsi assassinated in, 1, 530.
  • Ptolemy ben Habub shut up in, 1, 531.
  • Dolmäh. See Donmäh.
  • Domingo, founder of the Dominican order, 3, 519.
  • Dominicans, the, originate in the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 509.
  • persecutions by, in southern France, 3, 519.
  • entrusted with the extirpation of the Albigenses, 3, 542.
  • interfere in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 542–3.
  • preach Jew hatred, 3, 565.
  • judges of the Talmud, 3, 575, 602–3.
  • at Donin’s disputation, 3, 576.
  • charge the Jews of England with the blood accusation, 3, 591.
  • taught Hebrew and Arabic for conversion purposes, 3, 597, 621.
  • in the Barcelona synagogue, 3, 601.
  • appeal to Clement IV against Nachmani, 3, 605.
  • enforce Jew badges, 3, 613.
  • in Hungary, 3, 614.
  • and Robert de Redingge’s conversion, 3, 641.
  • deliver sermons to the Jews of England, 3, 643–4.
  • denounce the Jews of England, 3, 645.
  • arouse hatred against the Hussites and the Jews, 4, 222, 226.
  • hate the Jews, 4, 308.
  • try to convert the Jews of Spain, 4, 350.
  • work for the expulsion of the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 486–7.
  • incite the mob against the Marranos, 4, 487.
  • have the Jews of Genoa banished, 4, 554.
  • arouse Cremona against the Jews, 4, 582.
  • Dominicans, the, of Cologne, and their crusade against Judaism, 4, 424–6.
  • wish to confiscate the Talmud, 4, 425, 426, 428.
  • devise measures for the conversion of the Jews, 4, 426.
  • urge Maximilian I to deliver the Jews to them, 4, 428–9.
  • eager to associate Reuchlin with themselves, 4, 432.
  • suspect Reuchlin of heresy, 4, 435–6.
  • obtain Maximilian’s fourth mandate, 4, 440–1.
  • decide upon the burning of the Talmud, 4, 444.
  • declare the Hebrew Bible heretical, 4, 445.
  • publish a refutation of Reuchlin’s defense, 4, 445–6.
  • sanction the burning of the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 452.
  • try to overthrow the Speyer decision against Hoogstraten, 4, 455–6, 458.
  • hatred of, for the Jews, increases, 4, 457.
  • threaten to withdraw allegiance from the papacy, 4, 459.
  • abuse Maximilian I, 4, 459.
  • rejoice over the University of Paris decision, 4, 460.
  • have the “Augenspiegel” translated, 4, 460.
  • plan the extermination of the Jews of Germany, 4, 462–3.
  • complain of the treatment accorded them, 4, 465–6.
  • Dominicus Haman Epiphanes, pseudonym of a Jewish champion, 5, 471.
  • Domitia, empress, Josephus a favorite of, 2, 389.
  • Domitian, emperor, celebration of the birthday of, 2, 312.
  • celebrates his triumph over Judæa, 2, 314–15.
  • Jews troubled under, 2, 345, 384, 388–9.
  • cousin of, convert to Judaism, 2, 387.
  • Josephus a favorite of, 2, 389.
  • prosecutes Josephus, 2, 391.
  • Domitilla, Flavia, convert to Judaism, 2, 387, 389.
  • Domna, Julia, wife of Severus, 2, 468.
  • Donin (Nicholas), Talmudist, excommunicated by the French rabbis, 3, 572–3.
  • apostatizes, 3, 573.
  • causes the persecution of the Jews of Poitou, 3, 573.
  • brings charges against the Talmud, 3, 573–4.
  • disputation of, with four rabbis, 3, 576–8.
  • and Pablo Christiani, 3, 598, 599, 602.
  • charges of, repeated, 4, 213.
  • instigates the burning of the Talmud, 4, 460.
  • Donmäh (Dolmäh), the, followers of Berachya, 5, 211.
  • descendants of, in Salonica, 5, 211.
  • joined by Chayim Malach, 5, 214.
  • address prayers to their leaders, 5, 274.
  • Donnolo. See Sabbataï Donnolo.
  • Dora, besieged by Antiochus Sidetes, 1, 528, 529.
  • Greek youths of, introduce statues into the synagogues, 2, 193.
  • Doria, Andrea, doge of Genoa, opposed to the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 554.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 555.
  • Doria, Gianettino, and Joseph Cohen, 4, 555.
  • Doris, first wife of Herod, 2, 112.
  • Dormido, David Abrabanel, petitions Parliament to permit Jews to settle in England, 5, 35.
  • Dorotheus, Judæan envoy to Rome, 2, 197–8.
  • Dortmund, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Dortus of Jerusalem, tries to incite a rebellion against Cumanus, 2, 244.
  • Dositheus, companion of Onias IV, espouses Ptolemy VI’s cause, 1, 506, 507.
  • Dossa ben Nachman (Archinas), teacher of the Law, 2, 330.
  • Dossa ben Saadiah, author, 3, 202.
  • in correspondence with Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 217.
  • Doubts of the Religion of Jesus,” by Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • Dowry, the law of, according to Meïr, 2, 439.
  • Draï, the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 360.
  • Drama, the, in Jewish literature, 5, 112.
  • Dresden, Jews permitted to live in, 5, 509.
  • Dresden, the Jews of, assisted by Mendelssohn, 5, 344.
  • present an address to the Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • Drome, rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Drouth, under Uzziah, 1, 229–30.
  • Drusilla, youngest daughter of Agrippa I, affianced to Epiphanes of Commagene, 2, 195, 235.
  • married to Aziz, 2, 235.
  • married to Felix, 2, 235, 245.
  • envious of Berenice, 2, 236.
  • Drusus, son of Tiberius, educated with Agrippa I, 2, 175.
  • Drusus, a tower on the wall of Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • Dsimma, Mahometan tax, 3, 110.
  • Duarte de Pinel. See Usque, Abraham.
  • Dubno, Solomon, writes the commentary to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 329, 332.
  • alienated from Mendelssohn, 5, 334.
  • Duchan, Jacob Israel, Sabbatian, 5, 156.
  • Dudaï ben Nachman (761–764), principal of Pumbeditha, opponent of Anan ben David, 3, 129.
  • Duelling, permitted to Jews under Alfonso VI, 3, 293.
  • Du Guesclin, Bertrand, aids Henry de Trastamare, 4, 123, 124.
  • cruelty of, to the Jews of Castile, 4, 126.
  • kills Pedro the Cruel, 4, 126.
  • Dulcigno, Sabbataï Zevi banished to, 5, 166.
  • Dunash ben Labrat (Adonim, 920–970), poet, founder of Judæo-Spanish culture, 3, 215.
  • introduces meter into the Hebrew language, 3, 223.
  • supplements Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 225.
  • circumstances of, 3, 226.
  • criticises Saadiah’s works, 3, 226.
  • controversy of, with the disciples of Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 226–7.
  • disciples of, grammarians and poets, 3, 237.
  • grammar by, known to Rashi, 3, 289.
  • Dunash ben Tamim (Abusahal, 900–960), disciple of Isaac Israeli, 3, 181, 211–12.
  • admiration of, for Saadiah, 3, 192.
  • physician to a caliph, 3, 211.
  • works of, 3, 211.
  • and Chasdaï Ibn Shaprut, 3, 217.
  • Dunin. See Donin.
  • Duns Scotus, scholastic philosopher, counsels compulsory baptism of Jews, 3, 644; 4, 277.
  • Duport, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441, 447–8.
  • Duran. See Profiat; Simon ben Zemach; Simon (II); Solomon (I).
  • Dury, John, writes against the admission of Jews into England, 5, 46.
  • Düsseldorf, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 530.
  • Duties of the Heart, The,” by Bachya Ibn-Pakuda, translated, 3, 397.
  • Du Vallié, Antoinette, mother of the next, 5, 175.
  • Du Vallié, Paul, apostate, testifies falsely in a blood accusation case, 5, 175.
  • Dyeing, trade of the Jews of Jerusalem, 3, 427, 606.
  • Dzalski, Frankist family, 5, 289.
  • E
  • Earthquake, under Uzziah, 1, 229, 236.
  • under Hyrcanus II, 2, 61.
  • under Herod, 2, 95.
  • under Hadrian, 2, 408.
  • at Lisbon, 4, 505.
  • at Ferrara, 4, 615.
  • East, the, conversions to Judaism in, 2, 383.
  • East, the, the empire of. See Byzantine Empire, the.
  • East, the, the Jews of, affected by Islam theology, 3, 148.
  • persecuted, 3, 245–8.
  • poor, 5, 205.
  • admire the European Jews, 5, 662–3.
  • See also under Abbasside Caliphate, the; Byzantine Empire, the.
  • East, the, the Roman governors of. See Amantius; Bonosus.
  • East India Company, the, Jews interested in, 4, 677.
  • Easter, the date of, fixed, 2, 563–4.
  • to be celebrated before the Passover, 3, 13.
  • tax to be paid at, by Jews, 3, 510.
  • Eastertide attacks upon Jews, in France, 3, 173–4.
  • in Béziers, 3, 394.
  • in Prague, 4, 164.
  • in Majorca, 4, 246.
  • in Trent, 4, 298.
  • Eastertide, Jews forbidden to appear in public during, by the Councils of Orleans, 3, 37.
  • by the Council of Mâcon, 3, 39, 171.
  • by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510.
  • by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518.
  • by the Council of Béziers, 3, 582.
  • by the code of Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • in Ratisbon, 3, 635.
  • by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • by Henry IV of Castile, 4, 278.
  • Ebal, mountain, described, 1, 45.
  • Eben Bochan,” polemic by Shem-Tob ben Isaac Shaprut, 4, 142.
  • Eben ha-Ezer, scene of battles between Israelites and Philistines, 1, 70, 78.
  • Eberard, Magister Judæorum, under Louis the Pious, 3, 161.
  • and the bishop of Lyons, 3, 164, 166.
  • Eberhard von Cleve, Dominican provincial, complains of the treatment of his order, 4, 465–6.
  • Ebionim (Dallim), disciples of Isaiah, 1, 254.
  • Ebionites (Ebionim), the, followers of Jesus, 2, 168, 366.
  • communists, 2, 220.
  • disappearance of, 2, 373.
  • use Akylas’ Scripture translation, 2, 387.
  • merged into the Catholic Church, 2, 500.
  • See under Jewish Christians, the; Judæan Christians, the.
  • Ecbatana, taken by Cyrus, 1, 342.
  • the goddess of love worshiped in, 1, 408.
  • Ecclesiastes, the Book of, holiness of, discussed in the Synhedrion, 2, 343–4.
  • exposition of, by Samuel Ibn-Tibbon, 3, 398.
  • commentary on, by Nathaniel of Bagdad, 3, 442.
  • Ecclesiasticus, the Book of, by Jesus Sirach, 1, 439–41.
  • considered apocryphal, 2, 344.
  • translated into Greek, 2, 359.
  • Ecija, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 170.
  • Eck, Dr. John, writes against the Jews, 4, 546–7.
  • accusations of, repeated by Luther, 4, 548, 549, 550.
  • Eden, garden of, name applied to Paradise, 1, 404.
  • Edessa, destroyed, 2, 398.
  • the Christians of, persecuted, 2, 524.
  • the Jews of, massacred, 2, 599.
  • taken by Nureddin, 3, 349.
  • Edict, banishing the Jews from Spain, 4, 347–8.
  • Edict of Grace, the, for Marranos, 4, 315.
  • Edles, Samuel, Talmudist, 4, 703.
  • Edom. See Idumæans, the.
  • Education among the Jews. See under Academies; Colleges; Law, the; Schools; Talmud, the; Talmud Torah.
  • Edward I, of England, Jews under, 3, 640–6.
  • stops the denunciations of coin counterfeiters, 3, 643.
  • and the charge of blasphemy against the Jews, 3, 643.
  • permits the Dominicans to preach to the Jews, 3, 643–4.
  • erects a house for Jewish converts, 3, 644.
  • banishes the Jews, 3, 645.
  • Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), aids Pedro the Cruel, 4, 124, 125.
  • Edzardus, Esdras, Hamburg preacher, and David de Lara, 5, 115.
  • and the Sabbatian movement, 5, 151.
  • Efodi. See Profiat Duran.
  • Eger, Akiba, reverence paid to, 5, 567.
  • Eger, Samuel, protests against reforms, 5, 562.
  • Egica, Visigothic king, forbids Jews to hold real estate, 3, 107–8.
  • Egidio de Viterbo, cardinal, sides with Reuchlin, 4, 457.
  • patron of Elias Levita, 4, 472, 564.
  • interested in the Kabbala, 4, 481, 583.
  • opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 507.
  • Egilbert, bishop of Treves, forcibly baptizes Jews, 3, 300, 306.
  • Eglon, king of Moab, killed by Ehud, 1, 60.
  • Eglon, king of, defeated by Joshua, 1, 34–5.
  • Egypt, priests of, 1, 10.
  • allied with Solomon, 1, 170.
  • hostile to Ben-hadad III, 1, 221.
  • helps the Idumæans against Uzziah, 1, 226.
  • allied with Hoshea, 1, 263.
  • allied with Hezekiah, 1, 270.
  • counsels resistance to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 304, 306, 309.
  • Judæans take refuge in, 1, 317, 318, 324.
  • rebels against Persia, 1, 407–8.
  • given to Ptolemy I, 1, 418.
  • Judæans settle in, 1, 419.
  • taken by Antiochus III and Philip V of Macedon, 1, 432.
  • wars of, with Antiochus IV, 1, 450–1, 452–3.
  • number of Judæans in, 2, 201.
  • Zealots flee to, 2, 317–18.
  • study of the Law in, 2, 359.
  • succumbs to the Arabs, 3, 86.
  • Rabbanites in, in the ninth century, 3, 180.
  • Karaites spread to, 3, 182.
  • schools founded in, by the emissaries from Sora, 3, 208, 210.
  • part of the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 248.
  • Jehuda Halevi in, 3, 339–41.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369.
  • Maimonides in, 3, 445, 457.
  • Louis IX taken prisoner in, 3, 585.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Karaites of, inclined to Rabbanism, 4, 72.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 392–6.
  • taken by the Turkish sultan, 4, 393.
  • Isaac Lurya in, 4, 618, 622.
  • conquered by Napoleon, 5, 459.
  • Crémieux’s schools in, 5, 671.
  • Egypt, the Jews of, celebrate two days of the new-moon, 2, 363.
  • rebel against Trajan, 2, 394, 395–8.
  • hail the Mahometans as liberators, 3, 88–9.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 443–5.
  • governed by a Nagid, 3, 443.
  • lack of culture of, 3, 444–5.
  • pilgrimages of, 3, 445.
  • under Saladin, 3, 461.
  • liturgy of, changed by Maimonides, 3, 465–6.
  • exhorted to establish schools, 5, 663.
  • Egypt, the Judæans of, practice idolatry, 1, 326–7.
  • neglected under Amasis, 1, 327.
  • settlement of, encouraged, 1, 503.
  • equality of, with the Greeks, 1, 503.
  • alliance of, sought by Syrians and Egyptians, 1, 503–4.
  • faithful to the Ptolemies, 1, 504.
  • occupations of, 1, 504–5.
  • Greek learning of, 1, 505.
  • espouse the cause of Ptolemy VI, 1, 507.
  • recognize Onias IV as ethnarch, 1, 507.
  • sacrifice in the Temple of Onias, 1, 509.
  • maintain connection with the Temple at Jerusalem, 1, 509; 2, 52.
  • pleased with the Septuagint, 1, 511–12.
  • originate the sermon, 1, 515.
  • dispute with the Samaritans, 1, 517.
  • informed of the independence of Judæa, 1, 522–3.
  • urged to celebrate Chanukah, 2, 6–7.
  • prosperous under Cleopatra and Ptolemy VIII, 2, 12.
  • devoted to the cause of Octavius, 2, 102.
  • control the Nile harbors, 2, 102.
  • make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 2, 220.
  • go to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, 2, 251.
  • Egyptians, the, culture of, 1, 8.
  • pantheon of, 1, 9.
  • enslave the Israelites, 1, 11.
  • refuse to liberate the Israelites, 1, 16–17.
  • at the Red Sea, 1, 18–19.
  • Ehud, judge, routs the Moabites, 1, 60–1.
  • Eibeschütz, Jonathan (1690–1764), disciple of Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 218.
  • supposed Sabbatian, 5, 229, 248.
  • early education of, 5, 246–7.
  • as a Talmudist, 5, 247.
  • mysticism of, 5, 248.
  • weakness of the character of, 5, 248–9.
  • as teacher in Prague, 5, 249, 250.
  • excommunicates the Sabbatians, 5, 249.
  • clemency shown towards, 5, 249–50.
  • in intercourse with Jesuits, 5, 250.
  • obtains the right of printing the Talmud, 5, 250.
  • and the rabbinate of Metz, 5, 251.
  • accused of treason, 5, 252.
  • intercedes for the Jews of Moravia and Bohemia, 5, 253.
  • declared a traitor, 5, 253.
  • popular in Metz, 5, 253.
  • rabbi of the “three communities,” 5, 254, 256.
  • distributes amulets, 5, 257, 260.
  • called on by Emden to clear himself of the charge of Sabbatianism, 5, 258.
  • supported by his disciples, 5, 258, 259.
  • cause of, espoused by the “three communities,” 5, 260–1.
  • opponents of, excommunicated, 5, 261.
  • publishes an encyclical, 5, 261–2.
  • invited to exculpate himself, 5, 262, 263.
  • excommunicated, 5, 263–4.
  • cause of, espoused by some rabbis, 5, 264.
  • case of, submitted to the king of Denmark, 5, 265, 268, 269.
  • letter to, from Ezekiel Landau, 5, 265–6.
  • associates himself with an apostate, 5, 267.
  • protected by the princes of Brunswick, 5, 267–8.
  • before a rabbinical court, 5, 268–9.
  • publishes a defense, 5, 270.
  • supposed to be a secret Christian, 5, 270.
  • again acknowledged rabbi of the “three communities,” 5, 271.
  • and the Frankists, 5, 289.
  • distrust of, 5, 289.
  • Eichhorn, exegete, 5, 623, 695.
  • Eighteen Benedictions. See Berachoth.
  • Eighteen Things, The,” decreed by the school of Shammai, 2, 270.
  • permitted by Judah II, 2, 483–4.
  • Eisenach, the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109.
  • Eisenmenger, John Andrew, Hebraist, revives the blood accusation, 5, 187.
  • title of the book by, against the Jews, 5, 188.
  • charges raised against the Jews by, 5, 188–9.
  • work of, suppressed, 5, 190.
  • death of, 5, 190.
  • See “Judaism Unmasked.”
  • Eisenmenger the Second, an open letter to Fichte,” by Saul Asher, 5, 463.
  • Ekron, Philistine city, 1, 54.
  • left in the possession of the Philistines, 1, 117.
  • center of Baal-zebub worship, 1, 207.
  • given to Jonathan Haphus, 1, 496.
  • fortified by the Syrians, 1, 529.
  • Elah, king of Israel, dissipation and death of, 1, 192.
  • El-Arish, taken by Napoleon, 5, 459.
  • El-Arish, the river of Egypt, boundary under David, 1, 129.
  • Elath, port on the Red Sea, 1, 170, 171, 177, 230.
  • Elchanan ben Isaac, descendant of Rashi, Tossafist, martyr, 3, 404.
  • Eldad, Karaite, adventurer, 3, 182.
  • spreads the news of the Jewish Chazar kingdom, 3, 220.
  • Elder, title of the ordained, 2, 361.
  • Elders, Council of the, formed by Moses, 1, 25–6.
  • Eleanor, mother of Edward I, hostile to the Jews, 3, 641, 645.
  • Eleanor, wife of Edward I, favorably inclined to the Jews, 3, 644.
  • Eleanora, wife of Louis VII of France, accompanies him on the second crusade, 3, 349.
  • Eleasa, camp of Judas Maccabæus at, 1, 486.
  • the battle of, Judas Maccabæus falls in, 1, 487.
  • Eleazar, Galilæan Judæan, persuades Izates of Adiabene to be circumcised, 2, 217.
  • Eleazar, high priest, and the Septuagint, 1, 514.
  • Eleazar, Jewish name of Bishop Bodo, 3, 169.
  • Eleazar, one of David’s warriors, 1, 116.
  • Eleazar of Antioch, refuses to sacrifice to the Greek gods, 1, 456.
  • Eleazar of Modin, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • prays for Bethar, 2, 417.
  • accused as a spy, 2, 417–18.
  • Eleazar ben Ananias, leader of the Zealots, 2, 256.
  • brings about the rupture with Rome, 2, 258–9.
  • relations of, to the leader of the Sicarii, 2, 260–1.
  • destroys the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, 2, 261.
  • disinterestedness of, 2, 261.
  • governor of Idumæa, 2, 270.
  • Eleazar ben Arach, disciple of Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 324, 326.
  • tries to establish a school at Emmaus, 2, 334.
  • Eleazar ben Azariah, president of the Synhedrion, 2, 342.
  • vice-president of the Synhedrion, 2, 345.
  • and Flavius Clemens, 2, 387, 389, 392.
  • influence of, on Nerva, 2, 392.
  • Eleazar ben Dinai, Zealot leader, 2, 238.
  • exterminates the Samaritans of Acrabatene, 2, 243.
  • Eleazar ben Jacob, disciple of Akiba, 2, 433.
  • Eleazar ben Jair, grandson of Judas of Galilee, leader of the Sicarii, 2, 239.
  • flees from Jerusalem, 2, 261.
  • commander of Masada, 2, 292, 316.
  • Eleazar ben Jehuda (Rokeach), Kabbalist, at the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • Eleazar ben Joel Halevi (Abi-Ezri), Talmudist, at the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • Eleazar ben Joseph of Chinon, martyr, 4, 49.
  • Eleazar ben Joseph (ben Chalafta), accompanies Simon ben Jochai to Rome, 2, 449.
  • Eleazar ben Kalir, the greatest of the poetans, 3, 116–17, 245.
  • poetry of, rugged, 3, 223.
  • Eleazar ben Poira, Pharisee, reproves John Hyrcanus, 2, 32.
  • Eleazar ben Shamua, teacher of Judah I, 2, 451.
  • Eleazar ben Simon, Zealot leader, treasurer of the Temple, 2, 270–1, 301.
  • opposed to the Synhedrion, 2, 293–4.
  • Eleazar ben Simon (ben Jochai), reproaches the Samaritans with having altered the Law, 2, 457.
  • denounces Jewish freebooters to the Romans, 2, 464–5.
  • Eleazar Chasma, in the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • Eleazar Hawran, son of Mattathias the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • death of, 1, 479.
  • Eleazar. See also under Eleazer and Eliezer.
  • Eleazer, commander of Machærus, 2, 315.
  • Eleazer ben Nathan of Mayence, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Eleazer ben Simon of Cologne, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Eleazer. See also under Eleazar and Eliezer.
  • Elegabalus, emperor, vices of, 2, 468.
  • relations of, to the Jews, 2, 469–70.
  • Elesbaa (Atzbaha), king of Ethiopia, at war with the Jewish king of Yemen, 3, 66.
  • Elhanan, of Bethlehem, Israelite champion under David, 1, 117.
  • Eli, judge, characterization of, 1, 69.
  • inveighs against idolatry, 1, 70.
  • sons of, 1, 70.
  • death of, 1, 71.
  • grandson of, 1, 79.
  • descendants of, murdered by Saul, 1, 100.
  • descendants of, inhabit Mamal, 2, 575.
  • Elia. See Mar-Elia.
  • Eliakim, in Speyer, Rashi’s Talmud teacher, 3, 286.
  • Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, made Sochen, 1, 272.
  • Eliakim. See Jehoiakim.
  • Eliam, father of Bathsheba, 1, 133.
  • Eliano, Victor, grandson of Elias Levita, apostate, 4, 564.
  • defames the Talmud, 4, 583.
  • editor of the Cremona Zohar, 4, 584.
  • Elias of London, chief rabbi of England, 3, 588.
  • asks permission for the Jews to leave England, 3, 590–1.
  • deposed, 3, 591.
  • Elias del Medigo (Cretensis, 1463–1498), philosopher, 4, 289, 290–3.
  • classical culture of, 4, 290.
  • teacher of Pico di Mirandola, 4, 290–1.
  • umpire chosen by the University of Padua, 4, 291.
  • public lecturer on philosophy, 4, 291.
  • denounces the Kabbala, 4, 292; 5, 78.
  • views of, on the Talmud and religion, 4, 292–3.
  • character of the influence of, 4, 293.
  • hostility to, 4, 293.
  • and Judah Menz, 4, 295.
  • disciple of, 4, 386.
  • sons and relatives of, leaders in Canea, 4, 406.
  • descendant of, 5, 75.
  • Elias ben Elkanah Kapsali (1490–1555), rabbi at Canea, and Judah Delmedigo, 4, 406.
  • as an historian, 4, 406–7.
  • style of, 4, 557.
  • Elias Chendali, husband of Esther Kiera, 4, 629.
  • Elias Cretensis. See Elias Del Medigo.
  • Elias Halevi, Rabbanite teacher of Karaites, 4, 270.
  • Elias Levita (1468–1549), grammarian, teacher of Christians, 4, 471, 507.
  • pupils of, 4, 472.
  • publishes a Hebrew grammar, 4, 472.
  • mediocrity of, 4, 472.
  • on the accents and vowel signs, 4, 472–3.
  • declines to go to France, 4, 473–4.
  • establishes a Hebrew press at Isny, 4, 474.
  • grandchildren of, apostates, 4, 564.
  • Elias Mizrachi (1455–1526), rabbi of Constantinople, character and attainments of, 4, 402–3.
  • feud of, with the Karaites, 4, 403.
  • protects the Karaites, 4, 403–4.
  • Elias Montalto, physician, employed by Christians, 4, 653.
  • dissuades Paul de Pina from becoming a monk, 4, 670.
  • buried at Ouderkerk, 4, 672–3.
  • physician to Maria de Medici, 4, 673.
  • Eliashib, high priest, countenances marriages between Judæans and Samaritans, 1, 362.
  • in friendly communication with the Samaritans, 1, 383.
  • dismissed by Nehemiah, 1, 385.
  • Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, disciple of Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 326.
  • teacher of the Law at Lydda, 2, 335.
  • opposes decisions by the Bath-Kol, 2, 338.
  • brother-in-law of Gamaliel II, 2, 339.
  • excommunicated, 2, 339–40, 347–8.
  • devotion of, to tradition, 2, 346–7, 356.
  • called Sinai, 2, 347.
  • opposed to Gamaliel II, 2, 347.
  • end of, 2, 348.
  • ban removed from, 2, 350.
  • supposed teacher of Akiba, 2, 351.
  • and the Jewish Christians, 2, 370.
  • on the admission of proselytes, 2, 384.
  • and Akylas, 2, 385.
  • mourns for Gamaliel II, 2, 404.
  • condemns the instruction of women in the Law, 2, 474.
  • compared with Chanina bar Chama, 2, 491.
  • Eliezer Kapsali, Rabbanite teacher of Karaites, 4, 270.
  • Eliezer. See also under Eleazar and Eleazer.
  • Elijah, the Tishbite, prophet, character of, 1, 199.
  • a Nazarite, 1, 200.
  • disciples of, 1, 200.
  • rebukes Ahab, 1, 202–3.
  • announces a famine, 1, 203.
  • assembles the priests of Baal, 1, 203–4.
  • flees from Jezebel, 1, 204.
  • instructed to anoint Jehu, 1, 204.
  • chooses Elisha as his successor, 1, 207.
  • prophesies the death of Ahaziah, 1, 207.
  • disappears, 1, 207.
  • result of the activity of, 1, 208.
  • precursor of the Messiah, 2, 143.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 12, 16.
  • Elijah, disciples of, Nazarites, 1, 200.
  • persecuted by Jezebel, 1, 201.
  • saved by Obadiah, 1, 201.
  • on Mount Carmel, 1, 203.
  • Elijah Wilna (1720–1797), draws attention to the Scriptures, 5, 329, 390.
  • disinterestedness of, 5, 389.
  • critical powers of, 5, 389–90.
  • simple exegetical method of, 5, 390.
  • fondness of, for the Kabbala, 5, 390–1.
  • slandered by the Chassidim, 5, 391.
  • excommunicates the Chassidim, 5, 392, 393.
  • persecutes the Chassidim, 5, 394.
  • Elijah Zevi, brother of Sabbataï, 5, 145.
  • Elionai, high priest, under Agrippa I, 2, 198.
  • Elisha, Essene, punished for the use of Tephillin, 2, 424.
  • Elisha, father of Ishmael, 2, 427.
  • Elisha, prophet, successor to Elijah, 1, 207.
  • accompanies Elijah, 1, 208.
  • lives on Mount Carmel, 1, 208.
  • hates Jehoram, 1, 208–9.
  • disciple of, appoints Jehu king of Israel, 1, 210.
  • position of, compared with Elijah’s, 1, 217–18.
  • in Samaria, 1, 218.
  • respected by Jehoash of Israel, 1, 223–4.
  • influence of, on Jehoash, 1, 225.
  • Elisha ben Abuya (Acher), teacher of the Law, apostate, 2, 358, 377.
  • theosophist, 2, 381.
  • assists Hadrian in persecuting the Law, 2, 426.
  • and Meïr, 2, 437.
  • daughters of, 2, 452.
  • Elisha Gallaico, member of Karo’s rabbinical college, 4, 616.
  • Elishama, keeper of the lists, favors submission to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 305.
  • Elizabeth, of Brunswick, has Templo’s work translated, 5, 114–15.
  • Elizabeth, of England, and Maria Nuñes, 4, 664.
  • Elkanah Kapsali, of Candia, ransoms Spanish exiles, 4, 364.
  • Elon, judge, 1, 66.
  • Elulai, king of Tyre, subdued by Shalmaneser, 1, 263.
  • El-Uz. See Usha.
  • Elvira. See Illiberis.
  • Elymæans, the, have a synagogue in Jerusalem, 2, 201.
  • Elymais, falls to Nabopolassar, 1, 303.
  • Emancipation of Jews, the, advocated by John Toland, 5, 197–8.
  • favored by Mirabeau, 5, 433–4.
  • accomplished by the French, 5, 459.
  • urged by Michael Berr, 5, 460–1, 527.
  • opposed by Fichte, 5, 462.
  • dependent on that of French Jews, 5, 480.
  • favored by Dalberg, 5, 504.
  • favored by Hardenberg, 5, 507.
  • favored by Denmark, 5, 519, 531.
  • advocated before the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, 5, 525–7.
  • favored by Alexander I, 5, 527.
  • urged by Italian Jews, 5, 527.
  • advocated by Zunz, 5, 621.
  • hindrances to, in Judaism, 5, 675.
  • completed by the February revolutions, 5, 696–7.
  • See also Citizenship.
  • Emancipation of the Austrian Jews, the, by Joseph II, 5, 357–8.
  • Emancipation of the Baden Jews, the, 5, 502–3.
  • Emancipation of the Bavarian Jews, the partial, 5, 508.
  • Emancipation of the Dutch Jews, the, celebrated by Friedrichsfeld, 5, 400.
  • promoted by French victories, 5, 452.
  • opposed by Van Swieden, 5, 453–4.
  • opposed by representative Amsterdam Jews, 5, 454.
  • Jewish advocates of, 5, 454–5.
  • Christian objections to, 5, 455–6.
  • favored by Noel, 5, 456.
  • passed by the National Assembly, 5, 456.
  • does not delight the Jews, 5, 456–7.
  • Emancipation of the English Jews, the, 5, 336–8, 430, 698.
  • discussed in Parliament, 5, 601.
  • advocated by O’Connell, 5, 653.
  • Emancipation of the Frankfort Jews, the, 5, 505.
  • discussed in the Senate, 5, 598.
  • Emancipation of the French Jews, the, promoted by Cerf Berr, 5, 430, 431.
  • discussed by the National Assembly, 5, 439–41.
  • favored by the heroes of the Revolution, 5, 441.
  • opposition to, 5, 441–2.
  • equivocal decision on, 5, 442.
  • granted to the Portuguese section, 5, 442–3, 444–5.
  • subject of a petition to the National Assembly, 5, 443.
  • before the Paris Commune, 5, 443–5.
  • Abbé Mulot on, 5, 443–4.
  • opposed by the Duc de Broglie, 5, 447.
  • advocated by Duport, 5, 447–8.
  • passed by the National Assembly, 5, 448.
  • celebrated by Berr Isaac Berr, 5, 448–9.
  • recognized by the Constitution of the Directory, 5, 452.
  • endangered, 5, 476.
  • objected to by Bonald, 5, 478–9.
  • laid before Napoleon’s council, 5, 479.
  • determines that of Jews in other countries, 5, 480.
  • advocated by Beugnot, 5, 480.
  • opposed by Napoleon, 5, 480.
  • urged by Regnault and Ségur, 5, 480–1.
  • guaranteed by Napoleon, 5, 492.
  • curtailed by Napoleon, 5, 498–9.
  • under Louis XVIII, 5, 524–5.
  • curtailed under the Bourbons, 5, 596.
  • considered by Louis Philippe, 5, 597.
  • advocated by Mérilhou, 5, 597.
  • completed in the Chamber of Peers, 5, 597.
  • Emancipation of the German Jews, the, promoted by Dohm’s plea, 5, 356–7.
  • promoted by the French, 5, 459.
  • urged by the Peace Congress of Rastadt, 5, 463.
  • writers against, 5, 468–70, 472.
  • retarded by the reaction after Napoleon’s fall, 5, 512.
  • urged before the Congress of Vienna, 5, 513–14.
  • favored by Hardenberg and Metternich, 5, 514.
  • promised in the constitution drawn up by Humboldt, 5, 514.
  • retarded by Teutomania, 5, 516.
  • opposed by Rühs, 5, 517.
  • promised by the Act of Federation, 5, 518.
  • opposed by the Hanse Towns, 5, 519.
  • favored by Holstein, 5, 519.
  • defeated at the Congress of Vienna, 5, 519–20.
  • pamphlet literature against, 5, 521.
  • favored by Krämer, 5, 521–2.
  • leads to estrangement from Judaism, 5, 560.
  • Riesser interested in, 5, 599–600.
  • on the programme of the liberal party, 5, 602.
  • Emancipation of the Hessian Jews, the, legalized, 5, 601.
  • Emancipation of the Italian Jews, the, undone by Pius VII, 5, 518.
  • Emancipation of the Jews in the Hanse Towns, the, 5, 506–7.
  • Emancipation of the Mecklenburg Jews, the, 5, 507.
  • Emancipation of the Prussian Jews, the, struggle for, begun, 5, 414–16.
  • partial, 5, 507.
  • granted by Frederick William III, 5, 508, 630.
  • a dead letter, 5, 524.
  • Emancipation of the Turkish Jews, the, by Abdul Meg’id, 5, 641.
  • Emancipation of the Westphalian Jews, the, 5, 500–1.
  • medal commemorative of, 5, 501.
  • Emanuel, Byzantine emperor, and his Jewish physician, 3, 425.
  • Embicho, bishop of Würzburg, protects the Jews, 3, 354.
  • Emden, Jacob (Ashkenazi, Jabez, 1698–1776), grandson of Jacob Ashkenazi, anti-Sabbatian, 5, 221.
  • son of Chacham Zevi, studies of, 5, 254–5.
  • character of, 5, 255.
  • as rabbi, 5, 255.
  • candidate for the rabbinate of the “three communities,” 5, 255–6.
  • antipathy of, to heretics, 5, 256.
  • induced not to expose Eibeschütz, 5, 257–8.
  • calls on Eibeschütz to clear himself, 5, 258.
  • punished by the Council, 5, 258–9.
  • persecuted in Altona, 5, 260.
  • excommunicated and flees to Amsterdam, 5, 261.
  • returns to Altona, 5, 265, 266.
  • historian of the Sabbatian movement, 5, 266.
  • maligned by Charles Anton, 5, 267.
  • refutes Eibeschütz’s defense, 5, 270.
  • appealed to by the Polish rabbis, 5, 277–8.
  • exposes the Zohar as a forgery, 5, 278.
  • sanctions Frankist persecutions, 5, 278.
  • triumphant, 5, 289.
  • refers the Schwerin Jews to Mendelssohn, 5, 318.
  • opposes Mendelssohn on the subject of hasty burial, 5, 318–19.
  • Emden, Portuguese Marranos arrive at, 4, 665.
  • Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Emek ha-Bacha, by Joseph ben Joshua Cohen, 4, 590, 608.
  • Emesa, native town of Julia Domna, 2, 468.
  • Emicho. See Emmerich.
  • Emim, descendants of the Anakim and Rephaim, 1, 2.
  • Emmaus (Gimso), Synhedrion established at, 2, 71.
  • burnt, 2, 126.
  • effort to establish an academy at, 2, 334.
  • destroyed by an earthquake, 2, 408–9.
  • Emmerich (Emicho), of Leiningen, leader of the first crusade, massacres the Jews, 3, 303.
  • disgraceful end of the crusaders under, 3, 306.
  • accused before Henry IV, 3, 307.
  • Emunoth,” Kabbalistic work by Shem Tob ben Joseph, 4, 197.
  • Emunoth we-Deoth, philosophical work by Saadiah, 3, 197–8.
  • Endor, camp of Gideon, 1, 62.
  • Saul’s camp, 1, 103.
  • the witch of, 1, 103.
  • Enemy of the Jews, The,” Pfefferkorn’s second pamphlet, 4, 427–8.
  • Engadi, Essene center, 2, 25.
  • Engel, friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 372.
  • England, rabbis of, emigrate to Jerusalem, 3, 505–6.
  • Marranos unkindly received in, 4, 509.
  • struggles for religious freedom in, 5, 25–8.
  • Jews gradually establish themselves in, 5, 49–50.
  • anomalous position of Jews in, 5, 50.
  • ambassador of, intercedes for the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 253.
  • the first country to emancipate the Jews, 5, 430.
  • in the Quadruple Alliance, 5, 658.
  • England, the Jews of, protected during the second crusade, 3, 356.
  • prosperous under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • under Richard I, 3, 409–16.
  • abused at Richard’s coronation, 3, 410–11.
  • massacre of, 3, 412–16.
  • under John, 3, 416, 504–5.
  • imprisoned, 3, 505.
  • wear the Jew badge, 3, 515, 516.
  • hated on account of their usurious rates, 3, 571.
  • under Henry III, 3, 587–92.
  • Christians not permitted to sell food to, 3, 588.
  • tax imposed on, 3, 589.
  • charges against, 3, 589.
  • pledged to the king’s brother, 3, 590.
  • restrictions put on, by the Church, 3, 590.
  • not permitted to leave England, 3, 591.
  • the blood accusation preferred against, 3, 591.
  • under Edward I, 3, 640–6.
  • the statute of Judaism passed against, 3, 642.
  • charged with counterfeiting and clipping coin, 3, 642.
  • imprisoned, 3, 642–3, 645.
  • forced to listen to Dominican sermons, 3, 643.
  • denounced to Honorius IV, 3, 645.
  • banished and ill-treated, 3, 645–6.
  • take refuge in France, Germany, Spain, 3, 646.
  • emancipation of, advocated, 5, 197–8.
  • pay the alien duty, 5, 337.
  • urge their emancipation, 5, 337.
  • naturalization of, 5, 337–8.
  • under Polish influence, 5, 558.
  • emancipation of, 5, 601, 653, 698.
  • act in the Damascus affair, 5, 644–5, 651–2.
  • public-spiritedness of, 5, 703.
  • number of, 5, 703.
  • England, the re-settlement of Jews in, prospects of, 5, 18–19.
  • suggested by Messianic hopes, 5, 28.
  • negotiations for, interrupted, 5, 34.
  • before the Short Parliament, 5, 34.
  • the subject of three petitions, 5, 35.
  • reasons for, stated by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 39–42.
  • favored by Cromwell, 5, 42–3.
  • in the hands of a commission, 5, 43–5.
  • objections to, 5, 44–5.
  • literature on, 5, 45–6.
  • Enns, the Jews of, charged with host desecration, 4, 223.
  • Enoch, the Book of, Kabbalistic source, 4, 17.
  • Enoch Saporta, Rabbanite teacher of Karaites, 4, 270.
  • Enriquez, Antonio de Gomez. See Paz, Enrique Enriquez de.
  • En-Rogel, spring south of Jerusalem, 1, 114.
  • Ensheim, Moses, one of the Measfim, mathematician, and the emancipation of the French Jews, 5, 401, 450.
  • Ensisheim, tower of, Meïr of Rothenburg imprisoned in, 3, 639.
  • En-Sof, title of God in the Kabbala, 3, 550.
  • emanations of, 3, 550–1.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 14.
  • the son of heaven, 5, 124.
  • En-Vidal Ephraim Gerundi, rabbi of Majorca, 4, 162.
  • martyr, 4, 171.
  • En-Zag Vidal de Tolosa, rabbi, calumniated, 4, 155.
  • Epaone, the council of, forbids Christians to take part in Jewish banquets, 3, 37.
  • Épée, de l’, Abbé, anticipated by Pereira, 5, 343.
  • Ephes-Damim, scene of David’s victory over Goliath, 1, 97.
  • Ephesus, a Greek-Christian community in, 2, 227.
  • chief seat of the Pagan Christians, 2, 367.
  • Ephoros, Jewish overseer in Greece, Macedonia, Illyria, 3, 27.
  • Ephraim, the tribe of, in contact with the Egyptians, 1, 7.
  • takes Bethel, 1, 34.
  • claims the central lands of Canaan, 1, 35–6.
  • and the Danites, 1, 39.
  • holds assemblies at Shiloh, 1, 41.
  • opposes intermarriages with the heathen, 1, 56.
  • keeps worshipers from Shiloh, 1, 57.
  • assists Ehud against the Moabites 1, 60.
  • in conflict with Manasseh, 1, 63.
  • attacked by the Ammonites, 1, 64.
  • quarrels with Jephthah, 1, 65.
  • oppressed by the Philistines, 1, 71.
  • not well disposed towards David, 1, 114.
  • sides with Absalom, 1, 140.
  • persuaded to separate from Solomon, 1, 176.
  • chooses Jeroboam as king, 1, 182–3.
  • end of, 1, 265–6.
  • Ephraim of Tyre, head of the Jews of Tyre, 3, 426.
  • Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn (1132–1200), Talmudist and liturgical poet, 3, 419.
  • Ephraim, mountain, description of, 1, 45.
  • Epicrates, general of Ptolemy VIII, fights against the Judæans, 2, 11.
  • Epicurus, teachings of, accepted in Judæa, 1, 429.
  • Epiphanes, son of Antiochus of Commagene, affianced to Drusilla, 2, 195, 235.
  • Epistles to the Hebrews, the, urge the separation of Jewish Christians from Jews, 2, 371.
  • Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum, by Crotus Rubianus, a Reuchlinist work, 4, 461–2.
  • See “Letters of Obscurantists.”
  • Eras used by the Jews, 1, 417; 2, 134; 3, 433; 4, 394–5.
  • Erasmus, as humanist, 4, 432, 433.
  • supposed author of the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 462.
  • on hatred of the Jews, 4, 462–3.
  • in the pantomime on the Reformation, 4, 468.
  • Eravi. See Airvi.
  • Erfurt, refuge of Archbishop Ruthard of Mayence, 3, 307.
  • Erfurt, the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 611.
  • during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109.
  • Erfurt, the university of, consulted regarding the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • theologians of, sanction the burning of the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 452.
  • Ergas, Joseph, Kabbalist, denounces Chayon, 5, 227.
  • Ermengarde, princess of Narbonne, Jews under, 3, 392.
  • Errors of the Doctrine of the Trinity,” by Michael Servetus, 4, 541.
  • Erter, Isaac (1792–1851), Galician scholar, re-animates the Hebrew language, 5, 612–13, 617.
  • education and marriages of, 5, 613.
  • self-culture of, 5, 613–14.
  • influence of Rapoport and Krochmal on, 5, 614.
  • excommunicated, 5, 614–15.
  • satirizes Orenstein, 5, 615.
  • style of, 5, 615–16.
  • poverty of, 5, 616.
  • poetry of, compared with S. D. Luzzatto’s, 5, 623.
  • writes an account of the Damascus affair, 5, 671.
  • Erwig, Visigothic king, usurper, enacts anti-Jewish laws, 3, 106–7.
  • Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, reduces Babylonia, 1, 284.
  • takes Manasseh prisoner, 1, 285.
  • Esau, honored by a Gnostic sect, 2, 375.
  • Eschenloer, town clerk of Breslau, protests against cruelty towards Jews, 4, 262.
  • Escrivao, Jewish-Portuguese official, 4, 159.
  • Eshkol ha-Kofer,” Karaite work by Jehuda ben Elia Hadassi, 3, 362.
  • Eskapha, Joseph, Talmudist, teacher of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 118.
  • excommunicates him, 5, 122.
  • Eskeles, Issachar Berush, intercedes for the Moravian Jews, 5, 252, 253.
  • Eski-Crimea. See Sulchat.
  • Esperaindo, Juan de, assassin of Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Essenes, the, offshoot from the Assidæan party, 2, 16–17, 24.
  • give rise to the Pharisees, 2, 17.
  • wherein opposed to the Pharisees, 2, 18.
  • allied with the Pharisees, 2, 24.
  • rigid celebration of the Sabbath by, 2, 24.
  • Nazarite practices of, 2, 24–5.
  • celibates, 2, 25.
  • settle in Engadi, 2, 25.
  • communism of, 2, 26.
  • habits of, 2, 26–7.
  • mysticism of, 2, 27–8.
  • popular, 2, 29.
  • fatalists, 2, 30.
  • avoid the Temple, 2, 30.
  • initiation into the brotherhood of, 2, 30–1.
  • prophetic power ascribed to, 2, 100.
  • exempt from swearing allegiance to Herod, 2, 108.
  • conception of the Messianic age by, 2, 145.
  • the first to proclaim the advent of the Messiah, 2, 145.
  • Jesus attracted to, 2, 150–1.
  • displeased with Jesus, 2, 162.
  • followers of Jesus, 2, 219–20.
  • Essenism, the kernel of Christianity, 2, 142.
  • Essex, Earl of, takes Cadiz, 4, 665.
  • Essinger, Samuel, testifies in favor of Eibeschütz, 5, 262.
  • Estella, the Jews of, massacred, 4, 77–8, 144.
  • Esther (Esterka), mistress of Casimir III, 4, 112.
  • Esther,” epic by Ansaldo Ceba, 5, 69, 70.
  • Esther, the Book of, additions to, 2, 359.
  • read in Spanish translation, 4, 148.
  • Estori Parchi, on the suffering of the French Jews, 4, 48–9.
  • emigrates to Palestine, 4, 49.
  • on the Karaites, 4, 72.
  • Etam, springs of, supply the second Temple, 1, 421.
  • Etampes, d’, Count, protects the French Jews, 4, 130, 132.
  • Eternal Punishment, dogma of, in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • Ethbaal I, of Tyre, allied with Omri of Israel, 1, 194.
  • Ethbaal II, of Tyre, vassal of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 304.
  • rebels against Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306.
  • urges war against Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 309.
  • Ethics, The, by Aristotle, translated, 4, 193.
  • by Spinoza, 4, 167.
  • Ethnarch, the prince of the Judæans in Egypt. See Alabarch, the.
  • Ethnarch, office of, created for the Judæans of the Nabathæan kingdom, 2, 202.
  • Ethnarch, title of, conferred on Hyrcanus II, 2, 66, 76.
  • on Archelaus, 2, 127.
  • on the President of the Synhedrion, 2, 360.
  • Eucærus, king of Syria, invades Judæa, 2, 44.
  • forced to retreat, 2, 45.
  • Euchel, Isaac Abraham, Hebrew style of, 5, 398.
  • establishes the Chebrath Dorshe Leshon Eber, 5, 398.
  • founds a journal, 5, 399.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 417.
  • founder of the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • Eugenius III, pope, absolves the debtors of Jews from payment, 3, 349–51.
  • Eugenius IV, pope, exhorts Juan II of Castile to humiliate the Jews, 4, 229.
  • hostile to the Jews, 4, 249, 275.
  • confirms the privileges of Jews, 4, 249.
  • influenced by Alfonso de Cartagena, 4, 249–50.
  • revives anti-Jewish restrictions, 4, 250–1.
  • issues a bull against the Italian Jews, 4, 251.
  • and John of Capistrano, 4, 257.
  • Eulæus, guardian of Ptolemy V’s sons, rules Egypt, 1, 450.
  • Eumenes, king of Pergamus, proclaims Antiochus IV king of Syria, 1, 443.
  • Euonymus of Gadara, philosopher, and Meïr, 2, 437–8.
  • Euphrates, the, depredations in the district of, 2, 527.
  • fortresses on, captured by Hulagu, 3, 606.
  • Euphrates, the, district of, the Jews of, rebel against Trajan, 2, 397.
  • opposed by Lucius Quietus, 2, 398–9.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 428–33.
  • See also under Babylonia.
  • Eupolemos, Judæan envoy to Rome, 1, 485.
  • Eupraxios, Byzantine viceroy, Sabbataï Donnolo, physician to, 3, 213.
  • Europe, the seat of Judaism in the twelfth century, 3, 383.
  • Europe, the Jews of, in the sixth and seventh centuries, 3, 24–5.
  • in the latter half of the eighth century, 3, 141.
  • in the tenth century, 3, 212.
  • admired by the Jews of the East, 5, 662–3.
  • Europe, western, early Jewish settlements in, 3, 35.
  • position of the Jews of, 5, 704.
  • Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, historian, asperses Judaism, 2, 562.
  • patron of Joseph the apostate, 2, 565.
  • Eusebius, chamberlain of Constantius, burdens the Jews with taxes, 2, 572.
  • Eutropius, chamberlain of Arcadius, favorably inclined to the Jews, 2, 615–16.
  • fall of, 2, 616.
  • Evangelists, the, and the revolt of Bar-Cochba, 2, 412–13.
  • describe Hadrian’s persecutions, 2, 431.
  • Evangels, the, colored by Jewish and Pagan Christian views, 2, 368–9.
  • influence of, on Judaism, deprecated by the Tanaites, 2, 378.
  • Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, releases Jehoiachin, 1, 331.
  • murdered, 1, 331.
  • Evora, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • the Marranos of, spied upon, 4, 490.
  • tribunal of the Inquisition at, 4, 508.
  • Ewald, Heinrich, historian of Israel, 5, 696.
  • Ewald, Johann Ludwig, defends the Jews, 5, 522.
  • Examination of the Pharisaic Traditions, An,” by Uriel da Costa, 5, 60.
  • Example of Human Life, An,” autobiography of Uriel da Costa, 5, 64–5.
  • Exchequer of the Jews, in England, 3, 588.
  • Excommunication, as used by Gamaliel II, 2, 339, 347.
  • regulated by the Usha Synhedrion, 2, 405.
  • practiced by Simon II, 2, 446.
  • introduced into Babylonia, 2, 517.
  • used by Judah ben Ezekiel, 2, 551–2.
  • the right of, granted to the Patriarchs, 2, 612–13.
  • as dispensed in Jewish Babylonia, 2, 99–100.
  • introduced among the Karaites, 3, 151.
  • freely used by Paltoi ben Abayi, 3, 177.
  • threatened for violating the secrecy of a letter, 3, 245.
  • threatened for reproaching a repentant apostate, 3, 246.
  • threatened for accepting an office from Christian authorities, 3, 518.
  • pronounced in Poland only with the concurrence of the whole community, 4, 265.
  • employed by the rabbis of Turkey, 4, 599.
  • objected to by Mendelssohn, 5, 362–3.
  • forbidden by the Austrian government, 5, 614.
  • Excommunication of, the community of Fars, 3, 194.
  • Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur, 3, 238.
  • informers and traitors revived, 3, 378.
  • fault-finders with a bill of divorce after its delivery, 3, 378.
  • the Maimunists, 3, 528–9, 535.
  • the Anti-Maimunists, 3, 530, 536.
  • Donin, 3, 572–3.
  • students of science, 4, 39–40.
  • Uriel da Costa, 4, 58–63.
  • Spinoza, 5, 93, 94.
  • Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 122.
  • Chayim Malach, 5, 214.
  • Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 216, 224.
  • Chacham Zevi, 5, 226.
  • Podolian Sabbatians, 5, 228.
  • Sabbatians at Frankfort, 5, 230.
  • Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 240, 242.
  • Eibeschütz’s opponents, 5, 259, 261.
  • Eibeschütz, 5, 263–4.
  • the Frankists, 5, 276–7.
  • Wessely, 5, 370.
  • the Chassidim, 5, 392, 393.
  • young Galician scholars, 5, 614.
  • Exegesis of the Bible, taught Origen by the Jews, 2, 488.
  • Simlaï’s sober method of, 2, 499, 501–2.
  • incorrect, favored by the Talmud, 2, 633.
  • by Anan ben David, 3, 133.
  • freedom in, the principal dogma of Karaism, 3, 157.
  • special study of the Karaites, 3, 180.
  • cultivated by the Spanish Jews in the tenth and eleventh centuries, 3, 235.
  • by Ibn-Janach, 3, 262, 263.
  • by Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • by Rashi, 3, 288.
  • by Moses ben Samuel Ibn-G’ikatilia, 3, 290.
  • supplanted by the study of the Talmud in Spain, 3, 317.
  • by the Tossafists, 3, 345–6.
  • by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 368, 370–1, 371–3.
  • by David Kimchi, 3, 394.
  • decay of, in the post-Maimunic time, 3, 561.
  • neglected in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 91.
  • Jewish, praised by Reuchlin, 4, 441–2.
  • scientific, founded by Richard Simon, 5, 178.
  • by S. D. Luzzatto, 5, 623–4.
  • by Sachs, 5, 692–3.
  • by the rationalistic school, 5, 695–6.
  • See also Scriptures, the, commentary on.
  • Exeter, the Council of, anti-Jewish decrees of, 3, 645.
  • Exilarch, the, Feast of,” court at the Exilarch’s, 3, 95.
  • Exilarchate, the, on an equality with the Patriarchate, 2, 454.
  • extinction of, a condition of the advent of the Messiah, 2, 457.
  • in abeyance after Kobad’s persecutions, 3, 4.
  • from 589 to 640, 3, 10.
  • restored to power by Bostanaï, 3, 10.
  • hereditary in the house of Bostanaï, 3, 94, 137.
  • as viewed by the Jews of distant lands, 3, 100.
  • co-extensive with the Ommiyyade Caliphate, 3, 100.
  • dependent on the Gaonate, 3, 137.
  • contests for, 3, 155, 439.
  • decay of, 3, 183, 188.
  • attachment to, 3, 185–6.
  • during Saadiah’s Gaonate, 3, 193–4.
  • end of, 3, 201–2.
  • revived in the twelfth century, 3, 369, 428.
  • extent of, 3, 428–9.
  • revived in the thirteenth century, 3, 627.
  • Exilarchs, the (Princes of the Captivity, Resh-Galutha), leaders of the Jews in the East, 2, 393.
  • political chiefs of the Babylonian Jews, 2, 508.
  • vassals of Persia, 2, 508.
  • royal position of, 2, 508–9.
  • descendants of David, 2, 509.
  • supreme judges of the Jewish community, 2, 509; 3, 93.
  • revenues of, 2, 509–10; 3, 96.
  • homage paid to, 2, 510, 515, 606–7.
  • religious ignorance of, 2, 510.
  • political and spiritual authority of, 2, 511.
  • devoted to the study of the Law, 2, 544.
  • appoint judges, 2, 547; 3, 98, 428.
  • barbarity of, in the time of the Amoraim, 2, 554.
  • exercise civil and judicial functions, 3, 89.
  • depose the principals of the Babylonian academies, 3, 91.
  • history of, dark, 3, 92.
  • office of, political, 3, 93.
  • installation of, 3, 94–5.
  • annual court at the house of, 3, 95.
  • authority of, lessened by the Karaite schism, 3, 137.
  • power of, reduced, 3, 177, 183.
  • hold public assemblies at Pumbeditha, 3, 177.
  • Exilarchs, the, list of:
  • Achiya,
  • Bostanaï,
  • Chananya (Achunaï),
  • Chaninaï,
  • Chasdaï,
  • Chiskiya,
  • Daniel, son of
  • Solomon (Chasdaï?),
  • David of Mosul,
  • David ben Daniel,
  • David ben Judah,
  • David ben Zaccaï,
  • Huna,
  • Huna-Mari,
  • Josiah Hassan,
  • Judah ben David,
  • Judah ben David, son of
  • Kafnaï,
  • Mar-Kahana,
  • Mar-Ukban,
  • Mar-Zutra I,
  • Mar-Zutra II,
  • Nathan,
  • Nehemia,
  • Solomon,
  • Solomon (Chasdaï?),
  • Yishaï ben Chiskiya,
  • Zaccaï ben Achunaï.
  • Exile, the Babylonian, described, 5, 720–1. See Babylonia, the Judæans of.
  • Exorcism. See Demons, exorcism of.
  • Ezekias, leads the revolt in Galilee against Rome, 2, 77.
  • executed, 2, 77–8.
  • son of, 2, 125.
  • Ezekiel, prophet, encourages and rebukes the Babylonian exiles, 1, 332–4.
  • prophecy of, leads to theosophic speculations, 2, 380–1.
  • pilgrimages to the grave of, 3, 440–1.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • Ezer ha-Emuna, work by Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, 4, 141.
  • Eziongeber, port on the Red Sea, 1, 170.
  • Ezobi (Esobi). See Joseph Ezobi ben Chanan.
  • Ezra, descent of, 1, 365.
  • studies the Law, 1, 365.
  • leads a company of Judæans to Palestine, 1, 366.
  • opinion of, on intermarriages, 1, 367–8.
  • induces the Judæans to repudiate their heathen wives, 1, 368–9.
  • opposition to the severity of, 1, 370.
  • reads the Law in Jerusalem, 1, 378–80.
  • subordinates the priesthood to the Scriptures, 1, 379.
  • exacts an oath from the Judæans to observe the Law, 1, 380–1, 387–8.
  • at the consecration of the walls of Jerusalem, 1, 381.
  • guardian of the Temple, 1, 382.
  • regulations ascribed to, 1, 395.
  • the chief of the Scribes, 2, 19.
  • Mahomet on, 3, 76.
  • pilgrimages to the supposed grave of, 3, 441.
  • Ezra, Kabbalist, reduces the Kabbala to a system, 3, 548.
  • Ezra Gatiño, commentator on Ibn-Ezra’s Pentateuch commentary, 4, 144.
  • F
  • Fables, written by Meïr, 2, 436.
  • Fables of Ancient Times,” by Ibn-Sahula, 3, 560.
  • Fabulists, list of:
  • Berachya ben Natronaï Nakdan,
  • Ibn-Sahula,
  • Meïr.
  • Fadak, submits to Mahomet, 3, 83.
  • Fadus, Cuspius, procurator, strengthens Rome in Judæa, 2, 197.
  • rising of Theudas under, 2, 198.
  • deposed, 2, 198.
  • Fagius, Paulus, disciple of Reuchlin, and Elias Levita, 4, 474.
  • Faith and Creed,” by Saadiah, 3, 197–8.
  • Falaquera. See Shem-Tob Falaquera.
  • Falcos, the Jews of, attacked, 4, 78.
  • Falero, Abraham Aboab, builds the second synagogue at Hamburg, 4, 691.
  • Faliachi, Jacob, Sabbatian, 5, 156.
  • Falk, Jacob Joshua, rabbi of Metz and Frankfort, 5, 251.
  • against Eibeschütz, 5, 262, 263, 268, 269.
  • disciple of, 5, 263.
  • Fall, the. See Original Sin.
  • Fall, the, of the Angels, dogma of, in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • Famagusta, besieged by the Turks, 4, 600.
  • taken, 4, 601.
  • Familianten,” privileged Jews, 5, 253.
  • Famine, in Israel under Ahab, 1, 203.
  • in Judah under Uzziah, 1, 229–30.
  • in Jerusalem during the siege of Titus, 2, 304, 305–6.
  • under Marcus Aurelius, 2, 451.
  • Farchi, Chayim Maalem, Jewish minister at Accho, 5, 460.
  • Farchi, Raphael Murad, accused of ritual murder, 5, 639.
  • restored to his position, 5, 661.
  • Farchi family, the, accused of ritual murder, 5, 638.
  • Farissol, Abraham. See Abraham Farissol.
  • Farnese, Alexander. See Paul III, pope.
  • Farnese, Alexander, cardinal, intercedes for the Jews, 4, 567.
  • Faro, Count of, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 338.
  • Faro, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • Farraj Ibn-Solomon (Farragut), physician to Charles of Anjou, 3, 628.
  • Fars. See Hamadan.
  • Farsistan, the Exilarch’s income from, 3, 96.
  • Fast, proclaimed under Jehoiakim, 1, 304.
  • in memory of Gedaliah, 1, 325.
  • in memory of the Blois martyrs, 3, 380–1.
  • during the disputation with Donin, 3, 577.
  • on the anniversary of the burning of the Talmud, 3, 579.
  • against Gonzalo Martinez, 4, 85.
  • to avert the Black Death persecutions, 4, 100.
  • during the Hussite war, 4, 225–6.
  • commemorating the Nemirov massacre, 5, 13.
  • Fast days, observed by the Babylonian exiles, 1, 337.
  • Fast of Tammuz abolished, by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 151–2.
  • by the Sabbatians, 5, 159.
  • Fast of Tebeth, abolished by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 143.
  • Father of the Judæans.” See Ragesh.
  • Fatimide Caliphate, the, Talmud schools established in, 3, 210.
  • Jewish science in, 3, 211.
  • fanaticism of, 3, 212.
  • Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur in, 3, 238.
  • the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 247–8.
  • extent of, 3, 248.
  • consequences of the fall of, 3, 461.
  • Fauma Kadin, Sarah Zevi’s Mahometan name, 5, 154.
  • Fayum, Saadiah’s birthplace, 3, 188.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 444.
  • Feast of Ingathering, celebrated in the eighth month, 1, 186. See Tabernacles, the feast of.
  • Feast of Lights. See Chanukah.
  • February revolution, the, completes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 696–7.
  • Federation of the German states, Act of, assures citizenship to the Jews, 5, 518.
  • Felgenhauer, Paul, mystic, Messianic speculations of, 5, 35–6.
  • Felix, governor of Galilee, husband of Drusilla, 2, 235, 242, 245.
  • rouses the Zealots against the Samaritans, 2, 243.
  • sides with the Galilæans, 2, 244.
  • procurator of Judæa, rapacity of, 2, 245.
  • allied with the Sicarii, 2, 246.
  • sides with the Greeks against the Judæans, 2, 247.
  • Felix Libertate, Dutch club, joined by Jews, 5, 453.
  • Fence,” the, about the Law, 1, 397.
  • Ferber, von, and the Jews of Dresden, 5, 344.
  • Ferdinand I, emperor, permits the expulsion of the Bohemian Jews, 4, 544.
  • expels the Jews from Lower Austria, 4, 585.
  • expels the Jews of Prague, 4, 585–6.
  • embassy of, negotiates with Joseph Nassi, 4, 597.
  • appeals to Joseph Nassi, 4, 601.
  • Ferdinand II, emperor, reproves Hamburg for permitting a synagogue, 4, 689–90.
  • protects the Jews, 4, 701–2.
  • imprisons Lipmann Heller, 4, 705.
  • fines him, 4, 706.
  • introduces conversion sermons in Vienna, 4, 706.
  • Ferdinand III, emperor, extends the rights of the Bohemian Jews, 4, 707.
  • Ferdinand I, of Aragon, regent of Castile, 4, 194.
  • issues an anti-Jewish edict, 4, 203–4.
  • becomes king of Aragon, 4, 205.
  • defers to Vincent Ferrer, 4, 206.
  • arranges for the disputation at Tortosa, 4, 207.
  • advises Benedict XIII to abdicate, 4, 216.
  • threatens to besiege Benedict XIII, 4, 217.
  • death of, 4, 217.
  • Ferdinand II, of Aragon. See Ferdinand V, of Castile, the Catholic.
  • Ferdinand III, of Castile, the Holy, hostile to the Jews, 3, 519.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 3, 537.
  • Jews under, 3, 592.
  • Ferdinand IV, of Castile, employs a Jewish treasurer, 4, 51–2.
  • death of, 4, 52.
  • Ferdinand V, of Castile (II, of Aragon), the Catholic, marriage of, 4, 280.
  • ascends the throne of Castile, 4, 284.
  • avarice of, 4, 310, 318.
  • sanctions the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 310–11.
  • obtains sanction for the Inquisition in Aragon, 4, 319.
  • introduces the Inquisition into his hereditary lands, 4, 325–6.
  • inclined to revoke the Jewish edict of banishment, 4, 348.
  • confiscates the possessions of the Jews of his hereditary lands, 4, 350.
  • threatens Navarre for protecting Marranos, 4, 357.
  • urges the expulsion of the Jews from Navarre, 4, 358.
  • and Judah Leon Abrabanel, 4, 384, 385.
  • establishes the Inquisition at Benevento, 4, 385.
  • See also Ferdinand and Isabella.
  • Ferdinand (V) and Isabella (I), of Castile, establish the Inquisition in Spain, 4, 309.
  • appoint the commission to frame the statute for the Inquisition, 4, 312.
  • papal letter to, concerning the Inquisition, 4, 318.
  • refuse to modify the rigors of the Inquisition, 4, 322.
  • ask for an inquisitor-general, 4, 324.
  • establish the Inquisition at Seville, 4, 335.
  • urged to expel the Jews from Seville, 4, 336.
  • protect the Jews from chicanery, 4, 336.
  • appoint Isaac Abrabanel minister of finance, 4, 343.
  • secret treaty of, with Boabdil, 4, 345.
  • enter Granada, 4, 345.
  • decide on the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 346–7.
  • proclamation of, expelling the Jews, 4, 347–8.
  • confiscate the treasures of the exiles, 4, 354–5.
  • censured for the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 356.
  • marry their daughter to Manoel of Portugal, 4, 372–3.
  • oppose the Portuguese Marranos at Rome, 4, 379.
  • Ferdinand I, of Naples, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 287.
  • receives Spanish exiles kindly, 4, 358–9.
  • patron of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 359, 383.
  • refuses to expel the Jews, 4, 359–60.
  • death of, 4, 360.
  • Ferdinand I, of Portugal, prosperity of the Jews under, 4, 158–9.
  • Jewish favorites of, 4, 159–60.
  • death of, 4, 160.
  • Ferdinand, duke of Braganza, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 338, 340–1.
  • Ferdinand de Medici, duke of Tuscany, receives Jewish exiles from the Papal States, 4, 659.
  • permits the use of the expurgated Talmud, 4, 659.
  • Fermo, residence of Immanuel Romi, 4, 68.
  • Fernando, Manuel, de Villa-Real, Marrano, martyr, 5, 91.
  • Ferrajo, Lucio, tries to prove the blood accusation out of the Talmud, 5, 639.
  • Ferrara, Hillel of Verona in, 3, 629.
  • Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Jewish exiles in, 4, 412–13.
  • Marranos well treated at, 4, 526.
  • refuge of the Neapolitan Jews, 4, 544.
  • Samuel Usque at, 4, 558.
  • the Talmud burnt in, 4, 565.
  • a refuge for Marranos, 4, 568, 569.
  • refuge of Gracia Mendesia, 4, 575.
  • Marranos of, in distress, 4, 581.
  • refuge of the Jewish exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • becomes part of the Papal States, 4, 660.
  • no longer a refuge for Marranos, 4, 661.
  • earthquake in, 4, 615.
  • Ferrara, the Jews of, liberties of, 3, 628.
  • appeal for permission to own the Talmud, 4, 658.
  • attached to the house of Este, 4, 660.
  • Ferrer. See Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi.
  • Ferrer, Vincent, humility of, 4, 200–1.
  • revives flagellation, 4, 201.
  • as an orator, 4, 201.
  • fanaticism of, 4, 201–2.
  • crusade of, against the Jews, 4, 202.
  • extorts Christian confession from the Marranos, 4, 202–3.
  • influences Jews to accept Christianity, 4, 204–5, 206, 214.
  • procures the crown of Aragon for Ferdinand of Castile, 4, 205, 206.
  • denounces Benedict XIII, 4, 216.
  • death of, 4, 217.
  • refused aid by João I of Portugal, 4, 218.
  • in Savoy, 4, 218.
  • terror of, spreads to Germany and Italy, 4, 218.
  • policy of, adopted by the Council of Basle, 4, 246.
  • compared with John of Capistrano, 4, 257.
  • compared with Bernardinus of Feltre, 4, 296.
  • Ferrus, Pero, apostate, satirist, 4, 181.
  • Festus, procurator of Judæa, administration of, 2, 247–8.
  • Fettmilch, Vincent, leader of the Frankfort guilds against the Jews, 4, 696–7.
  • attacks the Jew quarter, 4, 697.
  • hanged, 4, 699–700.
  • Fez, Dunash ben Labrat in, 3, 226.
  • Maimun’s family in, 3, 451–6.
  • forced converts emigrate to, 4, 179.
  • suffering of Spanish exiles in, 4, 361–2.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 390.
  • Fez, the Jews of, consult Haï Gaon, 3, 252.
  • persecuted, 3, 360.
  • fortunes of, 5, 168.
  • Fezara, the, Arab tribe, promise assistance to the Jews of Chaibar, 3, 82.
  • Fichte, classes Jews with the nobility and clergy, 5, 461.
  • opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 462, 468.
  • Saul Asher refutes, 5, 463.
  • Fields, the blessing of, by Jews, forbidden, 2, 620; 3, 44.
  • Fifth Monarchy, the, believers in, regard the Jews favorably, 5, 23, 27.
  • view of, held by Christians, 5, 37.
  • as interpreted by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 38.
  • believers in, fix the Messianic year, 5, 120.
  • Firme-Fé. See Nuñes, Henrique.
  • First-born, the, Mosaic law of, as interpreted under Ahaz, 1, 261.
  • Firuz (Pheroces, 457–484), Sassanian king, persecutes the Jews, 2, 628–30; 3, 1.
  • persecutes the Jews of Ispahan, 2, 629.
  • closes the Jewish schools, 2, 629.
  • forces Magianism upon Jews, 2, 629.
  • death of, 2, 630.
  • Firuz-Shabur (Anbar), important Babylonian town, 2, 505.
  • the Jews of, in the war between Julian the Apostate and Shabur II, 2, 601.
  • academy opened at, 3, 8, 9.
  • taken by Ali, 3, 90.
  • Fiscus Judaicus, tax instituted by Vespasian, 2, 316.
  • extorted from the Jews, 2, 332.
  • See Tax.
  • Five Evidences of the Faith,” Sabbatian work, 5, 162.
  • Flaccus, prætor in Asia Minor, seizes upon the votive offerings in the Temple, 2, 68.
  • defended by Cicero, 2, 68–70.
  • Flaccus, Pomponius, governor of Syria, Agrippa I courtier of, 2, 175.
  • tool of the Alexandrians, 2, 181.
  • deprives Judæans of Alexandrian citizenship, 1, 182.
  • deposed, 2, 183.
  • Flagellants, the, in Hanover, 4, 111.
  • under Vincent Ferrer, 4, 201.
  • condemned by the Council of Constance, 4, 217.
  • Flanders, Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 387.
  • Portuguese Marranos imprisoned in, 4, 509.
  • Flavian house, the, and the Jews, 2, 388.
  • Flavio Jacopo de Evora, on Amatus Lusitanus, 4, 610.
  • Flavius Josephus. See Joseph ben Matthias.
  • Florence, commerce of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • Elias del Medigo lectures on philosophy at, 4, 291.
  • the Jews of, protected against Bernardinus of Feltre, 4, 297.
  • the Marranos of, not molested, 4, 500.
  • the Portuguese Jews of, wealthy, 5, 205.
  • Florentin, Solomon, Talmudist, supporter of Jacob Querido, 5, 210.
  • Florus, Gessius (64–66), last procurator of Judæa, rapacity and profligacy of, 2, 249–50.
  • favors the Sicarii, 2, 250.
  • bribed by the Judæans of Cæsarea, 2, 252–3.
  • imprisons Judæan deputies, 2, 253.
  • demands a part of the Temple treasures, 2, 253.
  • in Jerusalem, 2, 253–4.
  • plunders the upper town, 2, 254.
  • appealed to by Berenice, 2, 254.
  • demands a friendly reception for his troops, 2, 254.
  • troops of, attack the Temple, 2, 255.
  • leaves Jerusalem, 2, 255.
  • Jerusalem rebellious towards, 2, 258.
  • refuses to aid the Peace party, 2, 259.
  • refrains from interference between the Zealots and the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, 2, 261–2.
  • enslaves the Judæans in Cæsarea, 2, 262.
  • accused before Nero, 2, 268.
  • Fons Vitæ, philosophical work by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 270–1. See “Fountain of Life, The.”
  • Fonseca Pinto y Pimentel, Sarah de, Jewish poetess, 5, 203.
  • Fontaine, de, Countess, owns the Jews of Metz, 5, 348, 446.
  • Fontanes, reactionary influence of, 5, 477, 479.
  • Fool’s Voice, The,” by Leo Modena, 5, 73.
  • Forli, Hillel of Verona in, 3, 629.
  • synod at, 4, 218.
  • Fortalitium Fidei,” anti-Jewish work by Alfonso de Spina, 4, 277, 415.
  • Fortress, The,” polemic, 4, 234.
  • Fortunatus, Venantius, poet, celebrates the achievements of Avitus, 3, 39.
  • Forum Judicum, Visigothic code, translated into Castilian, 3, 594–5.
  • Fossano, French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • Fostat. See Cairo.
  • Fould, Achille, questions Thiers on the Damascus affair, 5, 649.
  • Fountain of Life, The,” (Mekor Chayim, Fons Vitæ), philosophical work by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 270.
  • translated into Latin, 3, 270.
  • used by the schoolmen, 3, 271.
  • Four Countries, the, Synod of (Vaad Arba Arazoth), functions of, 4, 643–4; 5, 3–4.
  • authority of, 4, 644.
  • supposed originator of, 4, 645.
  • president of, 4, 645.
  • and the Kamieniec disputation, 5, 281.
  • forbidden to assemble, 5, 387.
  • dissolution of, favorable to Chassidism, 5, 387.
  • Fourth of August, the, glory of, 5, 437.
  • Fox Fables, the, by Berachya ben Natronaï, 3, 560.
  • Fraga, the Jews of, converted, 4, 214.
  • Fragments of an Unknown,” published by Lessing, 5, 320–1.
  • effect of, 5, 321–2.
  • attributed to Mendelssohn, 5, 322.
  • France, Talmud schools established in, 3, 208.
  • Talmudists of, imported into Egypt, 3, 444.
  • rabbis of, emigrate to Jerusalem, 3, 505–6.
  • rabbis of, in sympathy with Solomon Petit, 3, 627.
  • refuge of the Jews banished from England, 3, 646.
  • quarrel about the chief rabbinate of, 4, 152–3, 162.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • professorships for Hebrew instituted in, 4, 471, 473, 474.
  • Portuguese Marranos arrested in, 4, 509.
  • ambassador of, and Joseph Nassi, 4, 595, 598–9.
  • Joseph Nassi seizes the merchant vessels of, 4, 597.
  • the Measfim in, 5, 401.
  • the first country to emancipate the Jews, 5, 430.
  • congregations of, present addresses to the Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • Central Consistory of, keeps aloof from the Reform movement, 5, 572.
  • France, the Jews of, participate in the memorial services at the Babylonian academies, 3, 101.
  • advanced under Charlemagne, 3, 141.
  • devote themselves to the Agada, 3, 160.
  • under Charles the Bald, 3, 170–4.
  • decrees against, revived, 3, 171.
  • tax levied on, 3, 172.
  • antagonized by Bishop Amolo, 3, 172–3.
  • exposed to Easter attacks, 3, 173–4.
  • under Charles the Simple, 3, 175.
  • treated as the wards of the king, 3, 175.
  • yield precedence to the Jews of Spain, 3, 236.
  • oppressed under the last Carlovingians and the first Capets, 3, 241–2.
  • the clergy arouse hatred against, 3, 241.
  • accused of using spells against Christians, 3, 242.
  • not creative in the eleventh century, 3, 281.
  • occupations of, 3, 281.
  • compared with the Christians, 3, 281.
  • devoted to the study of the Talmud, 3, 281, 343–5.
  • protected during the first crusade, 3, 299.
  • beginnings of culture among, 3, 343.
  • debts owing to, repudiated, 3, 349–51.
  • Louis VII roused against, 3, 349–50.
  • a persecution of, prevented, 3, 351.
  • martyrdom of, during the second crusade, 3, 354–6.
  • Jewish culture of, 3, 357.
  • and the secular courts, 3, 377.
  • observe a fast for the Jews of Blois, 3, 380.
  • banished by Philip Augustus, 3, 402–3.
  • charges against, by Innocent III, 3, 499.
  • forbidden to employ Christian nurses, 3, 508.
  • suffer during Gregory IX’s crusade, 3, 570.
  • forced into Christianity, 3, 570.
  • appeal to Gregory IX, 3, 570.
  • under Louis IX, 3, 570–1.
  • charged with usury, 3, 571.
  • fast during the disputation with Donin, 3, 577.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 3, 583–5.
  • banished by Louis IX, 3, 585–6.
  • return of, 3, 586.
  • forced to wear a badge, 3, 612.
  • address Solomon ben Adret for religious decisions, 3, 620.
  • banished by Philip IV, 3, 646; 4, 46.
  • reasons for the exile of, 4, 47.
  • suffering of, 4, 47–9.
  • emigrate, 4, 49.
  • recalled by Louis X, 4, 53.
  • conditions for the re-admission of, 4, 53–4.
  • privileges of, extended by Philip V, 4, 54.
  • massacred by the Pastoureaux, 4, 55–7.
  • accused of poisoning wells, 4, 57.
  • permitted to return by John the Good, 4, 129.
  • privileges granted to, 4, 129–31, 150.
  • hostility to, 4, 131, 132.
  • attacked by mobs, 4, 151–2.
  • refuse to submit to the German chief rabbi, 4, 152–3.
  • conditions of the residence of, in France, 4, 174.
  • forced into usury, 4, 174.
  • banished by Charles VI, 4, 175–6.
  • remain in certain towns and provinces, 4, 176–7.
  • settle in Germany and Italy, 4, 177.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • not united for concerted action, 5, 436.
  • petition for admission into the fraternity of the French people, 5, 438.
  • Saint Etienne speaks in behalf of, 5, 439.
  • improvement of, planned by Berr Isaac Berr, 5, 449.
  • interested in the government, 5, 449–50.
  • and the religion of Reason, 5, 451–2.
  • recognized as equals by the Constitution of the Directory, 5, 452.
  • object to the poll-tax in Germany, 5, 464–5.
  • in danger of losing their privileges, 5, 474.
  • opposed by the reactionary party, 5, 477–8.
  • deprived temporarily of civil equality, 5, 482.
  • restrictive laws for, 5, 498–9.
  • rights of, not curtailed after Napoleon’s fall, 5, 512–13.
  • restrictions against not renewed, 5, 524–5.
  • rapid advance of, 5, 557.
  • under Polish influence, 5, 558.
  • influenced by the Reform movement, 5, 582–3.
  • and the Damascus affair, 5, 644, 651.
  • asked to support Crémieux’s Eastern schools, 5, 671.
  • France, the Jews of, emancipation of. See Emancipation of the French Jews, the.
  • France, northern, home of Talmudic studies after Rashi, 3, 289.
  • rabbis of, at Donin’s disputation, 3, 576.
  • France, northern, the Jews of, devoted to Talmud study, 3, 289, 290, 345, 407–8.
  • expect the Messiah, 3, 298.
  • prosperous in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • banished during the third crusade, 3, 405.
  • received by Philip Augustus, 3, 405–6.
  • not permitted to move from province to province, 3, 406.
  • forbidden to buy property confiscated from Jews, 3, 406–7.
  • treated as bondmen, 3, 407.
  • naïve faith of, 3, 549.
  • wear Jew badges, 3, 612.
  • France, southern, Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • culture and rulers of, 3, 390.
  • tolerance in, 3, 390.
  • Spanish culture introduced into, 3, 392.
  • Jews from, in Palestine, 3, 427–8.
  • rabbis of, renounce Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 539, 541.
  • See also Languedoc; Narbonne; Provence.
  • France, southern, the Jews of, dependent on vassal princes, 3, 242.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 389–91.
  • idolize Maimonides, 3, 488–9.
  • Maimonides on, 3, 492.
  • relation of, to the Albigenses, 3, 501, 513–14.
  • suffer during the Albigensian crusade, 3, 501–3.
  • not employed as state officials, 3, 503–4.
  • send delegates to the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 509.
  • struggle against badges, 3, 513.
  • Innocent III’s decrees enforced against, 3, 518.
  • Maimunists, 3, 526–7.
  • excommunicate Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 530.
  • philosophical leanings of, 3, 549.
  • ordered to enter into disputations with Pablo Christiani, 3, 602.
  • obtain the abrogation of the law on badges, 3, 612.
  • persecuted in the fourteenth century, 4, 53.
  • during the Pastoureaux rising, 4, 56–7.
  • massacred on the charge of having caused the Black Death, 4, 102.
  • hostility towards, 4, 132.
  • Francesco Maria I, duke of Urbino, brings Molcho to Pesaro, 4, 501.
  • Francesco Maria II, duke of Urbino, David de Pomis dedicates a book to, 4, 657.
  • Francis I, of Austria, emperor, imposes restrictions on the Jews, 5, 508.
  • the Jews under, 5, 523.
  • intolerance of, 5, 579.
  • Francis I, of France, patron of Hebrew learning, 4, 473.
  • Franciscans (Minorites), the, order of, originates in the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 509.
  • persecutions by, in southern France, 3, 519.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 542–3.
  • judges of the Talmud, 3, 575.
  • free English Jews imprisoned on the blood accusation, 3, 591.
  • censors of the Talmud, 3, 603.
  • in Hungary, 3, 614.
  • mock at the Dominicans, 3, 641.
  • object to a synagogue on Mount Zion, 4, 274.
  • espouse Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 457.
  • Franciscus of Sardinia, persecutes the Damascus Jews, 5, 639–40.
  • Franco, (Christoval) Mordecai Mendes, Marrano in Holland, 4, 667.
  • Franco, Nicolo, papal nuncio, urges the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 310.
  • Franco, Samuel, Kabbalist, 4, 405.
  • Franconia, the Jews of, suffer during the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 35.
  • privileges granted to, 4, 259.
  • banished, 4, 259–60.
  • attacked by Lutheran peasants, 4, 542.
  • persecuted, 5, 529.
  • Frank, Eva, daughter of Jacob Frank, 5, 289.
  • Frank, Jacob, roguery of, 5, 272.
  • joins the Sabbatians, 5, 272.
  • accepts Islam, 5, 272.
  • Kabbalistic views of, 5, 273.
  • considered an incarnation of the Messiah, 5, 273, 274.
  • leader of the Polish Sabbatians, 5, 273–4.
  • prayers addressed to, 5, 274.
  • emigrates to Turkey, 5, 276.
  • advises his followers to accept Christianity, 5, 278–9, 284.
  • invited to return to Podolia, 5, 283.
  • baptized, 5, 287–8.
  • betrayed, 5, 288.
  • end of the career of, 5, 289.
  • Fränkel, David, rabbi of Berlin, Mendelssohn’s teacher, 5, 293–4.
  • Fränkel, Jonas, founder of the Breslau Seminary, 5, 700.
  • Frankel, Sæckel, compiles Hebrew prayers, 5, 564.
  • Frankel, Zachariah (1801–1875), orthodox leader, compared with Holdheim, 5, 684.
  • character and scientific activity of, 5, 684, 694–5.
  • attitude of, towards reforms, 5, 684–5.
  • at the Frankfort rabbinical conference, 5, 685.
  • founder of the Breslau seminary, 5, 700.
  • Frankenberg, Abraham von, mystic, on the restoration of Israel, 5, 24.
  • Frankfort, duchy of, created, 5, 505.
  • Frankfort-on-the-Main, diet at, to consider the Jewish question, 4, 463, 464.
  • Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • refuses to receive Portuguese Jews, 4, 695.
  • Polish-Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 17, 206.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 80.
  • “Judaism Unmasked” printed at, 5, 189.
  • Judah Chassid at, 5, 213.
  • Moses Meïr Kamenker at, 5, 229–30.
  • Börne’s life in, 5, 539.
  • without a rabbi, 5, 566.
  • Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • the Reform movement in, 5, 674.
  • rabbinical conference at, 5, 683–4, 685–6.
  • Frankfort-on-the-Main, the Jews of, burn themselves to escape persecution, 4, 109.
  • charged with child murder, 4, 299–300.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 417, 696.
  • confiscation of the books of, by Pfefferkorn, 4, 429–30, 438.
  • appeal to Uriel von Gemmingen, 4, 430.
  • send a representative to Maximilian I, 4, 430–1, 436–7.
  • extermination of, suggested by Pfefferkorn, 4, 463.
  • submit disputes to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • number of, 4, 694.
  • antipathy to, 4, 694–5.
  • restrictions imposed on, 4, 695–6, 700.
  • houses of labeled, 4, 696.
  • attacked by Fettmilch, 4, 697.
  • flee, 4, 697–8.
  • re-admitted, 4, 699.
  • celebrate Purim-Vincent, 4, 700.
  • protected by Ferdinand II, 4, 701.
  • oppose Eibeschütz’s Talmud edition, 5, 251.
  • petition for emancipation, 5, 465–6.
  • miserable condition of, 5, 466.
  • relieved of the poll-tax, 5, 468.
  • oppressed, 5, 503.
  • freed from the Ghetto, 5, 504.
  • new laws for, 5, 504–5.
  • emancipation of, 5, 505.
  • under restrictions after Napoleon’s fall, 5, 512, 520.
  • send deputies to the Congress of Vienna, 5, 513.
  • rely on Prussia and Austria, 5, 520–1.
  • persecuted, 5, 529.
  • purchase political rights, 5, 541.
  • Frankfort-on-the-Main, the senate of, orders the surrender of Hebrew books, 4, 429.
  • withdraws aid from Pfefferkorn, 4, 430.
  • forbids the sale of Hebrew books, 4, 431.
  • protects Hebrew books on sale at the Fair, 4, 438.
  • directed to return the Hebrew books, 4, 439.
  • discusses the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 598.
  • and circumcision, 5, 676–7.
  • Frankfort-on-the-Oder, the theological faculty of, permits Jews to live in Hamburg, 4, 687.
  • Jews settle in, 5, 174.
  • regulations for the Fair at, 5, 415.
  • Frankfurter, Naphtali, devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 55.
  • complains of the scorn for the Talmud, 5, 56.
  • Frankists, the, Sabbatian sect, origin of, 5, 274.
  • opposed to Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 274.
  • charged with dissoluteness, 5, 275–6.
  • excommunicated, 5, 276–7.
  • the persecution of, sanctioned by Emden, 5, 278.
  • handed over to the Inquisition, 5, 278.
  • inclined towards Christianity, 5, 278–9.
  • attacked by the Talmud Jews, 5, 279.
  • charge the Talmud Jews with the blood accusation, 5, 279.
  • favored by Bishop Dembowski, 5, 279–80.
  • disputations of, with the Talmudists, 5, 280, 281, 286–7.
  • confession of faith by, 5, 280, 285.
  • persecuted, 5, 283.
  • apply for baptism, 5, 284.
  • baptized, 5, 287.
  • customs of, 5, 289.
  • families descended from, 5, 289.
  • regard Eibeschütz as the great Gaon, 5, 289.
  • Frankists, list of:
  • Chaya, daughter of Elisha Schor,
  • Krysa, Jehuda Leb
  • Nachman ben Samuel Levi,
  • Schor, Elisha
  • Solomon of Rohatyn.
  • Franks, the, the empire of, independent of the Church, 3, 37.
  • Jew hatred introduced into, 3, 38–9.
  • extent of, under Charlemagne, 3, 142.
  • Jews spread in, 3, 144.
  • Franks, the, the empire of, the Jews of, permitted to carry on the slave trade, 3, 34.
  • not considered a separate race, 3, 35.
  • occupations of, 3, 35–6.
  • protected by Charlemagne, 3, 142.
  • education of, cared for by Charlemagne, 3, 143.
  • oath imposed on, 3, 144.
  • under Louis the Pious, 3, 161–70.
  • have free access to court, 3, 162.
  • synagogues of, visited by Christians, 3, 163.
  • and Agobard of Lyons, 3, 164–8.
  • Frederick I Barbarossa, emperor, considers the Jews “servi cameræ,” 3, 416–17.
  • includes Jews in his general peace, 3, 418.
  • Frederick II, emperor, Jews under, 3, 516.
  • introduces the Jew badge into Naples and Sicily, 3, 518.
  • Gregory IX the enemy of, 3, 519.
  • patron of learning, 3, 565.
  • corresponds with a Jewish scholar, 3, 565–6.
  • brings Jacob Anatoli to Naples, 3, 566–7.
  • reproached with heterodoxy, 3, 567, 580.
  • excludes Jews from public offices, 3, 567.
  • censures Frederick the Valiant, 3, 569.
  • executes the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 569.
  • lays imposts upon Jewish immigrants, 3, 569.
  • forces Innocent IV to retire to Lyons, 3, 584.
  • the Jews persecuted after the death of, 3, 611.
  • Frederick III, emperor, has a Jewish favorite, 4, 224.
  • accession of, 4, 249.
  • Jews under, 4, 293–4.
  • claims the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 300, 416.
  • orders Israel Bruna’s release, 4, 303.
  • defers Israel Bruna’s execution, 4, 304.
  • protects the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 305–6.
  • recommends the Jews to his son, 4, 413.
  • daughter of, 4, 428.
  • Reuchlin at the court of, 4, 433.
  • ennobles Reuchlin, 4, 435.
  • Frederick V, of Denmark, and the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 265, 269, 271.
  • wife of, 5, 267.
  • reinstates Eibeschütz, 5, 268.
  • Frederick I, of Prussia, Jews under, 5, 190–1.
  • and the Alenu prayer, 5, 191–2.
  • exerts himself in behalf of “Judaism Unmasked”, 5, 192–3.
  • lays the Midrash Rabba under the ban, 5, 194–5.
  • court-Jewess of, 5, 219.
  • Frederick II, the Great, of Prussia, at war with Austria, 5, 251.
  • reputed patron of the Jews, 5, 251.
  • the Jews of Berlin under, 5, 294.
  • illiberality of, 5, 296.
  • poetry of, criticised by Mendelssohn, 5, 302.
  • summons Mendelssohn to Sans-Souci, 5, 302–3.
  • makes Mendelssohn a “Schutzjude,” 5, 304.
  • antipathy of, to Jews, 5, 304.
  • objects to Mendelssohn as a member of the Berlin Academy, 5, 308.
  • enraged against Voltaire, 5, 339.
  • appoints Dohm superintendent of the archives, 5, 351.
  • in need of money, 5, 396.
  • culture under, 5, 410–11.
  • popularizes French literature, 5, 411.
  • treatment of the Jews by, 5, 414, 415.
  • Frederick the Valiant, archduke of Austria, Jewish statute of, 3, 567–9.
  • introduced into a number of countries, 3, 569, 613–14.
  • confirmed by Rudolph of Habsburg, 3, 635.
  • confirmed in Poland, 4, 111.
  • Frederick, elector palatine, corresponds with Abraham Zacuto Lusitano, 4, 678.
  • re-admits the Jews into Worms, 4, 699.
  • Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony, patron of Luther, 4, 469.
  • Frederick, commissioner sent by Louis the Pious to Agobard, 3, 166.
  • Frederick Franz, duke of Mecklenburg, emancipates the Jews, 5, 507.
  • Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg, invites Jewish exiles to his state, 5, 173–4.
  • Frederick William I, of Prussia, court Jew of, 5, 219.
  • Frederick William II, of Prussia, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 414, 416.
  • Mirabeau on Prussia under, 5, 419.
  • abrogates the poll-tax, 5, 464.
  • Frederick William III, of Prussia, tutor of, 5, 372.
  • attends Herz’s lectures, 5, 406.
  • grants some political rights to Jews, 5, 507, 508.
  • nullifies the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 524.
  • interrupts the Reform movement in Berlin, 5, 563.
  • forbids Jews to bear Christian names, 5, 630.
  • Free Towns, the. See Hanse Towns, the.
  • Freedom of Conscience, in the French National Assembly, 5, 439.
  • Freemasons’ Lodge, the first Jewish, hearth of the Reform movement, 5, 674.
  • Freiburg, the Jews of, protected during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 106.
  • burnt, 4, 107.
  • French, the, in Naples, 4, 384.
  • French literature, attracts the German Jews, 5, 411.
  • French Revolution, the, characterized, 5, 429.
  • outbreak of, 5, 435.
  • excesses of, 5, 436–7.
  • progress of, 5, 441.
  • Jews take no part in the atrocities of, 5, 450.
  • reaction from, 5, 477–8.
  • French translation, a, of the Bible projected, 5, 449.
  • Frenks, the. See Frankists, the.
  • Fresco, Moses, rabbi of Constantinople, urges the Jews to study Turkish, 5, 664.
  • Friedländer, Bärmann, prominent Königsberg Jew, 5, 397.
  • Friedländer, David (1750–1834), promotes the revival among Jews, 5, 397.
  • successor to Mendelssohn, 5, 412.
  • urges the abolition of the Jewish poll-tax, 5, 414.
  • representative of the Berlin Jewish community, 5, 415.
  • director of the Berlin Free School, 5, 416.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 417.
  • deplores the decay of morality among Jews, 5, 419.
  • makes overtures to the Church, 5, 421–2, 426.
  • children of, baptized, 5, 422.
  • leaves attacks on Judaism unanswered, 5, 469.
  • consulted by Jacobson, 5, 502.
  • efforts of for the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 508.
  • on the “hep, hep!” persecutions, 5, 534.
  • influence of, on Heine, 5, 546.
  • Heine’s criticism of, 5, 547.
  • followers of, criticised by Bernays, 5, 574–5.
  • and Mannheimer, 5, 580.
  • member of the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • Jost a disciple of, 5, 595.
  • Friedländer, Meyer, prominent Königsberg Jew, 5, 397.
  • Friedländer, Wolf, prominent Königsberg Jew, 5, 397.
  • Friedrichsfeld, David, one of the Measfim, 5, 400.
  • refutes Van Swieden, 5, 454.
  • Friends of Reform,” Society of the, 5, 675–6.
  • Fries, J. F., attacks the Jews, 5, 521.
  • Friesland, East, Jews live in, 4, 665.
  • Frohbach, astronomical work by, 4, 638.
  • Fronto, guardian of Jerusalem, 2, 311.
  • Fuero juzgo, Visigothic code, translated, 3, 594–5.
  • Fueros, Spanish law of custom, grants citizenship to Jews, 3, 292.
  • Fulfillment of Prophecy, The,” by Pierre Jurieu, 5, 176.
  • Fulko de Neuilly, preaches the third crusade, 3, 405.
  • Fulvia, Roman patrician, proselyte, 2, 136, 215.
  • Funes, the Jews of, attacked, 4, 78.
  • Furin al-Mizrayim, Purim of Cairo, 4, 396.
  • Furtado, Abraham, member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • a representative French Jew, 5, 436.
  • deputy of the French Jews, 5, 438.
  • ancestry and youth of, 5, 483.
  • rôle played by, during the Revolution, 5, 483.
  • president of the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 487.
  • speech of, in answer to the imperial commissioners, 5, 489–90.
  • speeches of, before the Synhedrion, 5, 495, 497.
  • view held by, of Judaism, 5, 496.
  • informs Napoleon of anti-Jewish agitation, 5, 498.
  • Fürth, the Jews of, indifferent to the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 438.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 17.
  • Jewish exiles from Vienna settle in, 5, 173.
  • interdicts Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 331–2.
  • Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Future life, the, doctrine of, 1, 404–6.
  • in the Mishna, 2, 473.
  • G
  • Gabaot, Roman camp under Cestius Gallus, 2, 265–6.
  • Gabara, ordered not to protect Josephus, 2, 281.
  • taken by Vespasian, 2, 286.
  • Gabata, Galilæan fortress, 2, 56.
  • Gabinius, Aulus, governor of Syria, subdues Alexander, 2, 70.
  • divides Judæa into provinces, 2, 71.
  • defeats Alexander, 2, 73.
  • Gabriel, the name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • makes revelations to Mahomet, 3, 71.
  • Gad, Chaldæan god of fortune, 1, 340.
  • Gad, prophet, joins David, 1, 100, 113.
  • orders David to sacrifice on Mt. Moriah, 1, 138.
  • Gad, the tribe of, asks for land east of the Jordan, 1, 29–30.
  • appeals to Samuel for help, 1, 80.
  • territory of, taken by Hazael, 1, 220.
  • descendants of, in Chaibar, 3, 437.
  • Gadara, incorporated with Judæa, 2, 103.
  • Gaffarelli, Jacob, Christian Kabbalist, taught by Leo Modena, 5, 71.
  • Gailan, emir, persecutes Sabbatians, 5, 151.
  • oppresses the Jews, 5, 168.
  • Galaïgo, Joseph Chayim, addresses Mendelssohn, 5, 369.
  • Galaistes, governor of Gabata, assists Aristobulus, 2, 56.
  • Galante, Moses, adherent of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 132.
  • Galatia, a Greek-Christian community in, 2, 227.
  • Galatino, interested in the Kabbala, 4, 481, 583.
  • Galba, emperor, short reign of, 3, 299.
  • Galen, writings of, elaborated by Maimonides, 3, 473.
  • Galerius, emperor, persecutes Christianity, 2, 539.
  • Galicia, the Jews of, proscribed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • resist the opening of secular schools, 5, 394.
  • described by Rohrer, 5, 472.
  • taxed, 5, 508.
  • oppressed, 5, 523.
  • affected by the Reform movement, 5, 582.
  • beginnings of culture among, 5, 611–12.
  • improvement of, undertaken by the “Israelitische Allianz,” 5, 703.
  • Galician school, the, founders of, 5, 607.
  • Hebrew style of, 5, 617.
  • contribute to the Kerem Chemed, 5, 621.
  • inspire the contributors to the Scientific Journal, 5, 625.
  • Galilæan Synod, the, second assembly of the teachers of the Law at Usha, 2, 434.
  • Galilæans, name given to Christians, 2, 596.
  • Galilee, lake, description of, 1, 42.
  • Galilee, province, description of, 1, 45.
  • Gelil Haggoyim, 1, 164.
  • appeals to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 475.
  • rescued by Simon Tharsi, 1, 475.
  • Judæans of, emigrate, 1, 475.
  • Judæans of, killed, 1, 486.
  • restored to Judæa, 2, 76.
  • declares in favor of Antigonus, 2, 85.
  • subdued by Herod, 2, 87.
  • given to Herod Antipas, 2, 119.
  • Roman troops in, to fight Judas the Galilæan, 2, 126.
  • under Herod Antipas, 2, 137.
  • lack of culture in, 2, 148.
  • morality in, 2, 148.
  • language of, 2, 148–9.
  • Jesus in the towns of, 2, 157.
  • a Messiah from, not acceptable, 2, 161.
  • given to Agrippa I, 2, 177.
  • pilgrims from, murdered, 2, 243.
  • under the command of Josephus, 2, 272, 278–9.
  • divided into Upper and Lower, 2, 272.
  • civil war in, 2, 282–3.
  • strength of, broken by Josephus, 2, 285, 286.
  • subject to Rome, 2, 288.
  • Zealots of, possess three fortified places, 2, 289.
  • end of the Roman conquest of, 2, 290.
  • fugitives from, in Jerusalem, 2, 291.
  • recovers under Jewish governors, 2, 333.
  • the seat of the Synhedrion, 2, 458.
  • Babylonian students in the academies of, 2, 511.
  • first churches in, 2, 565.
  • Jews inhabit the cities of, in the sixth century, 3, 12.
  • prevalence of mysticism in, 4, 617.
  • Galilee, the Jews of, join the Persian general, 3, 19.
  • join an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, 3, 20.
  • Galileo, teacher of Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 75.
  • Gallaico, Elisha. See Elisha Gallaico.
  • Gallienus, emperor with Odenathus, 2, 528.
  • Gallipoli, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Gallus, emperor, campaign of, against the Persians, 2, 568.
  • death of, 2, 572.
  • Gallus, Cestius, governor of Syria, on the turbulent state of Judæa, 2, 250–1.
  • arranges a demonstration in Jerusalem in 66, 2, 251–2.
  • in communication with the Peace party, 2, 257.
  • sends a deputy to Jerusalem, 2, 257.
  • campaign of, near Jerusalem, 2, 264–6.
  • retreats, 2, 266–7.
  • losses of, 2, 267.
  • death of, 2, 284.
  • Gama, Vasco da, aided by Joseph Vecinho’s instruments, 4, 367.
  • Gamala, capital of Gaulanitis, taken by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 45.
  • birthplace of Judas the Galilæan, 2, 125.
  • focus of insurrection in Galilee, 2, 273.
  • impregnable position of, 2, 274.
  • refuge of the Babylonian Judæans, 2, 275.
  • revolts from Agrippa II, 2, 275.
  • taken by Vespasian, 2, 289–90.
  • Gamaliel I, the Elder, grandson of Hillel, president of the Synhedrion, 2, 192–3.
  • gentle reforms of, 2, 193.
  • grants heathens the right of gleaning, 2, 478.
  • Gamaliel II, Patriarch, president of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 334.
  • tries to reconcile the schools of Hillel and Shammai, 2, 335, 336–8.
  • humanity of, 2, 336.
  • regulates the calendar, 2, 336, 356.
  • journeys of, 2, 336.
  • character of, misunderstood, 2, 336.
  • inquires into the character of students of the Law, 2, 338–9.
  • uses excommunication, 2, 339–40, 347.
  • contest of, with Joshua ben Chananya, 2, 340–2.
  • deposed, 2, 341.
  • rejects Moabites and Ammonites as proselytes, 2, 343.
  • reconciled with Joshua, 2, 344–5.
  • reinstated, 2, 345.
  • opposes Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, 2, 347.
  • death of, 2, 350, 404, 479.
  • introduces set prayers, 2, 363.
  • supposed relation of, to the Jewish Christians, 2, 379.
  • and Akylas, 2, 385.
  • journey of, to Rome, 2, 387.
  • and Flavius Clemens, 2, 387, 389, 391.
  • influences Nerva, 2, 392.
  • funeral of, 2, 404.
  • sons of, 2, 404, 479.
  • Gamaliel III, Patriarch, instructions of his father to, 2, 466.
  • recommends trades, 2, 467.
  • advises caution in intercourse with the Romans, 2, 467–8.
  • and Abba-Areka, 2, 512.
  • Gamaliel IV, Patriarch, scant knowledge of the Law of, 2, 532.
  • Gamaliel V, Patriarch, successor to Hillel II, 2, 612.
  • Gamaliel VI (Batraah, 370–425), last of the Patriarchs, 2, 612.
  • dignities bestowed on, 2, 617–18.
  • physician, 2, 618.
  • last of the house of Hillel, 2, 618.
  • Gans, David. See David Gans.
  • Gans, Edward, apostate, 5, 551, 587.
  • founder of the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • selfishness of, 5, 585.
  • reproaches the Jews, 5, 586.
  • desires a professorship, 5, 587.
  • compared with Riesser, 5, 600.
  • compared with Steinheim, 5, 607.
  • Gaon, title of the principal of the Sora Academy, 3, 90–1, 93.
  • of the principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 93, 177.
  • of Isaac Ibn-Sakni, 3, 285.
  • of the head of the Bagdad college, 3, 429.
  • of Samuel ben Ali Halevi, 3, 438.
  • of Eibeschütz, 5, 289.
  • of Elijah Wilna, 5, 389.
  • See also Gaonate, the; Geonim, the; Pumbeditha, the academy of, principals of; Sora, the academy of, principals of.
  • Gaon of Castile, Isaac Campanton, 4, 230.
  • Gaonate, the, Anan ben David hostile to, 3, 130.
  • European and African Jews independent of, 3, 208, 210.
  • decline of, 3, 231, 253.
  • See also Gaon; Geonim, the.
  • Garcilaso, Spanish ambassador to Rome, opposes the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 379.
  • Gascony, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • banished, 3, 646.
  • during the Pastoureaux massacres, 4, 56.
  • Gate of Heaven, The,” Kabbalistic work by Abraham de Herrera, 5, 54.
  • Gates, the, of the second Temple, 2, 111.
  • Gath, Philistine city, 1, 54, 80.
  • surrendered to the Israelites, 1, 117.
  • returned to the Philistines, 1, 117–18.
  • conquered by Hazael, 1, 221.
  • conquered by Uzziah, 1, 231.
  • Gatherer, The,” (Ha-Meassef), a Hebrew journal, 5, 399.
  • editors of, 5, 400.
  • interest in, 5, 403, 404.
  • contributors to, in Berlin, 5, 411.
  • Gatiño, Ezra. See Ezra Gatiño.
  • Gaucelin, de, lords of Lünel, Jews under, 3, 396.
  • Gaul, early Jewish settlements in, 3, 35.
  • Gaul, the Jews of, 3, 35–40.
  • names borne by, 3, 36.
  • intermarry with Christians, 3, 36.
  • obey the dietary laws, 3, 36.
  • treated with hostility, 3, 37–40.
  • Gaulanitis (Gaulonitis), invaded by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 44, 45.
  • given to Philip, 2, 119.
  • given to Agrippa II, 2, 245.
  • a field in, given to Judah II, 2, 482.
  • Gauls, body-guard of Cleopatra, given to Herod, 2, 103.
  • Gayo da Rieti. See Moses ben Isaac da Rieti.
  • Gayo, Maëstro. See Isaac ben Mordecai.
  • Gaza, Philistine port, 1, 54.
  • left in possession of the Philistines, 1, 117.
  • frontier town of Israel, 1, 129.
  • taken by Necho, 1, 297.
  • taken by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • battle of, 1, 417.
  • Greek citizens of, resist Joseph, 1, 425.
  • Jewish prisoners sold at the slave markets of, 2, 419.
  • proclaimed the Holy City of the Sabbatians, 5, 132.
  • Jews of, flee before Napoleon, 5, 459.
  • Gaza, the district of, overrun by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 40.
  • surrenders to Ptolemy VIII, 2, 40.
  • taken by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 41.
  • Gazara, fortified by Bacchides, 1, 491.
  • surrenders to Simon Tharsi, 1, 523.
  • fortified by Simon Tharsi, 1, 524.
  • the son of Simon Tharsi at, 1, 525.
  • claimed by Antiochus Sidetes, 2, 4–5.
  • a Synhedrion established at, 2, 71.
  • Geba. See Gibeah.
  • Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, overseer of the Judæan fugitives, 1, 315.
  • governor of Judah, disciple of Jeremiah, 1, 319.
  • guardian of Zedekiah’s daughters, 1, 319.
  • joined by Jeremiah, 1, 320.
  • erects a sanctuary at Mizpah, 1, 321.
  • informed of Ishmael’s treachery, 1, 322.
  • murder of, 1, 322.
  • a fast on the anniversary of the murder of, 1, 325.
  • Gedaliah Levi, quarrels with Vital Calabrese, 5, 52.
  • Gedalya Ibn-Yachya (of the Italian branch, 1515–1587), historian, expelled from Ravenna, 4, 592.
  • works of, 4, 616.
  • consulted by Basnage, 5, 196.
  • Gedalya Ibn-Yachya I (of the Turkish branch), patron of Jewish literature, 4, 609.
  • Gedalya Ibn-Yachya II, patron of Jewish literature, 4, 609.
  • Gehazi, disciple of Elisha, 1, 218.
  • recounts Elisha’s deeds, 1, 223.
  • Ge-henna. See Hinnom.
  • Geiger, Abraham (1810–1874), scholar, characteristics of, 5, 626.
  • attitude of, towards the Talmud, 5, 626, 669.
  • devoted to the reform of Judaism, 5, 626.
  • journal of, 5, 626, 632.
  • at the Frankfort rabbinical conference, 5, 685.
  • Gelasius, pope, kind to Jews, 3, 29.
  • Geldern, Betty von, Heine’s mother, 5, 545.
  • Gelil Haggoyim, 1, 164. See Galilee.
  • Gelimer, grandson of Genseric, in the triumph of Belisarius, 3, 26.
  • Gemara. See Talmud, the Babylonian.
  • Gemara di Bene Ma’araba. See Talmud, the Jerusalem.
  • Gematria, Kabbalistic term, 4, 5.
  • Gemmingen, Uriel von, archbishop of Mayence, the Frankfort Jews appeal to, 4, 430.
  • not friendly to Pfefferkorn, 4, 430, 431.
  • appointed commissary, 4, 437.
  • and the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • favors the Jews, 4, 438.
  • delays the execution of the judgment against Reuchlin, 4, 452.
  • General Privilege” for the Jews, issued by Frederick the Great, 5, 304.
  • Genesareth. See Tiberias, lake.
  • Genesis, treatise on, by Samuel Ibn-Tibbon, 3, 398.
  • Geneva, the lake of, scene of Black Death persecutions, 4, 103–4.
  • Genoa, commerce of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • suffering of the Spanish exiles in, 4, 362–3.
  • Judah Leon Abrabanel in, 4, 384.
  • Genoa, the Jews of, under the Ostrogoths, 3, 28.
  • seek permission to repair the synagogue, 3, 30.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • banished, 4, 553–4.
  • Genseric, the Vandal, carries the Temple vessels to Africa, 2, 611.
  • Gentz, Frederick von, on Jewish women, 5, 413.
  • immorality of, 5, 423.
  • reactionary leader, 5, 477, 512.
  • Geonim, the, beginning of the epoch of, 3, 90–1.
  • history of, dark, 3, 92.
  • duties of, 3, 93.
  • power of, as viewed by the Jews of distant lands, 3, 100.
  • decisions of, binding, 3, 118–19.
  • opposed to the Exilarchs, 3, 137.
  • literary works of, in the ninth century, 3, 178–9.
  • favor scientific pursuits, 3, 187.
  • responses of, criticised, 3, 198.
  • chronicle of, by Sherira, 3, 233.
  • Talmudic work of, surpassed by Spanish Talmudists, 3, 282.
  • See also Gaon; Gaonate, the; Pumbeditha, the academy of, principals of; Sora, the academy of, principals of.
  • George II, of England, ratifies the naturalization of the Jews, 5, 337–8.
  • George, of Hesse, forbids the use of a sentence in the Alenu prayer, 5, 185.
  • George, bishop of Speyer, tries the Reuchlin-Hoogstraten case, 4, 454–5.
  • Gepidæ, the, overrun Rome, 3, 27.
  • Gerasa, besieged by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 45.
  • Gere ha-Zedek, true proselytes, in the daily prayers, 2, 384.
  • Gerizim, Mount, description of, 1, 45.
  • the Samaritan Temple on, 1, 390.
  • Temple of, destroyed, 2, 8.
  • temple to Jupiter on, 2, 422.
  • Gerlach, archbishop of Mayence, obtains Jews as “servi cameræ” 4, 128.
  • German-Frankish empire, the. See Franks, the, the empire of.
  • German language, the, carried to Poland by German Jews, 4, 421.
  • German merchants antagonize Jews in Poland, 4, 632.
  • German translation of the Bible by Luther, 4, 469, 475.
  • by Sachs, 5, 693.
  • German translation of the Pentateuch by Mendelssohn. See under Pentateuch, the.
  • Germans, the simplicity of, 4, 422.
  • purity of, 4, 423.
  • Germanus, Moses, proselyte, 5, 177–8.
  • Germany, Jewish emigrants from, held up in Lombardy, 3, 638–9.
  • refuge of the Jews banished from England, 3, 646.
  • preferred to Spain by the Asherides, 4, 90, 96.
  • re-admits Jews soon after the Black Death, 4, 127–8.
  • French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • exiles from, take refuge in Poland, 4, 263.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • professorships for Hebrew instituted in, 4, 471.
  • Messianic hopes connected with Solomon Molcho in, 4, 497.
  • Portuguese Marranos perish in, 4, 509.
  • religious parties in, 5, 25.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 160, 228.
  • Chayim Malach in, 5, 214.
  • feeling of solidarity developed in, 5, 515.
  • the romantic movement in, 5, 515–16.
  • debt of, to Börne and Heine, 5, 556.
  • See also Franks, the, the empire of.
  • Germany, the Jews of, in the sixth century, 3, 40–1.
  • advanced under Charlemagne, 3, 141.
  • yield precedence to the Jews of Spain, 3, 236.
  • under the Saxon emperors, 3, 241, 242–3.
  • compelled to be tradesmen, 3, 242–3.
  • lack of culture among, 3, 243.
  • not creative in the eleventh century, 3, 281.
  • occupations of, 3, 281.
  • compared with the Christians, 3, 281.
  • devoted to the study of the Talmud, 3, 281, 419.
  • suffer during the crusades, 3, 297, 351–4.
  • under Henry IV, 3, 298.
  • expect the Messiah, 3, 298.
  • dependent on the emperor, 3, 308.
  • gloom and bigotry of, 3, 309.
  • debts owing to, repudiated by the pope, 3, 349.
  • become “servi cameræ,” 3, 356–7, 416–17, 516, 569.
  • degradation of, 3, 357.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 416–21.
  • protected by the emperors during the crusades, 3, 416.
  • privileges of, 3, 417–18.
  • massacred under Henry VI, 3, 418–19.
  • high morality of, 3, 419.
  • little affected by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 516–17.
  • heavily taxed, 3, 517.
  • naïve faith of, 3, 549.
  • accused of aiding Jenghis-Khan, 3, 580–1.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 3, 583–5, 635.
  • persecuted after Frederick II’s death, 3, 611–12.
  • address Solomon ben Adret for religious decisions, 3, 620.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 624.
  • piety of, 3, 625.
  • determine to emigrate, 3, 634, 637.
  • offer to ransom Meïr of Rothenburg, 3, 639–40.
  • persecuted by Rindfleisch, 4, 35–7.
  • neglect the Talmud in the fourteenth century, 4, 96.
  • under Louis IV, 4, 96–7.
  • during the Armleder persecutions, 4, 97–8.
  • during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 105–111.
  • intellectual decay among, 4, 133–4.
  • effect of persecution on, 4, 166.
  • under Sigismund, 4, 218.
  • privileges of, confirmed, 4, 219.
  • liturgy of, compiled by Maharil, 4, 225.
  • fast during the Hussite wars, 4, 225–6.
  • neglect the Talmud in the fifteenth century, 4, 227.
  • hatred of, increases, 4, 248; 5, 528, 532–3.
  • bear the expenses of the Council of Constance, 4, 248.
  • under Albert II, 4, 249.
  • terrified by John of Capistrano, 4, 258.
  • urged to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271–3.
  • under Frederick III, 4, 293–4, 413.
  • influence the Jews of Italy, 4, 294.
  • speak a corrupt jargon, 4, 388–9.
  • representative of, 4, 414.
  • uncertain lot of, under Maximilian I, 4, 414–15.
  • find a refuge in Poland, 4, 418, 420.
  • carry the German language to Poland, 4, 421.
  • expulsion of, proposed, 4, 427.
  • ordered to submit their books to Pfefferkorn, 4, 429.
  • citizens of the Holy Roman Empire, 4, 443.
  • the extermination of, planned, 4, 462–3.
  • narrow-mindedness of, 4, 479.
  • adherents of Asher Lämmlein, 4, 483.
  • suffer through the Protestant Reformation, 4, 542–3.
  • submit questions to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • submit disputes to the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 644.
  • during the Catholic reaction, 4, 652, 653.
  • seek refuge in Amsterdam, 4, 680.
  • in the seventeenth century, 4, 694–5.
  • under Matthias, 4, 700–1.
  • and the Thirty Years’ War, 4, 701.
  • help the Jews of Poland, 4, 707–8; 5, 16.
  • intercede for the Jews of Vienna, 5, 171.
  • poverty of, 5, 205.
  • Dohm’s apology begins the emancipation of, 5, 356–7.
  • after Mendelssohn’s death, 5, 395–6.
  • attracted to French literature, 5, 411.
  • apostasy among, 5, 420.
  • decay of morality among, 5, 422.
  • emancipated by the French, 5, 459.
  • not well thought of, 5, 461–3.
  • subject to the poll-tax, 5, 464.
  • in the constitution drawn up by Humboldt, 5, 514.
  • attacked by J. F. Fries, 5, 521.
  • defenders of, 5, 521–3, 533–4.
  • the “hep, hep!” persecutions of, 5, 528–32.
  • writers among, 5, 534–5.
  • rapid advance of, 5, 557.
  • under Polish influence, 5, 558.
  • estranged from Judaism, 5, 560.
  • influenced by Bernays and Mannheimer, 5, 582.
  • effect of the July Revolution on, 5, 598, 600.
  • forced into reforms, 5, 628.
  • and the Damascus affair, 5, 669.
  • rupture among, 5, 672, 674.
  • Germany, the Jews of, emancipation of. See Emancipation of the German Jews, the.
  • Germany, rabbis of, in sympathy with Solomon Petit, 3, 627.
  • insignificance of, 4, 133.
  • willing to excommunicate Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • oppose the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • protest against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • Germany, North, the Jews of, few in number, 4, 111.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • Jews tolerated in the towns of, 4, 686.
  • Germany, South, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 4, 227.
  • attacked by Lutheran peasants, 4, 542.
  • Germany, Young, the creation of Börne and Heine, 5, 556.
  • compelled to advocate Jewish emancipation, 5, 602.
  • Gerona, Serachya Halevi Gerundi persecuted by the Jews of, 3, 389.
  • home of the Kabbala, 3, 556; 4, 1.
  • the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 172.
  • Geronimo de Santa Fé. See Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives Allorqui.
  • Gerrick, commissioner of Louis the Pious to Agobard, 3, 166.
  • Gershom ben Jehuda (960–1028), disciple of Leontin, founds a Talmud school at Mayence, 3, 242, 243.
  • writes commentaries on the Talmud, 3, 243–4.
  • authority of, 3, 244, 245.
  • studies the Massora, 3, 244.
  • forbids polygamy, 3, 244.
  • regulates the carrying of letters, 3, 244–5.
  • penitential hymns by, 3, 246.
  • son of, an apostate, 3, 246.
  • protects repentant apostates, 3, 246.
  • memory of, perpetuated by the Mayence community, 3, 247.
  • consults Haï Gaon, 3, 252.
  • introduces Talmud study in France and Germany, 3, 281.
  • Talmudical work of, supplanted by Rashi’s, 3, 288.
  • abrogation of the polygamy ordinance of, 3, 378.
  • Gerson, Christian, vilifies the Talmud, 5, 181.
  • Gersonides. See Levi ben Gerson.
  • Gerundi. See En-Vidal Ephraim; Jacob ben Sheshet; Jonah ben Abraham; Nissim; Serachya Halevi.
  • Gerville, Cahier de, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 444–5.
  • Gesenius, exegete, 5, 623, 695.
  • Gesereth ha-Roïm. See Pastoureaux.
  • Gesereth Mezoraim, the persecution caused by lepers in France, 4, 57–8.
  • Ghassanids, the, Arab tribe, 3, 67, 68.
  • Ghatafan, the, Arab tribe, induced to make war upon Mahomet, 3, 79.
  • distrustful of their allies, 3, 80.
  • promise help to the Jews of Chaibar, 3, 82.
  • Ghazati. See Nathan Benjamin Levi.
  • Ghent, the Jews of, expelled, 4, 662.
  • Ghetto, Venetian Jew quarter, the first in Italy, 4, 408.
  • See Jew’s quarter.
  • Ghinucci, Geronimo de, cardinal, and the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 507, 516, 520.
  • Ghirondi, rabbi of Padua, scholar, 5, 622.
  • Ghuzz, Turkish tribe, allied with the Jews of Khorasan, 3, 434.
  • Gibbethon, Danite city, occupied by the Philistines, 1, 189.
  • attacked by Elah’s army, 1, 192.
  • Omri chosen king at, 1, 192.
  • Gibeah (Geba), Philistine garrison of, killed by Jonathan, 1, 85.
  • Saul’s capital, 1, 89, 91.
  • inhabitants of, flee before the Philistines, 1, 104.
  • Gibeon, Joshua’s victory at, 1, 34–5.
  • seat of a high priest, 1, 120.
  • Gibeonites, the, submit to Joshua, 1, 34.
  • massacre of, under Saul, 1, 94.
  • murder the descendants of Saul, 1, 123.
  • under Ezra, 1, 367.
  • Gibraltar, the fortress of, asked as a refuge for Marranos, 4, 282.
  • Gideon, judge, delivers the Israelites from the Midianites, 1, 62–3.
  • the ideal of Oliver Cromwell, 5, 26.
  • Gihon, river west of Jerusalem, 1, 114.
  • Gilboa, mount, description of, 1, 44.
  • battle of, between Saul and the Philistines, 1, 103.
  • Gilead, balm of, where found, 1, 43.
  • description of, 1, 50.
  • first scene of Elijah’s activity, 1, 200.
  • Gilead, the inhabitants of, prosperity of, 1, 64.
  • appeal to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474–5.
  • emigrate to Judæa, 1, 476.
  • Gilgal, camp of the Israelites, 1, 32, 40.
  • Samuel holds popular assemblies at, 1, 78.
  • Saul at, 1, 85–6.
  • the tribes pay homage to Saul at, 1, 90.
  • Samuel reproves Saul at, 1, 92–3.
  • David met at, by the men of Judah, 1, 146, 147.
  • an association of prophets at, 1, 205.
  • visited by Elijah, 1, 208.
  • development of the prophetical school at, 1, 234.
  • Gilion, Evangels, 2, 378.
  • Gil-Nunjoz, bishop of Palma, charges the Jews with the blood accusation, 4, 246.
  • Gilo, birthplace of Ahithophel, 1, 123.
  • Gimso, explanation of, 2, 330.
  • See Emmaus.
  • Ginæa, murder of Galilæans at, 2, 243.
  • Girgashites, the, subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • Gischala, the Judæans of, forced into insurrection, 2, 272–3.
  • in possession of the Zealots, 2, 289.
  • taken by Titus, 2, 290.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Giulio, cardinal, and Reubeni, 4, 492.
  • Giza, teacher of the Law, flees during Kobad’s persecutions, 3, 4.
  • principal of the Sora academy, 3, 5.
  • Saburean, 3, 6.
  • commits the Talmud to writing, 3, 6–7.
  • successors to, not known, 3, 7.
  • Gladiatorial combats introduced into Antioch, 1, 444.
  • Glaphyra, daughter of Archelaus of Cappadocia, wife of Alexander, 2, 112.
  • second and third husband and son of, 2, 128.
  • Glass-working, occupation of the Antioch Jews, 3, 426.
  • Gleaning, the right of, granted to heathens, 2, 478.
  • Gleim, admires “Phædon,” 5, 307.
  • Gley, priest, interested in Napoleon’s Synhedrion, 5, 494.
  • Glogau, the Jews of, massacred, 4, 111.
  • Chayon at, 5, 218.
  • Jews from, settle in Brandenburg, 5, 174.
  • Glorious Stone, or the Image of Nebuchadnezzar, The,” by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 37–8.
  • Glory to the Virtuous,” drama by Luzzatto, 5, 242–4.
  • Glynn, Lord Chief Justice, on Cromwell’s commission for the Jewish question, 5, 43.
  • Gnosis, the higher knowledge of God, 2, 374.
  • Gnosticism, spread of, 2, 374.
  • sects of, 2, 375.
  • system of, 2, 375–7.
  • influence of, on Judaism, 2, 377, 380–1.
  • Akiba deprecates the influence of, 2, 382.
  • Gnostics, the, theosophists, 2, 374–7.
  • mystic-allegoric language of, 2, 374.
  • the God of, 1, 375–6.
  • influence Elisha ben Abuya, 2, 377.
  • tamper with the Septuagint, 2, 386.
  • hostility of, accentuates the legal character of Judaism, 2, 471.
  • God, the name of, not pronounced, 2, 413.
  • Godard, and the emancipation of the French Jews, 5, 443.
  • God-flesh, Francisco. See Astruc Raimuch.
  • Godfrey, bishop of Würzburg, grants privileges to the Jews, 4, 259.
  • banishes the Jews, 4, 259–60.
  • Godfrey of Bouillon, takes Jerusalem, 3, 308.
  • Goethe, admires “Phædon,” 5, 307.
  • expresses regard for Solomon Maimon, 5, 409.
  • romanticism of, 5, 423.
  • prejudices of, against the Jews, 5, 461, 462.
  • Goldberg, Samuel Löb, founder of the “Kerem Chemed,” 5, 621.
  • Goldbergs, the, Hebrew style of, 5, 617.
  • Golden Bull,” the, issued at the Diet of Nuremberg, 4, 128.
  • Golden Penny,” the, tax imposed on the Jews, 4, 96–7, 166.
  • Goldschmidt, Moritz, founder of the “Israelitische Allianz,” 5, 703.
  • Goldsmid brothers, the, in the Damascus affair, 5, 645.
  • Golgotha, the place of skulls, 2, 165.
  • temple to Venus on, 2, 422.
  • Goliath, Philistine champion, 1, 95.
  • killed by David, 1, 97.
  • Gomez, archbishop of Toledo, at the Burgos disputation, 4, 140.
  • Gomez, Antonio Enriquez de. See Paz, Enrique Enriquez de.
  • Gomez, Duarte. See Usque, Solomon.
  • Gomez, Isaac, de Sosa, Marrano poet, 5, 113.
  • Gonsalvo de Cordova, viceroy of Naples, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 384–5.
  • descendant of, a Jewish author, 4, 385, 666; 5, 54.
  • opposes the banishment of the Jews, 4, 385.
  • dismissal of, 4, 385.
  • Gonzago, Ludovico, duke, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 287.
  • Gonzago, Vicenzo, duke of Mantua, permits the use of the expurgated Talmud, 4, 659.
  • Gonzalez, Luis, Marrano, tries to suppress the Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • Gonzalo de Santa Maria, son of Solomon Levi, Benedict XIII’s agent, 4, 216, 217.
  • Good Friday. See Eastertide.
  • Good News of the Messiah for Israel,” by Paul Felgenhauer, 5, 36.
  • Gorgias, Syrian general, invades Judæa, 1, 467.
  • at Emmaus, 1, 468.
  • defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 468–9, 476.
  • Görres, romanticist, 5, 516.
  • Goshen, home of the Israelites in Egypt, 1, 7.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Gospels, the four, translated into Hebrew, 4, 143.
  • Gotha, the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109.
  • Goths, the, invade the Roman empire, 2, 527.
  • in Rome, 3, 27.
  • Göttingen, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Gottschalk, crusader, and the Jews, 3, 298.
  • Göze, opponent of Lessing, 5, 326.
  • Gozolas, name borne by Gallic Jews, 3, 36.
  • Gracian. See Solomon Gracian.
  • Gradis, David, member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • representative French Jew, 5, 436, 438.
  • Graes, Ortuin de (Ortuinus Gratius), inspires anti-Jewish pamphlets, 4, 424.
  • writes the “Mirror for Admonition,” 4, 425.
  • helps Pfefferkorn with “The Enemy of the Jews,” 4, 428.
  • tool of Hoogstraten, 4, 450.
  • “Letters of Obscurantists” directed against, 4, 461.
  • Grammar, a Hebrew, by Saadiah in Arabic, 3, 190.
  • by Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, 3, 204.
  • by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 261.
  • by Ibn-Janach, 3, 262–3.
  • by Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • by David Kimchi, 3, 394.
  • by Profiat Duran, 4, 191.
  • by Judah ben Yechiel, 4, 289–90.
  • by Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267.
  • by Reuchlin, 4, 434.
  • by Elias Levita, 4, 472.
  • Grammar, Hebrew, the study of, stimulated by Karaism, 3, 136.
  • among the Spanish Jews, 3, 235, 317; 4, 91.
  • decays in the post-Maimunic period, 3, 561.
  • Grammarians and Lexicographers, Jewish, list of:
  • Aaron ben Asher,
  • Abraham de Balmes,
  • Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Ezra,
  • Abu Ibrahim Isaac Ibn-Kastar ben Yasus,
  • Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen,
  • David de Pomis,
  • David Kimchi,
  • Dunash ben Labrat,
  • Elias Levita,
  • Jacob Tam,
  • Jehuda Ibn-Balam,
  • Jehuda Ibn-Daud,
  • Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi,
  • Jonah Marinus,
  • Joseph ben Isaac Kimchi,
  • Judah ben Yechiel,
  • Lara, David Coen de
  • Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi,
  • Menachem ben Saruk,
  • Moses ben Asher,
  • Moses ben Samuel Ibn-G’ikatilia,
  • Moses Kimchi,
  • Musaphia, Benjamin
  • Nachshon ben Zadok,
  • Nathan ben Yechiel,
  • Profiat Duran,
  • Saadiah,
  • Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela,
  • Solomon Ibn-Gebirol,
  • Solomon Lurya.
  • Granada, called the city of the Jews, 3, 42.
  • the Jews masters of, 3, 109.
  • Talmud school of, 3, 236.
  • Cordova Jews emigrate to, 3, 255.
  • capital of the Berber kingdom, 3, 256.
  • home of the descendants of the Exilarchs, 3, 275.
  • massacre of the Arabs of, 3, 276–7.
  • invaded by Almotassem, 3, 278.
  • Mahometan court of, cultured, 3, 291.
  • conspiracy against the Mahometans of, 3, 316.
  • home of the Ibn-Ezra brothers, 3, 318.
  • Talmud school of, destroyed, 3, 384.
  • Samuel Ibn-Wakar farms the import duties of, 4, 80–1.
  • at war with Castile, 4, 84–5.
  • ally of Pedro the Cruel, 4, 125, 126.
  • forced converts emigrate to, 4, 179, 318, 351.
  • war of Ferdinand and Isabella with, 4, 344.
  • Jewish physicians of, 4, 344.
  • fall of, 4, 345–6.
  • entered by Ferdinand and Isabella, 4, 345.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 91–2.
  • Granada, the Jews of, Samuel Ibn-Nagrela chief of, 3, 259.
  • enjoy complete equality, 3, 261.
  • Joseph Ibn-Nagrela chief of, 3, 274.
  • arouse the hatred of the Berbers, 3, 275, 278.
  • persecuted by the Berbers, 3, 278–80, 281.
  • Arabic scholars, 4, 60.
  • protected by Boabdil’s treaty, 4, 345.
  • Granville, Lord, English ambassador at Paris, presents Montefiore at court, 5, 668.
  • Granville, Ranulph de, courtier of Richard I, protects the Jews, 3, 410.
  • Grapte, granddaughter of Helen of Adiabene, erects a palace in Jerusalem, 2, 219.
  • Grattenauer, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 468, 472.
  • refuted, 5, 470, 471.
  • Gratus, Valerius, fourth procurator of Judæa, 2, 135, 137.
  • Great Assembly (Keneseth ha-Gedolah), the, under Ezra and Nehemiah, 1, 381.
  • a permanent religious council, 1, 394.
  • traditional laws ascribed to, 2, 19.
  • Great Assembly, the,” the court of the Exilarch, 3, 95.
  • Greece, Jews from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Greece, the Jews of, celebrate two days of the new-moon, 2, 363.
  • autonomy of, 3, 27.
  • occupations of, 3, 175.
  • not permitted to hold office, 3, 175.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424–5.
  • in the sixteenth century, 4, 406.
  • molested by the Greek Catholics, 4, 552–3.
  • Greek art, under John Hyrcanus, 2, 14.
  • under Herod, 2, 118.
  • Greek Christian communities, established by Paul, 2, 227–8.
  • Greek Christians, the, despise the Judæan Christians, 2, 231.
  • differences between, and Judæan Christians, 2, 232.
  • See Pagan Christians.
  • Greek colonies, in Judæa, 1, 419.
  • Greek culture, in Judæa in the third century, 1, 426, 427–9.
  • acquired by Jews in the Amoraim period, 2, 537–8.
  • Greek customs, among the Judæans, 1, 427, 527.
  • Greek games, introduced into Judæa, 1, 445.
  • Greek islands, the, the Spanish exiles on, 4, 363–4.
  • Greek Judæans, the, become Nazarenes, 2, 219–20, 221.
  • attack the Law, 2, 221–2.
  • Greek language, the, spoken by Judæans in Hasmonæan times, 2, 15.
  • study of, forbidden by the teachers of the Law under Hadrian, 2, 400.
  • acquirement of, permitted by Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 494.
  • spoken by the Jews of Italy in the twelfth century, 3, 423.
  • Greek learning, the, of the Alexandrian Judæans, 1, 505.
  • Greek philosophy, an aid to Christianity, 2, 373.
  • Greek poems, by a Samaritan and a Judæan, 1, 517.
  • Greek translation of the Scriptures, by Akylas, 2, 385, 386–7.
  • ordered to be read in the synagogues by Justinian I, 3, 14–15.
  • See also Septuagint, the.
  • Greek translations of Hebrew works, 2, 359.
  • Greek words in the Mishna, 2, 461.
  • Greeks, the, characteristics of, 1, 411.
  • influence of, on the Judæans, 1, 427–9.
  • in Judæa, hate the Judæans, 1, 434; 2, 246–7.
  • learn Judaism through the Septuagint, 1, 512–14.
  • beyond the Jordan, hostile to Judæa, 2, 7.
  • cultured, opposed to Christianity, 2, 229.
  • and Jews, contrasted, 5, 706–8.
  • Grégoire, Abbé, influenced by Ensheim, 5, 401.
  • champion of the Jews, 5, 432.
  • competes for the Metz prize on the Jewish question, 5, 434–5.
  • in the National Assembly, 5, 435, 440.
  • exhorts the Jews to obtain naturalization, 5, 436.
  • intercedes for the Alsatian Jews, 5, 437.
  • entertains a distorted view of Jewish history, 5, 593.
  • Gregory I, pope, protects the Jews against forced conversions, 3, 25, 33.
  • forbids Jews to own slaves, 3, 33, 34.
  • remits the land-tax of converts, 3, 33.
  • praises Reccared for his attitude towards the Jews, 3, 34, 46.
  • Gregory VII (Hildebrand), pope, on the venality of the clergy, 3, 287.
  • and the Jews, 3, 293, 298.
  • forbids Jews to hold offices in Christian countries, 3, 293–4.
  • tries to arrest the influence of the Jews at the Castilian court, 3, 294.
  • Gregory IX, pope, permits the burning of the Talmud, 4, 460.
  • hostile to the Jews, 3, 519, 520.
  • enforces the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 521.
  • banishes philosophical writings from the University of Paris, 3, 528.
  • establishes the Inquisition in France, 3, 542.
  • legate of, in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 542.
  • re-issues the Jewish constitution of Innocent III, 3, 564.
  • reproaches Frederick II with heterodoxy, 3, 567.
  • orders a crusade, 3, 570.
  • deprecates the compulsory baptism of Jews, 3, 570.
  • the Talmud accused before, 3, 573–4.
  • orders the confiscation of the Talmud, 3, 574–5.
  • Gregory X, pope, protects Jews against forcible baptism, 3, 635.
  • Gregory XIII, pope, forbids the employment of Jewish physicians, 4, 653–4.
  • puts the Jews under the Inquisition, 4, 654.
  • orders the confiscation of the Talmud, 4, 654.
  • institutes sermons for Jews, 4, 654–5, 706.
  • Gregory, bishop of Tours, charges a poet to celebrate the achievements of Avitus, 3, 39.
  • Grimani, Dominico, cardinal, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 411.
  • in the Reuchlin-Hoogstraten case, 4, 458.
  • Grodno, Mordecai Jafa rabbi at, 4, 645.
  • Groede, burial ground of the Dutch Jews at, 4, 672.
  • Gröningen, Martin von, translates the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 460.
  • Grotius, Hugo, studies Hebrew, 5, 21.
  • introduced to Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Grund, Christian, advocate of Jewish emancipation, 5, 463, 465–6.
  • Guarini, work of, translated, 5, 114.
  • Gudeo, papal legate, presides over the Council of Vienna, 3, 611.
  • Guebres, neo-Persians. See Sassanides.
  • Guglielmo di Portaleone, Italian physician, 4, 287.
  • Guide of the Perplexed, The” (Moréh Nebuchim, Dalalat al Haïrin), religious philosophical work by Maimonides, 3, 477–85.
  • addressed to Joseph Ibn-Aknin, 3, 478.
  • connects Judaism and philosophy, 3, 478–9, 485–6.
  • explains the Jewish doctrine of the universe, 3, 479.
  • on the influence of God on the universe of entities, 3, 480–1.
  • on the nature of sin, 3, 481–2.
  • on the intellectual and moral powers of man, 3, 482–3.
  • on the prophetic faculty and the prophets, 3, 482–4.
  • on miracles, 3, 483.
  • on Moses, 3, 483–4.
  • on revelation, 3, 484–5.
  • supplants all other Jewish religious-philosophical systems, 3, 486; 4, 479.
  • effect of, on the Mahometan and Christian world, 3, 486.
  • Latin translation of, 3, 486, 542–3; 4, 60, 474.
  • weakness of, 3, 486–7.
  • condemned by Mahometans, 3, 488.
  • condemned by Abraham ben David, 3, 490.
  • Hebrew translation of, 3, 490–2.
  • assailed by anti-Maimunists, 3, 523.
  • satirized, 3, 538.
  • denounced by Solomon Petit, 3, 626.
  • studied by the Italian Jews, 3, 629.
  • ordered to be burnt at Accho, 3, 631.
  • defended by Shem-Tob Falaquera, 3, 634.
  • attacked by Aaron ben Elia Nicomedi, 4, 95.
  • neglected in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 143.
  • studied by Moses Isserles, 4, 638.
  • studied by Mendelssohn, 5, 295.
  • studied by Solomon Maimon, 5, 407.
  • Guido Ubaldo, duke of Urbino, permits Marranos to live in Pesaro, 4, 569, 578.
  • banishes the Marranos, 4, 580–1.
  • Guidon, physician, convert to Islam, employed to convert Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 153–4.
  • Guienne, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • wells of, poisoned, 4, 57.
  • Guilds, the, antagonize the Jews in Frankfort, 4, 695, 696.
  • antagonize the Jews in Worms, 4, 698–9.
  • persecute the Jews in Poland, 5, 1.
  • arouse passion against the Jews of Prussia, 5, 191.
  • Guldberg, von, Danish minister, and Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 333.
  • Gumpertz, Aaron Solomon, friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 295.
  • Gumprecht, obtains the emancipation of the Jews of Frankfort, 5, 505.
  • Gunther of Schwarzberg, at war with Emperor Charles IV, 4, 109, 110.
  • Gustavus Adolphus, the daughter of. See Christina of Sweden.
  • Guttenstein, de, count, imprisons Pfefferkorn, 4, 424.
  • Gymnasia, introduced into Jerusalem, 1, 445.
  • H
  • Haaja. See Haï.
  • Haarlem, Jews not permitted to settle in, 4, 685.
  • Haatakah, tradition, among the Karaites, 3, 159.
  • Habakkuk, apocryphal additions to, 2, 624.
  • Habor, the Ten Tribes colonized in, 1, 265.
  • Habus, king of Granada, vizir of, patron of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 256.
  • makes Samuel Ibn-Nagrela minister, 3, 256–7.
  • poems addressed to, 3, 257.
  • parties formed at the death of, 3, 258.
  • makes Samuel Ibn-Nagrela chief of the Granada Jews, 3, 259.
  • employs Jewish officials, 3, 319.
  • Hadad, prince of Idumæa, allied with Shishak, 1, 176.
  • regains possession of Idumæa, 1, 176–7.
  • Hadadezer, king of Zobah, ally of the Ammonites, defeated by David, 1, 126–7.
  • Hadrian, pope, hostile to the Jews, 3, 142.
  • Hadrian, emperor, hostile to the Jews, 2, 350; 5, 724–5.
  • rebellions against, 2, 399.
  • clemency of, to the rebels, 2, 400.
  • deposes and executes Lucius Quietus, 2, 400–1.
  • permits the restoration of the Temple, 2, 401–2.
  • withdraws the permission, 2, 402–3.
  • visits Judæa, 2, 406.
  • and Joshua ben Chananya, 2, 406–7.
  • coins of, 2, 407, 419.
  • projects the rebuilding of Jerusalem as a pagan city, 2, 407.
  • mocks at Judaism, 2, 407–8.
  • first action of, against Bar-Cochba, 2, 411.
  • concerned about the Bar-Cochba rebellion, 2, 413–14.
  • sends Julius Severus to Judæa, 2, 414.
  • persecutes Jewish prisoners and fugitives, 2, 419–20.
  • taxes the Jews heavily, 2, 420.
  • decrees laws against Judaism, 2, 421, 423–6.
  • sends Turnus Rufus to Judæa, 2, 421.
  • rebuilds Jerusalem, 2, 421–2.
  • column in honor of, 2, 422.
  • erects heathen temples in Judæa, 2, 422.
  • tries to graft paganism on Judaism, 2, 422.
  • cruelty of, to the dead, 2, 430.
  • persecutes the Christians, 2, 430–1.
  • death of, 2, 432.
  • decrees of, revoked, 2, 433.
  • edict of, revived, 3, 23.
  • Hagadah, the. See Agada, the.
  • Hagenau, the duke of, Jews of Alsace tributary to, 5, 348.
  • Haggaï, Jewish name of Robert de Redingge, 3, 641.
  • Haggaï, prophet, urges the completion of the second Temple, 1, 359.
  • extols Zerubbabel, 1, 360.
  • Haggaï. See also Chaggaï.
  • Haggeth, wife of David, 1, 135.
  • Hagin (Chayim) Denlacres, chief rabbi of England, 3, 644.
  • Hagiographa, the, commentaries on, by Solomon ben Yerucham, 3, 206.
  • by Joseph Kara, 3, 346.
  • Haï ben David (890–897), Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 183.
  • Haï (Haaja, Haya) ben Sherira (969–1038), chief judge, 3, 233, 250.
  • Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 234, 250.
  • popularity of, 3, 234, 250.
  • authority of, rivaled by Gershom ben Jehuda’s, 3, 244.
  • character and attainments of, 3, 250.
  • compared with Saadiah, 3, 250.
  • consults the Patriarch of the Eastern Christians, 3, 250.
  • consults the Koran, 3, 251.
  • commentary on the Talmud by, 3, 251.
  • denounces mysticism, 3, 251–2.
  • consulted by African and European Talmudists, 3, 252, 260.
  • the head of Judaism, 3, 252.
  • revives the academy of Sora, 3, 253.
  • eulogies on, 3, 253.
  • Haï Gaon. See Haï ben Sherira.
  • Haidamaks, the, ravages of, among Polish Jews, 5, 8–10, 11–12, 388.
  • See Cossacks, the.
  • Hakim, Fatimide caliph, decrees the conversion of Jews to Islam, 3, 247.
  • ordains Jew badges, 3, 247–8.
  • expels the Jews, 3, 248.
  • assassination of, 3, 248.
  • Halacha, the, oral teaching, 2, 328, 329.
  • knowledge of, acquired by pagans, 2, 384.
  • cultivated by Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 576, 578.
  • neglected under Theodosius II, 2, 623.
  • See also Law, the oral; Mishna, the.
  • Halacha, the, the study of, scorned by the Nazarenes, 2, 371.
  • declines in Judæa, 2, 540.
  • new method of, introduced by Judah ben Ezekiel, 2, 545.
  • strengthens the judgment, 2, 625.
  • Halachas, the, Gamaliel II maintains the authority of, 2, 338, 339.
  • arrangement of, by Akiba, 2, 353, 354.
  • collected by the half-Tanaites, 2, 470–1.
  • See also Law, the oral; Mishna, the.
  • Halachic development, the, of the Law, 5, 723–4.
  • Halachoth,” by Alfassi, 3, 286.
  • Halachoth Gedoloth, by Simon of Cairo, 3, 179.
  • Halachoth Ketuoth, work by Judah the Blind, 3, 136.
  • supplemented by Halachoth Gedoloth, 3, 179.
  • Halah, the Ten Tribes colonized in, 1, 265.
  • Halberstadt, the Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • Haleb. See Aleppo.
  • Halevi, Aaron. See Aaron Halevi.
  • Halevi, Abraham. See Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi.
  • Halevi, Abu Said ben Chalfon. See Abu Said.
  • Halevi, Ali. See Ali Halevi.
  • Halevi, Eleazar ben Joel. See Eleazar ben Joel Halevi.
  • Halevi, Elia, French Jewish poet, 5, 460.
  • Halevi, Elias. See Elias Halevi.
  • Halevi, Isaac. See Isaac ben Asher Halevi; Isaac Halevi.
  • Halevi, Jacob ben Moses Mölin. See Jacob ben Moses.
  • Halevi, Jehuda. See Jehuda Halevi.
  • Halevi, Jephet Ibn-Ali. See Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi.
  • Halevi, Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste. See Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste Halevi.
  • Halevi, Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash. See Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash.
  • Halevi, Joseph Amarkala. See Joseph Amarkala Halevi.
  • Halevi, Meïr ben Baruch. See Meïr ben Baruch Halevi.
  • Halevi, Meïr ben Todros. See Meïr ben Todros Halevi.
  • Halevi, Moses Uri. See Moses Uri Halevi.
  • Halevi, Samuel. See Samuel ben Abraham Ibn-Chasdaï; Samuel ben Ali Halevi; Samuel Halevi; Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Halevi, Serachya. See Serachya Halevi Gerundi; Serachya Halevi Saladin.
  • Halfen, Azaria and Solomon, rabbis at Damascus, charged with ritual murder, 5, 638.
  • ordered to translate suspicious Talmud passages, 5, 640.
  • Halicz, Karaites in, 5, 182.
  • Halle, Aaron. See Wolfsohn, Aaron.
  • Halles district, the, of Paris, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 445.
  • Hamadan (Fars), center of the Judghanites, 3, 149–50.
  • the community of, excommunicated, 3, 194.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 434.
  • Hamath, the inhabitants of, colonized in Samaria, 1, 285.
  • Hamburg, settlement of Jews in, 4, 685–8.
  • the Lutherans of, object to Jews, 4, 685, 687, 691–3.
  • refuses permission to German Jews to settle there, 4, 685–6.
  • harbors Portuguese Jews as “traders,” 4, 686–7.
  • admits Jews under restrictions, 4, 688.
  • bank of, supported by Jews, 4, 689.
  • synagogues at, 4, 689–90, 691.
  • German Jews in, 4, 691.
  • posts of honor occupied by Jews in, 4, 692.
  • called “little Jerusalem,” 4, 693.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 78.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 139, 140–1, 150, 151, 155.
  • stagnation of trade in, 5, 149.
  • Jews from, settle in Brandenburg, 5, 174.
  • Portuguese Jews of, wealthy, 5, 205.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 206.
  • Lessing at, 5, 319–20.
  • the Reform movement in, 5, 563–4.
  • Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • the Dayanim of, oppose the Reform Temple, 5, 570, 573.
  • the “hep, hep!” persecution in, 5, 573.
  • Bernays appointed to the rabbinate of, 5, 576–7.
  • conflagration in, 5, 674.
  • See also Reform Temple Union, the.
  • Hamburg, the Jews of, described by John Miller, 4, 690.
  • wish to settle in England, 5, 18.
  • emancipated, 5, 506.
  • Ha-Meassef, a Hebrew journal, 5, 339. See “Gatherer, The.”
  • Hamma, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Hammuna, friend of Chanina bar Chama, 2, 456.
  • Hamon, Isaac, physician in Granada, power of, 4, 344.
  • Hamon, Joseph, physician to Selim I, 4, 401.
  • Hamon, Moses, physician to Solyman I, patron of Jewish literature, 4, 401.
  • family of, exempt from taxes, 4, 402.
  • protector of the Turkish Jews, 4, 553.
  • disposes the sultan in favor of the Mendes family, 4, 575.
  • Hanameel, cousin of Jeremiah, 1, 290.
  • Hananel, gate, tower at, in Jerusalem, 1, 231.
  • Hanania. See Chananya.
  • Hananiah, informs Nehemiah of the distress of the Judæans, 1, 372.
  • commander of the Birah, 1, 382.
  • Hanau, Solomon, teacher of Wessely, 5, 367.
  • Hanau, Jews permitted to settle in, 4, 695.
  • rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Handicrafts, Jews engage in, 3, 401, 425, 426, 427, 606.
  • Jews forbidden to engage in, 4, 203, 205, 216.
  • discussed by the French Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • See Artisans; Trades.
  • Handspiegel,” by Pfefferkorn, Reuchlin’s reply to, 4, 446–8.
  • Hanna Bachari Bey, opponent of the Damascus Jews, 5, 633, 635.
  • Hannah, mother of Samuel, 1, 73.
  • Hanover, the flagellants in, 4, 111.
  • Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Chayon at, 5, 231.
  • the Jews of, deprived of civil rights, 5, 512.
  • Hanse Towns, the, object to the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519.
  • Hanse Towns, the, the Jews of, emancipated under French influence, 5, 506.
  • send a deputy to the Congress of Vienna, 5, 513.
  • oppression of, disapproved of, 5, 514.
  • deprived of the rights secured by French influence, 5, 519.
  • Hanukkah. See Chanuka.
  • Hanun, king of the Ammonites, at war with David, 1, 126–7, 129.
  • Haphtarah, the lesson from the Prophets, 1, 400.
  • Haquinet, son of Manessier de Vesoul, 4, 150.
  • Hardenberg, Prussian minister, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 507, 527.
  • disapproves of the oppression of the Jews, 5, 514.
  • carelessness of, 5, 519–20.
  • Hariri of Basra, Arabic poet, imitated by Solomon Ibn-Sakbel, 3, 318.
  • Harith Ibn-Abu Shammir, kills the Jewish chiefs of Yathrib, 3, 67.
  • feud of, with Samuel Ibn-Adiya, 3, 68, 69.
  • Harith Ibn-Amru, Kendite prince, proselyte, 3, 63.
  • Harmony of Heaven, The,” by Judah Leon Abrabanel, 4, 480.
  • Haroun Alrashid, Abbassid caliph, and Charlemagne, 3, 143.
  • re-enacts the “covenant of Omar,” 3, 145.
  • death of, 3, 145.
  • Harp, Lake of the. See Tiberias.
  • Harrach, count, patron of Ben-David, 5, 410.
  • Harrison, General, Jewish spirit of, 5, 34.
  • Hartmann von Deggenburg, leads a massacre of Jews, 4, 98.
  • Hartmann, Frederick Traugott, opponent of the Jews, 5, 359, 361.
  • Hasmonæan dynasty, the, the members of:
  • Alexander I Jannæus,
  • Alexander (II),
  • Antigonus,
  • Aristobulus I,
  • Aristobulus II,
  • Hyrcanus I, John
  • Hyrcanus II,
  • Salome Alexandra,
  • Simon Tharsi.
  • Hasmonæan party, the, leaders of, 1, 489.
  • comparison of, with the Assidæans, 1, 489.
  • aims of, 1, 489–90.
  • attacked by the Bene-Amri, 1, 491.
  • defeated by Bacchides, 1, 491.
  • fight for Antiochus VI, 1, 498.
  • Hasmonæans, the, and Greek art, 2, 14.
  • palace of, in Jerusalem, 2, 14.
  • mausoleum of, 2, 14.
  • hated by the Pharisees, 2, 33.
  • assume the royal title, 2, 35.
  • contrast between the first and the last, 2, 84.
  • temporary character of the rule of, 2, 143.
  • See also Maccabees, the.
  • Hasselbauer, bishop of Prague, friend of Eibeschütz, 5, 250.
  • Hathor, an Egyptian goddess, 1, 9.
  • Hatti Sherif, firman emancipating the Turkish Jews, 5, 641, 664.
  • Hauran (Havvoth Jair). See Auranitis.
  • Havayot d’Abayi ve Raba,” 2, 585.
  • Haya. See Haï ben Sherira.
  • Hazael, of Damascus, at war with Jehoram of Israel, 1, 210.
  • gains territory from Jehu, 1, 220–1.
  • at war with Jehoahaz and Joash, 1, 221.
  • Hazor, rallying place of the Canaanites, 1, 37.
  • Heathen, the, view held by, of Judæans and Judaism, 2, 203.
  • adopt Judaism, 2, 215–19.
  • disgusted with the deification of human beings, 2, 228.
  • Judæans forbidden to deal with, 2, 270.
  • join the Bar-Cochba rebellion, 2, 410.
  • intercourse with, regulated by the Mishna, 2, 476–8.
  • intercourse with, interdicted by Tertullian, 2, 476–7.
  • permitted to glean, 2, 478.
  • purchases from, permitted by Judah II, 2, 483–4.
  • become acquainted with Jewish literature, 2, 502.
  • relaxing of the laws against, 2, 525.
  • Heber, the Kenite, in Charisi’s Tachkemoni, 3, 559.
  • Hebert, sets up the religion of Reason, 5, 450.
  • Hebrew alphabet, the, Assyrian characters of, 1, 395.
  • Hebrew Chrestomathy,” by Adam Martinet, 5, 628, 629.
  • Hebrew grammar. See Grammar.
  • Hebrew language, the, cherished by the Babylonian exiles, 1, 340, 364.
  • Judæans ignorant of, 1, 386.
  • cultivated under the Hasmonæans, 2, 14–15.
  • called New-Hebrew (Neo-Hebrew), 2, 15.
  • used in the historical writings, 2, 16.
  • mispronounced in Galilee, 2, 149.
  • of the Mishna, 2, 461.
  • spoken in Judæa, 2, 461–2.
  • learnt by Origen, 2, 488.
  • in the Amoraim period, 2, 538–9.
  • interest in, under Theodosius II, 2, 623, 625.
  • Jews forbidden to teach Christians, 2, 624.
  • revived under Arab influence, 3, 111–12.
  • furnished with vowel points, 3, 112.
  • neglected in the ninth century, 3, 157.
  • studied by Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 224–5.
  • promoted by the controversy under Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 226–7.
  • improvement in, in the twelfth century, 3, 317.
  • taught as a means for conversion, 3, 597, 640–1; 4, 245.
  • words of, used by Spanish satirists, 4, 181.
  • study of, introduced into Germany by Reuchlin, 4, 432, 433, 434.
  • panegyric on, by Reuchlin, 4, 433–4, 436.
  • study of, at the German universities advised by Reuchlin, 4, 443.
  • studied by Egidio de Viterbo, 4, 457.
  • professorships for, instituted, 4, 471, 473, 474.
  • studied by Christians, 4, 471–4, 651.
  • widely studied in Holland, 5, 21.
  • society for the promotion of, 5, 398–9.
  • a bond for the Jews of western Europe, 5, 402.
  • love of, prevents apostasy, 5, 420.
  • importance of, in the Jewish liturgy, 5, 562.
  • omission of, from the divine service objected to, 5, 564.
  • Portuguese pronunciation of, adopted in Hamburg, 5, 571.
  • retained in the Vienna Temple, 5, 580.
  • renaissance of, through Erter, 5, 613, 616.
  • banishment of, from the liturgy proposed by Holdheim, 5, 680.
  • abolition of, in the liturgy discussed, 5, 685.
  • See also Grammar, Hebrew; Literature, Jewish.
  • Hebrew literature, allegories in, 1, 158–9.
  • under Hezekiah, 1, 279.
  • during the Babylonian Captivity, 1, 334–6, 340–2.
  • in the Persian period, 1, 410–11.
  • translated into Greek, 2, 359.
  • See also Literature, Jewish; Judæo-Greek literature; Poetry.
  • Hebrew Physician, The,” by David de Pomis, 4, 656–7.
  • Hebrew Rites, The,” by Leo Modena, 5, 71–2, 180.
  • Hebrew writings. See Confiscation and burning of Hebrew books.
  • Hebron, king of, defeated by Joshua, 1, 34–5.
  • chief city of Judah, 1, 38, 77.
  • residence of David, 1, 109.
  • David leaves, 1, 114.
  • Absalom declared king in, 1, 139.
  • owned by Idumæans, 1, 435, 474.
  • Jewish prisoners sold at the slave markets of, 2, 419.
  • Maimonides in, 3, 457.
  • occupations of the Jews of, 4, 75.
  • Sabbataï Zevi at, 5, 128.
  • Hechal, the Holy Place, 1, 165.
  • Hegel, influence of, on Edward Gans, 5, 583.
  • on Young Israel, 5, 585.
  • Heidelberg, the Jews of, persecuted, 5, 530–1.
  • Heidelberg, the University of, on the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • Spinoza offered a professorship at, 5, 108.
  • Heidenheim, Wolf, one of the Measfim, Massoretic studies of, 5, 400.
  • Heilmann, rabbi, opponent of Eibeschütz, 5, 262, 263, 268, 269.
  • Heilperin, Jechiel, historian, 5, 202.
  • Heine, Heinrich (1799–1854), as a Jew, 5, 536, 544.
  • as a German, 5, 537.
  • as poet, 5, 537.
  • as a thinker, 5, 544–5.
  • character of, 5, 545, 555–6.
  • love of, for his mother, 5, 545.
  • Jewish education of, 5, 545–6.
  • pride of, in his race, 5, 546.
  • attitude of, towards Judaism, 5, 546.
  • influence of Berlin Jewish society on, 5, 546.
  • joins the Society for the Culture of Jews, 5, 547.
  • criticises the Jews, 5, 547–8.
  • contempt of, for apostates, 5, 548–9, 551–2.
  • glorifies Jewish history in the “Rabbi of Bacharach,” 5, 549–50.
  • baptism of, 5, 550–1.
  • characterizes Judaism and Christianity, 5, 552.
  • on Shylock, 5, 552–3.
  • on Moses, 5, 553–5.
  • inspired by Jewish poetry, 5, 555, 694.
  • on the “hep, hep!” persecutions, 5, 556.
  • debt of the Jews to, 5, 556.
  • debt of Germany to, 5, 556.
  • on Isaac Bernays, 5, 577.
  • on Moses Moser, 5, 583.
  • on the journal of the Society for Culture, 5, 586.
  • on Edward Gans’s apostasy, 5, 587.
  • compared with Steinheim, 5, 607.
  • compared with Erter, 5, 615–16.
  • on Hellenism and Judaism, 5, 688.
  • Hejas, the Jews settle in, 3, 54.
  • See Arabia, northern.
  • Hejira, the, Mahomet’s flight from Mecca, 3, 73.
  • Helam, the battle of, the Aramæans defeated at, 1, 127.
  • Helen, queen of Adiabene, proselyte, 2, 216–17.
  • visits Jerusalem, 2, 218, 224.
  • gift of, to the Temple, 2, 218.
  • mausoleum of, 2, 219.
  • Helicon, favorite of Caligula, 2, 187.
  • Heliodorus, treasurer of Seleucus II, tries to force his way into the Temple, 1, 438.
  • murders Seleucus, 1, 443.
  • Heliopolis (Onion), district containing the Temple of Onias, 1, 508.
  • revenues of, devoted to the Temple, 1, 508.
  • called the Arabian province, 1, 510.
  • Helisachar, incites the sons of Louis the Pious against their step-mother, 3, 166.
  • Helkias, son of Onias IV, general, sides with Cleopatra, mother of Ptolemy VIII, 2, 10, 12.
  • death of, 2, 41.
  • Hell, attorney, levies blackmail on the Jews of Alsace, 5, 349.
  • prevents debtors from paying Jews, 5, 350.
  • banished, 5, 350.
  • Hell, belief in, derived from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • Hellenism, the attacks of, accentuate the legal character of Judaism, 2, 471.
  • Hellenists, the, aims of, 1, 435–6.
  • Onias III opposed to, 1, 437.
  • persecute Onias III, 1, 438–9, 444.
  • condemned by Jesus Sirach, 1, 440–1.
  • invite the interference of Antiochus IV, 1, 444.
  • introduce games and gymnasia into Judæa, 1, 444–6.
  • refuse to sacrifice to Hercules, 1, 446.
  • procure Jason’s dismissal, 1, 446–7.
  • disapprove of Menelaus as high priest, 1, 447.
  • take refuge in the Acra, 1, 454.
  • betray the hiding places of the Chassidim, 1, 457–8.
  • appeal to Antiochus V, 1, 478.
  • lose favor at the Syrian court, 1, 480.
  • oppose Judas Maccabæus, 1, 480, 482.
  • fear Judas Maccabæus, 1, 483.
  • masters of Palestine, 1, 488.
  • called “Traitors of the Covenant,” 1, 489.
  • plan to deliver Jonathan and Simon to the Syrians, 1, 493.
  • deserted by Bacchides, 1, 494.
  • take refuge in Bethzur, 1, 494.
  • appeal to Demetrius II, 1, 497.
  • driven out of Bethzur, 1, 498.
  • secret understanding of, with Diodotus Tryphon, 1, 500.
  • driven from their strongholds, 1, 523.
  • seek refuge in Egypt, 1, 523.
  • end of, 1, 523–4.
  • Heller, Lipmann (1579–1654), Talmudist, character and attainments of, 4, 703.
  • commentary on the Mishna by, 4, 704.
  • rabbi of Vienna and Prague, 4, 704–6.
  • apportions the war tax, 4, 704.
  • accused and imprisoned, 4, 705.
  • fined and deprived of his office, 4, 706.
  • relaxes the Jewish marriage law, 5, 13.
  • draws up penitential prayers, 5, 13.
  • Heman, grandson of Samuel, psalmist, 1, 79, 120–1.
  • Hengstenberg, exegete, 5, 695.
  • Henna. See Hinnom.
  • Hennigs, Augustus von, Danish state councilor, interested in Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 333, 334.
  • Henrique, bishop of Ceuta, and the prosecution of Marranos, 4, 499.
  • Henrique, Infante of Portugal, grand inquisitor, deposition of, demanded by Paul III, 4, 521.
  • sends a list of Marrano delinquencies to Rome, 4, 523.
  • Henry II, emperor, banishes the Jews from Mayence, 3, 245–6.
  • Henry IV, emperor, and the Jews of Worms, 3, 293.
  • issues a decree in favor of the Jews, 3, 298.
  • permits Jews forcibly baptized to return to Judaism, 3, 306.
  • grants protection to the Jews, 3, 308, 416.
  • Henry VI, emperor, Jews massacred under, 3, 418–19.
  • Henry of Anjou (III of France), candidate for the Polish throne, 4, 604, 605.
  • Henry II (de Trastamare), of Castile, rival of Pedro the Cruel, 4, 114.
  • gains allies against Pedro, 4, 122.
  • maligns his brother, 4, 122–3.
  • begins war with his brother, 4, 123.
  • taxes the Jews of Burgos, 4, 123, 124.
  • gains Toledo and Seville, 4, 124.
  • leaves Spain, 4, 124.
  • takes northern Spain, 4, 124.
  • refuses to exclude Jews from state offices, 4, 125.
  • taxes the Jews, 4, 125–6.
  • victorious at Montiel, 4, 126.
  • accession of, 4, 136.
  • attitude of, towards Jews, 4, 137, 138.
  • decrees Jew badges, 4, 139.
  • discriminates against Jewish creditors, 4, 139.
  • forces Jews into religious debates, 4, 140.
  • Jewish courtiers of, 4, 156.
  • death of, 4, 156.
  • Jews hated under, 4, 167.
  • Henry III, of Castile, discord early in the reign of, 4, 167.
  • regents for, quell the riot against the Jews of Seville, 4, 168.
  • confers dignities upon Solomon Levi, 4, 184.
  • employs Jewish physicians, 4, 185, 190.
  • advised not to employ Jewish officials, 4, 185.
  • Jews under, 4, 193.
  • death of, 4, 193, 196.
  • appoints Solomon Levi executor of his will, 4, 194.
  • Henry IV, of Castile, the Jews under, 4, 274–6.
  • plunders the houses of Jews and Marranos, 4, 274.
  • employs Jewish officials, 4, 275.
  • forbids the Jews to dress luxuriously, 4, 275–6.
  • disproves the charge of child murder against the Jews of Spain, 4, 276.
  • punishes the murderers of the Jews of Medina del Campos, 4, 278.
  • statute book of, assigns a low position to the Jews, 4, 278.
  • deposed, 4, 278.
  • reproached with partiality towards the Jews, 4, 279–80.
  • protects the Marranos of Valladolid, 4, 281.
  • death of, 4, 283.
  • opposes the establishment of the Inquisition, 4, 310.
  • Henry I, of England, grants privileges to the Jews, 3, 504.
  • Henry II, of England, the Jews prosperous under, 3, 409.
  • Henry III, of England, the Jews under, 3, 570–1, 587–92.
  • the minority of, 3, 587–8.
  • appoints a chief rabbi, 3, 588.
  • restrains the intolerance of the Church, 3, 588.
  • summons a Jewish Parliament, 3, 589–90.
  • refuses the Jews permission to leave England, 3, 591.
  • deposes Elias of London, 3, 591.
  • protects the Jews of London, 3, 592.
  • Henry VIII, of England, overthrows Catholicism, 4, 541.
  • Henry II, of France, Obadiah de Sforno dedicates his works to, 4, 411.
  • treats Neapolitan Jews kindly, 4, 544.
  • confiscates the Mendes property, 4, 574.
  • refuses to pay the Mendes-Nassi family his debt, 4, 596, 597.
  • Henry III, of France. See Henry of Anjou.
  • Henry IV, of France, and Manuel Pimentel, 4, 672.
  • Henry of Orange, well disposed towards Jews, 4, 678.
  • Henry de Trastamare. See Henry II, of Castile.
  • Henry I, archbishop of Mayence, protects the Jews during the second crusade, 3, 352–3.
  • Henry, bishop of Ratisbon, enforces anti-Jewish restrictions, 4, 301.
  • attempts to convert the Jews, 4, 301.
  • charges Israel Bruna with child-murder, 4, 303.
  • urges an inquiry against the Jews, 4, 304.
  • Henry Julius, duke of Brunswick, expels the Jews, 4, 652.
  • Hep, hep!” cry, the, against the Jews, 5, 528–32.
  • Rachel Levin on, 5, 534.
  • “Hep, hep!” persecutions, the, Börne on, 5, 542–3.
  • Heine on, 5, 556.
  • in Hamburg, 5, 573.
  • Hephzi-bah, wife of Hezekiah, 1, 280.
  • Heraclius, emperor of the East, sues for peace with Chosru II, 3, 19.
  • allies himself with the Jews, 3, 21–2.
  • makes peace with the Persians, 3, 22.
  • persecutes the Jews of Palestine, 3, 22–3, 47.
  • forbids Jews to enter Jerusalem, 3, 23.
  • Hercules d’Este I, duke of Ferrara, patron of Abraham Farissol, 4, 412–13.
  • Hercules d’Este II, duke of Ferrara, friend of the Jews, 4, 544.
  • protects the Marranos, 4, 569.
  • protects Gracia Mendesia, 4, 575.
  • Hercules, chief of the Jewish community of Arta, 3, 424.
  • Hercules, demi-god, Jason sacrifices to, 1, 446.
  • Herder, admires “Phædon,” 5, 307.
  • aversion of, to Jews, 5, 462.
  • Heresy, signs of, enumerated by the Inquisition, 4, 315–16.
  • Hermandad, the, union of Spanish towns, enforces anti-Jewish measures, 4, 251.
  • Hermann III, bishop of Cologne, protects the Jews during the first crusade, 3, 304.
  • Hermann the Carpenter, leader of the first crusade in Cologne, 3, 303, 306.
  • Hermitage” (Stübel), the Zaddik’s room, 5, 382.
  • Hermon (Anti-Lebanon), mountain, description of, 1, 44.
  • Jesus at, 2, 158.
  • Herod I (37–3), son of Antipater, governor of Galilee, 2, 77.
  • subdues Ezekias, 2, 77–8.
  • honored by Sextus Cæsar, 2, 78.
  • before the Synhedrion, 2, 78–9.
  • governor of Cœlesyria, 2, 79.
  • assassinates Malich, 2, 80.
  • betrothed to Mariamne, 2, 81.
  • tetrarch of Judæa, 2, 81.
  • opposed by the Parthians, 2, 82.
  • escapes to Rome, 2, 83, 86.
  • favored by Antony, 2, 86.
  • proclaimed king of Judæa by the Roman Senate, 2, 86.
  • struggle of, with Antigonus, 2, 87.
  • marries Mariamne, 2, 87.
  • besieges Jerusalem, 2, 87–8.
  • has Antigonus beheaded, 2, 89.
  • policy of, 2, 89.
  • kills the Synhedrists, 2, 89.
  • appoints Ananel high priest, 2, 90.
  • tries to obliterate his Idumæan descent, 2, 90.
  • fears Hyrcanus and Aristobulus (III), 2, 90–1.
  • brings Hyrcanus to Jerusalem, 2, 91.
  • proclaims Aristobulus (III) high priest, 2, 91.
  • has him murdered, 2, 92.
  • accused before Cleopatra, 2, 92–3.
  • orders the murder of Mariamne, 2, 93.
  • threatened by a sister of Antigonus, 2, 94.
  • at war with Malich, 2, 94–5.
  • orders the execution of Hyrcanus II, 2, 96.
  • confines Mariamne in Alexandrion, 2, 96.
  • appoints Hillel president of the Synhedrion, 2, 96, 99.
  • appoints Menahem deputy, 2, 100.
  • received with favor by Octavius, 2, 101–2.
  • territory of, increased, 2, 103.
  • executes Mariamne, 2, 104.
  • quells Alexandra’s sedition, 2, 105.
  • submits to Augustus, 2, 105.
  • ornaments Sebaste and Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • exhausts the people by taxation, 2, 107.
  • degrades the high priesthood, 2, 107.
  • marries Mariamne II, 2, 107.
  • requires an oath of allegiance from his subjects, 2, 108.
  • remodels the Temple, 2, 109–11.
  • distrustful of his family, 2, 112.
  • appoints Antipater his successor, 2, 112, 113.
  • executes Mariamne I’s sons, 2, 113.
  • conspiracy against, 2, 113.
  • appoints Herod Antipas his successor, 2, 114.
  • contest of, with the Pharisees, 2, 114–15.
  • attempts suicide, 2, 115–16.
  • executes Antipater, 2, 116.
  • orders executions for the day of his death, 2, 116.
  • death of, 2, 117.
  • territory added to Judæa by, 2, 118.
  • will of, 2, 119–20.
  • sends gifts to Athens, 2, 193.
  • palace of, stormed by the Zealots, 2, 260.
  • palace of, in Galilee destroyed by Josephus, 2, 279.
  • Herod II, brother of Agrippa I, prætor and prince of Chalcis, 2, 190.
  • allied with Agrippa I, 2, 196.
  • opposes Cuspius Fadus, 2, 197.
  • asks for a truce, 2, 197.
  • titular king of Judæa, 2, 198.
  • death of, 2, 199, 235.
  • widow of, 2, 235.
  • Herod ben Gamala, partisan of Rome, 2, 274.
  • Herod ben Miar, partisan of Rome, 2, 274.
  • Herod (Antipas), son of Cleopatra of Jerusalem and Herod I, disinherited, 2, 119.
  • Herod (Philip), son of Mariamne II and Herod I, disinherited, 2, 119.
  • wife of, 2, 173.
  • Herod Antipas (Antipas I), son of Malthace and Herod I, successor to Herod I, 2, 114.
  • ruler of Galilee and Peræa, 2, 119.
  • envious of Archelaus, 2, 120.
  • builds Tiberias, 2, 137–8.
  • character of, 2, 138.
  • beheads John the Baptist, 2, 147.
  • pursues Jesus, 2, 160.
  • abandons his wife to marry Herodias, 2, 173.
  • defeated by the Nabathæans, 2, 173.
  • assisted by Vitellius, 2, 173.
  • procures an office for Agrippa I, 2, 175.
  • banished to Lyons, 2, 177.
  • Herod Philip, son of Cleopatra of Jerusalem. See Philip, tetrarch.
  • Herodian dynasty, the, the members of:
  • Agrippa I,
  • Agrippa II,
  • Archelaus,
  • Herod I,
  • Herod II,
  • Herod Antipas,
  • Philip.
  • Herodian time, the, characterized, 5, 723.
  • Herodians, the, appeal to Augustus, 2, 122.
  • petition for the removal of obnoxious emblems from the Roman standard, 2, 139.
  • oppose John the Baptist, 2, 147.
  • morality of the opponents of, 2, 151.
  • immorality of, 2, 236.
  • Herodias, wife of Herod (Philip), daughter of, 2, 147.
  • illegal marriage of, with Herod Antipas, 2, 173.
  • appealed to by Cypros, 2, 175.
  • envious of Agrippa I, 2, 177.
  • banished to Lyons, 2, 177.
  • Herodium, fortress, burial place of Herod I, 2, 117.
  • surrenders to Bassus, 2, 315.
  • Heron, Syrian commander, defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 462.
  • Herrera, Abraham (Alonzo) de, descendant of Gonsalvo de Cordova, in Amsterdam, 4, 666.
  • identifies the Kabbala with Neo-platonism, 5, 54, 88.
  • Herrera, Pedro de. See Pedro de Herrera.
  • Herrera, prophetess of, burnt, 4, 494.
  • Herschel, Solomon, rabbi of London, repeats Manasseh ben Israel’s oath concerning ritual murder, 5, 654–5.
  • Heruli, the, overrun Rome, 3, 27.
  • Herz Medelsheim. See Berr, Cerf.
  • Herz, Henrietta, influence of, in Berlin, 5, 412–13.
  • salon of, 5, 413, 422–3, 540.
  • influence of romanticism on, 5, 423.
  • relation of, to Schleiermacher, 5, 423.
  • and Dorothea Mendelssohn, 5, 424.
  • apostasy of, 5, 425–6.
  • Herz, Leb, Sabbatian, 5, 152.
  • Herz, Marcus (1747–1803), physician, translates the “Vindiciæ Judæorum,” 5, 362.
  • youth and education of, 5, 405.
  • distinguished by Kant, 5, 405–6.
  • as a physician, 5, 406.
  • marriage of, 5, 406.
  • lectures on Kant’s philosophy, 5, 406.
  • influences Berlin Jews, 5, 407.
  • house of, a center of culture, 5, 412.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 417.
  • disapproves of Dorothea Mendelssohn, 5, 424.
  • Heschels, Leb, rabbi, opposes Eibeschütz, 5, 262, 263, 268, 269.
  • Hesychius, consular agent, accused by Gamaliel V, 2, 613.
  • Hess, Hermann, chancellor of the University of Mayence, and the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437.
  • Hess, Isaac, introduces Mendelssohn to Lessing, 5, 297.
  • Hesse, the Jews of, deprived of civil rights, 5, 512.
  • emancipated, 5, 601.
  • Hetman (Attaman), Cossack chieftain, 5, 2.
  • Hewn-stone Hall, meeting place of the Synhedrion in Jerusalem, 2, 239.
  • Hexapla, parallel texts of Bible versions by Origen, 2, 488–9.
  • Hezekiah, king of Judah, virtues of, 1, 266–7.
  • limited power of, 1, 267–8.
  • banishes idolatry, 1, 267.
  • celebrates the Passover, 1, 268.
  • allied with Egypt, 1, 270.
  • assures Sennacherib of his submission, 1, 274.
  • refuses to surrender to Sennacherib, 1, 274–5.
  • illness of, 1, 276.
  • recovers, 1, 277.
  • honors Merodach-baladan’s embassy, 1, 278–9.
  • marriage of, celebrated, 1, 279.
  • Hebrew literature under, 1, 279.
  • burial of, 1, 280.
  • Hibat-allah. See Nathaniel.
  • Hiel of Bethel fortifies Jericho, 1, 201.
  • Hieronymus. See Jerome.
  • High priests, the, seat of, in Shiloh, 1, 41.
  • dignity of, raised under Joash, 1, 219.
  • heads of the Council of Seventy, 1, 394.
  • considered political chiefs, 1, 418.
  • installed by the Roman procurator, 2, 129, 137.
  • vestments of, kept in the Antonia, 2, 129.
  • chosen by the Roman governor, 2, 172, 197.
  • chosen by Herod II, 2, 198.
  • chosen from certain families, 2, 237.
  • feuds among, 2, 237.
  • power of, under Agrippa II, 2, 246.
  • short terms of, 2, 249.
  • deputy to, 2, 330.
  • See also Aaronides; Priests.
  • High priests, the, list of:
  • Aaron,
  • Abiathar,
  • Achitub,
  • Alcimus,
  • Alexander Jannæus,
  • Amaziah (Bethel),
  • Anan, of the family Seth,
  • Anan, of the family Anan,
  • Ananel,
  • Ananias,
  • Antigonus,
  • Aristobulus I,
  • Aristobulus II,
  • Aristobulus III,
  • Azariah,
  • Azariah ben Zadok,
  • Eleazar,
  • Eli,
  • Eliashib,
  • Elionai,
  • Hilkiah,
  • Hyrcanus I, John
  • Hyrcanus II,
  • Ishmael II,
  • Jaddua,
  • Jason,
  • Jehoiada,
  • Jehoiakim,
  • Joaser,
  • Johanan, son of Joiada,
  • Joiada,
  • Jonathan ben Anan,
  • Jonathan Haphus,
  • Joseph, of the house of Camyth,
  • Joseph Caiaphas,
  • Joshua, of the family of Phabi,
  • Joshua, of the family of Sié,
  • Joshua ben Damnai,
  • Joshua ben Gamala,
  • Joshua, son of Jehozedek,
  • Judas Maccabæus,
  • Manasseh,
  • Mathias ben Theophilus,
  • Menelaus the Benjamite,
  • Onias I,
  • Onias II,
  • Onias III,
  • Phineas,
  • Phineas ben Samuel,
  • Seraiah,
  • Simon I,
  • Simon II,
  • Simon, son of Boëthus,
  • Simon Tharsi,
  • Uriah,
  • Zachariah ben Jehoiada,
  • Zadok.
  • High-roads, the king’s, built by Solomon, 1, 171–2.
  • High Tower, The,” drama by Luzzatto, 5, 235.
  • Hilchetha Gabriatha, Talmud commentary by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • Hildebrand. See Gregory VII.
  • Hilderic of Nismes, governor of Septimania, revolts against Wamba, 3, 104–5.
  • promises the Jews religious liberty, 3, 105.
  • Hildesheim, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • the Jews of, deprived of civil rights, 5, 512.
  • Hildesheimer, the Frankfort deputy to the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Hilduin, incites the sons of Louis the Pious against their step-mother, 3, 166.
  • Hilkia, treasurer of the Temple, envoy to Nero, 2, 248.
  • Hilkiah, high priest, charged with the repairs of the Temple, 1, 289.
  • finds the Book of the Law, 1, 292.
  • counsels Josiah, 1, 293.
  • ancestor of Ezra, 1, 365.
  • Hillali, oldest copy of the Bible in Spain, destroyed, 3, 387.
  • Hillel I, appointed president of the Synhedrion, 2, 96, 99.
  • disciple of Shemaya and Abtalion, 2, 96.
  • character of, 2, 96–7.
  • maxims of, 2, 97–8.
  • justifies the oral law, 2, 98.
  • justifies new laws, 2, 99.
  • enacts the Prosbol, 2, 100.
  • followers of, swear allegiance to Herod, 2, 108.
  • death of, lamented, 2, 130.
  • descendants of, presidents of the Synhedrion, 2, 130, 192.
  • spreads the knowledge of the Law in Judæa, 2, 149.
  • the model of Jesus, 2, 149–50.
  • quoted by Philo, 2, 213.
  • compared with Philo, 2, 214.
  • followers of, support the Peace party, 2, 256.
  • the founder of Talmudic Judaism, 2, 327.
  • laws of interpretation by, 2, 327, 338.
  • laws of interpretation by, supplemented, 2, 331, 356.
  • reverence paid to the house of, 2, 360.
  • compared with Abba Areka, 2, 517.
  • end of the house of, 2, 618.
  • Hillel, disciples of, distinguished, 2, 131.
  • conception of the Messiah held by, 2, 144.
  • morality of, 2, 151.
  • Hillel, the school of, 2, 101.
  • conciliatory, 2, 131.
  • disputes with the school of Shammai under Gamaliel II, 2, 333, 336–8.
  • deductions of, condemned by Joshua ben Chananya, 2, 350.
  • estimation of, by the Nazarenes, 2, 372.
  • extends the application of tradition, 2, 462.
  • Hillel II, brother of Judah II, censured for irreligiousness, 2, 480.
  • Agadist, 2, 487.
  • maxim of, 2, 487.
  • consulted by Origen, 2, 487.
  • versed in the Scriptures, 2, 487, 488.
  • Patriarch, unselfishness of, 2, 560.
  • defamed by Joseph the apostate, 2, 566.
  • adopts a fixed calendar, 2, 572–4.
  • honored by Julian the Apostate, 2, 597, 598.
  • Hillel ben Samuel of Verona (1220–1295), Talmudist, founder of Italian Jewish culture, 3, 629; 4, 59.
  • Maimunist, 3, 629, 630.
  • accomplishments of, 3, 629.
  • tries to prevent a renewal of the Maimunist controversy, 3, 631–2.
  • Himyar, ancestor of the Arabs, 3, 61, 62.
  • Himyara, part of southern Arabia, 3, 54.
  • Himyarite kingdom, the Jewish, 3, 62–7.
  • Himyarites, the, conversion of, to Christianity projected, 4, 298.
  • Hinderbach, bishop of Trent, charges the Jews with child murder, 4, 298.
  • Hinkmar, bishop of Rheims, anti-Jewish feelings of, 3, 171.
  • favorite of Charles the Bald, 3, 172.
  • Hinnom (Ge-henna), the vale of, south of Jerusalem, 1, 115.
  • tower at the gate of, 1, 231.
  • Ahaz sacrifices to Moloch in, 1, 260–1.
  • sacrifices in, under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • Moloch worship in, under Jehoiakim, 1, 300.
  • gives its name to hell, 1, 404.
  • Hippicus, tower in the wall of Jerusalem, refuge of the Roman garrison, 2, 260.
  • left undemolished by Titus, 2, 309.
  • Hippodrome, the, in Jerusalem, occupied during the disturbance by Sabinus, 2, 123.
  • Hippos, incorporated with Judæa, 2, 103.
  • Hiram, of Tyre, allied with David, 1, 118.
  • allied with Solomon, 1, 162.
  • supplies material for the Temple, 1, 164.
  • supplies Solomon with sailors, 1, 170.
  • Hiram, artist in bronze, employed in the building of the Temple, 1, 165.
  • Hiram, brother of Merbal, king of Phœnicia, 1, 342.
  • Hirsch (Hirschel), Berlin jeweler, excites Voltaire’s animosity, 5, 339.
  • Hisham, Ommiyyade caliph, 3, 239.
  • releases Jacob Ibn-Jau, 3, 241.
  • Historians, Jewish, consulted by Basnage, 5, 196.
  • Historians, Jewish, list of:
  • Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi,
  • Abraham Zacuto,
  • Almosnino, Moses
  • Barrios, Miguel de Baruch,
  • Conforte, David
  • David Gans,
  • Elias ben Elkanah Kapsali,
  • Ephraim ben Jacob,
  • Gedalya Ibn-Yachya,
  • Heilperin, Jechiel
  • José ben Chalafta,
  • Joseph ben Joshua Cohen,
  • Joseph ben Matthias (Josephus),
  • Josephus, pseudo-
  • Joseph Ibn-Verga,
  • Jost, Isaac Marcus
  • Justus, son of Pistus,
  • Löwisohn, Solomon
  • Luzzatto, Samuel David
  • Profiat Duran,
  • Rapoport, Solomon Jehuda
  • Samuel Shulam,
  • Sherira,
  • Usque, Samuel
  • Usque, Solomon.
  • Historians of the Jews, list of:
  • Adams, Hannah
  • Basnage, Jacob
  • Ewald, Heinrich.
  • Historical writings of the Jews, the, carried into the Babylonian Exile, 1, 335.
  • compiled by Baruch, 1, 336–7.
  • collected by the Sopherim, 1, 400.
  • translated into Greek, 1, 514.
  • History, Jewish, cultivated in Hasmonæan times, 2, 15–16.
  • beginnings of, 4, 554.
  • in the “Moniteur,” 5, 485.
  • distorted, 5, 592–3.
  • by Christians, 5, 593.
  • by Jews, 5, 593–6.
  • as viewed by Krochmal, 5, 609–10.
  • the “Kerem Chemed” devoted to, 5, 621.
  • a review of, 5, 705–31.
  • History of neo-Hebraic Poetry,” by Franz Delitzsch, 5, 628–9.
  • History of the Jews,” by Gedalya Ibn-Yachya, 4, 616.
  • History of the People of Israel, The,” by Ewald, 5, 696.
  • History of the Religion of the Jews,” by Jacob Basnage, 5, 197.
  • History of the World,” by Gedalya Ibn-Yachya, 4, 616.
  • Hittites, the, subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • suffer under David, 1, 131.
  • mercenary troops under David, 1, 137.
  • declared bondmen by Solomon, 1, 163.
  • king of, hostile to Ben-hadad III, 1, 221.
  • Hivites, the, subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • submit to Joshua, 1, 34.
  • declared bondmen by Solomon, 1, 163.
  • Hochmeister, title of rabbis in Franconia, 4, 259.
  • Hochstraten. See Hoogstraten, Jacob.
  • Hodges, English consul-general, services of, in the Damascus affair, 5, 653, 659.
  • Hodki, Haidamak leader, 5, 10.
  • Holdheim, Samuel (1806–1860), Talmudist, at the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 678, 681.
  • opposes Talmudic Judaism, 5, 678, 680–1.
  • secular studies of, 5, 678.
  • temperament of, 5, 679.
  • chief rabbi of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 5, 679.
  • view held by, of Judaism, 5, 680–1.
  • compared with Frankel, 5, 684.
  • at the Frankfort rabbinical conference, 5, 685.
  • preacher of the Berlin Reform Association, 5, 686.
  • innovations of, 5, 686–7.
  • compared with Sachs, 5, 687–8, 692.
  • Sachs’s opinion of, 5, 691.
  • Holland, soldiers of, in the imperial army against the Hussites, 4, 225.
  • a refuge for Jews, 4, 661, 676–7, 678.
  • second Jewish colony of, 4, 685.
  • learning in, 5, 20–1.
  • war of, with England, and the re-settlement of Jews in England, 5, 34.
  • displeased with the efforts to settle Jews in England, 5, 46.
  • rabbis of, prepared to excommunicate Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • ambassador of, intercedes for the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 253.
  • funds advanced to, by Isaac Pinto, 5, 340.
  • the Measfim in, 5, 400–1.
  • See also Amsterdam; Batavian Republic, the.
  • Holmes, Nathaniel, Puritan, attitude of, towards the Jews, 5, 27.
  • on the place of the Jews in the Messianic time, 5, 29–30.
  • Holst, Ludwig, attacks the Jews, 5, 543.
  • Holstein, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519.
  • Holwan, the Exilarch’s income from, 3, 96.
  • Holy City, the, beginnings of, 1, 114. See Jerusalem.
  • Holy Days, the, kept by the Babylonian Judæans, 1, 364.
  • Holy Ghost, the, dogma of, introduced into Christianity, 2, 500–1.
  • Holy Land, the. See Palestine.
  • Holy of Holies, the, Debir, 1, 165.
  • entered by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 451–2.
  • entered by Pompey, 2, 66.
  • the Romans desecrate, 2, 124.
  • entered by Titus, 2, 308.
  • Holy Place, the, Hechal, 1, 165.
  • Holy Roman Empire, the, dismembered, 5, 465. See Rome; Germany.
  • Holy Sepulcher, the, Church of, fear that Jews will gain possession of, 4, 272, 274.
  • Holy Week. See Eastertide.
  • Homberg, Herz, assists Mendelssohn in his Pentateuch translation, 5, 334.
  • teacher in an Austrian school, 5, 369.
  • one of the Measfim, 5, 401–2.
  • Homel, the Jews of, massacred, 5, 10.
  • Homem, Gaspar Lopez, Portuguese Marrano, 4, 664.
  • Homem, Mayor Rodrigues, Marrano, sends her daughter toHolland, 4, 664–5.
  • emigrates to Holland, 4, 667.
  • Homer, read by the Alexandrian Judæans, 1, 505.
  • Greek views of the world in, 2, 208.
  • Homilies of the Jews in Divine Worship,” by Zunz, 5, 620–1.
  • Honorius III, pope, enforces anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 513.
  • exempts the Toulouse Jews from wearing badges, 3, 514.
  • prevents the employment of Jews as diplomats, 3, 514.
  • Honorius IV, pope, bids the English clergy proceed against the Jews, 3, 645.
  • Honorius, emperor of the West, and the Jews, 2, 616–17, 622.
  • forbids the collection of the Patriarch’s tax, 2, 617.
  • forbids Jews to enter military service, 2, 617.
  • Hooghe, Romein de, poet, on the Amsterdam synagogue, 5, 167.
  • Hoogstraten, Jacob, Dominican general in Cologne, 4, 424.
  • and the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • decides that the Talmud ought to be burnt, 4, 444.
  • proposes the indictment of the Jews, 4, 444.
  • accuses Reuchlin of heresy, 4, 450.
  • tries Reuchlin and the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 451.
  • orders the burning of the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 451–2.
  • the examination of, ordered by Leo X, 4, 454.
  • fails to appear for trial, 4, 454.
  • convicted of slander, 4, 455.
  • appeals to Leo X, 4, 455.
  • tries to have the Speyer judgment overturned, 4, 458.
  • summoned to Rome, 4, 458.
  • satirized in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • asks for a decision by council, 4, 464.
  • influences Leo X to suspend his case, 4, 465.
  • leaves Rome in disgrace, 4, 465.
  • life of, endangered, 4, 465.
  • Hoornbeek, John, anti-Jewish author, 5, 46.
  • Hophni, son of Eli, character and death of, 1, 70.
  • Hophra. See Apries.
  • Horeb, mount, scene of the first revelation to Moses, 1, 15.
  • Hormisdas IV, of Persia, character of, 3, 7–8.
  • persecutes the Jews, 3, 8.
  • murdered, 3, 8.
  • Hosannas, Day of, a second Day of Atonement, 4, 626.
  • Hosea (I), prophet, under Jeroboam II, prophecies of, 1, 240–2.
  • Hosea (II), prophet, under Hoshea, 1, 251.
  • Hoshea, son of Elah, murders Pekah, 1, 260.
  • king of Israel, 1, 263.
  • ally of Egypt and vassal to Shalmaneser, 1, 263.
  • withdraws his tribute from Shalmaneser, 1, 264.
  • fortifies Samaria, 1, 264.
  • imprisoned for life, 1, 264.
  • Hosiander, probable author of the “Little Book about the Jews,” 4, 545.
  • Host desecration, the charge of, believed by Maximilian I, 4, 414.
  • Host desecration, charged against the Jews of Röttingen, 4, 35.
  • of Deckendorf, 4, 98.
  • of Prague, 4, 164–6.
  • of Segovia, 4, 195–6.
  • of Austria, 4, 223.
  • of Silesia, 4, 261.
  • of Passau, 4, 306.
  • of the Mark of Brandenburg, 4, 437, 440.
  • See also Blood accusation, the; Child murder.
  • Hosts, God of, meaning of, 1, 130–1.
  • House of Commons, the, passes the Statute of Judaism, 3, 642.
  • House of God, The,” Kabbalistic work by Abraham de Herrera, 5, 54.
  • House of Jacob,” first Amsterdam synagogue, 4, 667.
  • House of the Forest of Lebanon, Solomon’s armory, 1, 108.
  • Howan, the Temple of, Jewish children brought up as Magians in, 2, 629.
  • Howdon, Lord, on the Damascus affair, 5, 656.
  • Hubmaier, Balthasar, Anabaptist, agitates against the Jews, 4, 542–3.
  • Huesca, the Jews of, excommunicate the anti-Maimunists, 3, 537.
  • the Marranos of, conspire against Pedro Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Huet, Peter Daniel, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Huete, meeting of the deputies of Castile congregations at, 3, 617.
  • the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 170.
  • Hufnagel, translates Wessely’s “Songs of Glory,” 5, 404.
  • Hugh, chaplain of Toulouse, and the Jews, 3, 174.
  • Hugh Capet, of France, death of, said to have been caused by the Jews, 3, 242.
  • Hujej Ibn-Achtab, chief of the Benu-Nadhir, 3, 78.
  • induces Arabian tribes to make war against Mahomet, 3, 79, 80.
  • killed, 3, 81.
  • daughter of, 3, 83.
  • Hulagu, Tartar sultan, ravages of, 3, 606.
  • founder of the Mongol kingdom in Persia, 3, 638.
  • Huldah, prophetess under Josiah, 1, 286, 293.
  • Humanists, the, espouse Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 456.
  • courted by Leo X, 4, 465.
  • favor Charles V’s election, 4, 468.
  • Humboldt, Wilhelm von, relation of, to Henrietta Herz, 5, 423.
  • draws up a constitution for Germany, 5, 514.
  • Huna, on the refugees from Sepphoris, 2, 571.
  • Huna (212–297), Babylonian Amora, chief teacher at Sora, 2, 545.
  • agriculturist, 2, 545.
  • and Chama ben Anilaï, 2, 546.
  • charitableness of, 2, 546.
  • presides over the Metibta, 2, 547–8.
  • death of, 2, 548.
  • and Judah ben Ezekiel, 2, 552.
  • and Chasda, 2, 553.
  • and Mar-Sheshet, 2, 553–4.
  • Huna, Exilarch, buried in Judæa, 2, 455, 509.
  • Huna bar Nathan, at the court of Jezdijird, 2, 610.
  • Huna ben Chiya, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, wealth of, 2, 576.
  • opposition to, 2, 577.
  • death of, 2, 577.
  • Huna ben Joshua, teacher at the academy of Nares, 2, 593–4.
  • Huna-Mar (488–508), Exilarch, Amora, 2, 631; 3, 3.
  • Huna-Mari, Exilarch, executed by Firuz, 2, 629.
  • learned in the Law, 2, 631.
  • Hunaï, Gaon of Sora, reforms the divorce law, 3, 92.
  • Hundt, Hartwig, pamphlet by, against the Jews, 5, 532.
  • Hungary, adopts Frederick the Valiant’s Jewish statute, 3, 569.
  • Jews invited into, 3, 613.
  • Jewish exiles from, take refuge in Poland, 4, 263.
  • Messianic hopes connected with Solomon Molcho in, 4, 497.
  • Polish-Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 208.
  • rabbis of, protest against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • Hungary, the Jews of, condition of, in early days, 3, 520.
  • possess the right of coinage, 3, 521.
  • farmers of salt mines and taxes, 3, 521.
  • kindly treated by Andreas, 3, 521.
  • the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council enforced against, 3, 521.
  • indispensable to the prosperity of the country, 3, 613.
  • proscribed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614–15.
  • banished by Louis I, 4, 111.
  • liturgy of, arranged by Maharil, 4, 225.
  • urged to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271–2.
  • Sabbatians, 5, 149.
  • modify their divine service, 5, 582.
  • Huns, the, incursions of, 2, 604.
  • aid Kobad, 3, 2.
  • Huozmann. See Rüdiger.
  • Hurwitz, Isaiah (Sheloh), devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 52, 55.
  • Hurwitz, Phineas Levi (1740–1802), rabbi of Frankfort, opposes Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 331.
  • death of, 5, 566.
  • Hurwitz, Sabbataï, draws up penitential prayers, 5, 13.
  • Hurwitz, Salkind, competes for the Metz prize on the Jewish question, 5, 434.
  • in the National Guards, 5, 443.
  • Hushai, David’s favorite, 1, 122.
  • faithful to David in Absalom’s rebellion, 1, 141–2.
  • pretends to submit to Absalom, 1, 142–3.
  • Huss, John, attacks the papacy, 4, 221.
  • condemned to death, 4, 221–2.
  • Hussite war, the, and the Jews, 4, 222.
  • cruelties of, 4, 224–6.
  • German Jews in sympathy with, 4, 226.
  • Hussites, the, hated by Emperor Albert II, 4, 249.
  • excite Catholic bigotry, 4, 258.
  • protect the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 301.
  • the Dominicans threaten to ally themselves with, 4, 459.
  • Hutten, Ulrich von, agent at the imperial court, instructed to aid the Jews, 4, 431.
  • espouses Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 456–7.
  • supposed author of the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 462.
  • enemy of ecclesiastical domination, 4, 465.
  • favors Charles V, 4, 468.
  • in the pantomime on the Reformation, 4, 468.
  • Hypatia, killed by monks, 2, 619.
  • Hyrcanion, fortress, built by John Hyrcanus, 2, 46.
  • held by a sister of Antigonus, 2, 94.
  • Hyrcanists, the, Hyrcanus II’s party, defend the Temple, 2, 65.
  • Hyrcanus I, John, son of Simon Tharsi, 1, 520.
  • lives at Gazara, 1, 525.
  • defeats Cendebæus, 1, 529.
  • escapes from Ptolemy ben Habub, 1, 530–1.
  • mother of, imprisoned, 1, 531; 2, 2.
  • reign of, 2, 1.
  • contest of, with Ptolemy ben Habub, 2, 2–3.
  • besieged by Antiochus Sidetes, 2, 3–4.
  • sends an embassy to Rome, 2, 4–5.
  • furnishes Syria troops against Parthia, 2, 5.
  • acknowledges Alexander Zabina king of Syria, 2, 6.
  • Samaritan campaign of, 2, 7–8.
  • destroys the Temple on Gerizim, 2, 8.
  • converts the Idumæans forcibly to Judaism, 2, 8–9.
  • appeals to Rome, 2, 9.
  • besieges Samaria, 2, 9.
  • destroys Samaria, 2, 10.
  • conquests of, 2, 11–12.
  • has coins struck, 2, 12.
  • worldly ambition of, 2, 13.
  • erects a mausoleum at Modin, 2, 14.
  • employs Pharisees and Sadducees, 2, 31.
  • offended by the Pharisees, 2, 32–3.
  • fills the high offices with Sadducees, 2, 33.
  • death of, 2, 33.
  • sons of, 2, 34.
  • Hyrcanus I, John, the wife of, queen, supplanted by Aristobulus I, 2, 35.
  • imprisonment and death of, 2, 36.
  • Hyrcanus II, son of Alexander Jannæus, 2, 47.
  • proclaimed high priest, 2, 48, 76.
  • conspiracy against, 2, 56.
  • accession and character of, 2, 57.
  • defeated at Jericho by Aristobulus, 2, 58.
  • deprived of the royal dignity, 2, 58.
  • aided by the Nabathæan king, 2, 59.
  • refuses to supply the sacrificial lamb during the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 60.
  • summoned to Damascus, 2, 63.
  • favored by Pompey, 2, 64.
  • made ethnarch, 2, 66, 76.
  • leaves Jerusalem, 2, 70.
  • petitioned to punish Herod, 2, 78.
  • permits the Synhedrion to summon Herod, 2, 78.
  • reproved by Shemaya, 2, 79.
  • adjourns the Synhedrion, 2, 79.
  • takes counsel with Malich, 2, 80.
  • mutilated, 2, 82.
  • dethroned, 2, 82–3.
  • taken captive to Babylon, 2, 83.
  • welcomed by the Babylonian Judæans, 2, 90.
  • returns to Palestine, 2, 91.
  • executed, 2, 96.
  • descendants of, in Nahardea, 2, 551.
  • Hyrcanus, son of Joseph, his father’s representative in Egypt, 1, 429–30.
  • favored by Ptolemy IV, 1, 430.
  • rebuked for extravagance, 1, 430.
  • successor of his father, 1, 431–2.
  • flees to Alexandria, 1, 432.
  • in favor with Ptolemy V, 1, 437.
  • wealth of, 1, 437.
  • betrayed by the Hellenists, 1, 444.
  • tax-collector for the king of Egypt, 1, 444.
  • Hyrkania, Judæans banished to, 1, 408.
  • I
  • Ibbur, impregnation of the soul, Kabbalistic term, 4, 621.
  • Ibbur, work on the calendar by Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 283.
  • See also Calendar.
  • Iberia, early Jewish settlements in, 3, 35. See Spain.
  • Ibleam, Zechariah, king of Israel, murdered at, 1, 243.
  • Ibn-Abbas. See Jehuda and Samuel Ibn-Abbas.
  • Ibn-Abbas, plots to depose Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 258.
  • Ibn-Abi Musa, plots to depose Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 258.
  • Ibn-Abi Obsaibiya, physician, colleague of Abraham Maimuni, 3, 495.
  • Ibn-Abitur. See Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur.
  • Ibn-Abitur family, the, opposes Chanoch ben Moses, 3, 238.
  • Ibn-Albalia. See Baruch Ibn-Albalia; Isaac ben Baruch Albalia.
  • Ibn-Albalia family, the, early settlement of, in Spain, 3, 43.
  • Ibn-Alfachar. See Abraham Ibn-Alfachar; Jehuda bar Joseph Ibn-Alfachar.
  • Ibn-Alfachar family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 235, 537.
  • Ibn-Alfara, Arabic poet, elegy by, 3, 279.
  • Ibn-Aljami. See Nathaniel.
  • Ibn-Alruchi (Arruchi). See David Alrui.
  • Ibn-Benveniste Halevi. See Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste Halevi.
  • Ibn-Chabib. See Jacob Ibn-Chabib.
  • Ibn-Chasdaï. See Abraham ben Chasdaï; Samuel ben Abraham Ibn-Chasdaï.
  • Ibn-Daud. See Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi; Jehuda Ibn-Daud (Chayuj).
  • Ibn-Daud family, the, traces descent from David, 3, 43.
  • Ibn-Daudi, the, descendants of the last Exilarch, settle in Spain, 3, 254.
  • Ibn-Ezra. See Abraham ben Meïr; Abuhajaj Joseph; Abu-Ibrahim Isaac; Abulhassan Jehuda; Isaac ben Abraham; Jacob; Jehuda; Moses.
  • Ibn-Ezra family, the, Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut a member of, 3, 215.
  • of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 235.
  • Ibn-Falyaj family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 236.
  • Ibn-Farussal. See Solomon Ibn-Farussal.
  • Ibn-Gebirol. See Solomon Ibn-Gebirol.
  • Ibn-Giat. See Isaac ben Jehuda; Judah.
  • Ibn-Giat family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 236.
  • Ibn-G’ikatilia. See Isaac Ibn-G’ikatilia; Moses ben Samuel Ibn-G’ikatilia.
  • Ibn-Janach. See Jonah Marinus.
  • Ibn-Jau. See Jacob Ibn-Jau.
  • Ibn-Kamnial. See Abulhassan Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Kamnial.
  • Ibn-Labi. See Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi.
  • Ibn-Migash. See Joseph ben Meïr; Meïr ben Joseph.
  • Ibn-Migash family, the, of the nobility of Jewish Spain, 3, 236.
  • Ibn-Misha’l, Jewish diplomat, 3, 284.
  • Ibn-Nagrela. See Joseph Ibn-Nagrela; Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Ibn-Raz, assailant of Rabbinical Judaism in Leo Modena’s work, 5, 73–4.
  • Ibn-Roshd. See Averroës.
  • Ibn-Rumahis, Moorish admiral, captures and sells the four emissaries from Sora, 3, 203, 208, 209.
  • Ibn-Sahal. See Joseph ben Jacob Ibn-Sahal.
  • Ibn-Sahula (1245), fabulist, 3, 560.
  • Ibn-Said (Sid). See Zag Ibn-Said.
  • Ibn-Sakbel. See Solomon Ibn-Sakbel.
  • Ibn-Sakviyah, Karaite writer, opposed by Saadiah, 3, 192.
  • Ibn-Satanas. See Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur.
  • Ibn-Shalbib. See Amram ben Isaac Ibn-Shalbib.
  • Ibn-Shem Tob. See Joseph ben Shem Tob; Shem Tob ben Joseph Ibn-Shem-Tob.
  • Ibn-Shoshan. See Abraham; Joseph ben Solomon Ibn-Shoshan; Solomon ben Joseph Ibn-Shoshan.
  • Ibn-Shoshan family, the, members of, die from the Black Death, 4, 113.
  • Ibn-Sina (Avicenna), Mahometan interpreter of Aristotle, 3, 478.
  • Ibn-Tibbon. See Jacob ben Machir; Judah ben Moses; Judah ben Saul; Moses; Samuel.
  • Ibn-Verga. See Joseph; Judah; Solomon.
  • Ibn-Vives. See Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives.
  • Ibn-Wakar. See Jehuda; Samuel.
  • Ibn-Yachya. See David; David Negro; Gedalya; Gedalya I; Gedalya II; Joseph; Moses; Solomon Ibn-Gebirol.
  • Ibn-Yachya family, the, Turkish branch of, 4, 609.
  • Italian branch of, 4, 616.
  • Ibn-Yachya-Negro. See David; Judah.
  • Ibn-Yachya-Negro, two brothers, favorites of Alfonso V, of Portugal, 4, 339.
  • Ibn-Yaish, prominent at the court of Alfonso XI, of Castile, 4, 84.
  • Ibn-Zachariah Yachya Chayuj. See Jehuda Ibn-Daud.
  • Ibn-Zadik. See Abu-Amr Joseph ben Zadik Ibn-Zadik.
  • Ibrahim, sultan, war of, with Venice, 5, 119.
  • Ibzan, judge, 1, 66.
  • Icabo, character in Samuel Usque’s work, 4, 558, 559, 560.
  • Idolatry, among the Egyptians, 1, 9–10.
  • practiced by the Israelites in Egypt, 1, 11.
  • among the Israelites in the desert, 1, 23–4.
  • of the Israelites at Baal-Peor, 1, 28.
  • the Israelites reclaimed from, by Samuel, 1, 75–6.
  • under Solomon, 1, 175.
  • under Jeroboam, 1, 186–7.
  • under Omri, 1, 195–6.
  • under Jezebel, 1, 197–8.
  • under Joram, 1, 209.
  • under Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • under Menahem, 1, 244, 247.
  • under Ahaz, 1, 260–1.
  • removed by Hezekiah, 1, 268.
  • under Manasseh, 1, 282–3.
  • uprooted by Josiah, 1, 294–5.
  • relapse into, under Jehoiakim, 1, 299–300.
  • under Jehoiachin, 1, 306.
  • practiced by Judæans in Egypt, 1, 326–7.
  • among the Babylonian exiles, 1, 332, 339, 340.
  • stamped out among the Judæans by the fall of Babylon, 1, 350.
  • laws against, inviolate under all circumstances, 2, 424.
  • regulations against, in the Mishna, 2, 476–8.
  • practiced by the Arabs, 3, 72.
  • See also Astarte; Baal, the worship of.
  • Idumæa, urges Zedekiah to revolt from Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 310.
  • ruled by procurators, 2, 137.
  • Eleazar ben Ananias governor of, 2, 270.
  • Idumæan, applied to Herod and Rome, 2, 114–15.
  • Idumæans, the, antagonize the Israelites in the desert, 1, 27.
  • characteristics of, 1, 55.
  • relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–9.
  • routed by Othniel, 1, 60.
  • attracted to Palestine under Solomon, 1, 173.
  • gain independence, 1, 185.
  • revolt of, from Judah, 1, 209.
  • conquered by Amaziah, 1, 222–3.
  • attack Jerusalem under Uzziah, 1, 226–7.
  • defeated by Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • allies of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
  • molest fugitive Judæans, 1, 318.
  • appropriate Judæan territory, 1, 325–6.
  • settled to the south of Judæa, 1, 355.
  • in possession of Judæan territory, 1, 435.
  • hostile to the Judæans during the Syrian invasions, 1, 473, 474.
  • defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • hostile to Judæa under John Hyrcanus, 2, 7.
  • forcibly converted to Judaism, 2, 8–9.
  • colony of, in Samaria, 2, 9, 10.
  • expeditions of, against Simon bar Giora, 2, 293.
  • help the Zealots against Anan, 2, 295–6.
  • disliked by the Zealots and the Moderates, 2, 296.
  • allied with the aristocratic party, 2, 298.
  • one of the factions in Jerusalem, 2, 301.
  • try to make terms with Titus, 2, 309.
  • Ifra-Ormuzd, mother of Shabur II, leans towards Judaism, 2, 580, 592–3.
  • generous towards the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 581.
  • protects the Jews, 2, 592.
  • assists Raba bar Joseph, 2, 592.
  • Iggaron, Hebrew lexicon by Saadiah, 3, 190.
  • Iggeret Teman, by Maimonides, 3, 462–4.
  • Ignatius, Christian martyr, 2, 621.
  • Ijon, subjugated by Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • Ikkarim, work by Joseph Albo, 4, 239.
  • Ilai, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • Ilhas Perdidas. See San Thomas.
  • Illiberis (Elvira), the Council of, forbids Christians to trade with Jews, 2, 620.
  • anti-Jewish decrees of, 3, 43, 44.
  • Illyria, synagogues of, protected by Arcadius, 2, 616.
  • the Jews of, autonomous, 3, 27.
  • Ilpha, companion of Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 493.
  • Imam, founder of the Fatimide dynasty, 3, 212.
  • Imamate, the, the high priesthood among the Mahometans, 3, 110.
  • Immaculate Conception, the, dogma of, attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 187.
  • Immanuel ben Solomon Romi (1265–1330), poet, under Maimunist influence, 3, 630; 4, 60.
  • characterization of, 4, 63–4.
  • position of, in the Roman Jewish community, 4, 64–5.
  • friend of Dante, 4, 65.
  • works of, 4, 65–7.
  • place of, in neo-Hebraic poetry, 4, 67; 5, 112.
  • in Fermo, 4, 68.
  • on the poets of his time, 4, 68.
  • Immorality, under Jeroboam II, 1, 233–4.
  • under Jotham, 1, 249–50.
  • under Ahaz, 1, 261.
  • under Jehoiakim, 1, 300.
  • under Zerubbabel, 1, 358.
  • of the Judæan aristocracy, 2, 234.
  • of Judæans under the Roman dominion, 2, 237–8.
  • among the Jews of Babylonia, 2, 516–17, 579.
  • among the Marranos at Amsterdam, 4, 680.
  • among the Jews of Prussia, 5, 419–20, 422.
  • Immortality of the soul, the dogma of, in the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 482, 488.
  • Maimonides’ treatment of, attacked, 3, 524.
  • in the Kabbala, 3, 554.
  • doubt cast upon, by the French thinkers, 5, 305–6.
  • Mendelssohn tries to restore the belief in, 5, 306–7.
  • Imnestar, the Jews of, punished for Purim pleasantry, 2, 621.
  • Imrulkais Ibn-Hojr, Arabic poet, protected by Samuel Ibn-Adiya, 3, 68–9.
  • In Praise and Honor of Emperor Maximilian,” anti-Jewish pamphlet by Pfefferkorn, 4, 439.
  • In Refutation of Anan,” by Saadiah, 3, 189.
  • Incarnation, the dogma of, refuted by Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, 4, 141.
  • expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • refuted by Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 187.
  • criticised by Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • Jews averse to, 5, 420.
  • belief in, threatened, 5, 682.
  • Index expurgatorius, the, Kabbalistic writings on, 4, 584.
  • India, trade with, under Solomon, 1, 170.
  • Uzziah revives the trade with, 1, 230.
  • Jews settle in, 2, 629–30.
  • south Arabian Jews trade with, 3, 54, 57.
  • under the Exilarch’s jurisdiction, 3, 429.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 435–6.
  • desire of the Portuguese to reach, 4, 367.
  • Infessura, chancellor of Rome, on Sixtus IV, 4, 321.
  • Informers, among the Jewish Christians, 2, 378–9.
  • during Hadrian’s persecutions, 2, 425–6.
  • under Severus, 2, 464–5.
  • against the Jews of Sepphoris, 2, 570.
  • the excommunication of, revived, 3, 378.
  • decree against, by the Mayence synod, 3, 517.
  • against Jews in Spain, 4, 155–6.
  • Innocent II, pope, convenes a Church Council in France, 3, 376.
  • Innocent III, pope, persecutes Raymond VI of Toulouse, 3, 400, 501–2.
  • preaches the third crusade, 3, 405.
  • refuses to sanction Philip Augustus’ marriage, 3, 406.
  • baneful influence of, 3, 496.
  • protects the Jews against the crusaders, 3, 496–7.
  • and Pedro II of Aragon, 3, 497–8.
  • reproaches Philip Augustus with disregard of anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 498–9.
  • reprimands Alfonso III of Castile for kindly treatment of Jews, 3, 499.
  • threatens excommunication for intercourse with Jews, 3, 499.
  • threatens Count Nevers for favoring the Jews, 3, 500.
  • organizes the Albigensian crusade, 3, 502.
  • asked to decree a crusade against the Mahometans, 3, 507.
  • convokes the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 508–9.
  • introduces Jew badges, 3, 511–12.
  • death of, 3, 513.
  • anti-Jewish decrees of, enforced in southern France, 3, 518.
  • anti-Jewish decrees of, in Hungary, 3, 520–1.
  • degrades the Jews, 3, 563.
  • Jewish constitution of, re-issued, 3, 564.
  • anti-Jewish decrees of, confirmed, 3, 611.
  • Innocent IV, pope, appealed to, in behalf of the Talmud, 3, 579.
  • condemns the blood accusation, 3, 583–5, 635.
  • opposes the forcible baptism of Jews, 4, 165.
  • Innocent VII, pope, opposes the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 346.
  • Innocent VIII, pope, urges the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 368.
  • Innocents, the, legend concerning the slaughter of, 2, 116.
  • Inquiry into Light and Truth,” directed against Mendelssohn, 5, 363.
  • Inquiry into Probability,” essay by Mendelssohn, 5, 299.
  • Inquisition, the, established in France, 3, 542.
  • meets opposition in Navarre, 4, 357.
  • established at Benevento, 4, 385.
  • condemns Molcho to the stake, 4, 506–7.
  • at Rome authorized, 4, 525.
  • burns the Talmud and other Hebrew writings in Italy, 4, 565.
  • tries the Marranos of Ancona, 4, 568, 570.
  • permits the printing of the Zohar, 4, 583.
  • persecutes the Bologna Jews, 4, 590–1.
  • in the Netherlands, 4, 601, 662.
  • the Jews of Italy put under, 4, 654.
  • cruelties of, to Jews, recounted by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 31–2.
  • Inquisition, the Portuguese, commission for the establishment of, 4, 365.
  • planned by João III, 4, 490.
  • idea of, abandoned, 4, 490–1.
  • plans for, mooted, 4, 499–500.
  • establishment of, opposed, 4, 500, 505.
  • established by Clement VII, 4, 507.
  • inhumanity of, complained of by the Marranos, 4, 509.
  • proceedings of, stopped by Clement VII, 4, 513.
  • power of, abrogated by Clement VII, 4, 514.
  • commission on, 4, 514–15.
  • reconsideration of, ordered by Paul III, 4, 516.
  • arrested by Paul III, 4, 517.
  • sanctioned by Paul III, 4, 518, 527.
  • cruelty of, 4, 519–20.
  • practically abrogated by Paul III, 4, 520.
  • rules of, enforced, 4, 521.
  • crippled, 4, 522.
  • described by Samuel Usque, 4, 522.
  • described by an assembly of cardinals, 4, 523.
  • imprisons Marranos, 4, 670.
  • Inquisition, the Spanish, first germs of, 4, 167.
  • deals with Judaizing Marranos, 4, 256.
  • and the Jews, 4, 308.
  • established by Ferdinand and Isabella, 4, 309.
  • views on the establishment of, 4, 310.
  • authorized by Sixtus IV, 4, 311.
  • commission to frame the statute for, 4, 312.
  • statute of, ratified, 4, 312.
  • judges of, 4, 312.
  • established in Seville, 4, 312–13.
  • distrust of, 4, 313.
  • orders the surrender of fugitive Marranos, 4, 313–14.
  • first victims of, 4, 314.
  • publishes the Edict of Grace, 4, 315.
  • heresy defined by, 4, 315–16.
  • first auto-da-fé ordered by, 4, 317.
  • cruelty of, censured by Sixtus IV, 4, 318–19.
  • established in Aragon, 4, 319, 330.
  • opposition to, in Aragon, 4, 319, 328–9.
  • opposition to, in Sicily, 4, 319–20.
  • judges of, cannot be Marranos, 4, 321.
  • rigors of, modified by Sixtus IV, 4, 322.
  • confined at first to the southern part of the country, 4, 323.
  • description of, by Samuel Usque, 4, 324–5.
  • tribunals of, established by Torquemada, 4, 325.
  • in Ferdinand’s hereditary lands, 4, 325–6.
  • code of, by Torquemada, 4, 326–8.
  • the introduction of, resisted by the northern provinces, 4, 332.
  • increase of the victims of, 4, 332.
  • established in Barcelona and Majorca, 4, 332.
  • described by Isaac Arama, 4, 332.
  • in Seville, 4, 335.
  • turned against the enemies of the Jews, 4, 355.
  • victims of, under Torquemada, 4, 356.
  • evil effects of, 4, 356.
  • described by Peter Martyr, 4, 484.
  • Christian victims of, 4, 485.
  • executes Marranos denounced by David Reubeni, 4, 511.
  • Interest, the charging of, forbidden by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518. See under Usury.
  • Intermarriages, between the heathen and the Israelites, 1, 56–7.
  • between the Judæans and the Samaritans, 1, 361–2, 383.
  • with Ammonites and Moabites prohibited, 1, 362.
  • Ezra on, with the heathen, 1, 367–9.
  • law against, expounded by Ezra, 1, 380.
  • dissolved by Nehemiah, 1, 386.
  • between Jews and Christians forbidden by Constantius, 2, 567.
  • forbidden by the Council of Illiberis, 2, 620.
  • in Gaul, 3, 36.
  • between the Vangioni and Jewish women, 3, 41.
  • in Spain in the sixth century, 3, 44.
  • prohibited by the Council of Toledo and Reccared, 3, 46.
  • between Jews and Arabs, 3, 56–7.
  • supposed to be prevented by Jew badges, 3, 511.
  • in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • in southern Spain, 3, 527.
  • denounced by Moses of Coucy, 3, 546.
  • prohibited by the code of Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • objected to by the Remonstrants, 4, 674.
  • discussed by the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 489, 491.
  • discussed by the French Synhedrion, 5, 496–7.
  • permitted in Mecklenburg, 5, 507.
  • Investigation into the Evidences of Christianity against Unbelievers,” by Caspar Bonnet, 5, 309.
  • Investigation of Religion, The,” by Elias del Medigo, 4, 293.
  • Investigation of Van Swieden’s Work in Reference to the Civil Rights of the Jews,” by Friedrichsfeld, 5, 454.
  • Ionians, the, buy Judæans as slaves, 1, 227.
  • Ipsus, battle of, 1, 417.
  • Irak, name for Babylonia among the Arabs, 3, 89.
  • divided in jurisdiction between Sora and Pumbeditha, 3, 98.
  • See Babylonia.
  • Isaac, ambassador from Simon II to Nahar-Pakod, 2, 443–4.
  • Isaac, father of Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, patron of men of letters, 3, 216, 224.
  • Isaac, the Jew attached to Charlemagne’s embassy to Haroun Alrashid, 3, 143.
  • Isaac. See Mar-Isaac.
  • Isaac of Accho, Kabbalist, at the siege of Accho, 3, 650.
  • suspicious of the authenticity of the Zohar, 4, 20.
  • Isaac the Blind (1190–1210), founder of the Kabbala, doctrines and disciples of, 3, 547–8.
  • Isaac the Elder. See Isaac ben Samuel.
  • Isaac de Leon, last rabbi of Toledo, disciple of, 4, 392.
  • Isaac of Mayence, repentant, apostate, 3, 303.
  • Isaac of Salzuflen, refused the right of settlement in Hamburg, 4, 685–6.
  • Isaac of Vienna, disciple of Judah Sir Leon, 3, 409.
  • Isaac the Younger. See Isaac ben Abraham.
  • Isaac ben Joseph, Palestinian Amora, banished from Judæa, 2, 567.
  • Isaac ben Abba-Mari, Talmudist, 3, 399–400.
  • Isaac ben Abraham (Rizba, the Younger), Tossafist, 3, 408.
  • Isaac ben Abraham Akrish (1489–1575), Spanish exile, wanderings of, 4, 386.
  • Isaac ben Abraham Ibn-Ezra, accompanies his father on his journeys, 3, 369, 375.
  • apostate to Islam, 3, 442.
  • Isaac ben Abraham Ibn-Latif (1220–1290), Kabbalist, system of, 4, 3–4.
  • Isaac ben Abraham Troki (1533–1596), Karaite writer, antagonizes Christianity, 4, 648–9.
  • Isaac ben Asher Halevi (Riba), of Speyer, Tossafist, 3, 345.
  • Isaac ben Baruch Albalia (1035–1094), descent of, 3, 282.
  • at Cordova and Granada, 3, 283.
  • works of, 3, 283.
  • escapes the massacre of Granada, 3, 283.
  • as astronomer, 3, 283.
  • chief of the Jews of Seville, 3, 283–4.
  • hostility of, to Alfassi, 3, 313.
  • descendant of, 3, 364.
  • Isaac ben Eliakim, rabbi of Würzburg, martyr, 3, 354.
  • Isaac ben Jacob Alfassi (Alkalaï, 1013–1103), Talmudist, disciple of Nissim and Chananel, 3, 282, 285.
  • originality of, 3, 285–6.
  • death of, 3, 309.
  • elegies on, 3, 310, 323.
  • makes Lucena famous, 3, 311.
  • hostility of, to Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 313.
  • disciples of, distinguished, 3, 314.
  • successor of, 3, 315.
  • college of, attended by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 322.
  • commentaries of, annotated by Serachya Halevi Gerundi, 3, 389.
  • commentary on the Talmudic work of, by Jonathan of Lünel, 3, 397.
  • method of, followed by Nachmani, 3, 532.
  • Talmudic decisions by, justified by Nachmani, 3, 532.
  • Isaac ben Jacob Campanton (1360–1463), Talmudist, 4, 230.
  • Isaac ben Jacob Halaban, Tossafist, 3, 421.
  • Isaac ben Jehuda Ibn-Giat (1030–1089), poet, philosopher, Talmudist, 3, 282, 284.
  • disciple of, 3, 314.
  • Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil, author of a religious manual, 3, 587.
  • Isaac ben Joseph Caro, escapes from Portugal, 4, 378.
  • Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II, astronomer, 4, 51.
  • Isaac (I) ben Judah Abrabanel (1437–1509), descent of, 4, 169, 337.
  • friend of Yechiel of Pisa, 4, 286–7.
  • collects a ransom for Jewish prisoners, 4, 287, 339.
  • minister of finance to Ferdinand and Isabella, 4, 336–7, 343.
  • character and ability of, 4, 337.
  • financier for Alfonso V of Portugal, 4, 337–8.
  • noble and learned friends of, 4, 338, 341.
  • instructs the Italian Jews how to receive the Portuguese embassy, 4, 340.
  • family of, 4, 340, 360, 383–4, 408–10.
  • flees to Toledo, 4, 341.
  • as commentator, 4, 342–3.
  • orthodoxy of, 4, 342.
  • protects the Castilian Jews, 4, 343–4.
  • tries to have the edict of banishment revoked, 4, 348.
  • goes to Naples, 4, 359.
  • commentary by, on the Books of Kings, 4, 359.
  • employed by kings of Naples, 4, 359, 360.
  • in Sicily, 4, 383–4.
  • in Venice, 4, 385.
  • consulted by the Venetian senate, 4, 385–6.
  • old age of, 4, 386.
  • censures the impure language of the German Jews, 4, 388–9.
  • death of, 4, 409.
  • condemns free thinkers, 4, 479.
  • and Messianic expectations, 4, 482.
  • Isaac ben Leon, a Granada Jew, supports Balkin, 3, 258.
  • Isaac ben Meïr of Rameru, grandson of Rashi, Tossafist, 3, 345, 375.
  • Isaac ben Mordecai (Maëstro Gayo), physician, 3, 628.
  • Isaac ben Moses. See Profiat Duran.
  • Isaac ben Moses Ibn-Sakni, given the title Gaon at Pumbeditha, 3, 282, 284–5.
  • awakens interest in Talmud studies in Bagdad, 3, 429.
  • Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni, Talmudist and liturgical poet, 3, 284.
  • Isaac ben Samuel (Ri, the Elder), great-grandson of Rashi, Tossafist, completes Rashi’s commentary, 3, 403.
  • college of, 3, 403–4.
  • collects the “old Tossafoth,” 3, 404.
  • son of, a martyr, 3, 404.
  • forbids Jews to buy confiscated property, 3, 406–7.
  • Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat (Ribash, 1310–1409), Talmudist, 4, 145–6, 148.
  • disciple of Solomon ben Adret, 4, 147.
  • opposed to the study of science, 4, 147.
  • rigid piety of, 4, 147, 148, 149.
  • rabbi of Saragossa, 4, 148.
  • opposes Chayim ben Gallipapa’s innovations, 4, 149.
  • authority of, 4, 149–50.
  • imprisonment of, 4, 150.
  • appealed to, in a dispute about the French chief rabbinate, 4, 150, 153.
  • chief rabbi of Tlemçen, 4, 198–9.
  • protects Marrano fugitives, 4, 199.
  • attacked by Simon Duran, 4, 199.
  • Isaac ben Simeon, a Spanish Jew, has the Jewish prayers compiled, 3, 178.
  • Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli I (845–940), physician, medical author, and philosopher, 3, 180–1.
  • admiration of, for Saadiah, 3, 192.
  • influence of, on Jewish science in the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 211.
  • Isaac ben Todros, Kabbalist, disciple of, 4, 74.
  • Isaac Ibn-Albalia. See Isaac ben Baruch Albalia.
  • Isaac Ibn-G’ikatilia, disciple of Menachem ben Saruk, defends him, 3, 227.
  • poet, 3, 237.
  • teacher of Ibn-Janach, 3, 261.
  • Isaac Ibn-Sahal, teacher of Ibn-Janach, 3, 261.
  • Isaac (Zag) Ibn-Said, compiler of the Alfonsine Tables, 4, 367.
  • Isaac Ibn-Sakni. See Isaac ben Moses Ibn-Sakni.
  • Isaac Ibn-Zachin, commits suicide to avoid baptism, 4, 376.
  • Isaac (I) Abrabanel. See Isaac (I) ben Judah Abrabanel.
  • Isaac (II) Abrabanel, son of Isaac ben Judah, physician, 4, 340, 385.
  • Isaac (III) Abrabanel, son of Judah Leon, baptized, 4, 361.
  • Isaac Albalag, philosopher, mysticism of, 4, 24.
  • accused of heresy, 4, 342.
  • Isaac Arama, on the Inquisition, 4, 332.
  • Isaac Benveniste, physician, tries to prevent anti-Jewish legislation, 3, 508.
  • has delegates sent to the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 509.
  • tries to have the decree on Jew badges repealed, 3, 513.
  • honored by Honorius III, 3, 515.
  • Isaac Bonastruc, has a tax imposed on Marrano fugitives, 4, 199.
  • Isaac Cohen Shalal, Nagid of Egypt, wealth and learning of, 4, 392.
  • in Jerusalem, 4, 398.
  • Isaac Halevi, of Worms, on Rashi, 3, 287.
  • Isaac Hamon. See Hamon, Isaac.
  • Isaac Israeli I. See Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli I.
  • Isaac Israeli II. See Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II.
  • Isaac Lurya Levi (1534–1572), descent and youth of, 4, 618.
  • under the influence of the Zohar, 4, 618–19.
  • evolves a system from the Zohar, 4, 619–22.
  • considers himself the Messiah of the branch of Joseph, 4, 622, 624.
  • goes to Safet, 4, 622.
  • glorified by Chayim Vital Calabrese, 4, 623–4.
  • disciples of, 4, 624.
  • glorified after death, 4, 624–5.
  • principles of, taught in Italy, 4, 625.
  • harm done by, 4, 625–7; 5, 559.
  • lays stress on devotion in prayer, 4, 626.
  • the Sabbath in the system of, 4, 626.
  • introduces a second Day of Atonement, 4, 626.
  • influence of, on the Judaism of the seventeenth century, 5, 51–2.
  • disciples of, spread his Kabbala, 5, 52.
  • manuscripts by, 5, 53–4.
  • Kabbala of, accepted by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 118, 119.
  • Messianic speculations in the works of, 5, 120–1.
  • works of, studied by Chelebi, 5, 125.
  • Jerusalem Jews adherents of, 5, 125.
  • writings of, influence Luzzatto, 5, 236.
  • prayer book of, used by the Chassidim, 5, 386–7.
  • Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymos, polemic works by, 4, 234.
  • Bible concordance by, 4, 234–5.
  • Isaac Pulgar, refutes the charges of Alfonso Burgensis, 4, 82.
  • philosopher, 4, 91.
  • Isaac Sanjari, converts Bulan to Judaism, 3, 140.
  • Isaac Triest, Jewish advocate before Maximilian I, 4, 436–7.
  • Isaac Tyrnau, compiles the customs of various communities, 4, 134.
  • orthodoxy of, 4, 227.
  • Isaac Zarfati, urges the German Jews to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271–3.
  • Isaacs, the five, 3, 282.
  • Isabella I, the Catholic, of Castile, candidate for the throne, 4, 279.
  • marriage of, 4, 280.
  • accession of, 4, 284.
  • superstition of, 4, 310.
  • hesitates to sanction the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 311.
  • attitude of, towards the Marranos, 4, 311–12.
  • annoyed by opposition to the Inquisition, 4, 320.
  • See also Ferdinand and Isabella.
  • Isabella II, of Castile, daughter of the preceding, to marry Manoel of Portugal, 4, 373.
  • hostile to the Jews, 4, 373, 379–80.
  • demands the banishment of the Jews, 4, 374.
  • cruelty of, 4, 376.
  • death of, 4, 381.
  • Isabelle, countess of Chartres, persecutes the Jews of Blois, 3, 379.
  • Isaiah, the Babylonian, prophet, describes the suffering of the exiles, 1, 344.
  • oratory of, 1, 344–5.
  • consolation given by, 1, 345–6.
  • describes Israel as the apostle to the nations, 1, 346–7.
  • prophesies the fall of Babylon, 1, 347–8.
  • Isaiah, son of Amoz, prophet, prophecies of, 1, 251–3.
  • wife of, 1, 251.
  • disciples of, 1, 253–4, 279. See Anavim, the.
  • warns Ahaz against the Assyrian alliance, 1, 258–9.
  • advises neutrality between Egypt and Assyria, 1, 270.
  • reproves Shebna, 1, 271.
  • predicts the doom of Assyria, 1, 272–3.
  • predicts Sennacherib’s failure, 1, 273, 276.
  • exhorts Hezekiah not to surrender, 1, 275.
  • reproves Hezekiah for his reception of Merodach-baladan’s embassy, 1, 279.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • Isaiah, the Book of, reading of, forbidden by Justinian I, 3, 15.
  • commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 373.
  • Isaiah ben Abba-Mari, authorized to ordain disciples in France, 4, 152.
  • relieves Jochanan of his office as chief rabbi, 4, 152, 162.
  • appoints his relations to the French rabbinates, 4, 153.
  • Isaiah Chassid, Sabbatian leader, 5, 213, 229.
  • Isambert, French deputy, charges Ratti Menton with cruelty, 5, 650.
  • Isavites, adherents of Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, 3, 125.
  • Iscion, Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Isebab, teacher of the Law, clerk of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • charitably inclined, 2, 405.
  • martyr, 2, 429.
  • Ishbi of Gath, Philistine champion, 1, 117.
  • Ishbosheth, son of Saul, made king of the Ten Tribes by Abner, 1, 108.
  • peaceable disposition of, 1, 109.
  • deserted by Abner, 1, 110.
  • mourns Abner, 1, 112.
  • death of, 1, 112.
  • Ishmael, ancestor of the northern Arabs, 3, 60.
  • Ishmael II, high priest, appointed by Agrippa II, 2, 246.
  • envoy to Nero, 2, 248.
  • Ishmael of Akbara, founds a Karaite sect, 3, 157.
  • Ishmael ben Elisha, teacher of the Law, opponent of Akiba’s system, 2, 355–6.
  • martyr, 2, 356, 427–8.
  • praises Simon ben Nanos, 2, 358.
  • nephew of, 2, 370.
  • deprecates Minæan influence on Judaism, 2, 378.
  • emigrates to Usha, 2, 405.
  • at Lydda, 2, 423.
  • counsels religious laxness as a measure of self-preservation, 2, 424.
  • Meïr disciple of, 2, 436.
  • method of, in southern Judæa, 2, 442.
  • Ishmael ben José (ben Chalafta), teacher of the Law, ill-treated by the Samaritans, 2, 457–8.
  • denounces Jewish freebooters to the Romans, 2, 464–5.
  • denounced, 2, 465.
  • Ishmael Ibn-Nagrela. See Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, protected by Baalis of Ammon, 1, 317–18.
  • treacherous to Gedaliah, 1, 321–2.
  • kills Gedaliah, 1, 322.
  • takes refuge with the Ammonites, 1, 322–3.
  • end of, unknown, 1, 325.
  • Ishmael Almansur Ibnul’Kaim, Fatimide caliph, patron of Dunash ben Tamim, 3, 211.
  • Ishmael Chanina, rabbi of Bologna, steadfastness of, 4, 591.
  • Ishmaelites, the northern Arabians, 3, 61.
  • Isidore, archbishop of Seville, presides over the Council of Toledo, 3, 49.
  • writes two books against the Jews, 3, 50.
  • Isidorus, an Alexandrian actuary, hostile to the Judæans, 2, 181.
  • envoy of the Greek Alexandrians to Caligula, 2, 186.
  • Isis, Egyptian goddess, 1, 9.
  • Islam, the faith of Mahomet, 3, 71.
  • intolerance of, 3, 87–8.
  • divided on the election of the fourth caliph, 3, 90.
  • among the Chazars, 3, 139.
  • champion of, tries to convert Bulan, 3, 139–40.
  • philosophy of, called Kalâm, 3, 146–9.
  • theology affects the Jews of the East, 3, 148.
  • objections of, to Judaism, answered by Saadiah, 3, 198.
  • conversion to, decreed by Hakim, 3, 247.
  • contest of, with Christianity, 3, 297.
  • characterized by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 329, 330.
  • characterized as idolatry by a Jewish writer, 3, 453.
  • See also Conversions, forced, of Jews to Islam.
  • Isle de France, the inheritance of the kings of France, 3, 401.
  • Jews banished from, by Philip Augustus, 3, 402–3.
  • the Jews of, not permitted to move to Champagne, 3, 406.
  • Isny, Hebrew printing house at, 4, 474.
  • Ispahan, Armenian Jews colonized in, 2, 591.
  • called Jehudia, 2, 591.
  • Ispahan, the Jews of, persecuted by Firuz, 2, 629.
  • adherents of Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, 3, 124.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 434.
  • Ispahanites, adherents of Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, 3, 125.
  • Israel (Ten Tribes), the house of, renounces allegiance to David, 1, 140.
  • revolts from David, 1, 148–50.
  • dislike of, to Judah under Solomon, 1, 174.
  • Israel (Ten Tribes), the kingdom of, first indications of, 1, 109.
  • founded by Jeroboam, 1, 183.
  • subjects of, worship at Jerusalem, 1, 185.
  • idolatry introduced into, by Jeroboam, 1, 185–7.
  • loyalty to monotheism in, under Ahab, 1, 198–9.
  • luxury in, 1, 232.
  • immorality in, under Jeroboam II, 1, 233.
  • idolatry in, under Menahem, 1, 244, 247.
  • invaded by Pul, 1, 246–7.
  • power of, under Menahem, 1, 247.
  • invaded by Tiglath-Pileser II, 1, 259–60.
  • inhabitants of, carried to Assyria, 1, 260.
  • debauchery of the nobles of, under Hoshea, 1, 262–3.
  • end of, 1, 264–5.
  • See also Samaria, etc.
  • Israel (Ten Tribes), the kings of, list of:
  • Ahab,
  • Ahaziah,
  • Baasha,
  • Elah,
  • Hoshea,
  • Jehoahaz,
  • Jehoash,
  • Jehoram (Joram),
  • Jehu,
  • Jeroboam I,
  • Jeroboam II,
  • Menahem,
  • Nadab,
  • Omri,
  • Pekah,
  • Pekahiah,
  • Shallum,
  • Tibni,
  • Zechariah,
  • Zimri.
  • Israel (whole nation), history of, by Baruch, 1, 336–7.
  • See under Israelites, the.
  • Israel, Young, under Hegel’s influence, 5, 585.
  • Israel of Enns, charged with host desecration, 4, 223.
  • Israel of Kozieniza, leader of the Chassidim, 5, 393.
  • Israel of Miedziboz (Baal Shem, Besht, 1698–1759), founder of the new Chassidism, 5, 375.
  • early life of, 5, 376.
  • intense devoutness of, 5, 376–7.
  • visions of, 5, 377.
  • occupation of, 5, 378.
  • miracles done by, 5, 378.
  • followers of, 5, 378–9.
  • successor of, 5, 379.
  • introduces pilgrimages, 5, 380.
  • sayings by, 5, 393.
  • Israel Bruna (1400–1480), rabbi of Ratisbon, 4, 300, 302.
  • calumniated by an apostate, 4, 302, 303.
  • misfortunes of, 4, 302.
  • opposition to, in Ratisbon, 4, 302–3.
  • imprisoned, 4, 303.
  • protected by Frederick III, 4, 303–4.
  • released, 4, 304.
  • Israel Isserlein, defends Israel Bruna, 4, 302.
  • death of, 4, 303.
  • Israel Najara, Damascus poet, 4, 609.
  • Israel Saruk, teaches Lurya’s principles in Italy, 4, 625.
  • Israel Zamosc, teaches Mendelssohn, 5, 295.
  • Israel, Abraham. See Abraham Israel.
  • Israeli I. See Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli I.
  • Israeli II. See Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II.
  • Israelites, the (whole nation), entry of, into the Holy Land, 1, 1, 32.
  • claim Canaan, 1, 4–5.
  • in Egypt, 1, 7–18.
  • influenced by the Egyptians, 1, 8–9, 10.
  • Egyptian bondmen, 1, 11.
  • degenerate in slavery, 1, 11–12.
  • liberation of, 1, 16–18.
  • pass through the Red Sea, 1, 18–19.
  • at Mount Sinai, 1, 20–1.
  • influence of the Sinaitic revelation on, 1, 22.
  • worship idols in the desert, 1, 23–4.
  • wanderings of, in the desert, 1, 25–31.
  • elect judges in the desert, 1, 26.
  • wars of, in the desert, 1, 26–9.
  • opposed by the Idumæans, 1, 27.
  • defeat Sihon, 1, 27.
  • practice idolatry at Baal-Peor, 1, 28.
  • cross the Jordan, 1, 31.
  • defeated at Ai, 1, 33.
  • defeat the five kings of Canaan, 1, 34–5.
  • conquest of Canaan by, 1, 39–40.
  • and the heathen practices of the Canaanites, 1, 51, 57–9.
  • relation of, to the neighboring nations, 1, 53–9.
  • intermarriages of, with the heathen, 1, 56–7.
  • oppressed by the Moabites, 1, 60.
  • oppressed by the Philistines, 1, 61.
  • oppressed by Jabin, 1, 61.
  • oppressed by the Midianites, 1, 61–3.
  • attacked by the Philistines, 1, 70–2.
  • idolatry of, under Samuel, 1, 75.
  • warfare of, with the Philistines and Ammonites, 1, 80.
  • demand a king, 1, 80.
  • choose a king, 1, 82–3.
  • condition of, at the beginning of Saul’s reign, 1, 84.
  • defeat the Philistines at Michmash, 1, 86–9.
  • defeat the Amalekites, 1, 91–2.
  • wage war with Achish, 1, 102–4.
  • divided into two kingdoms, 1, 109.
  • David king of, 1, 112.
  • wage war with the Philistines, 1, 115–18.
  • champions of, in the Philistine war, 1, 117.
  • at war with Moabites, Ammonites, etc., 1, 125–9.
  • enlargement of the territory of, 1, 129–30.
  • See also Jews, the; Judæans, the.
  • Israelites, the (whole nation), the kings of, list of:
  • David,
  • Rehoboam,
  • Saul,
  • Solomon.
  • Israelitische Allianz,” founders and object of, 5, 703.
  • Israel’s Hope,” by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 31–2, 33.
  • Issachar, the tribe of, acquires pasture land in the north, 1, 36–7.
  • relation of, to the Phœnicians, 1, 53.
  • Isserlein, Israel. See Israel Isserlein.
  • Isserles. See Moses ben Israel Isserles.
  • Issor, a proselyte of Machuza, 2, 587–8.
  • Italy, loses its importance, 2, 560.
  • a province of the Byzantine Empire, 3, 32.
  • under the Lombards, 3, 33.
  • Talmud scholars of, in the tenth century, 3, 212.
  • French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • Austrian exiles settle in, 4, 224.
  • tolerance in, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • German rabbis in, hostile to philosophy, 4, 293.
  • Marranos flee to, 4, 318, 485.
  • Spanish exiles go to, 4, 352, 407–10.
  • ships of, carry Spanish exiles, 4, 358.
  • Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 387.
  • Spanish exiles leaders in, 4, 389.
  • professorships for Hebrew instituted in, 4, 471.
  • Jewish fugitives in, gather in national groups, 4, 478.
  • the Kabbala in, 4, 481; 5, 488.
  • liberty of, defended by Clement VII, 4, 492.
  • Polish Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 206.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 209.
  • congregations of, present addresses to the Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • rabbis of, oppose the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • attitude of, towards the Damascus affair, 5, 650.
  • See also under Rome.
  • Italy, the Jews of, in the fifth and sixth centuries, 3, 27–34.
  • governed by the decrees of Theodosius I, 3, 29–30.
  • and Pope Gelasius, 3, 29.
  • under Theodoric, 3, 29–30.
  • Cassiodorus on, 3, 31.
  • support Theodatus, 3, 31–2.
  • under the Byzantine rule, 3, 32.
  • under the Lombards, 3, 33.
  • under Pope Gregory I, 3, 33–4.
  • devoted to the Agada in the ninth century, 3, 160.
  • banishment of, decreed by Louis II, 3, 174.
  • yield precedence to the Jews of Spain, 3, 236.
  • uncultured in the eleventh century, 3, 290.
  • political position of, favorable, 3, 290.
  • culture of, before Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 369.
  • taught the importance of Hebrew grammar, 3, 371.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 421–4.
  • not interested in Talmud study, 3, 421.
  • favorable condition of, under Alexander III, 3, 421.
  • speak four languages, 3, 423.
  • influence of Abraham Ibn-Ezra on, 3, 423.
  • address Solomon ben Adret for religious decisions, 3, 620.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 624.
  • refuse to support Solomon Petit, 3, 627–8.
  • political condition of, in the thirteenth century, 3, 628.
  • influenced by Maimonides’ philosophical works, 3, 629–30.
  • culture of, in the fourteenth century, 4, 59.
  • Maimonides’ works translated for, 4, 60.
  • distress of, during Vincent Ferrer’s crusade, 4, 218.
  • delegates of, wait on Martin V, 4, 219.
  • poetry of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 230.
  • Eugenius IV’s bull against, 4, 251.
  • Nicholas V’s bull against, 4, 253.
  • Nicholas V abolishes the privileges of, 4, 254.
  • privileges of, as financiers, 4, 286.
  • as physicians, 4, 287.
  • on friendly terms with Christians, 4, 287–8.
  • culture of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 289.
  • as printers, 4, 289.
  • participate in the renaissance, 4, 289, 290.
  • influence of German immigrants on, 4, 294.
  • the clergy arouses ill-will against, 4, 295–6.
  • Bernardinus of Feltre preaches against, 4, 296.
  • instructed how to receive the Portuguese embassy, 4, 340.
  • popes friendly to, 4, 407.
  • joined by numerous exiles, 4, 408.
  • ruled over by the immigrants, 4, 408.
  • adherents of Asher Lämmlein, 4, 485.
  • submit questions to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • suffer from the Catholic reaction, 4, 653–5.
  • under the jurisdiction of the Inquisition, 4, 654.
  • conversion of, planned by Gregory XIII, 4, 654–5.
  • bribe the censors, 4, 659.
  • poor, 5, 205.
  • emancipated by the French, 5, 459.
  • send deputies to the Assembly of Notables, 5, 482, 488.
  • emancipation of, nullified by Pius VII, 5, 518.
  • address the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, 5, 527.
  • influenced by the moderate Reform movement, 5, 582–3.
  • See also under Franks, the, the empire of, the Jews of; Rome, the Jews of.
  • Italy, Lower, the Jews of, protected by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • Italy, northern, the Jews of, number of, 3, 423–4.
  • Italy, southern, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 421–4.
  • driven away by the Catholic reaction, 4, 653.
  • Itil (Atel). See Volga, the.
  • Itil (Atel), capital of the Chazars, captured, 3, 222.
  • Ittai, commander of mercenary troops under David, 1, 137.
  • faithful to David in the war with Absalom, 1, 141.
  • commander at Mahanaim, 1, 144.
  • Ittur, Talmudic work by Isaac ben Abba-Mari, 3, 400.
  • Ituræa, conquest of, planned by John Hyrcanus, 2, 13.
  • Ituræans, the, converted by Aristobulus I, 2, 37.
  • Itzig, Daniel, connected by marriage with Friedländer, 5, 397.
  • daughter of, 5, 413.
  • representative of the Berlin Jewish community, 5, 415.
  • Itzig, Fanny, holds a salon in Vienna, 5, 413–14.
  • Itzig, Itzig Daniel, director of the Berlin Free School, 5, 416.
  • Ivan IV, of Russia, candidate for the Polish throne, 4, 603.
  • refuses to permit Jews to trade in Russia, 4, 633.
  • Izates, prince of Adiabene, converted to Judaism, 2, 216.
  • accession of, 2, 216–17.
  • arbitrator in Parthia, 2, 217.
  • war of, with Abia of Arabia, 2, 217–18.
  • sons of, study Hebrew, 2, 218.
  • death of, 2, 218–19.
  • relatives of, aid Judæa against Rome, 2, 264.
  • J
  • Jaabez, Joseph. See Joseph Jaabez.
  • Jaazer, fortress taken by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • Jabbok, the, river, description of, 1, 46.
  • Jabesh-Gilead, besieged by the Ammonites, 1, 89–90.
  • the inhabitants of, bury Saul and Jonathan, 1, 104, 107.
  • Jabez. See Emden, Jacob.
  • Jabin, Canaanite king, oppresses the Israelites, 1, 61.
  • Jabin, king of Hazor, defeated by Joshua, 1, 37.
  • Jabne. See Jamnia.
  • Jabustrissa, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Jacob, another name for the tribe of Judah, 1, 76.
  • Jacob, brother of Jesus. See James.
  • Jacob, the patriarch, buys land near Shechem, 1, 4.
  • Jacob, Syrian priest, incites a crusade against the Damascus Jews, 5, 662.
  • Jacob of Belzyce, controversialist, 4, 648.
  • Jacob of Kephar Samia, a Jewish Christian, 2, 370.
  • Jacob of London, Talmudist, chief rabbi of England, 3, 504.
  • Jacob the Minæan, physician, defends the dogma of the Ascension, 2, 539.
  • Jacob of Navarre, shelters a Marrano, 4, 357–8.
  • Jacob of Orleans, Tossafist, founds a school in London, 3, 409.
  • commits suicide, 3, 411.
  • Jacob de Perpignan, permitted to remain in Bordeaux, 5, 344.
  • Jacob of Segovia, Kabbalist, 4, 2.
  • Jacob ben Abba Mari ben Simon Anatoli (1200–1250), Maimunist, at the court of Frederick II, 3, 566.
  • as a translator, 3, 566, 567.
  • public discourses of, 3, 566.
  • influences Italian Jewish culture, 3, 629.
  • attacked by the anti-Maimunists, 4, 32, 39, 40, 41.
  • Jacob ben Asheri (Baal ha-Turim, 1280–1340), Talmudist, piety of, 4, 87–8.
  • poverty and disinterestedness of, 4, 88.
  • religious code of, 4, 88–90, 537, 539.
  • See also Turim.
  • Jacob ben Eleazar, messenger to the Chazars, 3, 220.
  • Jacob ben Machir Tibbon (Profiat, 1236–1312), scientist, attainments of, 4, 30–1.
  • chief of the enlightened party, 4, 31.
  • appeals to Solomon ben Adret, 4, 33.
  • excommunicates the opponents of science, 4, 40–2.
  • Jacob ben Meshullam, the Nazarite, first promoter of the Kabbala, 3, 396.
  • Jacob ben Moses Mölin Halevi (Maharil, 1365–1427), compiles the customs of various communities, 4, 135.
  • orders a fast during the Hussite wars, 4, 225–6.
  • rigid orthodoxy of, 4, 227.
  • Jacob ben Nathaniel Ibn-Alfayumi, Talmudist of Yemen, 3, 436.
  • appeals to Maimonides, 3, 462, 464.
  • Jacob ben Natronaï, Gaon of Sora, 3, 184, 185, 186.
  • Jacob ben Nissim Ibn-Shahin, disciple of Chushiel, Talmudist, 3, 211.
  • elicits Sherira’s “Letter,” 3, 233.
  • disciple of, 3, 252.
  • Jacob ben Samuel, disciple of Saadiah, defends him, 3, 204.
  • Karaite reply to, 3, 204–5, 206.
  • Jacob ben Sheshet Gerundi (1243–1246), Kabbalist, 3, 556.
  • Jacob ben Sosa, Idumæan leader, helps the Zealots, 2, 295, 301.
  • Jacob ben Yechiel Loans, physician to Emperor Frederick III, 4, 413.
  • favored by Maximilian I, 4, 414.
  • teacher of Reuchlin, 4, 433.
  • Jacob Ibn-Chabib, scholar, 4, 405.
  • Jacob Ibn-Ezra, father of the poet Moses, official under Habus, 3, 319.
  • Jacob Ibn-Jau, supports Joseph Ibn-Abitur, 3, 238, 240.
  • chief judge of the Andalusian Jews, 3, 239.
  • loses his power, 3, 240–1.
  • death of, 3, 241.
  • Jacob Ibn-Nuñez, physician to Henry IV of Castile, 4, 275.
  • Jacob, son of Judas the Galilean, insurrectionary leader, crucified, 2, 199.
  • Jacob, son of Zebedee, disciple of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • Jacob Abbassi, translator of Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 4, 60.
  • Jacob Abi-Ayub, physician, executed on a charge of murder, 4, 553.
  • Jacob Almansur, Almohade leader, at war with Alfonso VIII, 3, 386–7.
  • Jacob Berab (1474–1541), Spanish exile, rabbi of Fez, 4, 390.
  • in Egypt, 4, 393.
  • Talmudist, 4, 418.
  • tries to re-introduce the Semichah, 4, 531–2.
  • and Levi ben Chabib, 4, 533–4, 536.
  • reason adduced by, for the revival of ordination, 4, 535.
  • forced to leave Palestine, 4, 535.
  • ordains four Talmudists, 4, 535–6.
  • death of, 4, 536.
  • Jacob Emden. See Emden, Jacob.
  • Jacob Jehuda Leon. See Leon.
  • Jacob Joshua Falk. See Falk, Jacob Joshua.
  • Jacob Mantin. See Mantin, Jacob.
  • Jacob Pascate, supposed well poisoner, 4, 102.
  • Jacob Perpignano (1170), head of the Marseilles Jewish community, 3, 400.
  • Jacob Polak (1460–1530), Talmudist, alleged originator of the Pilpul, 4, 418.
  • Jacob Querido, supposed son of Sabbataï Zevi, reverenced by the Sabbatians, 5, 209.
  • declared the Messiah, 5, 210.
  • profligacy of, 5, 210.
  • accepts Islam, 5, 211.
  • death of, 5, 211.
  • son of, 5, 211.
  • prayers addressed to, 5, 274.
  • Jacob Tam of Rameru (1100–1171), Tossafist, respected by the king of France, 3, 343.
  • grandson of Rashi, 3, 345.
  • attacked by crusaders, 3, 355.
  • poem by, on Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 373, 376.
  • character and life of, 3, 375–6.
  • as a grammarian, 3, 376.
  • presides over rabbinical synods, 3, 376–8.
  • orders mourning for the Jews of Blois, 3, 380–1.
  • death of, 3, 381.
  • disciples of, in England, 3, 409.
  • ancestor of the Ibn-Yachya family, 4, 609.
  • Jacob Tus, translates the Pentateuch into Persian, 4, 401.
  • Jacob Weil. See Weil, Jacob.
  • Jacobacio, cardinal, on the commission to examine Paul III’s Inquisition bull, 4, 520.
  • Jacobi, accuses Lessing of Spinozism, 5, 372.
  • Jacobson, Israel (1769–1828), procures the abolition of the poll-tax in Brunswick Lüneburg, 5, 467.
  • character of, 5, 500–1.
  • commemorates the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 501.
  • effects consistorial organization in Westphalia, 5, 501–2.
  • president of the consistory, 5, 501, 502.
  • foolhardiness of, 5, 502.
  • desires reforms, 5, 502.
  • influence of Heine on, 5, 546.
  • the reforms of, 5, 561–2.
  • private synagogue of, in Berlin, 5, 562–3.
  • delivers German sermons, 5, 563.
  • party of, 5, 568.
  • aids the Hamburg Temple, 5, 568.
  • enlists the aid of Libermann, 5, 568, 571.
  • disciples of the school of, 5, 578, 595.
  • and Mannheimer, 5, 580.
  • advises the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • Jacoby, Joel, author of the “Plaints of a Jew,” 5, 631, 632.
  • Jacopo, Flavio, poet, 4, 610.
  • Jaddua, high priest, and Alexander the Great, 1, 413.
  • Jael, Kenite woman, murders Sisera, 1, 61.
  • Jaen, home of Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut’s ancestors, 3, 216.
  • the Jews of, captives, 4, 126.
  • Inquisition tribunals in, 4, 325.
  • the Marranos of, flee, 4, 351.
  • Jafa, Mordecai. See Mordecai Jafa.
  • Jaffa, Marcus Schlesinger, only Jew permitted in Venice, 5, 172.
  • Jaffa. See Joppa.
  • Jager, Johann. See Rubianus, Crotus.
  • Jahaz, the Israelites victorious at, 1, 27.
  • Jakim. See Alcimus.
  • James (Jacob), brother of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • leader of the Law-abiding Nazarenes, 2, 169, 222.
  • rebukes Peter, 2, 231.
  • Jamnia (Jabne), conquered by Uzziah, 1, 231.
  • occupied by Gorgias, 1, 476.
  • revenue from, given to Salome, 2, 120.
  • possession of the Roman emperors, 2, 324.
  • school established at, 2, 324–5, 334–5.
  • Simon II at, 2, 434.
  • Jamnia, the Synhedrion of. See Synhedrion, the, of Jamnia.
  • Jampol, the blood accusation at, 5, 279.
  • Jannaï, disciple of Judah I, on the relation between the Jews and Romans, 2, 469.
  • permits the cultivation of the land in the Sabbatical year, 2, 469.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Jannaï, neo-Hebraic poet, introduces rhyme, 3, 116.
  • poems of, versified Agadas, 3, 116.
  • disciple of, 3, 116.
  • Janow, Hirsch (1750–1785), rabbi of Posen, opposes Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 330.
  • acuteness and godliness of, 5, 330–1.
  • Japha (Japhia), taken by Vespasian, 2, 287.
  • Japhet ben Elia, Talmudist, 3, 427.
  • Jarmuk, the, description of, 1, 46.
  • Jarmuth, king of, defeated by Joshua, 1, 34–5.
  • Jaroslav, Aaron, assists in Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 334.
  • Jaroslaw, meeting place of the Polish Talmudists, 4, 640, 644; 5, 3.
  • Jason, brother and son of high priests, Hellenist, 1, 435.
  • representative of Onias III, 1, 439.
  • buys the high priesthood, 1, 444.
  • introduces games and gymnasia into Judæa, 1, 444–6.
  • sends ambassadors to Olympian games, 1, 446.
  • deposed by Antiochus IV, 1, 446–7.
  • takes refuge with Aretas, 1, 447.
  • enters Jerusalem with troops, 1, 451.
  • death of, 1, 480–1.
  • Jason, son of Eleazar, Judæan envoy to Rome, 1, 486.
  • Jatape, daughter of Samsigeramus, wife of Aristobulus, 2, 195.
  • Jayme I, of Aragon, recommends Isaac Benveniste to the pope, 3, 515.
  • exhorted not to employ Jews as diplomats, 3, 515.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 3, 536.
  • considers the Jews “servi cameræ,” 3, 596–7.
  • under the influence of Raymond de Penyaforte, 3, 597; 4, 77.
  • invites Nachmani to a disputation, 3, 598.
  • expresses admiration for Nachmani, 3, 601.
  • appoints censors for the Talmud, 3, 602–3.
  • tries Nachmani on the charge of blasphemy, 3, 604.
  • reprimanded by Clement IV, 3, 605.
  • Jean d’Acre. See Accho.
  • Jean de Vendières. See John of Gorze.
  • Jebilé, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Jebirol. See Solomon Ibn-Gebirol.
  • Jebus. See Jerusalem.
  • Jebusites, the, subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • compact of, with Judah, 1, 38.
  • hold territory in the center of Palestine, 1, 51.
  • barrier between Ephraim and Judah, 1, 77.
  • subdued by David, 1, 113–14.
  • occupy Mount Moriah, 1, 119.
  • suffer under David, 1, 131.
  • declared bondmen by Solomon, 1, 163.
  • Jeconiah. See Jehoiachin.
  • Jedidiah, name of Solomon, 1, 133.
  • Jeduthun, psalmist, 1, 79, 120–1.
  • Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, at war with Syria, 1, 221.
  • Jehoahaz (Shallum), son of Josiah, king of Judah, deposed by Necho, 1, 298–9.
  • Jehoash, king of Judah. See Joash.
  • Jehoash (Joash), son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, defeats Ben-hadad III, 1, 221–2.
  • shows respect for the Law, 1, 223.
  • reinstates the Shunamite, 1, 223–4.
  • takes Amaziah of Judah prisoner, 1, 224–5.
  • ransacks Jerusalem, 1, 225.
  • death of, 1, 225.
  • Jehoiachin (Jeconiah, Coniah), son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, opposes Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306, 307.
  • practices idolatry, 1, 306.
  • exiled to Babylonia, 1, 307.
  • distinguished by Evil-Merodach, 1, 331.
  • son of, 1, 342.
  • grandson of, 1, 351.
  • Jehoiada, high priest, loyal to the house of David, 1, 214, 215.
  • anoints Joash king, 1, 215–16.
  • removes Baal-worship from Jerusalem, 1, 216–17.
  • raises the position of the high priest, 1, 219–20.
  • death of, 1, 220.
  • Jehoiakim (Eliakim), son of Josiah, king of Judah, pays tribute to Necho, 1, 299.
  • idolatry and immorality under, 1, 299–300.
  • slays Uriah, the prophet, 1, 301.
  • refuses allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 304.
  • orders Jeremiah to be killed, 1, 305.
  • vassal of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306.
  • rebels against Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306.
  • death of, 1, 307.
  • Jehoiakim, high priest, leader of the Judæan community after the exile, 1, 360, 362.
  • Jehoram (Joram), son of Ahab, king of Israel, accession of, 1, 207.
  • at war with Moab, 1, 208–9.
  • at war with Hazael of Damascus, 1, 210.
  • killed by Jehu, 1, 210–11.
  • Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat. See Joram.
  • Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, ally of Ahab, 1, 206.
  • at war with Ben-hadad II, 1, 206.
  • at war with Mesa, 1, 209.
  • death of, 1, 209.
  • Jehoshebah, daughter of Joram of Judah, saves Joash from Athaliah, 1, 213.
  • wife of Jehoiada, raises Joash in the Temple, 1, 215–16.
  • Jehozabad, a noble of Judah, kills Joash, 1, 221.
  • anointed, 1, 210.
  • kills Jehoram of Israel and Ahab’s other descendants, 1, 211–12.
  • homage paid to, 1, 212.
  • exterminates Baal-worship in Israel, 1, 212.
  • loses territory, 1, 220–1.
  • favorite character with the Puritans, 5, 26.
  • Jehuda bar Joseph Ibn-Alfachar, bears the title prince, 3, 385.
  • physician to Ferdinand III of Castile, 3, 537.
  • anti-Maimunist, 3, 540–1.
  • censured, 3, 544.
  • Jehuda ben Asher I (1284–1349), Talmudist, piety of, 4, 87–8.
  • rabbi of Toledo, authority of, 4, 90.
  • disciple and successor of, 4, 145.
  • Jehuda ben Asher II, great-grandson of Asheri, martyr, 4, 170.
  • Jehuda ben David Melun, at the disputation with Donin, 3, 576, 578.
  • Jehuda ben Elia Hadassi, Karaite writer, 3, 362–3.
  • Jehuda ben Isaac ben Sabbataï, satirist, 3, 559–60.
  • Jehuda ben Isaac Ibn-Wakar, treasurer to the regent of Castile, 4, 52.
  • piety and severity of, 4, 53.
  • Jehuda ben Meïr (Leon, Leontin), founder of the scientific study of the Talmud, 3, 242.
  • teacher of Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 242, 243.
  • Jehuda ben Moses ben Daniel (Leone Romano, 1292), Italian Jewish scholar, 4, 60, 68–9.
  • teacher of Robert of Naples, 4, 68.
  • as translator, 4, 69.
  • Jehuda ben Nathan (Riban), son-in-law of Rashi, Tossafist, 3, 345.
  • Jehuda ben Shamua, petitions Turnus Rufus, 2, 432.
  • Jehuda ben Samuel Halevi. See Jehuda Halevi.
  • Jehuda ben Solomon Cohen Ibn-Matka (1247), Jewish scholar in correspondence with Frederick II, 3, 565–6.
  • Jehuda Ibn-Abbas, poet, 3, 318, 426.
  • the son of, 3, 442.
  • Jehuda Ibn-Balam (1070–1100), grammarian, 3, 290.
  • Jehuda Ibn-Daud (Ibn-Zachariah Yachya Chayuj), defends Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 227.
  • recognizes the triliteral root in Hebrew, 3, 237.
  • teacher of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 255.
  • compared with Ibn-Janach, 3, 262.
  • grammatical work of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 371.
  • Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, commander of Calatrava, protects the Jews against the Almohades, 3, 361–2.
  • steward of the imperial palace, 3, 362.
  • persecutes the Karaites, 3, 362–3.
  • Jehuda Alcharisi, on Abu Ayub, 3, 312.
  • on the Jews of Barcelona, 3, 387–8.
  • on Samuel ben Abraham Ibn-Chasdaï Halevi, 3, 388.
  • translates Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 3, 492; 4, 60.
  • satirist, 3, 559.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • Jehuda Halevi (Abulhassan Jehuda ben Samuel Halevi, 1086–1142), writes an elegy on Isaac Alfassi, 3, 310, 323.
  • elegy by, on Solomon Ibn-Farussal, 3, 313.
  • eulogizes Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash, 3, 315, 322, 323.
  • on Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 321.
  • importance of, as a poet, 3, 321–2; 4, 67; 5, 112.
  • character of, 3, 322.
  • student at Lucena, 3, 322.
  • early poems of, 3, 322.
  • friendship of, with Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 323.
  • love poems by, 3, 323.
  • attainments and occupations of, 3, 323–4.
  • theory of, on poetry, 3, 324.
  • nature descriptions by, 3, 325.
  • religious poems by, 3, 325.
  • the national poetry of, 3, 325–6, 327–8.
  • religious philosophical system of, 3, 326–7, 330–6.
  • philosophical work by, 3, 327–36.
  • on philosophy, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, 3, 328–31.
  • characterizes Judaism in detail, 3, 331–6.
  • compares Talmudic Judaism and Karaism, 3, 334.
  • view of, on Israel’s suffering, 3, 335–6.
  • view of, on the Holy Land, 3, 336–7.
  • longing of, for the Holy Land, 3, 338.
  • sets out for Palestine, 3, 338–9.
  • journey of, through Spain, 3, 339.
  • at sea, 3, 339.
  • at Alexandria, 3, 339–40.
  • at Cairo, 3, 340–1.
  • in Jerusalem, 3, 342.
  • at Tyre and Damascus, 3, 342.
  • death and epitaph of, 3, 342.
  • and Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 367.
  • philosophical work of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • compared with Luzzatto, 5, 233–4.
  • glorified by Heine, 5, 555.
  • time of, described by Samuel David Luzzatto, 5, 625.
  • Jehuda Leb Krysa. See Krysa.
  • Jehuda. See also under Judah; Judas.
  • Jehudaï. See Judah the Blind.
  • Jehudia, Ispahan, 2, 591.
  • Jelal Addaulah, caliph of Bagdad, executes the last Gaon and Exilarch, 3, 254.
  • Jena, the theological faculty of, permits Jews to live in Hamburg, 4, 687.
  • battle of, 5, 495.
  • Jenghis-Khan, the Jews of Germany accused of aiding, 3, 580–1.
  • Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi (950–990), Karaite, controversialist, 3, 205–6.
  • works, ability, and style of, 3, 206.
  • poetry of, 3, 223.
  • Jephthah, judge, defeats the Ammonites, 1, 64–5.
  • humbles the Ephraimites, 1, 65.
  • daughter of, 1, 66.
  • Jeremiah, Palestinian Amora, 2, 560.
  • Jeremiah (645 or 640–580 or 570), prophet, character of, 1, 289–90.
  • style of the prophecies of, 1, 290–1.
  • the first prophecy by, 1, 291.
  • announces universal ruin, 1, 296.
  • lamentation by, for Josiah, 1, 297.
  • prophecies of, under Jehoiakim, 1, 301.
  • danger of, 1, 302.
  • saved by Ahikam, 1, 303.
  • has his prophecy read in the Temple, 1, 304–5.
  • ordered to be killed, 1, 305.
  • protected by the princes, 1, 306.
  • counsels submission to Babylonian rule, 1, 310.
  • rôle of, during the siege, 1, 311–12.
  • reproaches Zedekiah with perjury, 1, 312.
  • imprisoned, 1, 312–13.
  • taken captive by the Chaldæans, 1, 314.
  • lamentations of, over Jerusalem, 1, 316.
  • disciple of, 1, 319.
  • considerately treated by Nebuzaradan, 1, 319–20.
  • joins Gedaliah at Mizpah, 1, 320.
  • taken captive by Ishmael, 1, 322.
  • rescued, 1, 323.
  • advises against emigration to Egypt, 1, 324.
  • goes to Egypt, 1, 325.
  • rebukes the Egyptian Judæans for idolatry, 1, 326–7.
  • end of, 1, 327–8.
  • writings of, studied by the Babylonian exiles, 1, 336.
  • on the conduct of Jews in foreign lands, 2, 520.
  • Jericho, taken by Joshua, 1, 32, 33.
  • David passes, when fleeing from Absalom, 1, 142.
  • fortified by Hiel, 1, 201.
  • an association of prophets at, 1, 205, 234.
  • visited by Elijah, 1, 208.
  • Hyrcanus II defeated at, 2, 58.
  • a Synhedrion established at, 2, 71.
  • Aristobulus (III) murdered at, 2, 92.
  • district of, given to Cleopatra, 2, 93.
  • Herod attempts suicide in, 2, 116.
  • palace at, burnt, 2, 125.
  • some Benu-Nadhir settle in, 3, 79.
  • Jeroboam I, employed by Solomon as superintendent of buildings, 1, 174.
  • incites rebellion against Solomon, 1, 175–6.
  • flees to Egypt, 1, 176.
  • returns to Palestine, 1, 180.
  • leader of the Shechemite rebellion, 1, 180–2.
  • chosen king by the Ephraimites, 1, 182–3.
  • allied with Shishak, 1, 184.
  • fortifies Israelitish towns, 1, 185.
  • introduces calf-worship, 1, 185–7.
  • rebuked by Ahijah, 1, 188.
  • death of, 1, 189.
  • end of the house of, 1, 189.
  • Jeroboam II, king of Israel, at war with the Aramæans, 1, 225.
  • in friendly relations with Uzziah, 1, 231, 232.
  • conquests and luxuriousness of, 1, 232.
  • immorality and idolatry under, 1, 233–4.
  • death of, 1, 234.
  • Jerome (Hieronymus, 331–420), Church Father, taught by Jewish teachers, 2, 623–4.
  • translates the Scriptures into Latin, 2, 625.
  • hates the Jews, 2, 625; 4, 552.
  • on the Talmud, 3, 577.
  • on a supposed Jewish formula of imprecation, 4, 83.
  • exegetical works of, used by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • pattern of Reuchlin, 4, 433, 435.
  • Jerome Bonaparte, king of Westphalia, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 500, 501.
  • reprimands Jacobson, 5, 562.
  • Jerubbaal. See Gideon.
  • Jerusalem, the site of, occupied by the Jebusites, 1, 3.
  • king of, defeated by Joshua, 1, 34–5.
  • physical features of, 1, 114–15.
  • becomes the royal residence, 1, 114.
  • fortified and extended, 1, 118–19.
  • center of religious life, 1, 119–20.
  • prosperity and importance of, under Solomon, 1, 168–9.
  • religious center for the northern tribes, 1, 185.
  • fortified by Rehoboam, 1, 185.
  • Baal-worship at, under Athaliah, 1, 212.
  • Jehoiada ends Baal-worship in, 1, 216–17.
  • the first conquest of, 1, 225.
  • deprived of fortifications, by Jehoash, 1, 226.
  • fortified by Uzziah, 1, 231.
  • fortified by Jotham, 1, 249.
  • besieged by Rezin and Pekah, 1, 258, 259.
  • fortified against Sennacherib, 1, 271.
  • celebration of the Passover at, under Josiah, 1, 295.
  • the nation gathers in, to pray for help against Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 304.
  • besieged by generals of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 307.
  • fortified by Zedekiah, 1, 311.
  • besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 311–12.
  • siege of, raised, 1, 312.
  • siege of, resumed, 1, 313.
  • taken by the Chaldæans, 1, 313–14.
  • destroyed by Nebuzaradan, 1, 315.
  • destruction of, mourned by the Babylonian Jews, 1, 337–8.
  • return of exiles to, under Zerubbabel, 1, 354–6.
  • arrival of Ezra in, 1, 366.
  • attacked by Sanballat, 1, 371.
  • taken by Sanballat, 1, 372.
  • Nehemiah rebuilds the fortifications of, 1, 374–5.
  • settlers invited to, by Nehemiah, 1, 377–8.
  • the Law read in, by Ezra, 1, 378–80.
  • the walls of, consecrated, 1, 381–2.
  • a religious school established in, 1, 396.
  • suffering in, under Bagoas, 1, 409–10.
  • taken by Ptolemy I, 1, 416.
  • the fortifications of, destroyed by Ptolemy I, 1, 417.
  • improved by Simon the Just, 1, 421.
  • entered by Antiochus III, 1, 432.
  • taken by Scopas, 1, 432.
  • athletic contests introduced in, 1, 435.
  • gymnasia introduced in, 1, 445.
  • occupied by Sostrates, 1, 447.
  • occupied by Jason, 1, 451.
  • taken by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 451.
  • entered by Apollonius, 1, 453–4.
  • entered by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 471.
  • desolate condition of, after the Syrian depredations, 1, 471–2.
  • besieged by Lysias, 1, 479–80.
  • occupied by Alcimus, 1, 487.
  • fortified by Jonathan Haphus, 1, 494.
  • fortified by the Hasmonæans, 1, 498.
  • venerated by the Egyptian Judæans, 1, 509.
  • celebrated by Philo the Elder, 1, 517–18.
  • besieged by Antiochus Sidetes, 2, 3–4.
  • taken by Aristobulus II, 2, 58.
  • besieged by Aretas, 2, 60.
  • siege of, raised at the order of Rome, 2, 62.
  • besieged by Pompey, 2, 64–6.
  • walls of, razed, 2, 67.
  • taken by Alexander, son of Aristobulus II, 2, 70.
  • a Synhedrion established in, 2, 71.
  • entered by Crassus, 2, 74.
  • walls of, rebuilt by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • besieged by the Parthians, 2, 82.
  • besieged by Herod, 2, 87–8.
  • Herod’s buildings in, 2, 105.
  • the people of, hate Herod, 2, 107.
  • in charge of Quintilius Varus, 2, 122–3.
  • Jesus in, 2, 161–2.
  • fortified by Agrippa I, 2, 195.
  • occupied by Cuspius Fadus, 2, 197.
  • foreign synagogues in, 2, 201.
  • visited by Helen of Adiabene, 2, 194, 218.
  • famine in, 2, 218.
  • mausoleum of Helen in, 2, 219.
  • annual pilgrimages to, 2, 220.
  • the Synhedrion removed from, 2, 239.
  • rebels against Cumanus, 2, 244.
  • Agrippa II resides in, 2, 247.
  • the Passover celebration of 66 in, 2, 251.
  • the upper city of, plundered, 2, 254.
  • the insurrection against Rome begins in, 2, 255, 261.
  • garrisoned with Roman troops, 2, 255.
  • conciliated by Agrippa II, 2, 257–8.
  • the Roman garrison of, surrenders to the Zealots, 2, 260.
  • the walls of, strengthened, 2, 268.
  • rallying place of the patriots, 2, 291–2.
  • fortifications of, 2, 292.
  • undisturbed by Vespasian for two years, 2, 297.
  • parties in, 2, 301.
  • besieged by Titus, 2, 301–10.
  • summoned to surrender, 2, 302.
  • attacked from the north, 2, 303.
  • famine in, 2, 304, 305–6.
  • upper city of, taken, 2, 309.
  • remnant in, after the Roman siege, 2, 311.
  • the religious center, 2, 322.
  • replaced by Jamnia as a religious center, 2, 325.
  • rebuilt by Hadrian, 2, 407, 421–2.
  • in the hands of the Jews under Bar-Cochba, 2, 411.
  • ploughed over, by Turnus Rufus, 2, 421.
  • Jews forbidden to enter, 2, 433, 564; 3, 23, 87.
  • permission for Jews to pray at, obtained from Marcus Aurelius, 2, 457–8.
  • Jews permitted by Alexander Severus to enter, 2, 482.
  • a Christian city, 2, 597; 3, 11.
  • taken by Sharbarza, 3, 19.
  • not given to the Jews by the Persians, 3, 21.
  • entered by Heraclius, 3, 22.
  • Temple vessels removed to, by Justinian I, 3, 27.
  • Arabian Jews pray towards, 3, 58.
  • turning towards, in prayer instituted by Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • taken by Omar, 3, 87.
  • conflict in, between the Karaites and the Rabbanites, 3, 135.
  • asceticism of the Karaites in, 3, 181–2.
  • Jehuda Halevi at, 3, 342.
  • Christian kingdom of, attacked by Nureddin, 3, 349.
  • Christian pilgrims permitted by Saladin to enter, 3, 405.
  • return to, projected by David Alrui, 3, 431.
  • Maimonides in, 3, 457.
  • Jews allowed by Saladin to settle in, 3, 474.
  • mourning in, for Maimonides, 3, 492–3.
  • rabbis of France and England emigrate to, 3, 505–6.
  • notable for its illustrious dead, 3, 506.
  • devastated by the Tartars, 3, 605–6.
  • Nachmani in, 3, 606.
  • pilgrims to, in the fourteenth century, 4, 73–4.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 396–8.
  • improved morally by the exiles, 4, 397, 398.
  • ordinances for the government of, 4, 398.
  • subordinated to Safet, 4, 533.
  • rabbis of, support Jacob Berab, 4, 534.
  • Sabbataï Zevi at, 5, 126–7.
  • rabbis of, threaten Sabbataï Zevi with excommunication, 5, 132.
  • replaced by Gaza as the Sabbatian Holy City, 5, 132.
  • Chayim Malach in, 5, 213–14.
  • rabbis of, excommunicate Chayon, 5, 216.
  • Jerusalem, the Jews of, join an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, 3, 20.
  • burnt during the first crusade, 3, 308.
  • dyers in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • banished by Baldwin IV, 3, 427.
  • occupations of, 4, 74–5.
  • wish to build a synagogue on Mount Zion, 4, 273–4.
  • offended by Jacob Berab, 4, 532.
  • suffer through the Cossack wars, 5, 16, 125, 127.
  • Kabbalists, 5, 125–6.
  • credulity of, 5, 126.
  • appeal to Chelebi, 5, 127–8.
  • adherents of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 132.
  • oppose Napoleon, 5, 459–60.
  • Jerusalem, a Babylonian. See Nahardea.
  • Jerusalem, the, of the Occident, 4, 136.
  • Jerusalem,” by Mendelssohn, on ecclesiastical power and Judaism, 5, 364–6.
  • praised by Kant, 5, 365.
  • effect of, on Michaelis, 5, 365–6.
  • Jerusalem Talmud, the. See Talmud, the Jerusalem.
  • Jesheboam, one of David’s warriors, 1, 116.
  • Jeshurun, Isaac, falsely charged with child murder, 5, 42.
  • Jesiba de los Pintos, Jewish school at Rotterdam, 4, 685.
  • Jesirat-ul-Amar, the Jews of, well treated by Zenki, 3, 429.
  • Jesse, father of David, 1, 96.
  • Jesse, Henry, enthusiast for Israel’s restoration, 5, 24, 35.
  • Jessel, Sir George, Master of the Rolls, 5, 699.
  • Jesuits, the, order of, authorized by Paul III, 4, 524.
  • welcomed in Portugal, 4, 525.
  • influence of, 4, 650.
  • instigate persecutions of the Jews in Poland, 5, 1.
  • alienate the Cossacks, 5, 2.
  • hold intercourse with Eibeschütz, 5, 250.
  • Jesurun, David, poet, escapes from the Inquisition to Amsterdam, 4, 669.
  • Jesurun, Rohel (Paul de Pina), Marrano poet, leans towards Christianity, 4, 669.
  • returns to Judaism, 4, 670.
  • festival songs by, 4, 678–9.
  • Jesus of Nazareth (Galilee), birthplace and family of, 2, 148–9.
  • moral purity of, 2, 149.
  • religiousness of, 2, 149–50.
  • Hillel the model of, 2, 149–50.
  • disciple of John the Baptist, 2, 150.
  • doctrines of, similar to Essenism, 2, 150–1.
  • addresses himself to the lowest classes, 2, 152.
  • unsuccessful in Nazareth, 2, 153.
  • disciples of, 2, 153, 157–8.
  • teachings of, 2, 154–5.
  • relation of, to Judaism, 2, 155–6.
  • merit of, 2, 156.
  • miracles of, 2, 156–7.
  • in the towns of Galilee, 2, 157.
  • declares himself the Messiah, 2, 158.
  • calls himself the “son of man,” 2, 158–9.
  • public sentiment against, 2, 159–60.
  • followers of, in Bethany, 2, 160.
  • in the Temple, 2, 161.
  • reception of, in Jerusalem, 2, 161–2.
  • betrayed by Judas Iscariot, 2, 163.
  • trial of, 2, 163–6.
  • declared guilty of blasphemy by the Synhedrion, 2, 164.
  • execution of, according to the Roman law, 2, 164–5.
  • not mentioned by Judæan historians, 2, 166.
  • followers of, after his death, 2, 166.
  • resurrection of, 2, 168.
  • attitude of the disciples of, to Judaism, 2, 168.
  • denied by Simon Peter, 2, 169.
  • disciples of, claim miraculous power, 2, 169–70.
  • compared with Philo, 2, 214.
  • the Messianic character of, held to have annulled the Law, 2, 221.
  • followers of, who cling to the Law, not molested, 2, 222.
  • the resurrection of, and the apostle Paul, 2, 225–6.
  • according to Paul, sets aside the Law, 2, 230.
  • appeals to the Jewish peasants, 2, 364.
  • as regarded by the Jewish Christians, 2, 366, 367.
  • as regarded by the Pagan Christians, 2, 367.
  • gradually endowed with divine attributes by the Jewish Christians, 2, 370.
  • said to have been cursed by the Jews three times daily, 2, 380; 5, 185–6.
  • denial of, demanded of Christians by Bar-Cochba, 2, 412.
  • spread of the worship of, counteracted by the Synhedrion, 2, 413.
  • called “Lord,” 2, 413.
  • Julian the Apostate’s opinion of, 2, 596.
  • as viewed by Anan ben David, 3, 133–4.
  • in the Talmud, 3, 574, 577, 578.
  • Messianic character of, confirmed by the Bible and Talmud according to Pablo Christiani, 3, 598, 599.
  • in the Biblical and rabbinical writings, according to Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • the advent of, discussed by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 188.
  • proved the Messiah from the Talmud by Joseph Lorqui, 4, 207, 208–9, 211, 212.
  • dogma of the divinity of, found in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • said to be alluded to, in the Alenu prayer, 5, 185.
  • Jesus ben Sapphia, Zealot leader in Tiberias, 2, 274.
  • sets fire to a palace in Bethmaon, 2, 279.
  • leader of discontented Galileans, 2, 280.
  • Jesus, son of Pantheras, the Jesus of the Talmud, according to Yechiel of Paris, 3, 577.
  • Jesus Sirach (200–176), describes Simon the Just in Ecclesiasticus, 1, 421–2.
  • the book of proverbs by, 1, 439–41.
  • defends social pleasures, 1, 439.
  • recommends the employment of medical skill, 1, 439–40.
  • condemns the Hellenists, 1, 440–1.
  • urges obedience to the Law, 1, 440.
  • reviews Jewish history, 1, 440–1.
  • the proverbs of, considered apocryphal, 2, 344.
  • the book of, translated into Greek, 2, 359.
  • Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, 1, 26.
  • Jew badges, decreed by Omar I, 3, 88.
  • decreed by Haroun Alrashid, 3, 145.
  • introduced by Al-Mutavakkil, 3, 176–7.
  • ordained by Hakim, 3, 247–8.
  • introduced by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 511–12.
  • supposed to prevent intermarriages, 3, 511.
  • decreed by Almohade princes, 3, 511–12.
  • the use of, spreads through Europe, 3, 512.
  • effect of, on the wearers, 3, 512–13.
  • the Jews struggle against, 3, 513.
  • enforced in Spain, 3, 513.
  • not enforced in southern France and Aragon, 3, 514–15.
  • worn by the Jews of England, 3, 515.
  • decreed by the Council of Oxford, 3, 516.
  • introduced into Naples and Sicily, 3, 518.
  • enforced by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518.
  • introduced into Hungary, 3, 521.
  • enforced by Frederick II in Sicily and Naples, 3, 569.
  • enforced by the Council of Béziers, 3, 582.
  • insisted on in England under Henry III, 3, 590.
  • ordained in the code of Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • enforced by the Council of Vienna, 3, 612.
  • enforced by Louis IX of France, 3, 612.
  • abrogated at the instance of the Jews of southern France, 3, 612.
  • re-introduced into France by Philip III, 3, 613.
  • decreed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • not used in Portugal, 3, 618.
  • decreed in England by the Statute of Judaism, 3, 642.
  • insisted on in Montpellier, 4, 54.
  • in France under John the Good, 4, 131, 133.
  • decreed for the Jews of Castile under Henry II, 4, 139.
  • not worn by the Vesoul family, 4, 150.
  • insisted upon in Castile under Juan II, 4, 203.
  • enjoined by Benedict XIII’s bull, 4, 216.
  • decreed by the Council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • decreed by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • enforced by Nicholas de Cusa, 4, 255.
  • enforced in Naples, 4, 258.
  • decreed by Henry IV of Castile, 4, 278.
  • worn in Morocco, 4, 389.
  • for the Portuguese Marranos under João III, 4, 519.
  • ordered for the Jews of Bohemia, 4, 545.
  • enforced by Paul IV, 4, 566.
  • enforced by Pius V, 4, 590.
  • worn by the Frankfort Jews, 4, 695.
  • Jews released from wearing, in Vienna, 4, 702.
  • proposed by Rühs, 5, 517.
  • Jew quarters. See Ghetto; Jew’s quarter, the.
  • Jew-roaster,” name assumed by German families, 3, 611.
  • Jew streets, in Austria, 5, 523.
  • See Jew’s quarter, the.
  • Jewish Christians, the, antagonized by Tarphon of Lydda, 2, 357.
  • condemned by Samuel the Younger, 2, 358.
  • observe the Law, 2, 365–6.
  • view of Jesus held by, 2, 366.
  • called Ebionites, 2, 366.
  • as propagandists, 2, 366.
  • differ from Pagan Christians, 2, 367.
  • hate Paul, 2, 367, 368.
  • views of, in the evangels, 2, 369.
  • hate Rome, 2, 369.
  • relation of, to the Jews, 2, 369–70.
  • and the Tanaites, 2, 370.
  • gradually endow Jesus with divine attributes, 2, 370.
  • sects of, 2, 370.
  • separate from the Jews, 2, 370–2, 431.
  • merge into the Pagan Christians, 2, 373.
  • accused of damaging the Jews with the Roman authorities, 2, 378.
  • discussed by the Synhedrion, 2, 379–80.
  • inimically treated by Bar-Cochba, 2, 412.
  • spy upon the Jews under Hadrian, 2, 425.
  • persecuted by Hadrian, 2, 430–1.
  • the Mishna not hostile to, 2, 476.
  • See also Ebionites, the; Judæan Christians, the; Nazarenes, the.
  • Jewish Church, the German, the founding of, 5, 682, 686.
  • and Sachs, 5, 691.
  • Jewish converts. See Apostates.
  • Jewish Curiosities,” by Schudt, 5, 549.
  • Jewish history. See under History.
  • Jewish Letters,” to Voltaire, by a priest, 5, 346–7.
  • Jewish Literature. See under Literature.
  • Jewish state, the, restored under Bar-Cochba, 2, 412.
  • the restoration of, conditioned on the appearance of the Messiah, 2, 600.
  • Spinoza on, 5, 103–7.
  • Jews, the, libeled by Manetho, 1, 511.
  • kindly treated by Vespasian and Titus, 2, 331.
  • the solidarity of, 2, 367–8; 5, 632–3.
  • relation of, to the Jewish Christians, 2, 369–70.
  • breach between, and the Jewish Christians, 2, 370–2.
  • apostasy among, in the early Christian centuries, 2, 377.
  • said to have cursed Jesus three times daily, 2, 380; 5, 185–6.
  • tamper with the Septuagint, 2, 386.
  • use Akylas’ translation of Scripture, 2, 387.
  • extermination of, decreed by Rome, 2, 387.
  • and the Flavian house, 2, 388.
  • suffering of, under Domitian, 2, 388–9.
  • hate Josephus, 2, 389, 391.
  • kindly treated by Nerva, 2, 391–2.
  • oppose Trajan, 2, 393–4.
  • in rebellion against Hadrian, 2, 399–401.
  • attempt the restoration of the Temple, 2, 401–3.
  • peaceable disposition of, described by Hadrian, 2, 407.
  • outraged by the rebuilding of Jerusalem as a pagan city, 2, 407.
  • prepare for a revolt against Hadrian, 2, 408.
  • join the standard of Bar-Cochba, 2, 410.
  • obtain possession of Jerusalem under Bar-Cochba, 2, 411.
  • the Romans kindly treated by, 2, 411–12.
  • heavily taxed by Hadrian, 2, 420.
  • spied upon by renegades and Jewish Christians, 2, 425–6.
  • forbidden to enter Jerusalem, 2, 433, 564; 3, 23, 87.
  • persecuted under Antoninus Pius, 2, 446.
  • persecuted under Verus Commodus, 2, 447.
  • enmity between, and the Samaritans, 2, 457–8, 534.
  • unkindly treated by Marcus Aurelius, 2, 463.
  • cruelly treated by Commodus and Niger, 2, 463–4.
  • under Caracalla, 2, 468–9.
  • under Elegabalus, 2, 469–70.
  • kindly treated by Alexander Severus, 2, 481–2, 482–3.
  • permitted to enter Jerusalem, 2, 482.
  • consulted by Origen on Bible exegesis, 2, 488.
  • hostile to Zenobia, 2, 529–30.
  • Diocletian tolerant to, 2, 533.
  • weakened by hostility to the Samaritans, 2, 535.
  • included in Constantine’s act of toleration, 2, 561.
  • dignitaries of, exempt from onerous civic duties, 2, 561.
  • aspersed by Church dignitaries under Constantine, 2, 562.
  • forbidden to make converts, 2, 562, 564.
  • privileges of, abolished by Constantine, 2, 563.
  • protected by Constantine against converts, 2, 564.
  • hostility to, shown by Constantine, 2, 566–7.
  • regarded as atheists under Constantine, 2, 572.
  • rescued from oppression by Julian, 2, 572.
  • oppressed by Shabur II, 2, 591.
  • benevolence of, admired by Julian, 2, 596–7.
  • not interested in the rebuilding of the Temple by Julian, 2, 599–600.
  • toleration of, under Valentinian I and Valens, 2, 603.
  • antagonized by Ambrosius and Chrysostom, 2, 613–14.
  • mock at the Christians, 2, 620–1.
  • forbidden to teach Christians Hebrew, 2, 624.
  • superiority of, in Scripture studies, 2, 624.
  • hated by Jerome and Augustine, 2, 625.
  • preserved by the Talmud, 2, 635.
  • competent witnesses only in their own cases under Justinian I, 3, 12–13.
  • treated kindly by the popes, 3, 25.
  • well treated in Arian countries, 3, 26.
  • and the fall of Rome, 3, 27–8.
  • suffer persecution from the German tribes, 3, 28.
  • Isidore of Seville writes against, 3, 50.
  • antagonized by Mahomet, 3, 75–6.
  • Mahomet’s revelations against, 3, 75, 78.
  • hostility to, in the Koran, 3, 84.
  • restrictions against, in the covenant of Omar, 3, 87–8.
  • freer in Islam than in Christian lands, 3, 88.
  • reverence of, for Jewish Babylonia, 3, 100–1.
  • of Mahometan countries speak Arabic, 3, 110–11.
  • corrupt language of, in the seventh and eighth centuries, 3, 111.
  • make scientific literature accessible to the Arabs, 3, 111.
  • in the eighth century control commerce, 3, 142–3.
  • under the Merovingian kings, 3, 143.
  • considered the wards of the emperor by Louis the Pious, 3, 170.
  • persecutions of, in the eleventh century, 3, 245–8.
  • not permitted to hold office in Christian countries, 3, 293–4.
  • during the first crusade, 3, 298–305.
  • Jehuda Halevi’s view of the suffering of, 3, 335–6.
  • superiority of, in the twelfth century, 3, 347.
  • treatment of, in Christian and Mahometan countries, 3, 348.
  • persecutions of, increase in the twelfth century, 3, 348–9.
  • forbidden by a rabbinical synod to purchase Church appurtenances, 3, 377.
  • the morality of, described by Joseph Kimchi, 3, 393.
  • forbidden to keep Christian domestics, 3, 400.
  • banished from the Isle de France, 3, 402–3.
  • debts owing to, repudiated during the third crusade, 3, 405.
  • not allowed to live in Mecca and Medinah, 3, 436.
  • allowed by Saladin to settle in Jerusalem, 3, 474.
  • the position of, affected by the death of Maimonides and the ascendancy of the papacy, 3, 494.
  • protected against the crusaders by Innocent III, 3, 496–7.
  • denounced by Innocent III, 3, 498–501.
  • decrees against, by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510–11.
  • isolated in speech and manners by the Jew badge, 3, 512–13.
  • mission of, in the Kabbalistic system, 3, 553.
  • persecutions of, after the thirteenth century, 3, 563–4, 610–11.
  • scholarliness of, 3, 565.
  • absorbed in the study of the Talmud in the thirteenth century, 3, 571–2.
  • banished from the hereditary dominions of Louis IX, 3, 585–6.
  • exonerated from the blood accusation by Innocent IV, 3, 635.
  • protected against forced baptism by Gregory X, 3, 635.
  • banished from England, 3, 645.
  • permitted in Palestine under the Egyptian Sultans, 4, 73.
  • charged with causing the Black Death, 4, 101.
  • desolation of, after the Black Death, 4, 127.
  • indispensable to the Christians in the fourteenth century, 4, 127–8.
  • restrictions laid upon, by Benedict XIII’s bull, 4, 215–16.
  • and the Hussite war, 4, 222.
  • accused of supplying Hussites with money, 4, 222.
  • appeal to Martin V, 4, 226.
  • feared by the papacy in the fifteenth century, 4, 254.
  • well received in Italy in the fifteenth century, 4, 286.
  • jeopardized by the blood accusation against the Jews of Trent, 4, 299.
  • suffering of, attributed to heresy, 4, 343.
  • divided into German speaking and Spanish speaking Jews, 4, 421.
  • rights of, advocated by Reuchlin, 4, 443–4.
  • indictment of, proposed by Hoogstraten, 4, 444.
  • intercourse with, defended by Reuchlin, 4, 447–8.
  • in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • Luther on, 4, 470.
  • affected by the Protestant Reformation, 4, 471.
  • morality of, in the Middle Ages, 4, 477.
  • lack spirituality, 4, 477–8.
  • split up into national groups, 4, 478.
  • narrow-mindedness of, in the Middle Ages, 4, 479.
  • suffer through the Reformation, 4, 540.
  • hatred of, fed by the Unitarian tendencies of the Reformation, 4, 542.
  • attacked by Eck and Luther, 4, 546–52.
  • restrictions against, under Pius V, 4, 590.
  • persecution of, during the Catholic reaction, 4, 652.
  • prospects of the re-settlement of, in England, 4, 18–19. See England.
  • prejudices against, in England, 5, 19.
  • favorably regarded by Christian visionaries, 5, 23.
  • enthusiasts for the restoration of, 5, 24–5.
  • favorably regarded by the Puritans, 5, 27.
  • defended by Richard Simon, 5, 181.
  • attacked by Christian Hebraists, 5, 184.
  • defended by Surenhuysius, 5, 194.
  • degradation of, in the seventeenth century, 5, 199–200, 204–5.
  • poverty of, 5, 205–6.
  • speak a jargon in the eighteenth century, 5, 300.
  • artificial studies of, 5, 300–1.
  • neglect the Bible, 5, 328.
  • slandered by Voltaire, 5, 340.
  • condition of, described by Dohm, 5, 353.
  • emancipated in the wake of French victories, 5, 459. See Emancipation.
  • prejudices of Goethe against, 5, 461.
  • Fichte on, 5, 461–3.
  • and Napoleon, 5, 474, 481.
  • maligned by Bonald, 5, 478.
  • the emancipation of, dependent on that of the French Jews, 5, 480.
  • in the French wars, 5, 511.
  • excluded from Tyrol, 5, 523.
  • Heine on, 5, 547–8, 553–5.
  • debt of, to Börne and Heine, 5, 556.
  • rapid advance of, 5, 557.
  • historical mission of, 5, 576, 718–19.
  • self-respect of, 5, 590.
  • effect of the July revolution on, 5, 596–8.
  • criticised by Riesser, 5, 599–600.
  • contrasted with the Greeks, 5, 706–8.
  • the religion of, 5, 709.
  • faults of, 5, 713–14.
  • literature of, 5, 714.
  • See also Israelites, the; Judæans, the; and under the various countries, cities, etc.
  • Jews, The,” by Lessing, 5, 297, 320, 360.
  • Jews, The, and their Just Claims on the Christian States,” by August Krämer, 5, 522.
  • Jews, the, conversion of. See under Conversion.
  • Jews, the, emancipation of. See under Emancipation.
  • Jew’s quarter, the, in Rome, 2, 68.
  • in Constantinople, 3, 26, 425.
  • in Speyer, 3, 298.
  • at Palermo, 3, 567.
  • in Seville, 3, 593.
  • of Toledo, 4, 118.
  • of Seville, mobbed, 4, 169.
  • in Palma, 4, 171.
  • Castilian Jews forced into, 4, 203.
  • decreed by the Council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • decreed by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • decreed by Henry IV of Castile, 4, 278.
  • enforced by the cortes of Toledo, 4, 335.
  • first, in Italy, 4, 408.
  • enforced by Paul IV, 4, 566.
  • in Vienna, 4, 702; 5, 172.
  • in Alsace and Metz, 5, 348.
  • of Frankfort destroyed, 5, 503–4.
  • Roman Jews return to, 5, 518.
  • See also Ghetto; Jew street, the; Juderia.
  • Jews, secret. See Christians, Judaizing; Marranos, the.
  • Jezaniah, Judæan emigrant to Egypt, 1, 324.
  • Jezdijird (400–420), Sassanian king, friendly to the Jews, 2, 609–10.
  • Jezdijird III (440–457), Sassanian king, persecutes the Jews, 2, 627–8.
  • Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, marries Ahab, 1, 194.
  • character of, 1, 197.
  • builds a temple to Baal, 1, 197.
  • persecutes Elijah’s disciples, 1, 201.
  • has Naboth killed, 1, 202.
  • threatens Elijah, 1, 204.
  • end of, 1, 211.
  • Jezreel, son of Hosea, 1, 240.
  • Jezreel, the plain of, in Canaan, 1, 36.
  • description of, 1, 44.
  • Philistines encamp in, 1, 102.
  • Ahab’s winter palace in, 1, 201–2.
  • towns in, restored to Judæa, 2, 76.
  • Jikatilla. See Joseph ben Abraham Jikatilla.
  • Joab, warrior, joins David, 1, 100.
  • jealous of Abner, 1, 109.
  • ends the civil war, 1, 110.
  • kills Abner, 1, 111.
  • receives a house at Jerusalem, 1, 119.
  • field officer under David, 1, 122.
  • conducts the Ammonite war, 1, 126–7, 128–9.
  • captures the Water-Town of Rabbath Ammon, 1, 128.
  • faith of, 1, 130.
  • ordered to expose Uriah the Hittite, 1, 132.
  • partisan of Absalom, 1, 135.
  • employs the woman of Tekoah to plead for Absalom, 1, 135–6.
  • takes up a military census, 1, 137.
  • faithful to David in the civil war with Absalom, 1, 141.
  • commander against Absalom at Mahanaim, 1, 144.
  • reproaches David for long mourning over Absalom, 1, 145.
  • replaced by Amasa, 1, 148.
  • victorious over Sheba, 1, 149–50.
  • supporter of Adonijah, 1, 152.
  • killed by Benaiah, 1, 160.
  • family of, forms a league in Babylon, 1, 330.
  • favorite character of the Puritans, 5, 26.
  • Joachim I, elector of Brandenburg, has thirty Jews burnt, 4, 440.
  • Joachim II, elector of Brandenburg, alleged to have been poisoned by a Jew, 4, 652; 5, 188.
  • Joah, chancellor, under Josiah, 1, 292.
  • Joan, pope, satire on, 3, 169.
  • Joanna, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, proposed as wife to Manoel of Portugal, 4, 373.
  • Joanna, queen of Naples, appoints John of Capistrano inquisitor of the Jews, 4, 258.
  • João I, of Portugal, Grand Master of Avis, rival of Leonora, 4, 160.
  • regent of Portugal, 4, 161.
  • popularity of, as king, 4, 173.
  • promotes conquests on the coast of Africa, 4, 217–18.
  • refuses assistance to Vincent Ferrer, 4, 218.
  • João II (1481–1495), of Portugal, character of, 4, 340.
  • executes the Duke of Braganza, 4, 341.
  • confiscates the property of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 341.
  • negotiations with, for the settlement of the Spanish Jews in Portugal, 4, 352.
  • baptizes the son of Judah Leon Abrabanel, 4, 361.
  • permits Spanish exiles to settle in Portugal, 4, 365–6.
  • summons an astronomical congress, 4, 367.
  • delivers Marranos to the Inquisition, 4, 368.
  • insists upon the Spanish exiles’ leaving Portugal at the appointed time, 4, 368–9.
  • sells Spanish exiles as slaves, 4, 370–1.
  • sends the children of Spanish exiles to San Thomas, 4, 371.
  • death of, 4, 371.
  • cause of the misfortunes of, 4, 373.
  • João III (1522–1557), of Portugal, hostile to the Marranos, 4, 488–90.
  • resolves to introduce the Inquisition, 4, 490.
  • gives up the plan of establishing the Inquisition, 4, 490–1.
  • receives David Reubeni, 4, 493, 498.
  • treats the Marranos more kindly, 4, 493–4.
  • withdraws his favor from David Reubeni, 4, 498–9.
  • urged to introduce the Inquisition, 4, 499–500.
  • cupidity of, censured by Pucci, 4, 505.
  • chooses Duarte de Paz for a secret mission, 4, 512.
  • tries to influence Paul III in favor of the Inquisition, 4, 515.
  • disobeys the papal injunction to absolve the Marranos, 4, 516.
  • rigor of, towards the Marranos, 4, 518–19.
  • enforces the rules of the Inquisition, 4, 521.
  • forbids emigration, 4, 524.
  • requested by the pope to treat the Marranos mildly, 4, 527.
  • tries to make good Catholics of the Marranos, 4, 528.
  • Joaser, coadjutor of Josephus in Galilee, 2, 278, 279.
  • Joaser, son of Simon b. Boëthus, high priest, the deposition of, demanded, 2, 121.
  • deposed, 2, 127.
  • again installed, 2, 127.
  • defends the Roman census, 2, 134.
  • deposed by Quirinius, 2, 135.
  • Joash, king of Israel. See Jehoash.
  • Joash, king of Judah, escapes the slaughter of Athaliah, 1, 213.
  • raised in the Temple, 1, 215–16.
  • anointed king, 1, 216.
  • repairs the Temple, 1, 218–19.
  • stones the high priest Zachariah, 1, 220.
  • yields to Hazael, 1, 221.
  • killed, 1, 221.
  • Job,” poem by Jacob Israel Belmonte, 4, 665.
  • Job, the Book of, composed during the captivity, 1, 341–2.
  • expounded by Simon ben Lakish, 2, 496–7.
  • commentary on, by Rashi, 3, 346.
  • paraphrased by Zarak Barfat, 4, 140.
  • Joceus, a wealthy Jew of York, takes refuge in the citadel, 3, 413.
  • end of, 3, 415.
  • Joceus, chief rabbi of England, 3, 588.
  • Jochai, a friend of the Romans, 2, 440.
  • Jochanan, secretary to Gamaliel I, 2, 192.
  • Jochanan of Alexandria, the sandal maker, disciple of Akiba, 2, 433.
  • Jochanan bar Moryah, Amora, 2, 609.
  • Jochanan bar Napacha (199–279), chief of the Amoraim, 2, 479.
  • and Judah II, 2, 485, 493, 494.
  • description of the beauty of, 2, 492–3.
  • method of, 2, 493.
  • at Tiberias, 2, 493–4.
  • leniency of, 2, 494.
  • explains the prophecy of Daniel, 2, 494–5.
  • morality of, 2, 495.
  • misfortunes of, 2, 495.
  • opponent of, 2, 495, 497.
  • restores order in southern Judæa, 2, 498.
  • on Abba Areka, 2, 514.
  • decisions of, 2, 515.
  • and Mar-Samuel, 2, 522–3.
  • alarm of, on account of the Babylonian Jews, 2, 525.
  • feeling of, against Palmyra, 2, 529, 530.
  • disciples of, 2, 531.
  • decision of, with regard to the new-moon, 2, 532.
  • view of, on the Samaritans, 2, 534.
  • permits Jewish women to acquire Greek culture, 2, 537.
  • quoted by Abbahu, 2, 537.
  • Jochanan ben Gudgada, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • Jochanan ben Mattathiah Provenci, elected chief rabbi of France, 4, 152.
  • relieved of his office by Isaiah ben Abba-Mari, 4, 152, 162.
  • appeals to Spanish authorities, 4, 153.
  • Jochanan ben Nuri, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • upholds the ordinances of Gamaliel II, 2, 405.
  • Jochanan ben Torta, opposes Akiba’s Messianic hopes, 2, 410.
  • Jochanan ben Zakkai, disciple of Hillel, 2, 131.
  • abolishes the ritual for cases of suspected adultery, 2, 238.
  • abrogates the sin offering for murders, 2, 239.
  • leader of the faithful Judæans, 2, 240.
  • vice-president of the Synhedrion, 2, 240.
  • importance of, 2, 322–3.
  • member of the Peace party, 2, 323.
  • takes refuge in the camp of Titus, 2, 323–4.
  • receives permission to establish a school at Jamnia, 2, 324.
  • mourns for the Temple, 2, 324.
  • forms a Synhedrion at Jamnia, 2, 325.
  • changes made by, 2, 326.
  • disciples of, 2, 326.
  • proficient in the oral Law, 2, 328.
  • lectures by, 2, 328–9.
  • on the advantages of peace, 2, 329.
  • intercourse of, with pagans, 2, 329, 331.
  • gentle character of, 2, 331–2.
  • description of Israel in mourning by, 2, 332.
  • compared with Jeremiah and Zerubbabel, 2, 333.
  • death of, 2, 333.
  • maxim of, with regard to the study of the Law, 2, 338–9.
  • on Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, 2, 346.
  • Jochanan Aleman. See Aleman.
  • Jochanan. See also Johanan; John; Jonathan.
  • Joel, prophet, exhortations of, under Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • under Jeroboam II, 1, 237–40.
  • Joel, son of Samuel, acts as judge in Beersheba, 1, 79.
  • Joel, Emanuel, founder of the Breslau seminary, 5, 700.
  • Johanan, father of Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • Johanan, son of Joiada, high priest, slays his brother in the Temple, 1, 409.
  • Johanan, son of Kareah, chief of the Judæans in Palestine after the fall of Jerusalem, 1, 318.
  • submits to Gedaliah, 1, 321.
  • informs Gedaliah of Ishmael’s treachery, 1, 322.
  • pursues Ishmael, 1, 322–3.
  • Johanan, son of Simon Tharsi. See Hyrcanus I, John.
  • Johanan Gadi, son of Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • leader of the Hasmonæan party, 1, 489.
  • killed by the Bene Amri, 1, 491.
  • Johanan. See also Jochanan; John; Jonathan.
  • Johannsen, bishop of Speyer, protects the Jews during the first crusade, 3, 300–1.
  • John XXII, pope, opposes a crusade, 4, 35.
  • sister of, hostile to the Jews, 4, 61.
  • John XXIII, pope, vices of, 4, 201.
  • John II, of Aragon. See Juan II, of Aragon.
  • John II, of Brabant, protects the Jews of Brussels, 4, 112.
  • John, of England, the Jews under, 3, 416, 504–5.
  • pretends friendship for the Jews, 3, 504.
  • appoints Jacob of London chief rabbi, 3, 504.
  • protects the Jews of London, 3, 505.
  • imprisons the English Jews, 3, 505.
  • John, the Good, of France, captivity of, 4, 128–9.
  • permits the Jews to return to France, 4, 129.
  • curtails the privileges of the Jews, 4, 131.
  • John, author of the Apocalypse, hates Rome, 2, 369.
  • John, the Baptist, Essene, beliefs of, 2, 145–6.
  • influence of, on the Judæan poor and the aristocracy, 2, 146–7.
  • imprisoned and beheaded, 2, 147.
  • Jesus the disciple of, 2, 150.
  • the work of, continued by Jesus, 2, 151.
  • identified with Elijah, 2, 158.
  • John, Judæan envoy to emperor Claudius, 2, 197–8.
  • John, leader of the Idumæans, helps the Zealots, 2, 295.
  • John of Capistrano, Franciscan, hostile to the Jews, 4, 249, 258–63.
  • executes Nicholas V’s anti-Jewish bull, 4, 253.
  • characteristics of, 4, 257.
  • used by the popes to restore their authority, 4, 257–8.
  • inquisitor of the Jews, 4, 258.
  • in Germany, 4, 258–60.
  • in Bavaria, 4, 258–9.
  • in Franconia, 4, 259–60.
  • in Silesia, 4, 260–3.
  • in Poland, 4, 263, 265–6, 418.
  • preaches a crusade against the Turks, 4, 268.
  • advocates the baptism of Jewish children, 4, 277.
  • exalted by Bernardinus of Feltre, 4, 296.
  • John of Gischala. See John ben Levi.
  • John of Gorze (Jean de Vendières), ambassador from Otho I to Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 219.
  • John of Valladolid, apostate, in religious disputations with Jews, 4, 140, 141, 209.
  • John ben Levi, of Gischala, leader of the insurrection in Upper Galilee, 2, 273.
  • troops of, 2, 273.
  • repugnant to Josephus, 2, 279–81.
  • accuses Josephus before the Synhedrion, 2, 281.
  • escapes to Jerusalem, 2, 290.
  • helps the Zealots of Jerusalem, 2, 295.
  • heroism of, 2, 296–7.
  • leader of the Galilean Zealots in Jerusalem, 2, 301.
  • destroys Roman works, 2, 304.
  • hopefulness of, 2, 305.
  • refuses to lay down arms, 2, 309.
  • in Titus’ triumph, 2, 313.
  • in a Roman dungeon, 2, 314.
  • John, son of Zebedee, disciple of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • leader of the early Christians, 2, 169, 222.
  • John. See also Jochanan; Johanan; Jonathan; Juan.
  • John Albert of Poland, hostile to the Jews, 4, 419.
  • John Casimir, of Poland, permits forced converts to return to Judaism, 5, 13.
  • guards the rights of Jews in making a treaty, 5, 14.
  • John Chrysostom, bishop of Antioch, preaches against Jewish institutions, 2, 613–14.
  • John George, elector of Brandenburg, accuses Lippold of poisoning Joachim II, 4, 652.
  • expulsion of the Jews by, 5, 173.
  • John Hyrcanus. See Hyrcanus I, John.
  • John Maurice, of Nassau, stadtholder of Brazil, assisted by Marranos, 4, 693.
  • John Sobieski, of Poland, scatters the Karaites, 5, 182.
  • Joiada, high priest, under Nehemiah, 1, 386.
  • sons of, 1, 409.
  • Joigny, represented at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Jokthel, name of Petra changed into, 1, 223.
  • Jollivet, French government commissioner, protests against the imposition of a poll-tax on French Jews in Germany, 5, 465.
  • Jonadab, son of Rechab, a Nazarite, 1, 200; 3, 55.
  • helps Jehu to exterminate Baal-worship, 1, 212.
  • Jonah, fisherman, sons of, disciples of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • Jonah II, Palestinian Amora, 2, 560.
  • member of the last Synhedrion, 2, 567.
  • permits bread baking on the Sabbath for the Roman army, 2, 568.
  • Jonah, prophet, encourages war with the Aramæans, 1, 225.
  • Jonah, rabbi of Vienna, counsels self-destruction to escape the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • Jonah ben Abraham Gerundi the Elder, excommunicates the Maimunists, 3, 529.
  • excommunicated, 3, 530, 536–7.
  • aided by Nachmani, 3, 536.
  • refers the Maimunist controversy to the Dominicans, 3, 542–3.
  • repents of his persecution of Maimonides’ works, 3, 579–80, 624.
  • makes public confession, 3, 580.
  • author of Talmudical works, 3, 580.
  • disciple of, a Maimunist, 3, 629.
  • Jonah Marinus (Abulvalid Mervan Ibn-Janach, 995–1050), grammarian, 3, 261–4.
  • teachers of, 3, 261.
  • as a poet, 3, 261–2.
  • studies medicine, 3, 261, 262.
  • hostile to Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 262, 313.
  • creator of Hebrew syntax, 3, 263.
  • works of, 3, 263.
  • calmness and clearness of, 3, 263–4.
  • and Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 264.
  • adversely criticised by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • works of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • Jonathan, keeper of the lists, jailer of Jeremiah, 1, 313.
  • Jonathan, nephew of David, Israelite champion, 1, 117.
  • Jonathan, priest, messenger from Hushai to David, 1, 143.
  • Jonathan, Sadducee leader, friend of John Hyrcanus, 2, 31.
  • estranges Hyrcanus from the Pharisees, 2, 33.
  • Jonathan, tax-gatherer, deputy of the Judæans of Cæsarea, 2, 253.
  • Jonathan, teacher of the Law, in the south of Judæa, 2, 442.
  • Jonathan, Zealot leader, accuses Josephus of disloyalty to Rome, 2, 318.
  • Jonathan ben Absalom, general under Simon Tharsi, 1, 500.
  • Jonathan ben Amram, disciple of Judah I, rebukes him, 2, 451.
  • Jonathan ben Anan, high priest, appointed by Vitellius, 2, 172.
  • former high priest, envoy to Rome, 2, 244.
  • seeks the appointment of Felix as procurator of Judæa, 2, 245.
  • assassinated, 2, 246.
  • Jonathan ben Nachman (Archinas), teacher of the Law at the fall of Jerusalem, 2, 330.
  • Jonathan ben Uziel, disciple of Hillel, 2, 131.
  • Jonathan, son of Saul, qualities of, 1, 84.
  • destroys the Philistine garrison at Gibeah, 1, 85.
  • defeats the Philistines at Michmash, 1, 86–8.
  • condemned to death by Saul, 1, 88–9.
  • friendship of, with David, 1, 97, 98.
  • death of, 1, 103.
  • body of, dishonored, 1, 104.
  • remains of, buried, 1, 124.
  • Jonathan, son of Simon Tharsi. See Hyrcanus I, John.
  • Jonathan Cohen, of Lünel, writes a commentary on Alfassi’s Talmudical work, 3, 397.
  • advocates the study of science by Jews, 3, 397.
  • reverence of, for Maimonides, 3, 489, 526.
  • emigrates to Jerusalem, 3, 505, 506.
  • Jonathan Eibeschütz. See Eibeschütz, Jonathan.
  • Jonathan Haphus, son of Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • in command beyond the Jordan, 1, 475.
  • leader of the Hasmonæan party, 1, 489.
  • made the leader of the people, 1, 490.
  • weakness of the forces of, 1, 491.
  • strengthens his defences, 1, 492–3.
  • authority of, 1, 493.
  • defends Bethhagla, 1, 493.
  • makes a truce with Bacchides, 1, 493–4.
  • friendship of, sued for by Demetrius I and Alexander Balas, 1, 494–5.
  • officiates as high priest on the Feast of Tabernacles, 1, 495.
  • ally of Alexander Balas, 1, 494, 496.
  • entertained by Ptolemy VI and Alexander Balas, 1, 496.
  • loyal to Alexander Balas, 1, 496.
  • receives Ekron, 1, 496.
  • besieges the Acra, 1, 496.
  • compact of, with Demetrius II, 1, 497.
  • espouses the cause of Antiochus VI, 1, 497–8, 499.
  • distinguished by Diodotus Tryphon, 1, 498.
  • taken prisoner, 1, 499.
  • executed, 1, 501.
  • burial of, at Modin, 1, 501.
  • achievements of, 1, 501–2.
  • ancestor of Flavius Josephus, 1, 502.
  • state of Judæa after the death of, 1, 501–2, 519–20.
  • Jonathan Levi Zion, advocate of the Jews before Maximilian I, 4, 436–7.
  • Jonathan. See also Jochanan; John; Jonathan.
  • Jonghe, Isaac de, zealous for the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 455.
  • Jonghe, Lublink de, objects to the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 455–6.
  • Joppa (Jaffa), fortifications of, destroyed by Ptolemy I, 1, 417.
  • taken by Jonathan Haphus, 1, 496.
  • Simon Tharsi sends a detachment to, 1, 500.
  • taken by Simon Tharsi, 1, 524.
  • claimed by Antiochus Sidetes, 1, 529.
  • in the possession of Antiochus Sidetes, 2, 4–5.
  • in the possession of Antiochus IX, 2, 9.
  • taken by Vespasian, 2, 288.
  • Joram, son of Ahab. See Jehoram.
  • Joram (Jehoram), son of Jehoshaphat, marries Athaliah, 1, 206.
  • king of Judah, introduces idolatry, 1, 209.
  • death of, 1, 211.
  • Joram, son of Tôi, king of Hamath, congratulates David on his victories, 1, 127.
  • Jordan, the, Israelites cross, 1, 29, 32.
  • description of, 1, 42, 46.
  • José (471–520), Amora, principal of the Pumbeditha school, completes the Babylonian Talmud, 2, 630–1.
  • José, brother of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • José, the Galilean, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • at Lydda, 2, 423.
  • José, Palestinian Amora, 2, 560.
  • member of the last Synhedrion, 2, 567.
  • permits bread baking on the Sabbath for the Roman army, 2, 568.
  • on the second day of the festivals, 2, 573.
  • José of Phaeno, servant of Judah I, 2, 466.
  • José bar José Hayathom, the first poetan., poems of, 3, 114–15.
  • artificiality of the works of, 3, 115.
  • founder of neo-Hebraic poetry, 4, 67.
  • José ben Chalafta, disciple of Akiba, 2, 433.
  • on Meïr, 2, 437.
  • artisan, 2, 442.
  • historian, 2, 442.
  • on Meïr and Nathan, 2, 446.
  • on the Romans, 2, 448.
  • banished to Laodicea, 2, 448.
  • son of, in Rome, 2, 449.
  • José, son of Joëzer, opponent of the Hellenists, 1, 436.
  • probable end of, 1, 483.
  • José, son of Johanan, opponent of the Hellenists, 1, 436.
  • José Barnabas of Cyprus, proselytizes among the heathen, 2, 219.
  • disciple of the apostle Paul, 2, 227.
  • observes the dietary laws, 2, 231.
  • José. See also under Joseph.
  • Joseph I, emperor, refuses to remove the ban from “Judaism Unmasked,” 5, 193.
  • Joseph II, emperor, improves the condition of the Jews, 5, 357–8.
  • forbids the circulation of an anti-Jewish work, 5, 359.
  • hymn to, by Wessely, 5, 368.
  • reforms of, opposed by the pious, 5, 369.
  • reforms of, welcomed by the cultured, 5, 370.
  • reforms of, resisted in Galicia, 5, 394.
  • abolishes the poll-tax on Jews, 5, 415, 464.
  • the Jewish regulations of, disregarded by Francis I, 5, 523.
  • Joseph, Jewish king of the Chazars, addressed by Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 220–1, 222.
  • residence of, 3, 221.
  • answers Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 221–2.
  • Joseph, duke of Mantua, banishes rabbis, 4, 295.
  • Joseph, the tribes of, claim the central lands of Canaan, 1, 35–6.
  • Joseph, apostate under Constantine, persecutes the Palestinian Jews, 2, 564–5.
  • made comes, 2, 565.
  • builds churches in Galilee, 2, 565.
  • defames Hillel II, 2, 566.
  • possible connection of, with Constantine’s persecution of the Jews, 2, 567.
  • Joseph, brother of Herod, guardian of Mariamne, 2, 83.
  • besieged in Masada, 2, 87.
  • Joseph, brother-in-law of Herod, ordered to murder Mariamne in case of his death, 2, 93.
  • calumniated by his wife, 2, 93.
  • beheaded, 2, 94.
  • Joseph, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
  • Joseph, of the house of Camyth, high priest under Herod II, 2, 198.
  • Joseph of Arimathea, disciple of Jesus, 2, 160.
  • Joseph of Arli, Kabbalist, hopes in the Messiah as announced by Molcho, 4, 511–12.
  • Joseph de Avila, discovers the Zohar to be a forgery, 4, 20–1.
  • Joseph of Ecija. See Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste Halevi.
  • Joseph of Gamala, Zealot leader, 2, 289.
  • death of, 2, 290.
  • Joseph of Nazareth, father of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • Joseph de Vesoul, apostate, 4, 150.
  • Joseph bar Abba (814), mystic, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 154.
  • Joseph ben Abraham Jikatilla, Kabbalist, 4, 3, 6.
  • writings of, 4, 10.
  • works of, used by Reuchlin, 4, 466.
  • Joseph ben Chasdaï, a Cordova poet, eulogizes Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 273.
  • son of, 3, 274, 280.
  • Joseph ben Chiya (270–333), refuses the Pumbeditha principalship, 2, 577–8.
  • superstition of, 2, 578.
  • flees from Pumbeditha, 2, 580.
  • principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 581.
  • characteristics of, 2, 581.
  • method of, 2, 581.
  • devotes himself to the Targum, 2, 581–2.
  • severity of, 2, 582.
  • death of, 2, 583.
  • Joseph ben Chiya (828–833), principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 155.
  • resigns, 3, 156.
  • re-installed, 3, 156.
  • Joseph ben Ephraim Ibn-Benveniste Halevi, of Ecija, prominent at the court of Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 76, 79.
  • attack on, in Valladolid, 4, 79.
  • jealous of Samuel Ibn-Wakar, 4, 80, 81.
  • patron of Gonzalo Martinez, 4, 83.
  • end of, 4, 84.
  • Joseph ben Gershom Loans (Joslin, Josselman of Rosheim, 1480–1555), representative of the German Jews, 4, 414.
  • warns Molcho and Reubeni against petitioning Charles V, 4, 510.
  • Joseph ben Gorion, a moderate zealot, 2, 271.
  • Joseph ben Gorion.See Josippon.
  • Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur (Ibn-Satanas or Santas), candidate for the Cordova rabbinate, 3, 229–30, 238.
  • liturgical poetry of, 3, 236.
  • translates the Mishna into Arabic, 3, 237.
  • excommunicated, 3, 238.
  • appeals to Alhakem, 3, 238.
  • refuses the Cordova rabbinate, 3, 240.
  • Joseph ben Isaac Kimchi (1150–1170), introduces Spanish culture into southern France, 3, 392.
  • polemical work by, against Christianity, 3, 392–3.
  • Joseph ben Israel, father of Manasseh, Marrano, emigrates to the Netherlands, 4, 671.
  • Joseph ben Jacob Ibn-Sahal (1070–1121), rabbi of Cordova, poetry of, 3, 314.
  • Joseph ben Joshua Cohen (1496–1575), historian and physician, dazzled by Molcho, 4, 511.
  • expelled from Genoa, 4, 544, 555.
  • historical works by, 4, 555–6, 560, 590, 608.
  • style of, 4, 556, 557.
  • Joseph ben Kisma, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • counsels subservience to Hadrian’s decrees, 2, 426–7.
  • Joseph ben Matthias (Flavius Josephus, 38–95), historian, descendant of Jonathan Haphus, 1, 502.
  • does not mention Jesus in his works, 2, 166.
  • a moderate Zealot, 2, 271.
  • governor of Galilee, 2, 272, 275–6.
  • education of, 2, 276.
  • at Rome in his youth, 2, 276–7.
  • secretly a Roman partisan, 2, 277–8.
  • relation of, to Agrippa II, 2, 278.
  • administration of, 2, 278–9.
  • opposed by Jesus ben Sapphia, 2, 279.
  • relation of, to John of Gischala, 2, 279–81.
  • duplicity of, 2, 280–1.
  • deposed by the Synhedrion, 2, 281.
  • deceives the envoys of the Synhedrion, 2, 282.
  • wins credulous Galileans to his side, 2, 282–3.
  • re-instated, 2, 283.
  • breaks the strength of Galilee, 2, 283–4.
  • defeated by Vespasian, 2, 285.
  • appeals to the Synhedrion for aid, 2, 286.
  • at Jotapata, 2, 287–8.
  • gives himself up to the Romans, 2, 288.
  • execrated by the Judæans, 2, 293, 389, 391.
  • made commander of Titus’ body-guard, 2, 302.
  • tries to persuade Jerusalem to surrender, 2, 304.
  • witness of Titus’ triumph in Rome, 2, 314.
  • rewarded by Vespasian and Titus, 2, 317.
  • given the name Flavius Josephus, 2, 317.
  • as an historian, 2, 319.
  • on Jewish customs observed by pagans, 2, 384.
  • considers circumcision optional with proselytes, 2, 385.
  • favorite of Domitian, 2, 389.
  • and Flavius Clemens, 2, 389, 391.
  • completes his Jewish history, 2, 389–90.
  • vindicates himself against the attacks of Justus of Tiberias, 2, 390.
  • vindicates his race against Apion, 2, 390.
  • prosecuted by Domitian, 2, 391.
  • death of, 2, 391.
  • immortalizes the war of the Zealots, 2, 415.
  • works of, read at the court of Louis the Pious, 3, 162.
  • history of, the basis of Josippon, 3, 180.
  • the work of, against Apion, translated, 4, 608.
  • the works of, connected with the Talmud by Azarya deï Rossi, 4, 614.
  • a work of, translated by Arias, 5, 113.
  • the history of, continued by Basnage, 5, 195.
  • the works of, studied by Frankel, 5, 684.
  • Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash Halevi (1077–1144), Talmudist, eulogized by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 315, 322, 323.
  • successor to Alfassi, 3, 315–16, 323.
  • respect for, 3, 316.
  • condemns a traitor to be stoned, 3, 317.
  • son and disciples of, 3, 317, 447.
  • Joseph ben Pilat, Talmudist in Damascus, 3, 426.
  • Joseph ben Sahara, satirist and physician, 3, 559.
  • Joseph ben Satia, Gaon of Sora, 3, 196.
  • successor to Saadiah, 3, 202.
  • abandons the academy of Sora, 3, 202.
  • Joseph ben Shem Tob Ibn-Shem Tob (1400–1460), philosopher and preacher, dignitary at the Castilian court, 4, 228–9.
  • polemic works of, 4, 235.
  • opposed to his father’s views, 4, 243.
  • religio-philosophical system of, 4, 244.
  • Joseph ben Solomon Ibn-Shoshan (1135–1204–5), favorite of Alfonso VIII of Castile, 3, 384.
  • erects a synagogue in Toledo, 3, 384.
  • encourages the study of the Talmud, 3, 384, 385–6.
  • poem on, 3, 388.
  • Joseph ben Solomon Kolon (1460–1490), rabbi of Mantua, wanderings of, 4, 294.
  • authority of, 4, 294–5.
  • controversies of, 4, 295.
  • rabbi of Pavia, 4, 295.
  • Joseph ben Todros Abulafia, Kabbalist, 4, 2.
  • Joseph Ibn-Aknin, disciple of Maimonides, attacked by Mar-Sacharya, 3, 477.
  • “The Guide of the Perplexed” addressed to, 3, 478.
  • cautioned by Maimonides against letting his book fall into the hands of the Mahometans, 3, 486.
  • finds Maimonides’ system inconsistent with Judaism, 3, 487.
  • urges the excommunication of Daniel ben Saadiah, 3, 526.
  • Joseph Ibn-Alfual, translator of Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 4, 60.
  • Joseph Ibn-Jau, supports Joseph Ibn-Abitur, 3, 238, 239.
  • Joseph Ibn-Migash, supports Balkin, 3, 258.
  • leaves Granada, 3, 258.
  • occupies a high office in Seville, 3, 280.
  • Joseph Ibn-Nagrela (1031–1066), eulogized by Joseph ben Chasdaï, 3, 273.
  • vizir and Nagid, 3, 274, 275.
  • secretary to Balkin, 3, 274.
  • wife of, 3, 274.
  • protects the sons of the last Gaon, 3, 275.
  • as Talmudist, 3, 275.
  • accused of poisoning Balkin, 3, 275.
  • opposes the massacre of the Granada Arabs, 3, 276–7.
  • loses the favor of Badis, 3, 277.
  • accused of treason, 3, 278.
  • killed, 3, 278.
  • wife and son of, flee to Lucena, 3, 279.
  • library of, 3, 279.
  • elegy on, 3, 279.
  • patron of Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 283.
  • patron of Isaac Ibn-Giat, 3, 284.
  • Joseph Ibn-Verga, historian, 4, 555.
  • ancestors of, 4, 556.
  • historical work of, 4, 557.
  • style of, 4, 557.
  • arraignment of the Jews by, 4, 557.
  • Joseph Ibn-Yachya, at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 208.
  • Joseph Ibn-Yachya, pleads with the Portuguese Jews for the Spanish exiles, 4, 366.
  • Joseph, son of Tobiah, leader of the Judæans, 1, 423–4.
  • flatters the Egyptian ambassador, 1, 424.
  • at the court of Ptolemy III, 1, 424–5.
  • tax-gatherer of Cœlesyria and Phœnicia, 1, 425.
  • favorite of Ptolemy IV, 1, 425–6.
  • wealth of, enriches Judæa, 1, 426–7.
  • introduces Dionysian festivals into Judæa, 1, 428.
  • son of, his representative, 1, 429–30.
  • death of, 1, 431.
  • descendants of, called Tobiades, 1, 432.
  • Joseph, son of Zachariah, general of Judas Maccabæus, 1, 476.
  • Joseph Albo (1380–1444), at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 208, 233.
  • holds the Agada to be authoritative, 4, 214.
  • refuses to accept baptism, 4, 215.
  • writes an account of a religious controversy, 4, 234.
  • physician and philosopher, 4, 239.
  • on freedom of inquiry, 4, 240.
  • on the articles of the creed, 4, 240.
  • style of, 4, 240.
  • religio-philosophical system of, 4, 240–3.
  • on salvation of the soul, 4, 240, 243.
  • Joseph Al-Kabri persecutes the Karaites in Spain, 3, 362.
  • Joseph Amarkala Halevi, prince of the Jews about Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • Joseph Barihan Alfalach, representative of the Mosul congregation, and David Alrui, 3, 433.
  • Joseph Caiaphas, high priest, president of the tribunal that tried Jesus, 2, 163, 164.
  • removed from office, 2, 172.
  • Joseph Ezobi ben Chanan (1230–1250), poet, works of, translated, 3, 561.
  • advice of, to his son, 3, 561.
  • Joseph Hamon. See Hamon, Joseph.
  • Joseph Jaabez, attributes the suffering of the Jews to their heresy, 4, 343, 479.
  • Joseph Kara, Bible exegete, 3, 345–6.
  • writes commentaries on the Prophets and the Hagiographa, 3, 346.
  • Joseph Karo (1488–1575), infected with Messianic enthusiasm by Molcho, 4, 496–7, 537.
  • longing of, for martyrdom, 4, 511.
  • ordained by Jacob Berab, 4, 536, 538.
  • learning and wanderings of, 4, 537.
  • elaborates Jacob Asheri’s code, 4, 537, 539.
  • visions of, 4, 537–8.
  • among the Kabbalists, 4, 538.
  • Messianic dreams of, 4, 538–9.
  • code by, intended to bring about religious unity, 4, 539, 612.
  • chief rabbi of Safet, 4, 540.
  • appealed to on the question of trade with Ancona, 4, 580.
  • excommunicates Daud, 4, 599.
  • publishes the “Shulchan Aruch,” 4, 612.
  • Spanish tendencies of the code of, 4, 613.
  • orders Azarya deï Rossi’s works to be burned, 4, 616.
  • code of, commented upon by Moses Isserles, 4, 637.
  • the highest Jewish authority in the seventeenth century, 5, 51.
  • See also Shulchan Aruch, the.
  • Joseph Kaspi, philosopher, 4, 87, 91.
  • Joseph Orabuena, physician, chief rabbi of Navarre, 4, 184–5.
  • Joseph Pichon, receiver general of taxes under Henry II of Castile, 4, 138.
  • denounced by Jewish courtiers, 4, 156.
  • condemned as a traitor, 4, 156.
  • beheaded by the Jews, 4, 156.
  • the execution of, arouses excitement against the Jews, 4, 157–8, 167.
  • Joseph Rabban, leader of the Jews in India, 2, 629–30.
  • special rights conferred on, 2, 630.
  • Joseph Saragossi, Kabbalist, disciple of, 4, 393.
  • reforms life in Safet, 4, 399.
  • introduces the Kabbala into Safet, 4, 399.
  • Joseph Tob-Elem, writes a commentary on Abraham Ibn-Ezra’s Pentateuch commentary, 4, 144.
  • Joseph Zapateiro de Lamego, traveler, employed by João II of Portugal, 4, 368.
  • Joseph Zevi, brother of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 145.
  • Josephus, Flavius. See Joseph ben Matthias.
  • Josephus, pseudo-. See Josippon.
  • Joshua, father of Narboni, 4, 94.
  • Joshua, leader of the Israelites, 1, 31, 32–3.
  • victory of, at Gibeon, 1, 34–5.
  • contest of, with the tribes of Joseph, 1, 36.
  • defeats Jabin, 1, 37.
  • dwells among the Ephraimites, 1, 41.
  • declining years of, 1, 50.
  • death of, 1, 52.
  • Israelites under, settle in Arabia, 3, 54.
  • Joshua, of the family of Phabi, made high priest, 2, 107.
  • Joshua, of the family of Sié, made high priest, 2, 127.
  • Joshua deï Cantori, defames the Talmud, 4, 583.
  • Joshua ben Chananya, teacher of the Law, disciple of Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 324, 326.
  • contemporary of Gamaliel II, 2, 335.
  • opposes decisions by the Bath-Kol, 2, 337.
  • dispute of, with Gamaliel II, 2, 340–2.
  • on the admission of proselytes, 2, 343, 384.
  • reconciled with Gamaliel II, 2, 344–5.
  • artisan, 2, 344, 348, 442.
  • character of, 2, 348.
  • popularity and homeliness of, 2, 349.
  • astronomical knowledge of, 2, 349.
  • condemns Shammai’s rules, 2, 349–50.
  • conciliatory intercourse of, with the Roman rulers, 2, 350.
  • removes the ban from Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, 2, 350.
  • obtains lucrative posts for poor scholars, 2, 345, 357.
  • nephew of, 2, 370, 443.
  • and Akylas, 2, 385.
  • journey of, to Rome, 2, 387.
  • and Flavius Clemens, 2, 387, 389, 391.
  • influence of, on Nerva, 2, 392.
  • advises against the rebellion against Hadrian, 2, 403–4.
  • leader of the people under Hadrian, 2, 404.
  • mourns for Gamaliel II, 2, 404.
  • president of the Synhedrion, 2, 404.
  • and Hadrian, 2, 406–7.
  • tries to induce Hadrian not to rebuild Jerusalem, 2, 407–8.
  • death of, 2, 408.
  • disciples of, discard the Jewish garb, 2, 424.
  • praises the Halachic knowledge of Bruria, 2, 436.
  • Joshua ben Damnai, high priest, 2, 249.
  • Joshua ben Gamala, high priest, obtains his office through bribery, 2, 249.
  • improves the educational system of Judæa, 2, 249.
  • procures the governorship of Galilee for Josephus, 2, 277–8.
  • suspected of Roman proclivities, 2, 294.
  • executed by the Zealots, 2, 296.
  • Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives Allorqui (Geronimo de Santa Fé), epistle of, attacking Christian dogmas, 4, 186–7.
  • physician to Benedict XIII, 4, 200.
  • instrument for the conversion of the Jews of Spain, 4, 206, 231–2.
  • champion of Christianity at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 207.
  • proves the Messiahship of Jesus from the Talmud, 4, 208–9, 211, 212.
  • accuses the Talmud of blasphemy, 4, 213–14.
  • end of, unknown, 4, 217.
  • charges of, refuted, 4, 232, 238.
  • leaves the Marranos unconvinced, 4, 256.
  • Joshua ben Karcha, denounces Eleazar ben Simon, 2, 465.
  • Joshua ben Levi, teacher of the Law, collects the Patriarch’s tax in Rome, 2, 486, 498.
  • accompanies Chanina bar Chama to Cæsarea, 2, 491.
  • prays for rain, 2, 492.
  • reputation of, 2, 497.
  • restores order in southern Judæa, 2, 498.
  • legends about, 2, 498.
  • and Ulla bar Kosher, 2, 530.
  • Joshua, son of Jehozedek, high priest, leader of the exiles returning under Cyrus, 1, 352.
  • erects an altar on the site of the Temple, 1, 356.
  • urges the completion of the second Temple, 1, 359.
  • sole leader of the Judæan community, 1, 360.
  • Joshua, son of Joiada, slain by his brother, 1, 409.
  • Joshua, son of Perachia, Pharisee leader, maxim of, 2, 20.
  • Joshua Falk Cohen. See Cohen, Joshua Falk.
  • Joshua Lorqui. See Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives Allorqui.
  • Joshua Sirach. See Jesus Sirach.
  • Josiah, son of Amon (638–608), king of Judah, minority of, 1, 286.
  • averts the capture of Jerusalem by the Scythians, 1, 288.
  • fears to suppress idolatry, 1, 288.
  • repairs the Temple, 1, 288–9.
  • under the influence of Jeremiah, 1, 289.
  • receives the Book of the Law found in the Temple, 1, 292, 293.
  • has the Book of the Law read to the people, 1, 294.
  • uproots idolatry, 1, 294–5.
  • desecrates the idolatrous altar at Bethel, 1, 295.
  • summons the nation to celebrate Passover at Jerusalem, 1, 295.
  • social conditions under, 1, 296.
  • mortally wounded at Megiddo, 1, 297.
  • sons of, 1, 298.
  • Josiah, teacher of the Law, in the south of Judæa, 2, 442.
  • Josiah Hassan, appointed Exilarch by Saadiah, 3, 195, 196.
  • banished to Khorasan, 3, 196.
  • Josippon (“Joseph ben Gorion,” pseudo-Josephus), history of the Jews between the destruction of the first and the second Temple, 3, 179–80.
  • Joslin of Rosheim. See Joseph ben Gershom Loans.
  • Josselman Rosheim. See Joseph ben Gershom Loans.
  • Jost, Isaac Marcus (1793–1860), historian, basis of the history by, 5, 594–5.
  • service rendered by, 5, 595.
  • objections to the work of, 5, 595–6.
  • limitations of, 5, 609, 610.
  • compared with Rapoport, 5, 619.
  • Jotapata, resistance of, to Vespasian, 2, 285–6, 286–7.
  • fall of, 2, 287.
  • Jotham, son of Uzziah, regent of Judah, 1, 246.
  • king, ally of Pekah and Rezin, 1, 248.
  • state of the kingdom under, 1, 248–50.
  • death of, 1, 257.
  • Jotham, brother of Abimelech, parable of, 1, 63.
  • Jourdan, French general, frees the Jews from the Frankfort Ghetto, 5, 503–4.
  • Journals, Jewish, list of:
  • Ha-Meassef, 5, 399–400.
  • Journal for the Science of Judaism, 5, 585.
  • Kerem Chemed, 5, 621, 625.
  • Orient, The, 5, 693.
  • Scientific Journal, The, 5, 625.
  • Zion, 5, 693.
  • Jovianus, emperor, concludes peace with Shabur II, 2, 602.
  • religious toleration under, 2, 602.
  • Jozachar, a noble of Judah, kills Joash, 1, 221.
  • Juan I, of Aragon, Jews under, 4, 145, 170.
  • Chasdaï Crescas at the court of, 4, 146.
  • Juan II, of Aragon, the Jews under, 4, 274, 275.
  • Juan I, of Castile, coronation of, 4, 156.
  • punishes Fernan Martin, 4, 157.
  • deprives the Jews of criminal jurisdiction, 4, 157.
  • confirms anti-Jewish restrictions, 4, 158.
  • possible heir to Portugal, 4, 158.
  • regent of Portugal, 4, 160–1.
  • makes David Negro chief rabbi of Castile, 4, 161.
  • gives up Portugal, 4, 162.
  • death of, 4, 167.
  • Juan II, of Castile, Jews under, during his minority, 4, 193–4.
  • anti-Jewish edict issued in the name of, 4, 203–4.
  • issues a second edict concerning the Jews, 4, 205–6.
  • admits Jews to state affairs, 4, 228–9.
  • confirms the law of Avila, 4, 229.
  • refuses consent to anti-Jewish bulls, 4, 251.
  • protects the Jews, 4, 251–2.
  • weakness of, 4, 252–3.
  • complains of the backsliding Marranos, 4, 256.
  • Juan de Abadia, Marrano, tries to suppress the Inquisition, 4, 329.
  • hires an assassin to kill Pedro Arbues, 4, 329–30.
  • suicide of, 4, 331.
  • Juan de España (the Old), apostate, Christian propagandist, 4, 233.
  • Juan de Lucena, minister to Aragon, urges the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 348–9.
  • brother of, persecuted by the Marranos, 4, 355.
  • Juan de Sevilla. See Samuel Abrabanel.
  • Juan de Seville, intercedes for the Marranos, 4, 322–3.
  • circulates Sixtus IV’s bull against the Inquisition, 4, 323.
  • Juan Alfonso, governor of Seville, threatened by a mob, 4, 168.
  • Juan Alfonso de Albuquerque, minister to Pedro the Cruel, recommends a Jew as minister of finance, 4, 115–16.
  • falls into disgrace, 4, 117.
  • Juan Arias, bishop of Avila, delivers up the Jews of Sepulveda to butchery, 4, 279.
  • Juan Emanuel, regent for Alfonso XI of Castile, the Jews under, 4, 52–3.
  • Juba, king of Numidia, marries Glaphyra, 2, 128.
  • Jubilee, the year of, ceases to exist as a year of release, 1, 393.
  • Judæa, under Gedaliah, 1, 319–23.
  • depopulated by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 325.
  • becomes a Persian dependency, 1, 351.
  • part of Cœlesyria under Macedonian rule, 1, 414.
  • conquered by Ptolemy I, 1, 416.
  • falls to Ptolemy I after the battle of Ipsus, 1, 418.
  • revolts from Ptolemy II, 1, 423.
  • Dionysian festivals introduced into, 1, 428.
  • at peace under Joseph, son of Tobiah, 1, 430.
  • under Seleucidæan kings, 1, 432.
  • ravaged by the Syrians, 1, 433.
  • invaded by Gorgias, 1, 467.
  • invaded by Lysias, 1, 469.
  • reduced by Bacchides, 1, 491.
  • the army of, under Jonathan Haphus, 1, 498.
  • after the death of Jonathan Haphus, 1, 501–2, 519–20.
  • independent under Simon Tharsi, 1, 520.
  • independence of, acknowledged by Demetrius II, 1, 521.
  • the Judæans in Egypt apprised of the independence of, 1, 522–3.
  • allied with Rome, 1, 526.
  • a monarchy under Simon Tharsi, 1, 526.
  • under John Hyrcanus, 2, 1, 11–12.
  • extent of, under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • prosperity of, under Salome Alexandra, 2, 48.
  • one of the conquered provinces of Rome, 2, 67.
  • divided into five provinces, 2, 71.
  • burdens of, lessened by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • forced to pay a money contribution to Cassius Longinus, 2, 80.
  • free from foreign soldiery under Antigonus, 2, 83.
  • pays a tax to Rome, 2, 87.
  • invaded by Sosius, 2, 88.
  • extent of, under Herod, 2, 103.
  • extent of, under the Herodians, 2, 118.
  • towns of, adorned with Greek art, 2, 118.
  • given to Archelaus by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • made an ethnarchy by Augustus, 2, 127.
  • wholly subject to Rome, 2, 128.
  • ruled by procurators, 2, 137.
  • compared with Galilee, 2, 148.
  • given to Agrippa I by Claudius, 2, 190.
  • the kingdom of, at its greatest extent, 2, 190.
  • prosperity of, under Agrippa I, 2, 191.
  • a Roman province on Agrippa I’s death, 2, 197.
  • the governor of, independent of the governor of Syria, 2, 197.
  • Roman dominion oppressive in, 2, 233.
  • aristocracy of, immoral, 2, 234.
  • severity of the Roman governors of, 2, 241.
  • under Cumanus, 2, 242.
  • under Felix, 2, 245–7.
  • turbulent state of, under Gessius Florus, 2, 250–1.
  • aroused against Rome, 2, 262.
  • aided against Rome by foreign Judæans, 2, 264.
  • the property of Vespasian, 2, 312.
  • triumph over, celebrated at Rome, 2, 314–15.
  • fortresses of, in arms, 2, 315.
  • after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, 2, 321.
  • under Roman governors, 2, 333.
  • in rebellion against Trajan, 2, 394–5.
  • in rebellion against Hadrian, 2, 399–400, 403, 408.
  • visit of Hadrian to, 2, 406.
  • desolate condition of, under Hadrian, 2, 431.
  • revolution in, under Antoninus Pius, 2, 447.
  • sanctity of, 2, 458.
  • Hebrew spoken in, 2, 461–2.
  • Marcus Aurelius in, 2, 463.
  • under Commodus, 2, 463.
  • falls into the background, 2, 503, 531.
  • compared with Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • educational institutions of, investigated by Judah III, 2, 532.
  • youths of, go to Babylonia for study, 2, 537.
  • Babylonia independent of, 2, 548.
  • burials in, 2, 548.
  • scene of the coming of the Messiah, 2, 548–9.
  • decline of, 2, 557, 560.
  • teachers of the Law banished from, 2, 566–7.
  • dialectics unknown in, 2, 591.
  • the head of the Jewish communities in the Roman empire, 2, 611.
  • last Halachic authorities of, 2, 612.
  • Biblical studies in, under Theodosius II, 2, 623–5.
  • See also Canaan; Israel, the kingdom of; Judah; Palestine.
  • Judæa, the Roman governors of, list of:
  • Bassus,
  • Quietus, Lucius
  • Rufus, Tinnius
  • Silva.
  • See also Procurators, the, of Judæa; Syria, the Roman governors of.
  • Judæan Christians, the, the early Christians, 2, 168.
  • customs of, 2, 168.
  • displeased with Paul, 2, 230, 231.
  • declare the Law binding, 2, 231.
  • differences between, and pagan Christians, 2, 232.
  • See also Ebionites, the; Jewish Christians, the; Nazarenes, the.
  • Judæans, the, deported to Babylonia, 1, 307.
  • banished, urge war against Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 309.
  • flee to Egypt, 1, 317, 318.
  • fugitive, molested after the fall of Jerusalem, 1, 318.
  • remain in Judah, 1, 318–19, 321.
  • return to Jerusalem from the countries about, 1, 356.
  • moral degeneracy of, under Zerubbabel, 1, 358.
  • accused of disloyalty to Persia, 1, 361.
  • intermarry with the Samaritans, 1, 361–3.
  • neglect the Law, 1, 366.
  • receive Ezra with respect, 1, 367.
  • repudiate their heathen wives, 1, 368–9.
  • in part opposed to Ezra’s severity, 1, 370.
  • appeal to Nehemiah for aid, 1, 372.
  • intrigue with Tobiah against Nehemiah, 1, 376.
  • swear not to enslave the poor, 1, 377.
  • listen to Ezra’s reading of the Law, 1, 378–80.
  • repudiate their heathen wives, 1, 380.
  • swear to observe the Law, 1, 380–1.
  • consecrate the walls of Jerusalem, 1, 381–2.
  • disregard Nehemiah’s injunctions, 1, 383–4.
  • dissensions among, 1, 384.
  • reforms among, introduced by Nehemiah on his second visit, 1, 385–8.
  • hostility of, to the Samaritans, 1, 392.
  • influence of the Samaritan sect on, 1, 392–3.
  • cultivate the Law, 1, 393–7.
  • cruelly treated under Artaxerxes II and III, 1, 408–9.
  • taxed by Bagoas, 1, 409–10.
  • hostility of the Samaritans to, 1, 410.
  • legends about, and Alexander the Great, 1, 412–13.
  • taxed by the Macedonians, 1, 413.
  • favored by Alexander the Great, 1, 414–15.
  • refuse to help in rebuilding the temple to Bel, 1, 415.
  • taken captive by Ptolemy I, 1, 416.
  • pay tribute to the Egypto-Macedonian court, 1, 418.
  • settle in Alexandria, 1, 418.
  • settle in Antioch, 1, 419.
  • colonies of, in the Græco-Macedonian countries, 1, 418–19.
  • dispersed in the lands of the Ptolemies and Seleucidæ, 1, 420–1.
  • choose Joseph as their leader, 1, 424.
  • under Greek influence, 1, 426, 427–9.
  • well treated by Antiochus III, 1, 433.
  • hated by surrounding nations, 1, 434–5.
  • split up into Hellenists and Chassidim, 1, 435–6.
  • trained in Greek athletics, 1, 445–6.
  • at the Olympian games at Tyre, 1, 446.
  • dissatisfied with Menelaus as high priest, 1, 447.
  • kill Lysimachus, 1, 449.
  • accused of partisanship for Egypt, 1, 449.
  • national party of, favored at the Egyptian court, 1, 451.
  • cruelly treated by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 453.
  • commanded to sacrifice to the Greek gods, 1, 454–5.
  • persecuted by the overseers of Antiochus IV, 1, 456–7.
  • extermination of, planned by Antiochus IV, 1, 463–4.
  • defended by Ptolemy Macron, 1, 476–7, 478.
  • granted religious freedom by Antiochus V, 1, 480, 488.
  • split up into parties, 1, 489.
  • alliance with, sought by Demetrius I, 1, 495.
  • exempted from taxation, 1, 497.
  • destroy a portion of Antioch, 1, 497.
  • defeat Diodotus Tryphon, 1, 499.
  • regret the existence of the Temple of Onias, 1, 509.
  • object to the Greek translation of the Law, 1, 512.
  • count from the date of Simon Tharsi’s accession, 1, 522.
  • in the army of Antiochus Sidetes celebrate the Sabbath and the holidays, 2, 5.
  • permitted to ship goods duty free from their ports, 2, 9.
  • development of, under John Hyrcanus, 2, 13–15.
  • Greek art among, 2, 14.
  • cultivate the Hebrew language, 2, 14–15.
  • literature of, under the Hasmonæans, 2, 15–16.
  • religion of, divided into sects, 2, 16–31.
  • make the half-Shekel collections in spring, 2, 52.
  • flee to Egypt during the siege of Jerusalem by Aretas, 2, 60.
  • with republican views appeal to Pompey, 2, 63–4.
  • oppose Cæsar, 2, 77.
  • present their grievances to Archelaus, 2, 120–1.
  • appeal to Augustus to make Judæa a Roman province, 2, 126–7.
  • petition for the removal of obnoxious emblems from the Roman standard, 2, 139.
  • influenced by John the Baptist, 2, 146–7.
  • morality of the middle class of, 2, 151.
  • complain of Pontius Pilate’s cruelty, 2, 172.
  • leniently treated under Tiberius, 2, 172–3.
  • object to the images of the emperors on the Roman standards, 2, 173.
  • dispersed in the Roman and Parthian empires, 2, 200–3.
  • of the dispersion visit the Temple, 2, 201.
  • as regarded by the heathen, 2, 203.
  • view held by, of paganism, 2, 204.
  • manifest proselytizing tendencies, 2, 215–19.
  • in Greek cities proselytized by Nazarenes, 2, 222.
  • displeased with the apostle Paul, 2, 229, 230.
  • hindered by Rome, in the free exercise of religion, 2, 234.
  • immorality of, under the Roman dominion, 2, 237–8.
  • resent the presence of a Roman cohort in the Temple, 2, 242.
  • hated by the Greek and Roman inhabitants of Judæa, 2, 246–7.
  • deprived by Nero of civil rights in Cæsarea, 2, 247.
  • well treated by Nero and Poppea Sabina, 2, 248.
  • number of, in Jerusalem at Passover 66, 2, 251.
  • quarrel with the heathen in Cæsarea, 2, 252–3.
  • parties among, 2, 256.
  • aroused by the treatment of the Cæsareans, 2, 262.
  • loyalty of, defended before Nero, 2, 268.
  • joined by the Samaritans against Rome, 2, 268.
  • massacre of, by the heathen, 2, 269.
  • forbidden to buy articles of food from the heathen, 2, 270.
  • after the destruction of Jerusalem, 2, 311–12, 321–2.
  • friendly to Rome, rewarded by Vespasian, 2, 316–17.
  • See also Israelites, the; Jews, the; Judæans, the, of various cities and countries.
  • Judæo-Alexandrian school, the, of Allegorists, 2, 208–9, 329.
  • combat paganism, 2, 214–15.
  • Judæo-Greek literature, among the Judæans in Egypt, 1, 515–16; 2, 204–8.
  • Judæo-Greek writers, spread Judæan doctrines, 2, 204–8.
  • Judah, the house of, renounces allegiance to David, 1, 140.
  • Judah, the kingdom of, first indications of, 1, 109.
  • dislike of, to Israel, under Solomon, 1, 174.
  • founded, 1, 183.
  • religious conditions in, under Rehoboam, 1, 188–9.
  • subjects of, sold as slaves under Uzziah, 1, 227.
  • weakness of, at the beginning of Uzziah’s reign, 1, 237.
  • licentiousness of the princes of, under Jotham, 1, 249–50.
  • Assyrian idols introduced into, 1, 260–1.
  • degradation of the nobles of, under Ahaz, 1, 261.
  • freed from idolatry by Hezekiah, 1, 268.
  • fortified towns of, taken by Sennacherib, 1, 272.
  • golden age of, under Hezekiah, 1, 279.
  • idolatry in, under Manasseh, 1, 282–3.
  • ravaged by the Scythians, 1, 287.
  • end of, 1, 305.
  • taken by Nebuchadnezzar’s army, 1, 307.
  • importance of, 1, 308.
  • power of the nobles of, 1, 308–9.
  • Judah, the kings of, list of:
  • Abijam,
  • Ahaziah,
  • Amaziah,
  • Amon,
  • Asa,
  • Jehoahaz (Shallum),
  • Jehoiachin (Jeconiah),
  • Jehoiakim (Eliakim),
  • Jehoshaphat,
  • Joash,
  • Joram (Jehoram),
  • Josiah,
  • Manasseh,
  • Rehoboam,
  • Uzziah,
  • Zedekiah (Mattaniah).
  • Judah, the tribe of, successful warriors in the desert, 1, 26.
  • war of, for territory, 1, 38.
  • description of the land of, 1, 45.
  • isolation of, 1, 51, 76–7, 109.
  • delivered by Othniel, 1, 60.
  • attacked by the Ammonites and Philistines, 1, 64.
  • enters national life, 1, 77.
  • virtues of, 1, 77.
  • chooses David as king, 1, 107.
  • hesitates to recall David after Absalom’s revolt, 1, 146.
  • sends an embassy to meet David, 1, 146–7.
  • quarrels with the northern tribes, 1, 148.
  • loyal to Rehoboam, 1, 182.
  • members of, return under Zerubbabel, 1, 352.
  • Judah, brother of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • Judah, chief rabbi of Portugal and minister of finance, 3, 618.
  • Judah, coadjutor of Josephus in Galilee, 2, 278, 279.
  • Judah, Essene seer, 2, 38.
  • Judah, father of Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 265.
  • Judah, favorite of Charles the Bald, 3, 170.
  • Judah I (ha-Nassi, Rabbi), Patriarch, son of Simon III, closes the activity of the Tanaites, 2, 450.
  • talents of, 2, 450–1.
  • teachers of, 2, 451.
  • made Patriarch, 2, 451.
  • generosity of, 2, 451–2.
  • invests the Patriarchate with autocratic power, 2, 452–4.
  • lives at Sepphoris, 2, 452.
  • called Rabbi, 2, 453.
  • disciples of, 2, 454–7, 511.
  • severity of, towards his disciples, 2, 454–6.
  • punishes Chiya, 2, 455.
  • refuses to authorize Simon bar Kappara to teach, 2, 456.
  • cured by Samuel, 2, 456.
  • offended by Judah and Chiskiya, 2, 457.
  • admits the testimony of a Samaritan, 2, 457.
  • moderates the laws of tithes, 2, 458–9.
  • contemplates the abolition of the year of release, 2, 459–60.
  • completes the Mishna, 2, 460–1.
  • revises his own code, 2, 461.
  • prefers Hebrew, 2, 461.
  • gives tradition a settled form, 2, 462.
  • the last of the Tanaites, 2, 462.
  • rebuked by the widow of Eleazar ben Simon, 2, 465.
  • death of, 2, 465–7.
  • appoints his sons to offices, 2, 466.
  • dying wishes of, 2, 466.
  • announcement of the death of, 2, 466–7.
  • funeral of, 2, 467.
  • called “the Holy,” 2, 467.
  • maxims of, 2, 472.
  • work of, completed by Ashi, 2, 609.
  • Judah II (Rabbi, Rabbenu, 228), Patriarch, son of Gamaliel III, 2, 479.
  • censured for irreligiousness, 2, 480.
  • in favor with Alexander Severus, 2, 480–3.
  • royal authority of, 2, 481–2.
  • Roman dress of, 2, 483.
  • leniency of, 2, 483–5.
  • permits the purchase of articles of food from the heathen, 2, 483–4.
  • alleviations proposed by, 2, 484–5.
  • attacks on, 2, 485–6.
  • covetousness of, 2, 486.
  • draws a revenue from the Jewish communities, 2, 486–7.
  • reverence for, 2, 487.
  • death of, 2, 487.
  • Jochanan bar Napacha the companion of, 2, 493.
  • questions Levi bar Sissi on the neo-Persians, 2, 525.
  • Judah III (280–300), Patriarch, has scant knowledge of the Law, 2, 532.
  • determines the new-moon, 2, 532.
  • investigates the educational institutions of Judæa, 2, 532.
  • accused of disloyalty, 2, 533–4.
  • levies a tax for the Patriarchate, 2, 536.
  • accused of Christian leanings, 2, 565.
  • Judah IV, Patriarch, son of Gamaliel V, 2, 612.
  • Judah, proselyte, informs against Simon ben Yochai, 2, 448.
  • Judah, treasurer of Ferdinand I of Portugal, 4, 159.
  • removed from office, 4, 160.
  • proposed as chief rabbi of Castile, 4, 161, 162.
  • imprisoned, 4, 161.
  • Judah (Laudadeus) de Blanis, physician and Kabbalist, 4, 411.
  • Judah the Blind (Jehudaï, 759–762), Gaon of Sora, opposed to Anan ben David, 3, 129.
  • author of Halachoth Ketuoth, 3, 136.
  • work of, supplemented, 3, 179.
  • work of, superseded, 3, 286.
  • Judah ben Baba, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • ordains Akiba’s disciples, 2, 429; 4, 536.
  • suffers martyrdom, 2, 429.
  • Judah ben Bathyra, teacher of the Law in Nisibis, 2, 358, 443.
  • effects the dissolution of the Synhedrion at Nahar-Pakod, 2, 444.
  • Judah ben Chiya, offends Judah I ha-Nassi, 2, 457.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Babylonian disciple of Judah I, 2, 511.
  • Judah ben Ezekiel, Babylonian Amora, founds the academy of Pumbeditha, 2, 545, 549.
  • descent of, 2, 549.
  • dialectic system of, 2, 550.
  • and his brother, 2, 550–1.
  • severity of, with regard to purity of race, 2, 551–2.
  • excommunicates a Nahardean, 2, 551–2.
  • principal of the Sora Metibta, 2, 552.
  • method of, used by Chasda, 2, 553.
  • acuteness of the disciples of, 2, 575.
  • objects to emigration, 2, 576.
  • Judah ben Ilai, disciple of Akiba, returns to Judæa, 2, 433.
  • receives the members of the Synhedrion of Usha, 2, 433–4.
  • diplomacy of, 2, 442.
  • artisan, 2, 442.
  • praises Rome, 2, 448.
  • rewarded by Rome, 2, 448.
  • Judah ben Jacob Chayyat, Kabbalist, describes the suffering of the Spanish exiles, 4, 369–70, 481.
  • Judah ben Joseph Ibn-Alfachar. See Jehuda bar Joseph Ibn-Alfachar.
  • Judah ben Moses Cohen, physician to Alfonso X, 3, 593.
  • Judah ben Moses Ibn-Tibbon, chief of the Tibbonide party, 4, 32.
  • Judah ben Saul Ibn-Tibbon (1120–1190), physician and translator, pedantry of, 3, 397.
  • works translated by, 3, 397.
  • Hebrew style of, 3, 398.
  • Judah ben Tabbaï, Nassi of the Great Council, re-organizes it, 2, 49.
  • called “Restorer of the Law,” 2, 49.
  • rigorous in administering the Law, 2, 53–4.
  • maxim of, 2, 54.
  • disciples of, 2, 72.
  • Judah ben Yechiel (Messer Leon, 1450–1490), rabbi and physician in Mantua, 4, 289.
  • author of books on grammar, logic, and rhetoric, 4, 289–90.
  • as a classical scholar, 4, 289–90.
  • hostility to, 4, 293.
  • controversy of, with Joseph Kolon, 4, 295.
  • banished from Mantua, 4, 295.
  • Judah ben Zippori, Pharisee, instigates an uprising against Herod, 2, 115.
  • burnt alive, 2, 115.
  • death of, avenged, 2, 121.
  • Judah Ibn-Giat, poet, 3, 318.
  • Judah Ibn-Verga, Kabbalist and astronomer, teaches Marranos, 4, 335.
  • martyrdom of, 4, 336.
  • as a chronicler, 4, 556.
  • consulted by Basnage, 5, 196.
  • Judah Ibn-Yachya-Negro, prevents the forced baptism of the Jews of Portugal, 4, 218.
  • Judah, son of David ben Zaccaï, quarrels with Saadiah, 3, 195.
  • appointed Exilarch, 3, 201.
  • son of, 3, 201–2.
  • Judah, son of Simon Tharsi, 1, 520.
  • general, 1, 529.
  • assassinated, 1, 530.
  • Judah Benveniste, leader of the Spanish exiles in Salonica, 4, 405.
  • Judah Chassid, leader of a Sabbatian sect in Poland, exhorts to penance, 5, 212.
  • emigrates, 5, 212.
  • effect of preaching of, 5, 212–13.
  • death of, 5, 213.
  • nephews of, 5, 213.
  • Judah Del Medigo. See Del Medigo.
  • Judah Judghan (800), of Hamadan, imparts a Mutazilistic tendency to Judaism, 3, 149–50.
  • asceticism of, 3, 150.
  • founder of a sect, 3, 150.
  • Judah Leon Abrabanel (Hebræus, Medigo, 1470–1530), treasurer to a Portuguese prince, 4, 337.
  • describes his father, 4, 339.
  • referred to, 4, 340.
  • property of, confiscated by Alfonso V of Portugal, 4, 341.
  • forbidden to leave Toledo, 4, 360.
  • flees to Naples, 4, 360.
  • son of, forcibly baptized, 4, 361.
  • at Genoa, 4, 384.
  • pursuits of, 4, 384.
  • physician to Gonsalvo de Cordova, 4, 384–5.
  • in Venice, 4, 385.
  • without influence in Italy, 4, 409.
  • as philosopher, 4, 480–1.
  • Italian style of, 4, 480.
  • Hebrew verses of, addressed to his son, 4, 480.
  • esteemed by Italians, 4, 481.
  • Judah Menz (1408–1509), rabbi in Padua, Talmudist, 4, 294.
  • controversy of, with Elias del Medigo, 4, 295.
  • narrowness of, 4, 295.
  • disciples of, 4, 406.
  • as a teacher, 4, 410.
  • Judah Siciliano, Italian man of letters, 4, 60.
  • poet, praised by Immanuel Romi, 4, 68.
  • Judah Sir Leon ben Isaac (1166–1224), Tossafist, 3, 408.
  • writes the “Book of the Pious,” 3, 408–9.
  • disciples of, 3, 409, 539.
  • Judah. See also under Jehuda; Judas.
  • Judah’s Rod of Correction,” history by Joseph Ibn-Verga, 4, 557.
  • Judaism, a religious conviction after the formation of the Samaritan sect, 1, 393.
  • Magian influence on, 1, 402–5.
  • incompatible with Greek games, 1, 445.
  • calumniated by Menelaus, the Benjamite, 1, 449–50.
  • calumniated by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 452.
  • becomes known through the Greek version of the Pentateuch, 1, 512–13.
  • misrepresented by the Greek translation of the Law, 1, 513–14.
  • development of, under the Hasmonæans, 2, 16–17.
  • sects of, 2, 16–31.
  • leaning of Romans towards, 2, 136.
  • Roman proselytes to, under Tiberius, 2, 136–7.
  • universality of, 2, 141.
  • how introduced to the heathen, 2, 142.
  • attitude of Jesus to, 2, 155–6.
  • as viewed by the heathen, 2, 203.
  • allegorized to suit Greek notions, 2, 208–9.
  • apostasy from, among the Alexandrians, 2, 209.
  • humanitarian laws of, as expounded by Philo, 2, 211–12, 213–14.
  • embraced by the heathen, 2, 215–19.
  • leanings towards, taken advantage of by the Nazarenes, 2, 219.
  • taught by Paul as an introduction to Christianity, 2, 228, 229.
  • relation of, to Christianity according to Paul, 2, 229–30.
  • hampered by Rome, 2, 234.
  • dangers to, after the destruction of Jerusalem, 2, 322.
  • dissociated from the Temple by Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 324–5.
  • reviled by the Nazarenes, 2, 371–2.
  • consolidation of, after the fall of the second Temple, 2, 373.
  • as viewed by the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • influence of the Minæans on, deprecated, 2, 378.
  • Gnostic or semi-Christian ideas in, 2, 380–1.
  • saved from Gnostic influences by Akiba, 2, 382.
  • influence of, upon the pagan world, 2, 382–3.
  • conversions to, from paganism, 2, 383–5.
  • Tacitus on the conversions to, 2, 384.
  • mocked at by Hadrian, 2, 407–8.
  • laws against, decreed by Hadrian, 2, 421.
  • Hadrian attempts to graft paganism on, 2, 422.
  • persecuted by Hadrian, 2, 423–6.
  • independence of Christianity of, demonstrated to Hadrian, 2, 431.
  • laws against, promulgated by Severus, 2, 464.
  • legal character of, due to the Mishna, 2, 471.
  • admired by Alexander Severus, 2, 481.
  • Greek civilization equal to, according to Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 494.
  • in foreign lands, 2, 520.
  • oppressed by Christianity, 2, 535.
  • placed on an equality with Christianity, 2, 561.
  • aspersed by Church dignitaries under Constantine, 2, 562.
  • conversions to, forbidden by Constantine, 2, 562, 564.
  • separated from Christianity at the Council of Nice, 2, 563.
  • interest of Julian the Apostate in, 2, 596.
  • protected by Theodosius the Great, 2, 614–15.
  • preserved by the Talmud, 2, 635.
  • among the Arabian Jews in the sixth century, 3, 58–9.
  • inspires Mahomet, 3, 71–2.
  • taught the Chazars by fugitive Greek Jews, 3, 139.
  • account of the conversion of the Chazars to, 3, 139–40.
  • influence of, on the Chazars, 3, 141.
  • rationalistic tendency imparted to, 3, 149–50.
  • orthodox adherents of, oppose the rationalists, 3, 152–3.
  • mysticism in, 3, 153–5.
  • Karaite interpretation of, variable, 3, 157.
  • revered by the Empress Judith, 3, 162.
  • revered by the Christians of the Frankish empire, 3, 163.
  • promotes science during the Middle Ages, 3, 187.
  • assumes a European character in the tenth century, 3, 188.
  • Christian and Islam objections to, answered by Saadiah, 3, 199.
  • leadership of, lost by Asia, 3, 207.
  • the center of, in Spain, 3, 229.
  • gloomy character of, in Germany, 3, 309.
  • as expounded by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 330, 331–6.
  • as characterized by Abraham Ibn-Daud, 3, 364–5.
  • in Asia in the twelfth century, 3, 440–2.
  • as presented by Maimonides in his Mishne-Torah, 3, 467.
  • and philosophy in Maimonides’ “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 478–9.
  • loses by Maimonides’ philosophical system, 3, 487.
  • condition of, in the twelfth century, 3, 446–7.
  • the creed of, drawn up by Maimonides, 3, 459–60.
  • divided by the Maimunist controversy, 3, 546–7.
  • as interpreted by Nachmani, 3, 533–5.
  • Albo on the possibility of changing, 4, 242.
  • effect of the Protestant Reformation on, 4, 471.
  • influence of the Shulchan Aruch on, 4, 613.
  • influence of Lurya’s Kabbala on, 4, 625–7.
  • attacked by Martin Czechowic, 4, 648.
  • influence of the Cossack persecutions on, 5, 16–17.
  • condition of, in the seventeenth century, 5, 51–2.
  • reform of, proposed by Leo Modena, 5, 73–4.
  • defended by Simone Luzzatto, 5, 81–4.
  • antagonized by Spinoza, 5, 97–8, 101–3.
  • discredited by the Kabbala, 5, 166.
  • glorified by Spinoza, 5, 167.
  • attracts Christians, 5, 176.
  • influenced by Lessing, 5, 298.
  • Mendelssohn’s early attitude towards, 5, 310.
  • human additions to, according to Mendelssohn, 5, 311, 317.
  • binding only upon Jews, 5, 312.
  • Mendelssohn’s glorification of, 5, 314–15.
  • as defined by Mendelssohn, 5, 364.
  • consequences of the renaissance of, 5, 374–5.
  • view of, taken by Schleiermacher, 5, 426–7.
  • view of, held by Chateaubriand, 5, 427.
  • view of, held by Furtado, 5, 496.
  • characterized by Heine, 5, 552.
  • excrescences of, 5, 557–9.
  • barbarous aspect of, under Polish influence, 5, 558.
  • disfigurement of, among the Portuguese, 5, 559.
  • reform of, suggested, 5, 559. See Reform, the, of Judaism.
  • reconciliation of, with culture, 5, 560.
  • as viewed by Bernays, 5, 575–6.
  • journal for the science of, 5, 585.
  • love for, fostered by the Society for Culture, 5, 588.
  • the renaissance of, 5, 589–90, 591–2, 607.
  • defined by Steinheim, 5, 604–6.
  • the narrowing of, by the new school of scholars, 5, 627.
  • view of, held by Holdheim, 5, 680–1.
  • the first to recognize the rights of man, 5, 709–10.
  • the moral system of, 5, 710–11.
  • free from asceticism, 5, 712.
  • Judaism, the sects of, list of:
  • Boëthuseans,
  • Chassidim,
  • Donmäh,
  • Essenes,
  • Frankists,
  • Isavites,
  • Judghanites,
  • Karaites (and their sects),
  • Menachemists,
  • Pharisees,
  • Sabbatians,
  • Sadducees,
  • Samaritans.
  • Judaism, conversions to. See Conversions to Judaism.
  • Judaism, or the Jewish Doctrine,” attack by John Miller, 4, 692.
  • Judaism, Rabbinical. See Rabbinical Judaism.
  • Judaism, Talmudical. See Talmudical Judaism.
  • Judaism, the Reform of. See Reform, the, of Judaism.
  • Judaism, the Statute of, passed by the House of Commons, 3, 642.
  • Judaism Unmasked,” by Eisenmenger, full title of, 5, 188.
  • suppressed, 5, 189–90.
  • cause of, supported by Frederick I of Prussia, 5, 192–3.
  • under ban for forty years, 5, 193.
  • Judaizantes, sect called forth by the Protestant Reformation, 4, 541.
  • Judas the Galilean, champion against the Romans, 2, 125.
  • seizes the arsenal of Sepphoris, 2, 125.
  • escapes from Quintilius Varus, 2, 126.
  • leader of the Zealots, 2, 133.
  • resists the Roman census, 2, 133–4.
  • conception of the Messiah held by the disciples of, 2, 144.
  • morality of the followers of, 2, 151.
  • sons of, 2, 199.
  • grandsons of, 2, 239.
  • Judas ben Jair, killed by the Romans, 2, 315.
  • Judas Aristobulus, Judæan of priestly lineage, teacher of the Egyptian king, 1, 519.
  • petitioned to introduce the Chanukah celebration into Egypt, 2, 6–7.
  • Judas Iscariot, follower of Jesus, betrays him, 2, 163.
  • Judas Maccabæus, son of Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • chosen to succeed his father as commander, 1, 461.
  • characterization of, 1, 461.
  • defeats Apollonius, 1, 461–2.
  • defeats Heron, 1, 462.
  • joined by the half-Hellenized, 1, 464.
  • exhorts his troops at Mizpah, 1, 467.
  • divides his army among his brothers, 1, 468.
  • dismisses all excused from military service by the Law, 1, 468.
  • defeats Gorgias, 1, 468–9, 476.
  • defeats Lysias, 1, 469–70.
  • consecrates the Temple, 1, 471–3.
  • fortifies the Temple mount, 1, 473.
  • defeats the Idumæans and Ammonites, 1, 474.
  • appealed to by Judæans in the provinces, 1, 474–5.
  • rescues the trans-Jordanic provinces, 1, 476.
  • besieges the Acra, 1, 478.
  • defeated at Beth-Zachariah, 1, 479.
  • besieged in Jerusalem, 1, 479–80.
  • made high priest, 1, 481.
  • hated by the Hellenists, 1, 481.
  • accused before Demetrius I, 1, 482.
  • retreats to the mountains, 1, 482.
  • gathers a new army to oppose Alcimus and Bacchides, 1, 483.
  • treats with Nicanor, 1, 484.
  • defeats Nicanor, 1, 484, 485.
  • negotiates with Rome, 1, 485–6.
  • encamps at Eleasa, 1, 486.
  • falls on the battlefield of Eleasa, 1, 487.
  • achievements of, compared with his brother Jonathan’s, 1, 501–2.
  • state of Judæa after the death of, 1, 501, 519–20.
  • model of Cromwell, 5, 26.
  • Judas. See also under Jehuda; Judah.
  • Judenbreter, name assumed by German families, 3, 611.
  • Jüdenbühl, in Nuremberg, scene of the burning of the Jews, 4, 110.
  • Judenmeister, rabbis, appointed by order of Sigismund, 4, 227.
  • Judenstättigkeit, permissive residence of Jews in Frankfort, 4, 695; 5, 503.
  • indulgently interpreted, 4, 696.
  • abolished by Emperor Matthias, 4, 700.
  • Juderia, the, of Seville, destroyed by a mob, 4, 169. See Jew’s quarter, the.
  • Judges, Jews forbidden to act as, by the Council of Mâcon, 3, 39, 171.
  • Judges, the warrior, deliver the Israelites from servitude, 1, 59.
  • activity of, characterized, 1, 68–9.
  • un-Jewish character of, 5, 715.
  • Judges, the, list of:
  • Abdon,
  • Abimelech,
  • Barak,
  • Deborah,
  • Ehud,
  • Elon,
  • Gideon,
  • Ibzan,
  • Jephthah,
  • Othniel,
  • Samson,
  • Samuel,
  • Shamgar.
  • Judghanites, a Jewish sect, 3, 150.
  • Judgment Chamber, in the House of the Forest of Lebanon, 1, 168–9.
  • Judith, the Book of, admitted into the Canon by Christians, 2, 488.
  • Judith, wife of Louis the Pious, friendly to Judaism, 3, 162.
  • calumniated by Bishop Agobard, 3, 164.
  • rebellion incited against, 3, 166.
  • conspiracy against, joined by Agobard, 3, 168.
  • Juglar, Gaspard, inquisitor in Aragon, 4, 326.
  • Julian the Apostate, emperor, delivers the Jews from the oppression suffered under Constantine, 2, 572.
  • character of, 2, 595.
  • in possession of undivided power, 2, 595.
  • plans of, 2, 595.
  • opposes Christianity, 2, 596.
  • interest of, in Judaism, 2, 596.
  • admires the benevolence of the Jews, 2, 596–7.
  • predilection of, for the sacrificial cult, 2, 597.
  • favors the Jews of the Roman empire, 2, 597.
  • letter of, to the Jewish communities, 2, 598.
  • accuses the Christians of preventing the rebuilding of the Temple, 2, 601.
  • in the Persian war, 2, 601–2.
  • death of, 2, 602.
  • Julian, Metropolitan of Toledo, presides over an anti-Jewish Council, 3, 107.
  • Julian ben Sabar, Samaritan king, 3, 13, 16.
  • Julianus, leader of the rebellion against Trajan in Judæa, 2, 395.
  • threatened by Lucius Quietus, 2, 401.
  • Julias, built by the tetrarch Philip, 2, 138.
  • Jülich, a Jew of, accused of ritual murder, 5, 642.
  • Julius II, pope, friendly to the Jews, 4, 407.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 408.
  • Julius III, pope, petitioned for absolution for the Marranos, 4, 528.
  • the Talmud denounced before, 4, 564.
  • signs the decree against the Talmud, 4, 565.
  • protects Hebrew writings except the Talmud, 4, 565.
  • death of, 4, 566.
  • confirms the privileges of the Marranos of Ancona, 4, 568.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 569.
  • Julius Archelaus, husband of Mariamne, daughter of Agrippa I, 2, 235.
  • Julius Capellus, partisan of Rome in Tiberias, 2, 274.
  • Jullos, name given to Hillel II by Origen, 2, 487.
  • July revolution, the, effect of, on Europe, 5, 596.
  • on the Jews, 5, 596, 598, 600.
  • Jumpers, the,” origin of, 5, 378.
  • Juno, the Argive, statue of, raised by Herod in Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • Jupiter, statue of, placed in the Temple by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 455.
  • destroyed by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 472.
  • Jupiter, temple of, adorned with a golden vine destined for the Temple at Jerusalem, 2, 63.
  • on Gerizim, 2, 422.
  • Jupiter Capitolinus, temple to, in Jerusalem, 2, 422.
  • Jupiter, Olympian, statue of, raised by Herod in Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • Jurieu, Pierre, Huguenot, on the future of the Jews, 5, 176.
  • Jurisdiction, Jewish, autonomous, withdrawn by Verus, 2, 447–8.
  • restored by Alexander Severus, 2, 482.
  • exercised by Raba in a criminal suit, 2, 592.
  • under the Patriarchs, 2, 613.
  • under Arcadius, 2, 616.
  • forbidden in mixed suits, 2, 617; 3, 28.
  • in civil suits in Greece, southern Italy, etc., 3, 27, 28, 423.
  • in Cologne, 3, 41.
  • under the Exilarchs, 3, 89.
  • in Speyer, 3, 297.
  • under Henry IV, 3, 298.
  • in Castile, etc., 4, 116, 155, 157, 203.
  • exercised by Ar-Rabbi Mor, 4, 159.
  • in Vienna, 4, 702.
  • in Poland, 5, 3.
  • See also Courts of Justice; Witnesses.
  • Jussuf Pasha, governor of Rhodes, persecutes the Jews on the blood accusation, 5, 640–1.
  • dismissed from his post, 5, 647.
  • Justi, court preacher, denounces Mendelssohn’s review of Frederick II’s poetry, 5, 302.
  • Justin I, emperor of the East, enforces the anti-Jewish laws of Theodosius II, 3, 10.
  • appealed to, to make war upon Zorah Nowas, 3, 66.
  • Justin II, emperor of the East, oppresses the Samaritans, 3, 17–18.
  • expels the Jews from their quarter in Constantinople, 3, 26.
  • Justinian I (483–565), emperor, closes the schools of philosophy in Greece, 3, 7.
  • interferes with the religious liberty of the Jews, 3, 12–16.
  • enacts that Jews are competent witnesses only in their own cases, 3, 12–13.
  • orders translations of the Law to be used by Jewish congregations, 3, 14–15.
  • forbids the recital of the confession of faith, 3, 15.
  • removes the Temple vessels from Constantinople to Jerusalem, 3, 27.
  • rule of, feared by the Jews of Italy, 3, 31.
  • made exarch of Ravenna, 3, 32.
  • appealed to by Imrulkais Ibn Hojr, 3, 69.
  • Justiniani, Augustin, bishop of Corsica, introduces the study of Hebrew into France, 4, 473, 474.
  • has Moses Kimchi’s grammar printed, 4, 474.
  • has a Latin translation of the “Guide of the Perplexed” made, 4, 474.
  • Justus of Tiberias, historian, does not mention Jesus, 2, 166.
  • leader of the Roman insurrection in Tiberias, 2, 274.
  • historian of the Roman war, 2, 319.
  • ambiguous conduct of, 2, 319–20.
  • attacks Josephus, 2, 390.
  • K
  • Kaab, teacher of the Law, converts Abu-Kariba to Judaism, 3, 62–3.
  • goes to Yemen to convert the people, 3, 63.
  • Kaab Ibn-Asharaf, Jewish opponent of Mahomet, 3, 74.
  • Kaab Ibn-Assad, chief of the Benu-Kuraiza, 3, 80.
  • killed by Mahomet, 3, 81.
  • Kaaba, the, the Square, the holy place of the Arabs, 3, 60.
  • number of idols in, 3, 72.
  • Moslem turn towards, in prayer, 3, 75.
  • Kaarat Kesef, by Joseph Ezobi, 3, 561.
  • Kabbala, the, Jacob ben Meshullam the first promoter of, 3, 396.
  • as used by Nachmani, 3, 535.
  • rise of, in the thirteenth century, 3, 547.
  • earliest promoters of, 3, 547.
  • reduced to a system, 3, 548.
  • youth of, 3, 548.
  • put into philosophical language, 3, 549.
  • counterpoise to the Maimunist philosophy, 3, 529.
  • compromise between faith and philosophy, 3, 549, 623.
  • theosophy of, 3, 550.
  • principles of, concerning God, 3, 550–1.
  • theory of emanation in, 3, 551–2.
  • theory of creation in, 3, 552–3.
  • on the mission of Israel, 3, 553.
  • mystical importance of prayer in, 3, 553–4.
  • on metempsychosis, 3, 554.
  • on retribution, 3, 555.
  • on the soul of the Messiah, 3, 555.
  • great age fraudulently claimed for, 3, 556.
  • promoted by Nachmani, 3, 556–7.
  • transplanted to Palestine by Nachmani, 3, 607.
  • to be taught in secret, according to Solomon ben Adret, 3, 619.
  • progress of, in Spain, 4, 1–23.
  • furtherance of, through the Zohar, 4, 22.
  • studied in Palestine, 4, 74–5.
  • in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 91.
  • influence of, increases in Spain, 4, 196.
  • studied by Pico di Mirandola, 4, 291–2, 433, 443.
  • Christian dogmas in, 4, 292.
  • translated into Latin, 4, 292, 443.
  • denounced by Elias del Medigo, 4, 292.
  • introduced into Safet by Joseph Saragossi, 4, 399.
  • in Salonica, 4, 405.
  • defended by Reuchlin, 4, 442–3, 466–7.
  • admired by Egidio de Viterbo, 4, 457.
  • carried to Italy and Turkey by Spanish exiles, 4, 481.
  • Christian scholars interested in, 4, 481.
  • affects the liturgy, 4, 481.
  • expectation of the Messiah the center of, 4, 482, 483.
  • Safet center of, 4, 538.
  • esteemed by the Church, 4, 583.
  • influence of, in Palestine in the sixteenth century, 4, 617.
  • spread of, 4, 617.
  • induces a Jewish “dark age,” 4, 617.
  • influence of, on Judaism, 4, 625–7.
  • corrupting influence of, 4, 626–7.
  • influence of, on seventeenth century Judaism, 5, 51–2.
  • as taught by Vital Calabrese, 5, 52–3.
  • spread by Israel Saruk, 5, 54.
  • spread by Abraham de Herrera, 5, 54.
  • identified with Neo-platonism, 5, 54.
  • beginnings of the criticism of, 5, 55.
  • attacked by Leo Modena, 5, 67, 74.
  • ridiculed by Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 77.
  • defended by Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 78–9.
  • Simone Luzzatto on, 5, 84.
  • studied by Spinoza, 5, 88.
  • influence of, on Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 118–19.
  • taught by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 119.
  • Messianic speculation in, 5, 120–1.
  • at variance with Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 144, 277.
  • brings discredit on Judaism, 5, 166.
  • opposed by Jehuda Leon Brieli, 5, 200.
  • supposed to teach the Trinity, 5, 216.
  • unhealthy influences of, 5, 232–3.
  • Moses Chayim Luzzatto under the influence of, 5, 236.
  • study of, forbidden to young men, 5, 241, 277.
  • generally opposed by the rabbis, 5, 245.
  • sways the minds of Polish Jews, 5, 382.
  • views of, held by Elijah Wilna, 5, 390–1.
  • supporters of, in Italy, 5, 488.
  • disfigures Judaism, 5, 539.
  • See also Zohar, the.
  • Kabbala, the higher, of Abraham Abulafia, 4, 5–6.
  • Kabbalistic terms:
  • Adam Kadmon,
  • Diokna Kadisha,
  • En-Sof,
  • Gematria,
  • Ibbur,
  • Kartiel,
  • Kelifa (Kelifoth),
  • Kewanoth,
  • King,
  • Malka Kadisha,
  • Matronita,
  • Nizuz (Nizuzoth),
  • Notaricon,
  • Olam ha-Tikkun,
  • Parsophin (Parzufim),
  • Sefiroth,
  • Shechina,
  • Tsiruf.
  • Kabbalistic writings, on the Index expurgatorius, 4, 584.
  • Kabbalists, the, opposed to the Maimunists in the interpretation of ceremonies, 3, 554.
  • distort the Scriptures, 3, 556.
  • opposed to Maimunists and Talmudists, 3, 558.
  • of Accho, in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 631–3.
  • and Solomon Molcho, 4, 496–7.
  • at Safet, 4, 622–3.
  • divorces frequent among, 4, 627; 5, 210.
  • Kabbalists, list of:
  • Abraham of Granada,
  • Abraham ben David,
  • Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia,
  • Abraham Levi,
  • Abraham Saba,
  • Aleman, Jochanan
  • Azriel,
  • Baruch of Benevento,
  • Chananel Ibn-Askara,
  • Chayim Vital Calabrese,
  • Cohen, Naphtali
  • David Ibn-Abi Zimra,
  • Eleazar ben Jehuda,
  • Ergas, Joseph
  • Ezra,
  • Frankfurter, Naphthali
  • Herrera, Abraham de
  • Hurwitz, Isaiah
  • Isaac of Accho,
  • Isaac the Blind,
  • Isaac ben Abraham Ibn-Latif,
  • Isaac Cohen Shalal,
  • Isaac Lurya Levi,
  • Israel Saruk,
  • Jacob of Segovia,
  • Jacob ben Meshullam,
  • Jacob ben Sheshet Gerundi,
  • Joseph of Arli,
  • Joseph ben Abraham Jikatilla,
  • Joseph ben Todros Abulafia,
  • Joseph Karo,
  • Joseph Saragossi,
  • Judah de Blanis,
  • Judah ben Jacob Chayyat,
  • Judah Ibn-Verga,
  • Levi ben Todros Abulafia,
  • Luzzatto, Moses Chayim
  • Meïr ben Gabbai,
  • Molcho, Solomon
  • Moses de Leon,
  • Moses ben Isaac Alashkar,
  • Moses ben Nachman,
  • Moses Botarel,
  • Moses Zacuto,
  • Oppenheim, David
  • Samuel of Medina-Celi,
  • Samuel Franco,
  • Shem-Tob ben Abraham Ibn-Gaon,
  • Shem-Tob ben Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob,
  • Solomon of Moravia,
  • Solomon ben Abraham b. Adret,
  • Solomon Petit,
  • Taytasak, Joseph
  • Todros ben Joseph Halevi Abulafia.
  • Kabul. See Cabul.
  • Kachtan, ancestor of the Arabs, 3, 61, 62.
  • Kachtanites, the southern Arabians, 3, 61.
  • Kadish, the Exilarch mentioned in, 3, 95.
  • Kaffa (Theodosia), a Karaite community in, 3, 182.
  • Kafnaï, Exilarch, 3, 10.
  • Kahal Kados, congregation in Pernambuco, 4, 693.
  • Kahana. See Mar-Kahana.
  • Kahana, Jacob, rabbi of Frankfort, exposes Kamenker, 5, 229.
  • exacts a promise from Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • Kahir, Caliph of the East, deposes Saadiah, 3, 196, 200.
  • Kahira. See Cairo.
  • Kahiya, political representative of the Turkish Jews, 4, 404.
  • Kahtz, Christian, apostate, tries to create prejudice against the Jews, 5, 191.
  • Kaila, Arab tribe, relations of, to the Jews, 3, 55.
  • Kailan race, the. See Benu-Aus, the; Chazraj, the.
  • Kailil, brother of Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 575–6, 583.
  • Kaimakam, deputy vizir, 5, 147.
  • Kairuan (Maghreb), the Jewish community of, 3, 137.
  • center of science in the ninth century, 3, 146, 180.
  • the Exilarch Mar-Ukba at, 3, 185, 210.
  • new school founded in, by Chushiel, 3, 208, 210.
  • chief town of the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 210.
  • study of the Talmud at, 3, 210–11.
  • the Jews of, confer the title Rosh on Chushiel, 3, 211.
  • Joseph Ibn-Abitur in, 3, 238.
  • school at, presided over by Chananel and Nissim bar Jacob, 3, 248.
  • the Jerusalem Talmud studied at the school of, 3, 249.
  • decay of the school at, 3, 249.
  • the Jews of, false Mahometans, 3, 360.
  • Kala-Ibn-Hammad, birthplace of Alfassi, 3, 285.
  • Kalâm, Arabic philosophy of religion, 3, 146–7.
  • Kalba-Sabua, father-in-law of Akiba, 2, 351, 355.
  • Kaliri. See Eleazar ben Kalir.
  • Kalish, the Jews of, massacred on the charge of well poisoning, 4, 111.
  • Kallahs, public lectures at the Babylonian academies, 2, 515; 3, 5–6, 97.
  • Kaller, Alexander, promotes education among the Galician Jews, 5, 394.
  • Kalmann, German immigrant in Turkey, 4, 271.
  • Kalmann of Ratisbon, repentant apostate, condemned to the stake, 4, 288.
  • Kalonymos, Italian Jew, attendant of Otto the Great, 3, 243.
  • Kalonymos, the Prince, head of the Jewish community of Beaucaire, 3, 400.
  • Kalonymos, scholar brought to Mayence by Charlemagne, 3, 143.
  • Kalonymos, Talmudist, rabbi of Worms, 3, 290.
  • Kalonymos ben Kalonymos (1287–1337), scholar at the court of Robert of Naples, 4, 61–2.
  • writer on ethics and satirist, 4, 62–3.
  • praised by Immanuel Romi, 4, 68.
  • Kalonymos ben Todros, head of the community of Narbonne, 3, 392.
  • sides with Abba-Mari, 4, 34.
  • asked to prepare the ban against the study of science, 4, 38.
  • draws up the ban, 4, 39.
  • Kama, friend of Samuel, meets Abba-Areka, 2, 512.
  • appointed judge, 2, 512.
  • rebukes the Exilarch, 2, 513.
  • Kanaim. See Zealots, the.
  • Kamenker, Moses Meir. See Moses Meïr Kamenker.
  • Kameoth (Kamea), amulets, 3, 153.
  • used by rabbis, 5, 201–2.
  • distributed by Eibeschütz, 5, 257.
  • Kamerau, the, a noble family, claim the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 300.
  • Kamieniec, disputation at, between Frankists and Talmudists, 5, 280, 281.
  • the Talmud burnt at, 5, 282.
  • Kamus, fortress of the Chaibar Jews, 3, 55.
  • holds out against Mahomet, 3, 82.
  • fall of, 3, 83.
  • Kandy. See Ceylon.
  • Kant, Immanuel, unsuccessful candidate for the prize of the Berlin Academy, 5, 303, 304.
  • on Mendelssohn’s “Jerusalem,” 5, 365.
  • meeting of, with Mendelssohn, 5, 398.
  • distinguishes Marcus Herz, 5, 405–6.
  • Herz lectures on the philosophy of, 5, 406.
  • philosophy of, admired by Ben-David, 5, 409.
  • Ben-David lectures on the philosophy of, 5, 410.
  • philosophy of, studied by Krochmal, 5, 608.
  • Kapsali. See Elias ben Elkanah; Eliezer; Elkanah; Moses Kapsali.
  • Kara. See Avigedor Kara; Joseph Kara; Simon Kara.
  • Karaim. See Karaites.
  • Karaism, the religion of the sect founded by Anan ben David, 3, 130.
  • original character of, obscure, 3, 131.
  • rigidity of, 3, 131–3.
  • unsettled character of, 3, 133.
  • causes dissension among the Rabbanites, 3, 156–7.
  • freedom in exegesis the principal dogma of, 3, 157.
  • sects of, 3, 157–8.
  • lack of union in, 3, 158.
  • first signs of the decay of, 3, 181.
  • ascetic character of, in Jerusalem, 3, 181–2.
  • propaganda for, 3, 182.
  • expounded by Solomon ben Yerucham, 3, 203.
  • propaganda for, by Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, 3, 203–5.
  • spread by Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi, 3, 205–6.
  • spreads during the tenth century, 3, 206–7.
  • attacked by Samuel ben Chofni, 3, 253.
  • inferiority of, to Talmudical Judaism proved by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 334.
  • criticised by Shemarya Ikriti, 4, 69–70.
  • in the fourteenth century, 4, 70.
  • centers of, 4, 71.
  • liturgy of, fixed, 4, 71.
  • petrifaction of, illustrated, 4, 269–70.
  • not attractive to Richard Simon, 5, 180, 181.
  • inquired into by Charles XI of Sweden, 5, 182.
  • account of the origin of, by Samuel ben Aaron, 5, 183.
  • account of, by Mordecai ben Nissan, 5, 183–4.
  • inquired into by Charles XII of Sweden, 5, 184.
  • Karaite sects, the, list of:
  • Abu-Amranites (Tiflisites),
  • Akbarites,
  • Makaryites,
  • Moses of Baalbek, followers of.
  • Karaite writers, the, list of:
  • Aaron ben Elia Nicomedi,
  • Aaron ben Joseph the Elder,
  • Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen,
  • Anan ben David,
  • Benjamin ben Moses of Nahavend,
  • Ibn-Sakviyah,
  • Isaac ben Abraham Troki,
  • Jehuda ben Elia Hadassi,
  • Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi,
  • Mordecai ben Nissan,
  • Samuel ben Aaron,
  • Solomon ben Yerucham.
  • Karaites (Ananites), the, followers of Anan ben David, 3, 134.
  • excommunicated by the heads of the academies, 3, 134.
  • renounce connection with the Rabbanites, 3, 134.
  • acknowledge Anan ben David as the legitimate Exilarch, 3, 135.
  • hold a memorial service for Anan ben David, 3, 135.
  • study the Bible, 3, 136, 189.
  • of Mutazilist tendency, 3, 149, 150–1.
  • adopt the ban, 3, 151.
  • tradition among, 3, 159.
  • marriage laws of, 3, 159.
  • opposed by Natronaï II, 3, 178.
  • opposed by Simon of Cairo, 3, 179.
  • scientific pursuits of, 3, 180.
  • shun the Rabbanites, 3, 182.
  • spread of, in the East, 3, 182.
  • attacked by Saadiah, 3, 189.
  • calendar of, attacked by Saadiah, 3, 190–1.
  • defended by Solomon ben Yerucham, 3, 191.
  • later works of Saadiah against, 3, 192.
  • fond of philosophical disputations, 3, 197.
  • lexicographical work of, superseded by Menachem ben Saruk’s, 3, 225.
  • expect the Messiah in the eleventh century, 3, 247.
  • views of, occasionally endorsed by Samuel ben Meïr, 3, 346.
  • persecuted in Spain in the eleventh century, 3, 362.
  • humbled by Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, 3, 362–3.
  • rise of, after the fall of Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, 3, 366.
  • and Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 366.
  • regarded as idolaters by Samson ben Abraham, 3, 408.
  • in Constantinople in the twelfth century, 3, 425.
  • in Damascus, 3, 427.
  • in Askalon, 3, 427.
  • degeneracy of, in Asia in the twelfth century, 3, 443.
  • of Cairo, governed by a Nassi, 3, 444.
  • of Alexandria, 3, 444.
  • treatment of, by Maimonides, 3, 465.
  • disciples of Nachmani, 3, 607.
  • the way for, paved by the religious philosophers, 3, 625.
  • inclined to a reconciliation with Rabbanites, 4, 71–2.
  • institute pilgrim prayers, 4, 73–4.
  • in Poland under Casimir IV, 4, 265.
  • emigrate to Turkey, 4, 269.
  • ignorance of, 4, 269.
  • taught by Rabbanite teachers, 4, 269.
  • celebration of the Sabbath by, 4, 269–70.
  • efforts to reconcile, to Talmudic Judaism, 4, 270.
  • protected by Elias Mizrachi in Constantinople, 4, 403–4.
  • and Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 76–7.
  • Polish and Lithuanian, degradation of, 5, 182–3.
  • scattered by order of John Sobieski, 5, 182.
  • invited to go to Sweden, 5, 183.
  • accused of conspiring with Krochmal against the Talmud, 5, 608.
  • treated of in the Scientific Journal, 5, 626.
  • in Cairo reconciled with the Rabbanites by Munk, 5, 664.
  • history of, cleared up by Munk, 5, 666.
  • rise of, 5, 727.
  • Karben, Victor von (1442–1515), apostate, employed to write anti-Jewish pamphlets, 4, 424–5.
  • suggested as Pfefferkorn’s coadjutor, 4, 432.
  • directs the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • decides that the Talmud ought to be burnt, 4, 444.
  • Karl Ludwig, count-palatine, offers Spinoza a professorship, 5, 108.
  • Karlinians, a branch of the Chassidim, 5, 388, 391.
  • Karmisin, the Exilarch Mar-Ukba banished to, 3, 184.
  • Karo. See Joseph Karo.
  • Kartiel, name of a Sefira, 4, 17.
  • Kaspi. See Joseph Kaspi.
  • Kasser ben Aaron, reconciles Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu with Saadiah, 3, 200–1.
  • Kasr, home of David ben Zaccaï, 3, 186.
  • Katzenellenbogen, Ezekiel, rabbi of the “three communities,” excommunicates Kamenker, 5, 238.
  • forbids the study of Kabbala to young men, 5, 241.
  • Kazimierz, the Jews of, number of, 4, 632.
  • Kedeshim, the holy men of the Canaanites, 1, 54.
  • Kedeshoth, Canaanite priestesses, 1, 54.
  • in Samaria, 1, 198.
  • maintained in Jerusalem under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • Kedoshim (saints), martyrs of the first crusade, 3, 302.
  • graves of, visited, 3, 309.
  • Keeper of the lists (rolls), under David, 1, 122.
  • manager of war, 1, 305, 313.
  • beheaded by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
  • Kefar Nahum. See Capernaum.
  • Kelifa (Kelifoth), Kabbalistic term for sin in the Zohar, 4, 17, 620; 5, 120.
  • Kenas. See Census.
  • Kendites, the, an Arab tribe, adopt Judaism, 3, 63.
  • chief of, protected by Samuel Ibn-Adiya, 3, 68–9.
  • Keneseth ha-Gedolah. See Great Assembly, the.
  • Kenites, the, Moses with, 1, 13–14.
  • aid the Israelites in the desert, 1, 26.
  • aid Judah, 1, 38.
  • allies of the Israelites, 1, 61.
  • Kephar Lekitaja, military station established by Hadrian, 2, 419.
  • Kephas. See Peter.
  • Kepler, and David Gans, 4, 638.
  • Kerbella, the battle of, the Ommiyyades defeated at, 3, 125.
  • Kerek. See Kir-Moab.
  • Kerem Chemed, Hebrew journal devoted to Jewish science, 5, 621, 693.
  • contributors to, 5, 621–2.
  • Kermanshah. See Karmisin.
  • Kertch, Jews of the Byzantine empire settle in, 3, 123.
  • Karaites in, in the ninth century, 3, 182.
  • capital of the Crimea, 3, 222.
  • Kether Malchuth, philosophical poem by Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 270.
  • Kewanoth, Kabbalistic term, devotion, 5, 121.
  • Khataib, Sephardic synagogue at Damascus, 4, 400.
  • Khemarim, idolatrous priests, under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • Khiva, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 435.
  • Khorasan, under the jurisdiction of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 98, 184.
  • the Exilarch banished to, 3, 196.
  • ambassadors from, bring news to Spain of the Jewish Chazar kingdom, 3, 220.
  • under the jurisdiction of the Exilarch, 3, 428.
  • Khorasan, the Jews of, believe themselves descendants of the Ten Tribes, 3, 433.
  • occupations of, 3, 433.
  • allied with the Ghuzz, 3, 434.
  • aid Jenghis-Khan, 3, 581.
  • Khozars, the. See Chazars, the.
  • Kiddush, the, blessing over wine at the beginning of the Sabbath, instituted, 1, 398.
  • Kiera, Esther, court Jewess in Turkey, patroness of Jewish literature, 4, 608, 629.
  • influence of, under Murad III, 4, 629.
  • death of, 4, 629–30.
  • Kiev, tributary to the Chazars, 3, 138.
  • the Jews banished from the district of, 5, 12.
  • Kilavun, sultan of Egypt, and David Maimuni, 3, 620.
  • the Jewish subjects of, under the Damascus Exilarch, 3, 627.
  • Kimchi family, the, at Narbonne, 3, 392; 4, 442.
  • See David; Joseph ben Isaac; Moses Kimchi.
  • Kinanah Ibn-ol-Rabia, incites Arabian tribes to war against Mahomet, 3, 79.
  • leader of the Jews of Chaibar, 3, 82.
  • death of, 3, 82–3.
  • King, Kabbalistic term, 4, 18.
  • Kingdom of God, the, predicted by a Judæan poet in Egypt, 2, 143.
  • Kingdom of Heaven, the, hastening of, the object of Essene asceticism, 2, 145.
  • brought by the second advent of Jesus, 2, 167.
  • according to Paul, 2, 226.
  • Kings, the Books of, commentary on, by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 359.
  • Kinnereth. See Tiberias, lake.
  • Kir-Haraseth. See Kir-Moab.
  • Kir-Moab (Kerek, Kir-Haraseth), Moabite fortress, 1, 209.
  • Kiryath-Jearim, the Ark of the Covenant at, 1, 72.
  • the Ark removed from, 1, 119.
  • Kiryath-Sepher (Debir), taken by the tribe of Judah, 1, 38.
  • Kish, father of Saul, 1, 83.
  • Kitab Al-Assval,” lexicon by Ibn-Janach, 3, 263.
  • Klausner. See Abraham Klausner.
  • Kley transplants the Reform movement to Hamburg, 5, 563–4.
  • inefficiency of, 5, 564.
  • Heine on, 5, 577.
  • Klonowicz, Polish poet, assails the Jews, 4, 643.
  • Kobad, king of the neo-Persians, tool of Mazdak, 3, 1.
  • disciple of Mazdak, 3, 2.
  • dethroned by the nobles, 3, 2.
  • persecutes Jews and Christians, 3, 3–4.
  • death of, 3, 5.
  • Koberger, Antonius, opponent of the Jews in Nuremberg, 4, 415.
  • Kodesh ha-Kodashim, by Ibn-Labi Ferrer, 4, 234.
  • Kofrim, unbelievers, antagonists of the Sabbatians, 5, 144.
  • Sabbataï Zevi proposes capital punishment for, 5, 150.
  • Kohen. See Abulsari Sahal; Nathan ben Isaac; Solomon Kohen.
  • Kohen-Zedek II ben Joseph (917–936), Gaon of Pumbeditha, character of, 3, 183.
  • causes dissension between Sora and Pumbeditha, 3, 184.
  • forces the Exilarch Mar-Ukba to remove, 3, 184.
  • has Mar-Ukba banished a second time, 3, 185.
  • deposed by David ben Zaccaï, 3, 186.
  • recognized as Gaon by the Exilarch, 3, 186.
  • proposes the closing of the Sora academy, 3, 192.
  • jealous of Saadiah, 3, 194.
  • espouses the side of David ben Zaccaï against Saadiah, 3, 195.
  • death of, 3, 200.
  • son of, 3, 208.
  • Kol Sachal,” by Leo Modena, 5, 73.
  • Kölbele, John Balthasar, writes a pamphlet against Mendelssohn, 5, 316–17.
  • Kolon, Joseph. See Joseph ben Solomon Kolon.
  • Kompse bar Kompse, partisan of Rome in Tiberias, 2, 274.
  • Koniecpolski, house of, controls Cossack colonization, 5, 3.
  • employs Bogdan Chmielnicki, 5, 7.
  • Königsberg, a Jewish cemetery at, 5, 190.
  • the University of, admits Jews, 5, 398–405.
  • the Hamburg reforms adopted in, 5, 573.
  • Königsberg, the Jews of, burnt, 5, 110–11.
  • in Mendelssohn’s time, 5, 397–8.
  • join the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • apostasy of, 5, 420.
  • Konstantinov, the synod of, excommunicates Frankists, 5, 277.
  • Koom, defeat of Judghanites at, 3, 150.
  • Korachites. See Korah, the sons of.
  • Korah, Samuel descended from, 1, 73.
  • honored by the Cainites, 2, 375.
  • Korah, the sons of, Samuel ancestor of, 1, 79.
  • psalmists, 1, 120.
  • compose psalms on Sennacherib’s failure, 1, 278.
  • compose a love-song in honor of Hezekiah’s marriage, 1, 279.
  • Korahites. See Korah, the sons of.
  • Koraishites, the, defeated by the Mahometans at Bedr, 3, 76.
  • induced to make war upon Mahomet, 3, 79.
  • distrustful of their allies, 3, 80.
  • Koran, the, and Jewish sources, 3, 72.
  • spread by the Jewish disciples of Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • revelations against the Jews in, 3, 75, 78.
  • war with the Nadhirites justified in, 3, 79.
  • on the slaughter of the Benu Kuraiza, 3, 81.
  • accepted by the Moslem as the word of God, 3, 84.
  • on the position of woman, 3, 92.
  • rationalistic expounders of, 3, 147.
  • violence done to the text of, 3, 148.
  • consulted by Haï Gaon for the explanation of Biblical words, 3, 251.
  • Korban Mussaph, special Sabbath and festival sacrifice, 1, 401.
  • Kosmann, defender of the Jews, 5, 470.
  • Kotzebue, assassination of, 5, 528, 533.
  • Kovad. See Kobad.
  • Krämer, August, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 521–2.
  • Krems, the Jews of, perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • Krochmal, Nachman Cohen (1785–1840), founder of the Galician school, 5, 607.
  • Jewish and philosophical studies of, 5, 608.
  • partially hostile to Talmudism, 5, 608.
  • accused of conspiring with Karaites against the Talmud, 5, 608–9.
  • method of instruction of, 5, 609.
  • uses the Talmud in historical researches, 5, 609–10.
  • admiration for, 5, 610.
  • Rapoport disciple of, 5, 610, 614, 617.
  • influence of, on young Galicians, 5, 614.
  • style of, 5, 617.
  • influence of Rapoport on, 5, 617–18.
  • devotes himself to encyclopædic studies, 5, 618.
  • the father of Jewish science, 5, 619.
  • contributor to the Kerem Chemed, 5, 622.
  • as exegete, 5, 695, 699.
  • Krysa, Jehuda Leb, Frankist rabbi, 5, 275.
  • makes a Catholic confession of faith, 5, 285.
  • Kryvonoss, Haïdamak leader, 5, 9.
  • Kufa, given to Jewish exiles by Omar, 3, 85.
  • residence of Ali, 3, 90.
  • capital of eastern Islam, 3, 93.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Ezekiel’s grave near, 3, 440–1.
  • Kunigunde, sister of Maximilian I, marries her father’s enemy, 4, 428.
  • becomes abbess of a Franciscan convent, 4, 428.
  • gives Pfefferkorn a letter to Maximilian, 4, 428–9.
  • influences Maximilian to issue mandates against the Jews, 4, 437, 440–1.
  • Kuraiza Place, the market place of Medina, 3, 81.
  • Kuranda, Ignatz, founder of the “Israelitische Allianz,” 5, 703.
  • Kuru-Gismu, Hebrew printing press at, 4, 628.
  • Kusari. See Chozari.
  • Kussiel. See Yekutiel.
  • Kypros. See Cypros.
  • L
  • La Asumção, Diogo de, Franciscan, professes Judaism, 4, 668.
  • martyr, 4, 669.
  • influences Rohel Jesurun, 4, 669, 670.
  • Labienus, persuades the Parthians to invade Syria, 2, 82.
  • Lachish, king of, defeated by Joshua, 1, 34–5.
  • Amaziah killed in, 1, 226.
  • headquarters of Sennacherib, 1, 273.
  • offers opposition to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 311.
  • Ladislaus II, of Bohemia and Hungary, appealed to by the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 303.
  • and the Jews of Bohemia, 4, 417.
  • Ladislaus IV, of Hungary, confirms the anti-Jewish decrees of the Council of Buda, 3, 615.
  • Ladislaus V (Posthumus), of Hungary, and Capistrano, 4, 262.
  • sanctions the expulsion of Jews from Silesia, 4, 262–3.
  • Lænas, Popillius, Roman deputy to Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 453.
  • La Fare, bishop of Nancy, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441, 462.
  • La Fuente, Juan de, inquisitor, cruelty of, 4, 484.
  • Lagarto, Jacob, first Talmudical author in South America, 4, 693.
  • Lagrange, lauds a mathematical work by Ensheim, 5, 401.
  • La Guardia, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 4, 343.
  • Laguna, Lopez (Daniel Israel, 1660–1720), Marrano poet in Jamaica, 5, 203.
  • Lahmi, brother of Goliath, Philistine champion, 1, 117.
  • Lamartine, and the Turkish Jews, 5, 649.
  • Lamentations, the, of Jeremiah, 1, 316, 319.
  • Lämmlein, Asher. See Asher Lämmlein.
  • Lampo, an Alexandrian hostile to the Judæans, 2, 181.
  • Landau, Ezekiel (1720–1793), rabbi of Jampol, declares the Eibeschütz amulets Sabbatian, 5, 265–6.
  • distrusts Eibeschütz, 5, 289.
  • opposes Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 330.
  • objects to the study of the sciences, 5, 402.
  • opponent of the Berlin movement, 5, 417.
  • death of, 5, 566.
  • Landfried, ambassador from Charlemagne to Haroun Alrashid, 3, 143.
  • Landsberg, Jews settle in, 5, 174.
  • Landtag, the Prussian, Jews in, 5, 697.
  • Langton, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, hostile to the Jews, 3, 504.
  • convenes a Church Council at Oxford, 3, 516.
  • Language of Truth, The,” pamphlet in the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 266.
  • Languedoc, the Jews of, in the tenth century, 3, 242.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 389–91.
  • and the ban against science, 4, 40.
  • protected by the governor, 4, 132.
  • Laniado, Joseph, accused of ritual murder, 5, 636.
  • tortured, 5, 636–7.
  • dies under the torture, 5, 638.
  • Lansac, de, French ambassador, 4, 577.
  • Laodicea (Leda), treasure house in, for the half-Shekel contributions to the Temple, 2, 53.
  • Herod at, 2, 93.
  • Verus Commodus at, 2, 447.
  • place of exile of José ben Chalafta, 2, 448.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • La Papa, Aaron de. See Papa, Aaron de la.
  • La Peyrère, Isaac, on Israel’s restoration, 5, 24–5.
  • in intercourse with Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 25.
  • Laplace, lauds a mathematical work by Ensheim, 5, 401.
  • Lara, de, noble Castilian family, 3, 363.
  • Lara, David Coen de (1610–1674), preacher and philologist, 5, 115.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Larta. See Arta.
  • Laskorun, Frankists surprised at, 5, 275.
  • Lateran Council, the third, forbids Jews to keep Christian nurses or domestics, 3, 400, 418, 421–2.
  • forbids forcible baptism, 3, 421.
  • the decrees of, disregarded by Philip Augustus, 3, 498–9.
  • Lateran Council, the fourth, convoked by Innocent III, 3, 508–9.
  • purposes of, 3, 509.
  • Jewish delegates to, 3, 509.
  • results of, 3, 509.
  • Lateran Council, the fourth, anti-Jewish decrees of, 3, 509–11.
  • confirmed by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518.
  • re-enacted by the Councils of Rouen and Tours, 3, 520.
  • enforced in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • executed by Frederick II, 3, 569.
  • Lateran Council, the fifth, the Reuchlin case submitted to, 4, 464.
  • declares for Reuchlin, 4, 465.
  • Lathier, opponent of the Jews of Alsace, 5, 524–5.
  • Latin translations of the Scriptures, ordered to be read in Jewish congregations, 3, 14–15. See also Vulgate, the.
  • Latin words, in the Mishna, 2, 461.
  • Laurilla, Dutch consul, protects the Jews of Beyrout, 5, 641.
  • Laurin, Austrian consul-general in Turkey, interferes in the Damascus affair, 5, 647.
  • thanked by the London meeting, 5, 653.
  • thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
  • Lavater, John Caspar, attracted by Mendelssohn’s physiognomy, 5, 308–9.
  • determines to convert Mendelssohn, 5, 309–10.
  • letter addressed to, by Mendelssohn, 5, 311–13.
  • unpopularity of, 5, 313.
  • apologizes to Mendelssohn, 5, 314.
  • anecdotes concerning, 5, 315.
  • La Vega, de. See Penso, Joseph.
  • Law (Torah, Pentateuch), the, carried to Babylon by the priests, 1, 334.
  • observed by the Babylonians, 1, 364.
  • studied by Ezra, 1, 365.
  • read to the people by Ezra, 1, 378–80.
  • the Judæans swear to observe, 1, 380–1.
  • displaces prophecy, 1, 385.
  • strict observance of, 1, 387.
  • held sacred by the Samaritans, 1, 392.
  • the fundamental law of the commonwealth, 1, 393–4.
  • study of, 1, 396.
  • the “fence” about, 1, 397–8.
  • unspiritual tendency of the laws of clean and unclean in, 1, 401–2.
  • studied and observed by the Chassidim, 1, 436.
  • the observance of, urged by Jesus Sirach, 1, 440–1.
  • aspersed by Menelaus, 1, 449–50.
  • translated into Greek, 1, 510–14. See Septuagint, the.
  • study and observance of, under Salome Alexandra, 2, 51.
  • knowledge of, spread by the schools of Hillel and Shammai, 2, 149.
  • transgressors of, addressed by Jesus, 2, 152.
  • desertion from, among the Alexandrians, 2, 209.
  • observance of, urged by Philo, 2, 210–14.
  • attempts to harmonize, with philosophy, 2, 212–13.
  • attacked by Greek Judæans, 2, 221–2.
  • upheld by the apostle Paul, 2, 221.
  • to be abrogated for the conversion of the heathen, 2, 225.
  • abrogated, according to Paul, by the appearance of Jesus, 2, 226, 229–30.
  • declared binding by certain apostles, 2, 231.
  • adhered to, by Judæan Christians, 2, 232.
  • enforced by the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 363–4.
  • declared unnecessary by Paul, 2, 365.
  • observed by the Jewish Christians, 2, 365–6.
  • disregarded by the Pagan Christians, 2, 367.
  • the observance of, forbidden by Hadrian, 2, 422.
  • said to have been altered by the Samaritans, 2, 457.
  • the instruction of women in, 2, 474.
  • classification of the commands in, 2, 499.
  • observance of, in Samaria, 2, 534.
  • Chaldaic and Syriac translations of, 2, 581–2.
  • said to contain references to Mahomet, 3, 76.
  • knowledge of, esteemed, 3, 113.
  • held to be binding by Anan ben David, 3, 134.
  • Tossafoth in explanation of, 3, 345.
  • analyzed in the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 484–5.
  • abrogated according to Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • Persian translation of, 4, 401.
  • significance of, 5, 716–17, 721.
  • Halachic development of, 5, 723–4.
  • See also Mishna, the; Scriptures, the; Talmud, the.
  • Law, the, the Book of (Deuteronomy), found in the Temple, 1, 292–3.
  • read to the people in Jerusalem, 1, 294.
  • read by Ezra in Jerusalem, 1, 378–80.
  • Law, the, commentary on, by Philo, 2, 212.
  • by Solomon ben Yerucham, 3, 206.
  • by Chananel ben Chushiel and Nissim bar Jacob, 3, 249.
  • by Samuel ben Chofni, 3, 253.
  • by Samuel ben Meïr, 3, 346.
  • by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371–2.
  • by Moses of Coucy, 3, 586.
  • by Nachmani, 3, 607–8.
  • See also Scriptures, the, commentary on.
  • Law, the, the disciples of, meaning of, 2, 357.
  • Law, the, the reading of, instituted, 1, 396.
  • at divine service in the Sopheric age, 1, 399.
  • the Exilarch the first called to, 3, 95.
  • Law, the, the scroll of, burnt by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 455.
  • burnt by the overseers of Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 457.
  • carried with the Judæan army under Judas Maccabæus, 1, 467.
  • profaned by a Roman soldier, 2, 243.
  • burnt by Ursicinus, 2, 569.
  • burnt in Nancy, 5, 451.
  • Law, the, the teachers of, called Rabbis, 2, 335.
  • disunited, 2, 335.
  • forbid the study of Greek under Hadrian, 2, 400.
  • meet at Lydda, 2, 423–4.
  • artisans, 2, 441, 442, 575.
  • demands upon, in the time of Judah I, 2, 453–4.
  • displeased with Judah II, 2, 485–6.
  • severity of, to each other, 2, 547.
  • banished from Judæa under Constantine, 2, 566–7.
  • superstition of, 2, 578.
  • luxurious habits of, 2, 588–9.
  • a privileged class, 2, 589.
  • scorned, 2, 589–90.
  • as compilers, 2, 605.
  • persecuted by Kobad, 3, 4.
  • persecuted by Hormisdas, 3, 8.
  • averse from the use of Latin and Greek in the synagogue, 3, 14.
  • attack the Byzantine empire, 3, 16.
  • among the Arabian Jews, 3, 59, 62.
  • See also Amoraim; Geonim; Sabureans; Sopherim; Tanaites.
  • Law, the, translations of. See under Pentateuch, the; Translation.
  • Law, the oral (Tradition), early origin of, 1, 396–7.
  • study of, under Salome Alexandra, 2, 51.
  • Pharisee study of, begins, 2, 72.
  • justified by Hillel, 2, 98–9.
  • knowledge of, spread by the schools of Hillel and Shammai, 2, 149.
  • the study of, encouraged by Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 326.
  • systematized by Hillel, 2, 327–8.
  • committed to memory, 2, 328.
  • methods of establishing, 2, 328.
  • taught outside of Jamnia, 2, 335.
  • disinterested study of, 2, 338–9.
  • the earliest code of, 2, 343.
  • as deduced by Akiba, 2, 352–3.
  • Akiba’s code of, 2, 353–4.
  • as deduced by Ishmael ben Elisha, 2, 355–6.
  • the study of, outside of Judæa, 2, 358–9.
  • unity of, established, 2, 405.
  • the study of, forbidden by Hadrian, 2, 426.
  • importance of the study of, 2, 427, 473–4, 544.
  • knowledge of, transplanted from Asia to Europe, 2, 443.
  • codification of, completed, 2, 460, 462.
  • new development of, in Babylonia, 2, 511.
  • neglected in Babylonia, 2, 513–14.
  • the study of, flourishes in Babylonia, 2, 574–5.
  • the distinguishing feature of Judaism, 2, 608.
  • See also Halacha, the; Mishna, the; Talmud, the; Tanaites.
  • La-Yesharim Tehilla, drama by Luzzatto, 5, 242–4.
  • Lazarus, disciple of Jesus, 2, 160.
  • Leather-arms. See Armleder.
  • Leb Herz, Sabbatian, 5, 152.
  • Lebanon, mountain range, description of, 1, 42, 44.
  • wood from, used for Solomon’s Temple, 1, 164.
  • Leblin, chamberlain of the Duke of Austria, 3, 567.
  • Lecha Dodi, Sabbath song, 4, 538.
  • Lectures upon the Modern History of the Jews,” by Löwisohn, 5, 594.
  • Leda. See Laodicea.
  • Lee, Johanna, founder of the Shakers, 5, 378.
  • Lefrank, satirist, Jewish champion, 5, 471–2.
  • Leghorn, Elias Montalto at, 4, 673.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 149.
  • Nathan Ghazati at, 5, 161.
  • the Portuguese Jews of, wealthy, 5, 205.
  • rabbis of, espouse the cause of Eibeschütz, 5, 264.
  • rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Leghorn, the Jews of, care for the Polish Jewish fugitives, 5, 16.
  • excepted from Napoleon’s restrictive laws, 5, 499.
  • show honor to the Jewish envoys to Egypt, 5, 658.
  • Lehren, Hirsch, interested in the Damascus affair, 5, 649.
  • appeal to, from Damascus, 5, 651.
  • protests against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • Leibzoll. See Poll-tax.
  • Leipsic, Jews permitted to live in, 5, 509.
  • a Reform synagogue in, 5, 573.
  • Leipsic, the battle of, celebrated by Jewish preachers, 5, 528.
  • consecration of the Hamburg Temple on the anniversary of, 5, 564.
  • Lejbovicz. See Frank, Jacob.
  • Lemberg, meeting place of the Polish Talmudists, 4, 640.
  • the German population of, 5, 3.
  • the Jews of, suffer through the Cossacks, 5, 11.
  • Sabbatianism in, 5, 228.
  • disputation at, between Frankists and Talmudists, 5, 285–7.
  • Frankists baptized at, 5, 288.
  • beginnings of culture among the Jews of, 5, 612.
  • Lemberg (district), Jacob Frank the leader of the Sabbatians in, 5, 273–4.
  • Lemon, Herz de, member of the Felix Libertate, 5, 453.
  • zealous for the emancipation of the Dutch Jews, 5, 455.
  • deputy to the National Assembly, 5, 458.
  • Lemos, Henrietta de. See Herz, Henrietta.
  • Lenæus, guardian of Ptolemy V’s sons, 1, 450.
  • Leo X, pope, friendly to the Jews, 4, 407, 592.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 408.
  • appealed to by Reuchlin, 4, 453, 454.
  • worldly character of, 4, 453–4.
  • orders the examination of Hoogstraten and Reuchlin, 4, 454.
  • appealed to by Hoogstraten, 4, 455.
  • appoints Cardinal Grimani judge in Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 458.
  • yields to Hoogstraten, 4, 464.
  • submits the Reuchlin affair to the fifth Lateran Council, 4, 464.
  • suspends the Reuchlin suit, 4, 465.
  • Reuchlin’s work on the Kabbala dedicated to, 4, 466.
  • encourages the printing of the Talmud, 4, 468, 565.
  • Leo of Crema, a wealthy Italian Jew, 4, 287.
  • Leo Hebræus. See Judah Leon Abrabanel.
  • Leo the Hebrew. See Levi ben Gerson.
  • Leo the Isaurian, emperor, forces baptism upon the Jews of the Byzantine empire, 3, 122–3.
  • forces Jews to emigrate, 3, 139.
  • oppresses the Jews, 3, 175.
  • Leo Medigo. See Judah Leon Abrabanel.
  • Leo the Philosopher, emperor of the Byzantine empire, punishes backsliding Jewish converts, 3, 176.
  • Leo (Judah) ben Isaac Modena (1571–1649), sceptic, 5, 56.
  • ancestry of, 5, 65.
  • precocity of, 5, 65.
  • varied attainments of, 5, 65–6.
  • lacks genius and character, 5, 66.
  • scepticism of, 5, 66–7.
  • on card playing, 5, 67.
  • on the transmigration of souls, 5, 67.
  • member of the Venice rabbinate, 5, 67.
  • and Sarah Sullam, 5, 70.
  • teacher of Christians, 5, 71.
  • publishes a work on Jewish customs, 5, 71–2, 81.
  • attacks the Kabbala, 5, 74.
  • death of, 5, 74.
  • teacher of Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 75.
  • fickleness of, 5, 84.
  • criticism of the Kabbala by, attacked by Luzzatto, 5, 240.
  • Leon, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • suffer from the forces of Castile and Aragon, 3, 387.
  • not compelled to wear Jew badges, 3, 513.
  • letter to, denouncing Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 544.
  • taxed under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • accept baptism under Vincent Ferrer, 4, 205.
  • Leon. See Jehuda ben Meïr; Judah ben Yechiel.
  • Leon de Bagnols. See Levi ben Gerson.
  • Leon of Filneck, character in “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 324.
  • Leon, Jacob Jehuda (Templo, 1603–1671), supposed author of “Colloquium Middelburgense,” 4, 691.
  • work of, on the Temple, 5, 114–15.
  • work of, translated, 5, 115.
  • translator of the Psalms, 5, 115.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack on Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Leone Romano. See Jehuda ben Moses ben Daniel.
  • Leonora, duchess of Tuscany, friend of Benvenida Abrabanel, 4, 410, 553, 544.
  • Leonora, widow of Ferdinand I, regent of Portugal, 4, 160.
  • removes Jews from office, 4, 160.
  • renounces the regency, 4, 160–1.
  • quarrels with Juan I of Castile, 4, 161.
  • Leonora de Guzman, mistress of Alfonso XI of Castile, arouses his suspicions against Gonzalo Martinez, 4, 85.
  • sons of, oppose Pedro the Cruel, 4, 113.
  • causes the ill-treatment of Alfonso’s wife, 4, 114.
  • Leonore d’Este, attachment of the Jews to, 4, 660.
  • Leontin. See Jehuda ben Meïr.
  • Leontopolis, the Temple of Onias built at, 1, 508.
  • Leopold I, emperor, decrees the banishment of the Jews, 5, 170.
  • refuses to revoke the decree of banishment, 5, 171–2.
  • re-admits Jews into Vienna, 5, 189.
  • decrees the suppression of “Judaism Unmasked,” 5, 190.
  • appealed to, in behalf of Eisenmenger’s book, 5, 192–3.
  • Leopold II, of Austria, imposes new restrictions on the Jews, 5, 508.
  • Leopold, duke of Austria, Jewish treasurer of, 3, 418.
  • Leopoldstadt, assigned to the Jews of Vienna, 4, 702; 5, 172.
  • Lepanto, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Lepers, the, at Bethany, 2, 160.
  • treatment of, in the Middle Ages, 4, 57.
  • Lepidus, member of the second triumvirate, 2, 81.
  • Lerida, resists the introduction of the Inquisition, 4, 332.
  • Lerida, the Jews of, excommunicate the anti-Maimunists, 3, 537.
  • persecuted in 1391, 4, 172.
  • converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 214.
  • Lerin, count of, receives the Spanish exiles, 4, 358.
  • Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, liberality of, 5, 296.
  • becomes acquainted with Mendelssohn, 5, 297.
  • attitude of, towards Jews, 5, 297, 336.
  • admiration of, for Mendelssohn, 5, 298, 302.
  • has Mendelssohn’s first work printed, 5, 299.
  • on the Lavater controversy, 5, 319.
  • becomes acquainted with the Reimarus family, 5, 319–20.
  • publishes the “Fragments of an Unknown,” 5, 320–1.
  • attacked on account of the “Fragments,” 5, 322–3.
  • writes his “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 323–7.
  • aided by Moses Wessely, 5, 326.
  • loses caste through “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 326.
  • death of, 5, 326, 327.
  • accused of Spinozism, 5, 372.
  • influence of, on German Jews, 5, 412.
  • Letter of Aristas,” translated by Azarya deï Rossi, 4, 615.
  • Letter” of Gaon Sherira, on Jewish history, 3, 232–3.
  • Letter of Warning, The,” by Solomon Alami, quoted, 4, 154–5.
  • Letter of Zeal,” by Eibeschütz, 5, 261.
  • Letters, the carrying of, regulated by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 244–5.
  • Letters of Obscurantists, The,” by Crotus Rubianus, a Reuchlinist work, 4, 461–2.
  • on the Jews and the Talmud, 4, 461.
  • effect of, 4, 462.
  • attributed to various authors, 4, 462.
  • compared with Perl’s attacks on Chassidism, 5, 612.
  • Levelers, the, Jewish spirit among, 5, 28. See Puritans, the.
  • Leven, Narcisse, founder of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, 5, 701.
  • Levi, the tribe of, learns from the Egyptians how to write, 1, 8.
  • free from Egyptian idolatrous practices, 1, 12.
  • faithful to Moses, 1, 18.
  • See Levites, the; Priests, the.
  • Levi (Matthew), publican, follower of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • Levi bar Sissi, teacher of the Law in Simonias, 2, 454.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • son of, 2, 497.
  • on the neo-Persians, 2, 525.
  • Levi ben Abraham ben Chayim, of Villefranche (1240–1315), allegorist, system of, 4, 24–5.
  • at Perpignan, 4, 25.
  • opposed by Abba-Mari, 4, 28.
  • forced to leave Samuel Sulami’s house, 4, 29.
  • ancestor of Gersonides, 4, 91.
  • Levi ben Gerson (Ralbag, Gersonides, Leon de Bagnols, Leo the Hebrew, 1288–1345), philosopher, 4, 87, 91.
  • scientific education of, 4, 91.
  • as astronomer, 4, 91–2.
  • life of, 4, 92.
  • religious philosophy of, 4, 92–3.
  • fearlessness of, 4, 92.
  • denounced as a heretic, 4, 93.
  • astronomical treatise of, translated into Latin, 4, 93, 103.
  • predicts the beginning of the Messianic period, 4, 120.
  • authority of, questioned by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 146.
  • Isaac ben Sheshet’s view of, 4, 147.
  • accused of heresy by Shem Tob ben Joseph, 4, 197.
  • adversely criticised by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • exegesis of, praised by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • commentary of, published in the Bomberg Bible, 4, 476.
  • Levi ben Jacob Chabib, rabbi of Jerusalem, Talmudist, forced baptism of, 4, 378, 532–3.
  • attainments of, 4, 533.
  • relation of, to Jacob Berab, 4, 533–4.
  • ordained by Jacob Berab, 4, 534.
  • antagonizes Jacob Berab, 4, 534, 535, 536.
  • confesses his forced baptism, 4, 536.
  • Levi ben Shem Tob, apostate, advises the baptism of Jewish children, 4, 375.
  • Levi ben Todros Abulafia, Kabbalist, 4, 2.
  • Levi, Aaron. See Montezinos, Antonio de.
  • Levi, Abraham. See Abraham Levi.
  • Levi, Astruc. See Astruc Levi.
  • Levi, David (Ture Zahab), Talmudist, 5, 152.
  • Levi, Elisha, Palestinian emissary, father of Nathan Ghazati, 5, 130.
  • Levi, Gedaliah. See Gedaliah Levi.
  • Levi, Isaac Lurya. See Isaac Lurya Levi.
  • Levi, Isaiah, Sabbatian, 5, 152.
  • Levi, Nathan Benjamin. See Nathan Benjamin Levi.
  • Levi, Raphael, charged with the blood accusation, 5, 175–6.
  • guilt of, believed in by Eisenmenger, 5, 188.
  • Levi, Solomon. See Solomon Levi.
  • Levi, Wolf, apostate, 5, 213.
  • Levin (Varnhagen), Rachel, characteristics of, 5, 413.
  • on the “hep, hep!” persecution, 5, 534.
  • influence of the salon of, on Heine, 5, 546.
  • Levirate marriage, the, regulated by the synod of Mayence, 3, 518.
  • Levita, Elias. See Elias Levita.
  • Levite, a, author of the books of Chronicles, 1, 411.
  • Levites, the, punish the idolatrous Israelites in the desert, 1, 24.
  • left without territory, 1, 40.
  • reside at Shiloh, 1, 41, 69.
  • opposed to intermarriages with the heathen, 1, 56.
  • dispersed among the tribes, 1, 57.
  • reprove the people for idolatry, 1, 58.
  • scattered from Shiloh, 1, 72.
  • join Samuel in a guild, 1, 76.
  • assist Samuel, 1, 78.
  • faithful to David in the civil war with Absalom, 1, 141.
  • service of, in the Temple, 1, 167–8.
  • settle in Judah to escape idol worship, 1, 187.
  • recalled to the Temple under Josiah, 1, 289.
  • carry the Psalms into the Babylonian exile, 1, 334.
  • return from the Captivity under Zerubbabel, 1, 352.
  • leave Jerusalem, 1, 372.
  • lack of, in Jerusalem under Nehemiah, 1, 377.
  • explain the Law as read by Ezra, 1, 378–9.
  • at the consecration of the walls of Jerusalem, 1, 381–2.
  • tithes for, collected under Ezra, 1, 382.
  • lose their income, 1, 383.
  • return to the Temple, 1, 386.
  • abandon the Temple under Apollonius, 1, 454.
  • re-instated by the Maccabees, 1, 473.
  • officiate in the Temple of Onias, 1, 508.
  • See also Levi, the tribe of; Priests, the.
  • Levy, Maurice, acquaints Napoleon with the anti-Jewish agitation, 5, 498.
  • Lewin, Hirschel, rabbi of Berlin, and Mendelssohn, 5, 317.
  • Lexicon, Hebrew (Aruch, Dictionary, Iggaron, Machbereth), by Saadiah, 3, 190.
  • by Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 225, 226.
  • by Ibn-Janach, 3, 263.
  • by Solomon ben Abraham Parchon, 3, 423.
  • Lexicon, Talmudical, by Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi, 3, 179.
  • by Nachshon ben Zadok, 3, 179.
  • by Nathan ben Yechiel, 3, 290.
  • by David de Pomis, 4, 657.
  • See also Aruch.
  • Lexicons, Talmudical, revised, 5, 115.
  • Libanius, teacher of Julian the Apostate, 2, 595.
  • Libermann, Eleazar, aids the Reform movement, 5, 568, 569, 571.
  • Libertini, the, synagogues of, 2, 103, 201.
  • Libertinus, prefect of Sicily, razes a synagogue to the ground, 3, 34.
  • Library of the Fine Arts, The,” Mendelssohn contributes to, 5, 300.
  • Liebmann, Jost, court jeweler, favorite of Frederick I of Prussia, 5, 190.
  • wife of, 5, 190, 219.
  • permitted to have a private synagogue, 5, 191.
  • son-in-law of, 5, 219.
  • Liegnitz, the Jews of, charged with host desecration, 4, 261.
  • Light of the Exile, The,” Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 243.
  • Light of the Eyes,” by Azarya deï Rossi, 4, 615.
  • declared heretical, 4, 616.
  • fate of, among Jews and Christians, 4, 616–17.
  • Lima, David de, builds the third synagogue at Hamburg, 4, 691.
  • Limpo, Balthasar, bishop, abuses Paul III before the Council of Trent, 4, 525–6.
  • Lincoln, the Jews of, protected against the crusaders, 3, 413.
  • Lindau, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • burnt on the blood accusation, 4, 227.
  • Lipmann (Tab-Yomi) of Mühlhausen, defends the Alenu prayer, 4, 178.
  • Lipmann, Solomon, temporary chairman of the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 487.
  • Lippe, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Lippe-Schaumburg, the Prince of, honors Mendelssohn, 5, 308.
  • Lippold, physician, accused of poisoning Elector Joachim II, 4, 652.
  • Lisbon, the Jews of, agitation against, 4, 160.
  • ransom Jewish captives, 4, 339.
  • port open to the Jews on their banishment from Portugal, 4, 374, 376–7.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • earthquake at, 4, 505.
  • tribunal of the Inquisition in, 5, 508.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 32, 91.
  • Lisbon, the Marranos of, worship at a synagogue, 4, 485.
  • massacre of, 4, 487.
  • life of, inquired into, 4, 489.
  • spied upon by Henrique Nunes, 4, 490.
  • Lisbona, Samuel, father-in-law of Nathan Ghazati, 5, 130.
  • Lissa, Jacob, leader of the orthodox party, 5, 567.
  • Lissa, Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation forbidden in, 5, 332.
  • the Jews of, burn Wessely’s letter, 5, 370.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Literature, Jewish, in Hasmonæan times, 2, 15–16.
  • becomes known to the heathen, 2, 502.
  • Reuchlin on, 4, 441–3.
  • attractive to Christians, 5, 178, 179.
  • See under Hebrew literature; Judæo-Greek literature; Rabbinical literature; Poetry.
  • Literature, Jewish mediæval, treated by Sachs, 5, 693–4.
  • by Zunz, 5, 694.
  • Lithuania, a refuge for exiled Jews, 4, 418–19.
  • rabbinical schools established in, 4, 420.
  • united with Poland, 4, 631.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 646–7.
  • Karaites in, 5, 182–3.
  • the Chassidim in, 5, 388.
  • Lithuania, the Jews of, the blood accusation launched against, 4, 642.
  • represented in the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 644.
  • suffer from the Cossacks, 5, 14.
  • Little Book about the Jews, The,” disproves the blood accusation, 4, 545–6.
  • Liturgical poetry, introduced, 3, 113–14, 117–18.
  • cultivated by the Jewish Andalusian school, 3, 224.
  • by minor poets, 3, 236, 259–60, 367, 376, 419.
  • by Simon ben Abun, 3, 245.
  • by Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 320.
  • See under Neo-Hebraic poetry; Piyutim; Poetanim; Poetry; Poets.
  • Liturgy, the, arranged by the Sopherim, 1, 398–400.
  • Gamaliel II introduces the Berachoth into, 2, 363.
  • amplification of, by poetanic compositions, 3, 113–14, 117–18.
  • of the Karaites, 3, 132; 4, 71, 73–4.
  • of the European Jews, compiled by Mar Amram ben Sheshna, 3, 178.
  • arranged by Saadiah, 3, 196.
  • Sephardic, adopted in northern Africa, 4, 198.
  • German, compiled by Maharil, 4, 225.
  • affected by the Kabbala, 4, 481.
  • of the Chassidim, 5, 386–7.
  • Liturgy, the changes in, made by Maimonides, 3, 466.
  • made by Abi Zimra, 4, 395.
  • in Amsterdam, 5, 457.
  • made by Jacobson, 5, 562.
  • made by Kley, 5, 564.
  • approved by some authorities, 5, 569.
  • in Vienna, 5, 580, 581–2.
  • made by the Hamburg Temple Reform Union, 5, 673.
  • in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 5, 679.
  • Livia, empress, heiress of Salome, sister of Herod, 2, 128.
  • Livia. See Beth-Ramatha.
  • Livorno. See Leghorn.
  • Loans. See Jacob ben Yechiel; Joseph ben Gershom.
  • Lobato, Diego Gomez, and Paul de Pina, 4, 669–70.
  • Löbele Prossnitz, Sabbatian, supporter of Chayon, 5, 219.
  • denounced, 5, 229.
  • in intercourse with Eibeschütz, 5, 248, 249.
  • Lodi, the Jews of, number of, in the sixteenth century, 4, 653.
  • expelled, 4, 660.
  • Lodomeria, the Jews of, proscribed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • Logos, the, in Philo’s philosophy, 2, 213.
  • in the Church, 2, 500, 501.
  • Logrono, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 170.
  • Lombards, the, usury practiced by, 3, 510.
  • Lombardy, German Jewish immigrants held up in, 3, 638.
  • London, Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 373–4.
  • Jews secretly domiciled in, 5, 38.
  • excitement in, about the admission of Jews, 5, 44.
  • Jewish burial ground in, 5, 49.
  • first synagogue in, 5, 50.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 141.
  • the Mansion House meeting in, 5, 655–7.
  • celebration of Montefiore’s return to, 5, 670.
  • rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
  • London, the Jews of, prosperous under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • attacked by a mob at Richard I’s coronation, 3, 410–11.
  • protected by John, 3, 505.
  • attacked, 3, 591–2, 643.
  • protected by Henry III, 3, 592.
  • hold a meeting on the Damascus affair, 5, 653–4.
  • London, the Portuguese Jews of, wealthy, 5, 205.
  • hold aloof from the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 264.
  • Longinus, rhetorician, at the court of Zenobia, 2, 529.
  • Longobard code, the, no mention of Jews in, 3, 33.
  • Lope de Vega, dramatist, 5, 112.
  • Lopes de Almeida, Portuguese ambassador to Rome, 4, 340.
  • Lopes-Dubec, member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • deputy of the French Jews, 5, 438.
  • Lopez, Portuguese Marrano, protected by Sixtus V, 4, 655.
  • Lopez, Balthasar, Marrano, burnt at the stake, 5, 91–2.
  • Lopez, Juan, del Barco, inquisitor appointed by Sixtus IV, 4, 312.
  • Lopez, Pedro, de Ayala, poet, on the Jews of Castile, 4, 121, 122.
  • Lorch, the Jews of, the murderers of, punished, 3, 635.
  • Lord Mayor, office of, held by Jews, 5, 698.
  • Lord’s Supper, the. See Transubstantiation.
  • Lorqui. See Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives.
  • Lorraine, rabbis from, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Lorraine, the Jews of, petition for alleviation, 5, 431.
  • representatives of, in Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 431.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • complain to the National Assembly, 5, 436.
  • send a delegate to the National Assembly, 5, 438.
  • emancipation of, opposed by the Duc de Broglie, 5, 447.
  • Los Rumbos peligrosos,” novels by Joseph Penso, 5, 113.
  • Lost Islands, the. See San Thomas.
  • Louis the Pious (814–840), emperor, the Jews under, 3, 161–70.
  • wife of, 3, 162.
  • refuses to countenance Agobard’s anti-Jewish proceedings, 3, 165–6.
  • sons of, excited against his wife, 3, 166, 168.
  • heresy of, in protecting the Jews, 3, 167.
  • letter addressed to, by the bishops assembled at Lyons, 3, 167–8.
  • and the conversion of Bishop Bodo, 3, 168–70.
  • originates the theory that the Jews are the emperor’s wards, 3, 170.
  • Louis II (855), emperor, decrees the banishment of the Italian Jews, 3, 174.
  • Louis the German, king of Germany, Bible commentary dedicated to, 3, 163.
  • Louis IV, the Bavarian, emperor, imposes a tax on the Jews, 4, 96–7.
  • tries to protect the Jews during the Armleder persecutions, 4, 98.
  • sons of, deliver the Jews to the mob, 4, 110.
  • Louis VI, of France, the Jews prosperous under, 3, 343.
  • Louis VII, of France, the Jews prosperous under, 3, 343.
  • joins the second crusade, 3, 349.
  • roused against the Jews by Peter the Venerable, 3, 349–50.
  • permits the repudiation of debts owing to Jews, 3, 351.
  • friendly to Jews, 3, 400–1.
  • resists the anti-Jewish decrees of the third Lateran Council, 3, 508.
  • Louis IX, of France, has the Talmud burnt, 4, 460, 578–9.
  • hostile to the Jews, 3, 519.
  • encourages the conversion of Jews, 3, 570.
  • fixes the rate of interest, 3, 571.
  • orders a disputation on the Talmud, 3, 576.
  • brother of, 3, 583.
  • confiscates the property of Jews to organize a crusade, 3, 585.
  • taken prisoner, 3, 585.
  • banishes the Jews from his hereditary dominions, 3, 585–6.
  • insists upon the Jew badge, 3, 612.
  • Louis X, of France, recalls the Jews, 4, 53–4.
  • Louis XII, of France, influenced against Reuchlin, 4, 459, 464.
  • confessor of, patron of Hebrew literature, 4, 473.
  • Louis XIV, of France, celebrated by Enriquez de Paz, 5, 110.
  • renews the privileges of the Jews of Metz, 5, 174.
  • orders criminal charges against the Jews to be tried by the royal council, 5, 176.
  • presents the Jews of Metz to the house of Brancas, 5, 348, 446.
  • Louis XV, of France, confirms the right of the Portuguese to expel German Jews from Bordeaux, 5, 342, 343.
  • Louis XVI, of France, implored to expel the Jews from Alsace, 5, 350.
  • orders lawsuits against usurers to be decided by the state councilor, 5, 350–1.
  • abolishes the poll-tax on Jews, 5, 415, 432.
  • government of, helped by Cerf Berr, 5, 430.
  • grants privileges to Cerf Berr, 5, 431.
  • disposed to ameliorate the condition of the Jews, 5, 431.
  • approves of the emancipation of the Portuguese Jews, 5, 442.
  • grants special protection to Alsatian Jews, 5, 446.
  • removes taxes from the Jews of Alsace, 5, 446.
  • ratifies the Constitution, 5, 447.
  • confirms the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 448.
  • Louis XVIII, of France, reactionary court of, 5, 512.
  • government of, does not renew the anti-Jewish restrictions, 5, 524–5.
  • the emancipation of the Jews under, 5, 596.
  • Louis I, of Hungary and Poland, banishes the Jews, 4, 111.
  • Louis, duke of Anjou, regent of France, confirms the privileges of the French Jews, 4, 50.
  • protects the Jews of Paris, 4, 151, 152.
  • Louis the Rich, duke of Bavaria, plunders and expels the Jews, 4, 253–4.
  • under the influence of John of Capistrano, 4, 258.
  • Louis, duke of Bavaria-Landshut, claims the Jews of Ratisbon, 4, 300.
  • attempts to convert the Jews, 4, 301.
  • Louis of Brandenburg, orders the Jews of Königsberg to be burnt, 4, 110–11.
  • Louis, count of Darmstadt, protects the Jewish exiles from Worms, 4, 699.
  • Louis Philippe, of France, the emancipation of the Jews under, 5, 596–7.
  • ratifies the law making rabbis state officers, 5, 597.
  • supports Mehmet Ali, 5, 633, 634.
  • appealed to on the Damascus affair, 5, 645.
  • struggle of, with Thiers, 5, 648.
  • deceives the hopes of the French Jews, 5, 651, 658.
  • ambiguous attitude of, 5, 668.
  • receives Montefiore, 5, 668.
  • Louise, of Prussia, death of, mourned by the Berlin Jews, 5, 508.
  • Louvain, the university of, sanctions the burning of the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 452.
  • Löwe, Joel, editor of the Meassef, 5, 400.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 417.
  • Löwisohn, Solomon (1789–1822), Jewish historian, 5, 594.
  • Löwy, Albert, founder of the “Anglo-Jewish Association,” 5, 703.
  • Loyola, Ignatius, power of, over Paul III, 4, 525.
  • efforts of, to re-establish the supremacy of the papacy, 4, 562.
  • Lübeck, objects to Jewish inhabitants, 5, 506.
  • Jews admitted into, 5, 506.
  • Lübeck, the Jews of, threatened with banishment, 5, 512.
  • banished, 5, 520.
  • Lubienski, Wratislaw, archbishop of Lemberg, Frankist petition to, 5, 284–5.
  • Lublin, meeting place of the Polish Talmudists, 4, 640.
  • meeting place of the Synod of the Four countries, 4, 644, 645; 5, 3.
  • the German population of, 5, 3.
  • synod of, relaxes the Jewish marriage laws, 5, 13.
  • Lucca, home of the Kalonymos family, 3, 143.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 371–3.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Lucena (city), the Talmud school of, famous, 3, 236.
  • refuge of the Jews of Granada, 3, 279.
  • a Jew of, threatens to betray his coreligionists, 3, 317.
  • Jehuda Halevi studies at, 3, 322, 323.
  • the school of, closed by the Almohades, 3, 361, 384.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • Lucena, the Jews of, correspond in Arabic with the Gaon of Sora, 3, 178.
  • famous through Alfassi, 3, 311.
  • Islam forced on, 3, 311–12.
  • pretend to accept Islam, 3, 361.
  • Lucena (district), early settlement of Jews in, 3, 43.
  • Lucero, Diego Rodriguez, hangman in Cordova, cruelty of, 4, 484.
  • disciple of, 4, 489.
  • Lucilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius, cured by Simon ben Yochaï, 2, 449.
  • Lucuas (Andreias), leader of the Jews of Cyrene against Trajan, 2, 395.
  • Lucullus, Roman commander, attacks Tigranes, of Armenia, 2, 56.
  • Luna, Alvaro de, favorite of Juan II of Castile, invites the aid of Jews, 4, 228.
  • protects the Jews, 4, 251–2.
  • complains of the backsliding of the Marranos, 4, 256.
  • confessor of, 4, 277.
  • Luna, Pedro de. See Benedict XIII.
  • Lünel, Serachya Halevi Gerundi at, 3, 389.
  • letter to the wise men of, by Meïr Abulafia, 3, 524.
  • synagogue of, sold, 4, 48.
  • Lünel, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 396–8.
  • learning of, 3, 396.
  • scientific tendency of, 3, 397.
  • letter to, from Maimonides, 3, 489.
  • ask Maimonides to translate his “Guide of the Perplexed” into Hebrew, 3, 491–2.
  • exhorted by Maimonides to study the Talmud scientifically, 3, 492.
  • excommunicate Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 530.
  • oppose the study of science, 4, 33.
  • accused of outraging the image of Jesus, 4, 55.
  • Luneville, deputies from, to the National Assembly, and Isaac Berr, 5, 438.
  • the peace of, 5, 464, 465.
  • Lupus, governor of Alexandria, executes fugitive Zealots, 2, 318.
  • Lupus, Trajan’s general in Egypt, 2, 395.
  • Lurya. See Isaac Lurya Levi; Solomon.
  • Lusitano. See Abraham Zacuto Lusitano.
  • Lusitanus, Amatus. See Amatus Lusitanus.
  • Luther, Martin, character of, 4, 467.
  • in the pantomime on the Protestant Reformation, 4, 468.
  • at the diet of Worms, 4, 469.
  • on the Wartburg, 4, 469.
  • translates the Bible, 4, 469.
  • on the Jews, 4, 470–1, 547–52.
  • learns Hebrew, 4, 473, 475.
  • encourages the study of the Bible, 4, 474.
  • pamphlet by, 4, 548.
  • proves the Messiahship of Jesus, 4, 548.
  • reviews the suffering of the Jews, 4, 549.
  • attacks the Talmud, 4, 549–50.
  • treatment of Jews proposed by, 4, 550–1.
  • advises the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 551–2.
  • Lutherans, the, in Spain, persecuted by the Inquisition, 4, 485.
  • the meetings of, in Poland, the model of the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 645.
  • Luzk, the Karaites of, 4, 265; 5, 182.
  • Luzzatto, Moses Chayim (1707–1747), dramatic poet, 5, 203–4.
  • a prey to Kabbalistic influences, 5, 233.
  • ancestry and early education of, 5, 233.
  • poetic gifts of, 5, 233–4.
  • studies in Hebrew meter by, 5, 234.
  • composes a drama on Samson, 5, 234.
  • style of, 5, 234.
  • imitation of the psalter by, 5, 234.
  • a second drama by, 5, 235.
  • imitates the style of the Zohar, 5, 235.
  • devoted to the Kabbala, 5, 236.
  • writes a second Zohar, 5, 237.
  • communicates his Kabbala to disciples, 5, 237–8.
  • opposed by Moses Chages, 5, 238.
  • refuses to justify himself, 5, 238.
  • promises not to teach Kabbala in Europe, 5, 239.
  • surrenders his writings to Bassan, 5, 239.
  • publishes Kabbalistic writings, 5, 239.
  • offends the Venetian rabbinate, 5, 239–40.
  • accusations against, 5, 240.
  • excommunicated by the Venetian rabbinate, 5, 240, 242.
  • promises to give up Kabbala, 5, 241.
  • received kindly at Amsterdam, 5, 242.
  • supports himself by polishing lenses, 5, 242.
  • publishes a drama, 5, 242–4.
  • influence of, on the modern time, 5, 244.
  • goes to Safet, 5, 244.
  • death of, 5, 244–5.
  • model of Bresselau, 5, 398.
  • disciple of, 5, 401.
  • Luzzatto, Samuel David (1800–1865), scholar, disinterestedness and enthusiasm of, 5, 622–23.
  • gifts of, 5, 623.
  • poetry of, 5, 623.
  • devotes himself to Biblical exegesis, 5, 623.
  • view held by, of the Massora, 5, 624.
  • historical studies of, 5, 624–5.
  • as exegete, 5, 695, 699.
  • Luzzatto, Simone (Simcha, 1590–1663), on usury, 5, 41.
  • sceptic, 5, 56.
  • member of the Venice rabbinate, 5, 67.
  • attainments of, 5, 80.
  • on the relation of faith to science, 5, 80–1.
  • sobriety of, 5, 81.
  • on Jewish rites, 5, 81.
  • defends Judaism and the Jews, 5, 81–4.
  • on the Talmud and Kabbala, 5, 84.
  • moderation of, 5, 84.
  • Lybia, the Jews of, rebel against Trajan, 2, 394, 396.
  • Lydda (Diospolis), taken by the Samaritans, 1, 410.
  • besieged by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 45.
  • center for the teaching of the Law under Gamaliel II, 2, 335, 346.
  • restored to Judæa by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • meeting place of the teachers of the Law after the fall of Bethar, 2, 423.
  • the inhabitants of, praised by Chanina bar Chama, 2, 492.
  • seat of Joshua ben Levi’s academy, 2, 497.
  • birthplace of Simlaï, 2, 498.
  • refuge of Ulla bar Kosher, 2, 530.
  • seat of a Jewish revolt against Rome, 2, 570.
  • partially destroyed, 2, 570.
  • the original text of the Bible studied at, 2, 623.
  • Lydia. See Crœsus.
  • Lynn, the Jews of, massacre of, 3, 411–12.
  • Lyons, the Council of, to humble the Jews, 3, 167–8.
  • rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Innocent IV at, 3, 584.
  • Lyons, the Jews of, ill-treated by Agobard, 3, 164–5.
  • under the protection of Louis the Pious, 3, 165–6.
  • Lysanias, son of Ptolemy of Chalcis, incites the Parthians against Herod and Phasael, 2, 82.
  • Lysias, Syrian commander, lieutenant of the country between Egypt and the Euphrates, 1, 463.
  • commissioned to march against Judæa, 1, 464.
  • chooses his subaltern officers, 1, 466–7.
  • defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 469–70.
  • guardian of Antiochus V, 1, 477.
  • invades Judæa, 1, 478–80.
  • takes Bethzur, 1, 479.
  • forces Judas Maccabæus to retreat, 1, 479.
  • besieges the Temple, 1, 479.
  • razes the fortifications of the Temple, 1, 480.
  • executes Menelaus, 1, 480.
  • disobeys Rome, 1, 481.
  • death of, 1, 482.
  • Lysimachus, ally of Ptolemy I, at the battle of Ipsus, 1, 417.
  • Lysimachus, the Benjamite, Hellenist, opposed to Onias III, 1, 437.
  • Jerusalem left in charge of, 1, 448.
  • spoils the Temple, 1, 448.
  • killed, 1, 449.
  • Lysimachus, Alexander. See Alexander Lysimachus.
  • M
  • Maachah, wife of Rehoboam, worships Astarte, 1, 188–9.
  • regent for Asa, 1, 189.
  • idolatry of, hateful to the people of Judah, 1, 190.
  • Maamad, public sittings of the rabbis of Amsterdam, 4, 684.
  • Maasé Efod, Hebrew grammar by Profiat Duran, 4, 191.
  • Maasseiah, governor of Jerusalem, appointed over the Temple funds, 1, 292.
  • Maccabæus. See Judas Maccabæus.
  • Maccabæan time, the, characterized, 5, 722–3.
  • Maccabee, The,” by Miguel Silveyra, 5, 111.
  • Maccabees, the, father and five sons, 1, 458–9.
  • re-consecrate the Temple, 1, 472–3.
  • See Hasmonæans, the.
  • Maccabees, the first Book of, originally written in Hebrew, 2, 16.
  • considered apocryphal, 2, 344.
  • Maccabees, the, History of.” See Josippon.
  • Macedonia, dissolution of the kingdom of, 1, 416.
  • Paul establishes Greek-Christian communities in, 2, 227.
  • Macedonia, the Jews of, autonomy of, 3, 27.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Machærus, Judæan fortress, built by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • surrenders to the Romans, 2, 73.
  • surrenders to Bassus, 2, 315.
  • Machault, Denys, apostate, disappearance of, 4, 175.
  • Machbereth, Hebrew dictionary by Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 225.
  • criticised by Dunash Ibn-Labrat, 3, 226.
  • Machbi,” device on Molcho’s banner, 4, 510.
  • Machir, assists David in the war with Absalom, 1, 144.
  • Machir, a learned Jew, head of the Narbonne congregation, 3, 143.
  • ancestor of Kalonymos ben Todros, 3, 392.
  • Machpelah, cave of, acquired by Abraham, 1, 4.
  • Machuza (Maoga-Malka), a city of Babylonia, description of, 2, 506–8.
  • inhabited by Jews, 2, 507.
  • the Persian army stationed at, 2, 591.
  • destroyed by Julian the Apostate, 2, 602.
  • capital of a Jewish state, 3, 4.
  • Machuza, the academy of, under Raba bar Joseph bar Chama, 2, 571, 584–5, 590.
  • produces the Talmud, 2, 591.
  • decline of, 2, 593.
  • Machuza, the Jews of, descended from proselytes, 2, 507, 586.
  • luxurious habits of, 2, 507.
  • peculiarities of, 2, 586.
  • marriages of, 2, 586–7.
  • made captives by Kobad, 3, 4.
  • put to death by Mebodes, 3, 9.
  • Machuza, a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • Mâcon, the Council of, passes anti-Jewish resolutions, 3, 39.
  • Madaba. See Medaba.
  • Madain, the Jews of, silence a Mahometan crier, 3, 428.
  • Madrid, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • Madrid, the cortes of, petition Alfonso XI concerning usury, 4, 80.
  • ask for anti-Jewish laws, 4, 80.
  • Maella, the Jews of, converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 214.
  • Mæsa, grandmother of Elegabalus, 2, 469.
  • Maëstro Gayo. See Isaac ben Mordecai.
  • Magdala (Tarichæa), Judæan troops surrender to the Romans at, 2, 75.
  • Jesus in, 2, 154, 157.
  • rebels against Josephus, 2, 280.
  • Jewish stronghold in the Bar-Cochba revolt, 2, 414.
  • fall of, 2, 416.
  • dissatisfied with a decision by Simon ben Yochaï, 2, 449.
  • Magdeburg, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • a church at, granted the revenue derived from Jews, 3, 243.
  • Magdeburg, the Jews of, persecuted in the thirteenth century, 3, 611.
  • banished, 4, 416.
  • suffer during the Black Death persecution, 4, 111.
  • Maggid, the dream-interpreter, of Solomon Molcho, 4, 496.
  • of Joseph Karo, 4, 497, 537–8.
  • of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 236, 237.
  • Maghariyites, a Karaite sect, 3, 151.
  • Maghreb. See Kairuan.
  • Magi, the, practices of, forbidden by Rab, 2, 521.
  • recover credit under Ardashir, 2, 524.
  • persecute the Christians, 2, 524.
  • molest the Jews of Babylonia, 2, 524–5.
  • fanaticism of, diminishes, 2, 525–6.
  • and Ashi, 2, 605.
  • and Jezdijird, 2, 609–10.
  • influence of, over the Sassanian monarchs, 2, 627.
  • and the Jews of Ispahan, 2, 629.
  • religion of, reformed by Mazdak, 3, 1–2.
  • cause a persecution of the Jews, 3, 8.
  • Magian influence on Judaism, 1, 402–5.
  • Magister Judæorum, officer in the Frankish empire, 3, 161.
  • Magisterial offices, certain classes of Jews exempt from, under Constantine, 2, 561, 563, 616.
  • Jewish exemption from, abolished by Theodosius I, 2, 615.
  • Jews exempt from, under Arcadius, 2, 616.
  • Jews forced to assume, by Justinian, 3, 13.
  • Jews excluded from, by the Council of Paris, 3, 40.
  • Jews exempt from, in Cologne, 3, 41.
  • See Civil offices.
  • Magnus, Marcus, court Jew of Frederick William I, 5, 219.
  • Magona, the Jews of, forced into Christianity, 2, 619–20.
  • Magyars, the, made intolerant by the papacy, 3, 614.
  • Mahadia. See Kairuan.
  • Mahanaim, seat of Saul’s family after his death, 1, 108, 110.
  • battle of, in the war with Absalom, 1, 144.
  • David welcomed at, 1, 144.
  • Maharil. See Jacob ben Moses Mölin Halevi.
  • Mahdi, the founder of the Fatimide dynasty, 3, 212.
  • Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz, son of Isaiah, 1, 259.
  • Mahomet, inspired by Judaism, 3, 71–2.
  • revelations to, from Gabriel, 3, 71.
  • declaims against idolatry and immorality, 3, 72.
  • tries to win over the Jews of Yathrib, 3, 73.
  • character of, 3, 74.
  • Jewish opponents of, 3, 74–5.
  • gives up Jewish ceremonies, 3, 75–6.
  • antagonism of, to Jews, 3, 76.
  • victorious at Bedr, 3, 76.
  • drives the Benu-Kainukaa from Arabia, 3, 76–8.
  • victorious over the Benu-Nadhir, 3, 78–80.
  • exterminates the Benu-Kuraiza, 3, 80–1.
  • victorious over the Jews of Chaibar, 3, 81–3.
  • attempt to poison, 3, 83–4.
  • the Jews of Medina intrigue against, 3, 84.
  • death of, 3, 84.
  • acknowledged as the prophet by conquered nations, 3, 86.
  • as viewed by Anan ben David, 3, 134.
  • Mahomet II, Turkish conqueror of the Byzantine empire, threatens Christendom, 4, 267.
  • friendly to the Jews, 4, 268.
  • Mahomet IV, sultan, influence of Jewish women under, 4, 629.
  • considers the case of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 153.
  • receives Sabbataï into Islam, 5, 154.
  • Mahomet Alemin, son of Haroun-Alrashid, war of, with his brother, 3, 145.
  • death of, 3, 146.
  • Mahomet Almansur, Hajib of Hisham, and Jacob Ibn-Jau, 3, 239, 240–1.
  • Mahomet Almuktafi, Abbasside Caliph, revives the Exilarchate, 3, 428.
  • Mahomet Bey, vizir, attacks Achmed Shaitan, 4, 396.
  • Mahomet Sokolli, vizir, antagonizes Joseph Nassi, 4, 596, 599, 602.
  • favorable to Venice, 4, 600.
  • employs a Jewish agent, 4, 603, 605.
  • supplants Joseph Nassi, 4, 627.
  • advises the confiscation of Joseph Nassi’s property, 4, 628.
  • Mahometan (pseudo) Jews, despair of, 3, 452.
  • exhorted to remain true to Judaism, 3, 452.
  • condemned as apostates and idolaters, 3, 453–4.
  • defended by Maimonides, 3, 454–6.
  • Mahometans, the, looked upon by the Jews as liberators from the Christian yoke, 3, 88–9.
  • conspire with the Jews to overthrow the Visigothic-Spanish empire, 3, 108.
  • conquer Visigothic Spain, 3, 109.
  • culture of, in Spain under the Ommiyyade caliphs, 3, 214.
  • traditions of, used by Haï Gaon, 3, 251.
  • in Spain, crusade against, 3, 507.
  • condition of, in Hungary, 3, 520–1.
  • proscribed in Hungary, 3, 615.
  • distrusted by Argun, khan of Persia, 3, 647.
  • intrigue against Saad-Addaula, 3, 648–9.
  • usurers in Castile, 4, 80.
  • the crusades against, begin with massacres of Jews, 4, 222.
  • placed under restrictions by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • persecuted, 4, 251.
  • protected by Juan II of Castile, 4, 252.
  • the Jews under, 5, 726–7.
  • Mahon. See Magona.
  • Maillotins, the, attack the Jews of France, 4, 152.
  • Maimaran, Joseph, adviser of Muley Ismail, 5, 168.
  • Maimi, Simon. See Simon Maimi.
  • Maimon, Solomon (1753–1800), on Hirsch Janow, 5, 331.
  • philosophical thinker, 5, 405, 407–9.
  • character and studies of, 5, 407, 408.
  • goes to Germany, 5, 407–8.
  • wanderings of, 5, 408.
  • autobiography of, 5, 409.
  • fame of, 5, 409.
  • Maimonides, Moses. See Moses ben Maimun.
  • Maimun ben Joseph, father of Maimonides, Talmudist and scientist, disciple of Joseph Ibn-Migash, 3, 317, 447.
  • influence of, on his son, 3, 447.
  • a fugitive from the Almohades, 3, 448.
  • teacher of his son, 3, 448.
  • emigrates to Fez, 3, 451.
  • family of, assumes Islam, 3, 451.
  • exhorts the pseudo-Mahometan Jews to remain true to Judaism, 3, 452.
  • emigrates to Palestine and Egypt, 3, 456–7.
  • death of, 3, 457.
  • Maimun Asha, Arabic poet, protected by Shoraich, 3, 70.
  • Maimuni. See Abraham (Almeni) Maimuni; Abraham Maimuni II; David ben Maimun; David Maimuni; Moses ben Maimun.
  • Maimunist controversy, the, 3, 530.
  • in verses, 3, 538, 544.
  • compromise in, proposed by Nachmani, 3, 539–40.
  • taken up by the Dominicans, 3, 542–3.
  • causes a division in Judaism, 3, 546–7.
  • causes the neglect of poetry, 3, 558–9.
  • allayed by the burning of the Talmud, 3, 579–80.
  • breaks out anew in the time of Solomon ben Adret, 3, 623–4.
  • in Germany, Italy, and Palestine, 3, 624–34.
  • in Accho, 3, 631, 632–3.
  • solution of, proposed by Hillel of Verona, 3, 631–2.
  • revived by the Tibbonide party in Montpellier, 4, 32–3, 42.
  • See also Anti-Maimunists, the; Maimunists, the.
  • Maimunists, the, partisans of Moses ben Maimun, 3, 523; 5, 728.
  • war declared against, by Solomon ben Abraham, 3, 527.
  • excommunicated by Solomon ben Abraham, 3, 528–9.
  • excommunicate Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 530.
  • try to alienate the French rabbis from Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 539.
  • denounce Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 543–4.
  • opposed to the Kabbalists in the explanation of ceremonies, 3, 554.
  • break away from the Talmud, 3, 557–8.
  • in Perpignan, 4, 25.
  • in Montpellier, 4, 32–3.
  • See also Anti-Maimunists, the; Maimunist controversy, the.
  • Maimunists, list of:
  • Aaron ben Meshullam,
  • Abraham ben Chasdaï,
  • Bachiel Ibn-Alkonstantini,
  • David ben Daniel,
  • David Kimchi,
  • Hillel ben Samuel of Verona,
  • Jacob ben Abba-Mari ben Simon Anatoli,
  • Jonathan Cohen of Lünel,
  • Levi ben Abraham ben Chayim,
  • Moses ben Isaac Alashkar,
  • Moses ben Jehuda Cohen,
  • Samuel ben Abraham Saporta,
  • Samuel Cohen ben Daniel,
  • Yishaï ben Chiskiya.
  • Main(e) district, the, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • emigrate, 3, 638.
  • find a refuge in Poland, 4, 420.
  • Maiora, martyr, 4, 570.
  • Majorca, French Jews emigrate to, 4, 49.
  • quarrel about the chief rabbinate of, 4, 162.
  • forced converts in, relapse into Judaism, 4, 180.
  • Marranos from, in Algiers, 4, 199.
  • the Inquisition established on, 4, 332.
  • Majorca, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 77, 171.
  • take refuge in northern Africa, 4, 198.
  • converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 206.
  • extermination of, 4, 246–7.
  • Makariyites, a Karaite sect, 3, 151.
  • Maksen, leader of the Sinhajas, 3, 256.
  • Malabar, the coast of, Jews emigrate to, 2, 630.
  • Malach, Chayim. See Chayim Malach.
  • Malach ham-Maveth, angel of death, 1, 403.
  • Malache Chabalah, evil spirits, introduced into Judaism from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • Malachi, last of prophets, 1, 384–5.
  • Malaga, Jews masters of, 3, 109.
  • Samuel Ibn-Nagrela at, 3, 255.
  • Berber city, 3, 256.
  • family of Ibn-Gebirol emigrate to, 3, 268.
  • suffering of the Spanish exiles in, 4, 369–70.
  • Malchishua, son of Saul, death of, 1, 103.
  • Malchus. See Porphyry.
  • Malchuth Shamayim. See Kingdom of Heaven, the.
  • Malcom. See Milcom.
  • Malesherbes, institutes a Jewish commission to ameliorate the condition of the Jews, 5, 431.
  • Malich, king of the Nabathæans, at war with Herod, 2, 94–5.
  • vassal of Herod, 2, 95.
  • Malich, counselor of Hyrcanus II, poisons Antipater, 2, 80.
  • assassinated by Herod, 2, 80.
  • Malka bar Acha (771–773), principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 37.
  • Malka Kadisha, Kabbalistic term, the Messiah, 5, 143.
  • Mallo, Portuguese inquisitor, 4, 521.
  • Malmed, collection of sermons by Jacob Anatoli, 3, 566.
  • attacked by the party of Abba-Mari, 4, 32.
  • read by the Tibbonides, 4, 39.
  • falls under the ban, 4, 40.
  • Malshim (Malsin), traitors, 4, 156.
  • Malta, Marranos transported to, 4, 570.
  • Malta, the Knights of, attack Jewish exiles, 4, 592.
  • forbidden to make slaves of Jews, 4, 656.
  • Malthace, the Samaritan, wife of Herod, 2, 119.
  • Mamal (Mamala), city of Galilee, inhabitants of, of the family of Eli, 2, 575.
  • Mammæa, mother of Alexander Severus, admires Christianity, 2, 481.
  • Mammon, scorn of, taught by the Essenes, 2, 145.
  • taught by Jesus, 2, 150.
  • Mamson, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Manasseh, king of Judah, son of Hezekiah, 1, 280.
  • state of the kingdom under, 1, 281–4.
  • idolatry introduced under, 1, 282–3.
  • taken prisoner by Esarhaddon, 1, 285.
  • death of, 1, 285.
  • Manasseh, the tribe of, claims the central lands of Canaan, 1, 35–6.
  • holds assemblies at Shiloh, 1, 41.
  • opposed to intermarriage with the heathen, 1, 56.
  • members of, join Gideon, 1, 62.
  • in conflict with Ephraim, 1, 63.
  • appeals to Samuel for help against Ammon, 1, 80.
  • territory of, taken by Hazael, 1, 220.
  • descendants of, in Chaibar, 3, 437.
  • Manasseh, member of Eliashib’s household, marries a daughter of Sanballat, 1, 383.
  • banished by Nehemiah, 1, 386.
  • Manasseh, relative of Simon the Just, acts as high priest, 1, 423.
  • Manasseh ben Israel (1604–1657), emigrates to the Netherlands, 4, 671.
  • member of the Amsterdam rabbinical college, 4, 682.
  • characterized by Antonio Vieira, 4, 683.
  • education of, 4, 683.
  • characterization of, 4, 683–4.
  • qualifications of, for effecting the re-settlement of Jews in England, 5, 19–20.
  • attainments of, 5, 20.
  • as a preacher, 5, 20.
  • esteemed by Jews and Christians, 5, 20.
  • treatises of, welcomed by Christian scholars, 5, 22.
  • consulted by Christian scholars, 5, 22–3.
  • sought by Christian visionaries, 5, 23–5.
  • and Messianic expectations, 5, 24.
  • reasons adduced by, for the re-settlement of Jews in England, 5, 28, 39–42.
  • encouraged by English writings, 5, 28–30.
  • on the fortunes of the Ten Tribes, 5, 30–3.
  • publishes “Israel’s Hope,” 5, 31–2.
  • describes the terrors of the Inquisition, 5, 31–2.
  • submits “Israel’s Hope” to Parliament, 5, 33.
  • negotiations of, interrupted, 5, 34.
  • receives a safe-conduct to London from the Short Parliament, 5, 34–5.
  • war delays the departure of, 5, 35.
  • petitions Parliament to permit Jews to settle in England, 5, 35.
  • the Messianic work by Felgenhauer dedicated to, 5, 36–7.
  • expounds Jewish Messianic ideas, 5, 37–8.
  • invited to England by Cromwell, 5, 38.
  • petition presented by, to Cromwell, 5, 38–9.
  • acts as the representative of European Jews, 5, 39.
  • on the trade of the Jews, 5, 40–1.
  • defends the Jews against three charges, 5, 41–2.
  • proposal by, for the admission of Jews into England, 5, 44.
  • refutes theological objections to the admission of Jews, 5, 45.
  • defends his course before the Dutch government, 5, 46.
  • disappointment of, 5, 46–7.
  • defends the Jews against the blood accusation, 5, 47–9.
  • honorably dismissed by Cromwell, 5, 49.
  • death of, 5, 50.
  • devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 55.
  • teacher of Spinoza, 5, 86, 87.
  • outlines a history of the Jews, 5, 202.
  • work by, translated by Marcus Herz, 5, 362.
  • oath of, concerning the blood accusation taken by the London rabbis, 5, 655.
  • Manchester, the Jews of, hold meetings for the Damascus affair, 5, 654, 657.
  • Manessier de Vesoul, negotiates the return of the Jews to France, 4, 129.
  • appointed receiver-general, 4, 130–1, 132, 133.
  • active in behalf of the Jews, 4, 132.
  • death of, 4, 150.
  • sons of, 4, 150, 151, 152.
  • Manetho, an Egyptian priest, libels the Jews, 1, 511.
  • Manichæans, persecuted by Jezdijird III, 2, 627.
  • Manna, description of, 1, 20.
  • Mannheim, Moses Meïr Kamenker in, 5, 229.
  • Mannheimer, Isaac Noah (1793–1864), intellectual qualities of, 5, 578.
  • attractiveness of, 5, 578.
  • dignity of, 5, 579.
  • fitted for his work in Vienna, 5, 580.
  • attitude of, towards Reform Judaism, 5, 580.
  • changes sanctioned by, 5, 580.
  • as a pulpit orator, 5, 581.
  • personality of, 5, 582.
  • influence of, in Germany, 5, 582.
  • compared with Sachs, 5, 690.
  • helps to reorganize Austria, 5, 697.
  • Manoel the Great, of Portugal, releases the Spanish exiles, 4, 372.
  • employs Abraham Zacuto, 4, 372.
  • kindly disposed towards the Jews, 4, 372.
  • sues for the hand of Isabella II of Castile, 4, 372–3.
  • banishes the Jews, 4, 374.
  • orders Jewish children to be baptized, 4, 375–6.
  • cruelty of, 4, 376.
  • limits the Jews to one port of departure, 4, 376.
  • tries to force the Jews into Christianity, 4, 377.
  • adopts milder measures towards the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 379.
  • delivers Spanish Marranos to the Inquisition, 4, 379–80.
  • permits the last Jews to leave Portugal, 4, 380–1.
  • grants freedom from molestation to the Jews for a term, 4, 485.
  • checks the emigration of Marranos, 4, 485–6.
  • forbids the use of insulting names for Marranos, 4, 486.
  • orders of, concerning Marranos, 4, 488.
  • counselors of, protect the Marranos, 4, 488.
  • Manrique, Inigo, chief judge of appeals for Marrano cases, 4, 320.
  • Mansfeld, general, plunders the Jews, 4, 701.
  • Mantin, Jacob (1490–1549), physician and scholar, ambition of, 4, 411.
  • instructs Christians in Hebrew, 4, 473.
  • persecutes Molcho, 4, 506–7.
  • physician to Paul III, 4, 515.
  • Mantua, Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 371.
  • the Talmud burnt in, 4, 565.
  • refuge of the Jewish exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • rabbis of, forbid young men to read Azarya deï Rossi’s works, 4, 616.
  • Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Mantua, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • in the seventeenth century, 4, 653.
  • appeal for permission to own the Talmud, 4, 658.
  • Maoga-Malka. See Machuza.
  • Maonites, the, subjugated by Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • Maor, Talmudical work by Serachya Halevi Gerundi, 3, 389.
  • Mappa,” Moses Isserles’ commentary on Karo’s code, 4, 637.
  • Mar-Aaron ben Samuel, candidate for the principalship of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 154.
  • Mar-Abraham ben Sherira (816–828), mystic, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 154–5.
  • deposed, 3, 155.
  • re-instated, 3, 156.
  • death of, 3, 156.
  • Mar-Amram ben Sheshna (869–881), Gaon of Sora, compiler of the liturgy of European Jews, 3, 178.
  • Mar bar Ashi (Tabyome), Amora, principal of the Sora academy, 2, 626–7.
  • finishes the compilation of the Talmud, 2, 628.
  • conscientiousness of, 2, 628.
  • death of, 2, 628.
  • Mar bar Huna (609–620), principal of the Sora academy, 3, 10.
  • Marburg, the university of, appealed to in the contest between the Senate and the Jews of Frankfort, 5, 520.
  • Marcellus II, pope, reactionary, 4, 566.
  • Mar-Chanina, effects Mar-Zutra II’s investiture as Exilarch, 3, 3.
  • executed, 3, 4.
  • Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, emperor, war with Parthia under, 2, 447.
  • and Simon ben Yochaï, 2, 449.
  • appealed to by Jews and Christians, 2, 449.
  • famine and plague under, 2, 451.
  • permission of, required to pray at Jerusalem, 2, 458.
  • hostility of, to the Jews, 2, 463.
  • Mardeliar, chief of the Jews of India, 2, 630.
  • Mardochai, Francis, Egyptian tax farmer, 4, 618.
  • Mar-Elia I, Patriarch of the Eastern Christians, consulted by Haï Gaon, 3, 250.
  • Mareshah (Marissa), scene of Asa’s victory over an Ethiopian army, 1, 190.
  • Idumæan fortress, demolished, 2, 8.
  • Margalita, Aaron, apostate, reviles the Agada, 5, 194.
  • Margaret, empress, has the Jews of Vienna banished, 5, 170.
  • Margaritha, Anton, apostate, writes against the Jews, 4, 551.
  • Marhab, a Himyarite, hero in the Chaibar war, 3, 82.
  • beaten and killed by Ali, 3, 82.
  • sister of, tries to poison Mahomet, 3, 83–4.
  • Mar-Huna, Exilarch. See Huna.
  • Mari bar Mar, founds an academy at Firuz-Shabur, 3, 8, 9.
  • Maria of the Netherlands, patroness of Joseph Nassi, 4, 572.
  • Maria, Infanta of Spain, empress, Marrano confessor of, 5, 109.
  • Maria, wife of Alfonso XI, ill-treated by her husband, 4, 114.
  • Maria de Molina, queen of Castile, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 2.
  • dowager queen, antagonizes the Jewish treasurer, 4, 51–2.
  • protects the Jews of Castile, 4, 52.
  • Maria de Medici, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 673.
  • Maria de Padilla, supposed wife of Pedro the Cruel, 4, 116.
  • party of, 4, 117.
  • acknowledged as the wife of Pedro, 4, 122.
  • said to be a Jewess, 4, 123.
  • Maria Anna, of Austria, banishes the last remnant of Jews from the Spanish provinces, 5, 169.
  • Maria Juliana, queen of Denmark, interested in Eibeschütz, 5, 267–8.
  • Maria Theresa, empress, at war with Prussia, 5, 251.
  • revokes the decree against the Jews of Moravia, 5, 252.
  • banishes the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, 5, 252.
  • revokes the decree of banishment, 5, 253.
  • Mariamne, daughter of Agrippa I, immorality of, 2, 235.
  • Mariamne, granddaughter of Hyrcanus II, betrothed to Herod, 2, 81.
  • under the guardianship of Herod’s brother, 2, 83.
  • married to Herod at Samaria, 2, 87.
  • under the guardianship of Herod’s brother-in-law, 2, 93.
  • calumniated by Salome, 2, 93–4.
  • confined in Alexandrion, 2, 96.
  • murder of, 2, 104–5.
  • sons and daughters of, 2, 112–13.
  • Mariamne, Herod’s second wife of that name, 2, 107.
  • son of, disinherited, 2, 119.
  • Mariamne, tower of, retreat of the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, 2, 260.
  • left undemolished by Titus, 2, 309.
  • Mariba, trading station under the kings of Judah, 3, 54.
  • Marini, Israel, disciple of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 237.
  • Mar-Isaac, head of a college at Firuz-Shabur, does homage to Ali, 3, 90.
  • Gaon of Sora, 3, 90, 92.
  • Mar-Isaac, Jew of Cologne, martyr, 3, 304.
  • Mar-Isaac, principal of a Babylonian academy, the murder of, 3, 3.
  • Marissa. See Mareshah.
  • Mar-Kahana, Exilarch, subordinates himself to Ashi, 2, 606.
  • Mar Mar Jesu,” anti-Christian work forbidden by Benedict XIII, 4, 215.
  • Mar-Raba (670–680), principal of the Pumbeditha academy, reforms the divorce laws, 3, 92.
  • Marranos, the, or new-Christians, origin of, 4, 179–80; 5, 729.
  • meaning of, 4, 180.
  • secretly Jews, 4, 180.
  • in Sicily, protected by the people, 4, 319–20.
  • protected in Tudela, 4, 357.
  • permitted to settle in Ancona, 4, 408.
  • flee from Spain and Portugal, 4, 529.
  • return of, to Judaism, reason for the revival of a Synhedrion, 4, 535.
  • of Naples threatened with the Inquisition, 4, 543.
  • of Marseilles aid the Neapolitan Jews, 4, 544.
  • of Ferrara consoled by Samuel Usque, 4, 558, 560.
  • of Ancona protected by the popes, 4, 568.
  • of Ancona, persecuted by Paul IV, 4, 568–9, 570–1.
  • at Pesaro and Ferrara, 4, 569, 578–81.
  • persecuted by Paul IV, 4, 581–2.
  • victims of the Italian Inquisition, 4, 654.
  • deprived of Ferrara as a refuge, 4, 661.
  • England designed as an asylum for, 5, 46.
  • condemned to the stake in the seventeenth century, 5, 91–2.
  • See also Spanish exiles; Inquisition, the.
  • Marranos, the Portuguese, buy the favor of Alexander VI, 4, 378–9.
  • milder measures towards, adopted by Manoel, 4, 379.
  • Samuel Usque on, 4, 380.
  • descendants of, in Africa, 4, 381.
  • the Inquisition established for, at Benevento, 4, 385.
  • manufacture fire-arms and ammunition in Turkey, 4, 401.
  • suffering of, 4, 483.
  • follow Jewish observances openly, 4, 485.
  • instruct their children in Judaism, 4, 485.
  • emigration of, checked by Manoel, 4, 485–6.
  • hated by the Christians, 4, 486.
  • accused of causing scarcity of grain, 4, 486.
  • ruin of, determined by the Dominicans, 4, 486–7.
  • Manoel’s orders concerning, 4, 488.
  • protected by Manoel’s counselors, 4, 488.
  • usefulness of, 4, 488.
  • life of, inquired into by João III, 4, 489.
  • observe Jewish and Christian rites, 4, 489.
  • spied upon by Henrique Nunes, 4, 489.
  • treatment of, improves with Reubeni’s appearance, 4, 493–4.
  • consider Reubeni the forerunner of the Messiah, 4, 494, 497–8.
  • not encouraged by Reubeni to acknowledge Judaism, 4, 495.
  • burnt by the Bishop of Ceuta, 4, 499.
  • defended by the Bishop of Algarve, 4, 500.
  • defended by Lorenzo Pucci, 4, 505.
  • suffering of, at the introduction of the Inquisition, 4, 508–9.
  • complain of the inhumanity of the Inquisition, 4, 509.
  • represented at Rome by Duarte de Paz, 4, 512.
  • absolved for defection from the Church, 4, 513–14.
  • protected by Clement VII, 4, 514.
  • absolution of, enforced by Paul III, 4, 516.
  • protected by a bull of Paul III, 4, 516, 517.
  • unable to pay the bribes promised by Duarte de Paz, 4, 518.
  • gentle measures towards, recommended by Paul III, 4, 518.
  • steadfastness of, 4, 519, 528.
  • try to have the Inquisition revoked, 4, 519.
  • complain to Paul III of the cruelty of the Inquisition, 4, 519–20.
  • protected by Paul III, 4, 520.
  • endangered by Emanuel da Costa, 4, 521.
  • granted the right of appeal to the pope, 4, 521.
  • suffering of, from the Inquisition, 4, 522–3.
  • delinquencies of, reported to the pope, 4, 523.
  • draw up a memorial to the pope, 4, 524.
  • forbidden to emigrate, 4, 524.
  • right of, to emigrate defended before the Council of Trent, 4, 526.
  • liberated from the Inquisition prisons, 4, 527.
  • forced to abjure their Judaizing tendencies, 4, 527.
  • mild treatment of, requested by Paul III, 4, 527.
  • a profitable population to Portugal, 4, 527–8.
  • absolution granted to, by popes, 4, 528.
  • look to the Netherlands as a refuge, 4, 662–3.
  • admission of, into Zealand opposed, 4, 663.
  • first to emigrate to the Netherlands, 4, 664–5.
  • in Amsterdam, 4, 665.
  • taken to Holland by the Earl of Essex, 4, 665.
  • capital of, acceptable to the Netherlands, 4, 667–8.
  • revert to Judaism, 4, 669.
  • suffering of, from the Inquisition, 4, 670.
  • Philip III debtor of, 4, 670.
  • granted absolution by Clement VIII, 4, 671.
  • emigrate to the Netherlands, 4, 671.
  • invited by Christian princes to settle in their countries, 4, 675.
  • devotion of, to Judaism, 4, 678–9.
  • Catholic tendencies of, 4, 679–80.
  • in Hamburg as “traders,” 4, 686–7.
  • objected to by Lutherans, 4, 686, 687.
  • admitted into Hamburg as Jews, 4, 688.
  • importance of, for trade, 4, 689.
  • transported to Brazil, 4, 693.
  • refused permission to settle in Frankfort-on-the-Main, 4, 695.
  • culture of, 5, 109–18.
  • in Bordeaux, 5, 341–2.
  • See also under Amsterdam; Inquisition, the.
  • Marranos, the Spanish, hated by the populace, 4, 180.
  • endanger the existence of the Spanish Jews, 4, 180–1.
  • propagandists for Christianity, 4, 181–2.
  • take refuge in northern Africa, 4, 197.
  • protected by Saul Astruc Cohen and Isaac ben Sheshet, 4, 199.
  • the Christian confession extorted from, by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 202.
  • troublesome to the Church, 4, 255–6.
  • true to Judaism in secret, 4, 256.
  • inquisitors appointed for, 4, 256.
  • equal rights denied to, 4, 256–7.
  • plundered under Henry IV of Castile, 4, 274.
  • return to Judaism under Henry IV, 4, 276.
  • promoted to the highest offices in Castile, 4, 280.
  • attacked at Valladolid, 4, 280–1.
  • accused of Judaizing, 4, 281.
  • attacks upon, grow frequent, 4, 281–3.
  • high positions and character of, 4, 309.
  • Judaizing tendencies of, 4, 309.
  • the Inquisition for, proposed, 4, 310.
  • catechism for, 4, 311.
  • lose favor with Isabella, 4, 311–12.
  • the Inquisition for, established in Seville, 4, 312.
  • adopt measures of defense against the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • fugitive, burnt by the Inquisition, 4, 314.
  • the Edict of Grace issued for, 4, 315.
  • asked to denounce Judaizing Marranos, 4, 315.
  • victims of the Inquisition, 4, 317–18.
  • flee from the Inquisition, 4, 318.
  • complain of the Inquisition to Sixtus IV, 4, 318.
  • a chief judge of appeals appointed for cases against, 4, 320.
  • excluded from the office of heresy judges, 4, 321.
  • appeal to Sixtus IV to modify the rigors of the Inquisition, 4, 322.
  • Torquemada’s code for, 4, 326–8.
  • try to suppress the Inquisition in Aragon, 4, 329.
  • plot against Pedro Arbues, 4, 329–30.
  • slaughter of, in Saragossa, 4, 331–2.
  • origin of the persecution of, 4, 333.
  • intimate relations of, with the Jews, 4, 334–5.
  • helped by the Jews of Castile, 4, 344.
  • of Granada, protected by the secret treaty of Boabdil, 4, 345.
  • flee to Granada, 4, 351.
  • help the exiled Jews, 4, 354.
  • deliver up enemies of the Jews to the Inquisition, 4, 355.
  • care exercised by, after the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 355.
  • concerned in the murder of Arbues protected in Tudela, 4, 357.
  • delivered up to the Inquisition in Portugal, 4, 368, 379–80.
  • the Inquisition established for, at Benevento, 4, 385.
  • manufacture fire-arms and ammunition in Turkey, 4, 401.
  • suffering of, 4, 483.
  • oppressed by Ximenes de Cisneros, 4, 484.
  • try to escape to Portugal, 4, 486.
  • Messianic expectations of, 4, 494.
  • flee to Portugal, 4, 494.
  • take David Reubeni to be the forerunner of the Messiah, 4, 497–8.
  • attack Badajoz, 4, 498.
  • denounced by David Reubeni, 4, 511.
  • See also Spanish exiles, the; Inquisition, the.
  • Marriage, unlawful degrees of relationship for, established by Sopherim, 1, 397.
  • Marriage laws, the, revised by Abba-Areka, 2, 516.
  • among the Karaites, 3, 132, 158, 159.
  • regulated by the Mayence rabbinical synod, 4, 135.
  • changed by Menachem of Merseburg, 4, 228.
  • modified by the synod of Lublin, 5, 13.
  • abolition of, advocated by Holdheim, 5, 680.
  • Marriages, civil, discussed by the Assembly of Notables, 5, 491.
  • by the Synhedrion, 5, 496, 497.
  • Marriages, Jewish, in Austria, restricted, 5, 509.
  • Marriages, mixed. See Intermarriages.
  • Mar-Sacharya, of Haleb, attacks Maimonides, 3, 477.
  • Mar-Samuel. See Samuel, son of Abba.
  • Marseilles, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • the Jews of Clermont flee to, 3, 39.
  • Jewish physicians at, 3, 582.
  • Jews remain in, after the banishment by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • Neapolitan Jews carried to, 4, 544.
  • Marseilles, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 400.
  • order a Hebrew translation of Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 3, 492.
  • show honor to the Jewish envoys to Egypt, 5, 658.
  • Marshall, Lord Mayor of London, calls a meeting of protest against the Damascus affair, 5, 655–6, 657.
  • Mar-Sheshet, a Babylonian Amora, 2, 545.
  • memory of, 2, 553.
  • and Chasda, 2, 553–4.
  • opposed to Judah ben Ezekiel’s dialectics, 2, 554.
  • rebukes the Exilarch, 2, 554.
  • founds a school at Silhi, 2, 554.
  • Marsus, Vibius, governor of Syria, prevents Agrippa I from fortifying Jerusalem, 2, 195.
  • disperses the conference of princes summoned by Agrippa I, 2, 196.
  • hostile to the Judæans, 2, 197.
  • soldiery of, banished to Pontus, 2, 197.
  • Marten, Harry, employed by Cromwell to dispose the English in favor of the Jews, 5, 43.
  • Martha. See Domna, Julia.
  • Martha, sister of Lazarus, follower of Jesus, 2, 160.
  • Martha, wife of Joshua ben Gamala, obtains the high priesthood for her husband, 2, 249.
  • suffering of, during the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 306.
  • Martin V, pope, elected by the Council of Constance, 4, 219.
  • discourteous to the Jews of Constance, 4, 219.
  • confirms the privileges of the Jews of Germany and Savoy, 4, 219.
  • waited on by Jewish delegates from Italy and Spain, 4, 219.
  • issues a bull against forced conversions, 4, 219–20.
  • issues a bull protecting the Jews from Dominican denunciations, 4, 226–7.
  • privileges granted by, to Jews confirmed by Eugenius IV, 4, 249.
  • Martin, Fernan, chief of police, assists the Jews against Joseph Pichon, 4, 156.
  • punished by Juan I of Castile, 4, 157.
  • Martin, Raymund, Dominican, rescues the Talmud from the flames in Aragon, 3, 603.
  • anti-Jewish writings of, 3, 622.
  • influence of, 3, 622–3.
  • refuted by Solomon ben Adret, 3, 623.
  • Martinet, Adam, admiration of, for neo-Hebraic poetry, 5, 628, 629.
  • Martinez, Ferdinand (Ferran), agitates against the Jews in Seville, 4, 167.
  • stirs up Seville a second time, 4, 168–9.
  • punished by Henry III of Castile, 4, 193.
  • Martinez, Gonzalo, de Oviedo, favorite of Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 83–4.
  • causes the death of Joseph of Ecija and Samuel Ibn-Wakar, 4, 84.
  • proposes to deprive the Jews of their wealth, 4, 84–5.
  • wins a battle over the Moors, 4, 85.
  • accused of treason by Leonora de Guzman, 4, 85.
  • allies himself with the enemies of Alfonso XI, 4, 85–6.
  • deserted by his Order, 4, 86.
  • executed, 4, 86.
  • Martyrdom, when compulsory, 2, 423–4.
  • Martyrology, by Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn, 3, 419.
  • Mar-Ukba (918), Exilarch, forced to remove from Bagdad, 2, 184.
  • the Arabic poetry of, pleases the Caliph, 3, 184–5.
  • restored to his office, 3, 185.
  • banished to Kairuan, 3, 185, 210.
  • Mar-Ukba, judge in Cafri, 2, 512.
  • Mar-Ukban, grandson of Abba-Areka, Exilarch, 2, 544, 579–80.
  • Maruni, priest, incites a crusade against the Damascus Jews, 5, 662.
  • Mary, sister of Lazarus, follower of Jesus, 2, 160.
  • Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus, 2, 154.
  • Mar-Yanka. See Natronaï ben Nehemiah.
  • Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi (872–890), Gaon of Pumbeditha, arranges the “Aruch,” 3, 178–9.
  • Mar-Zutra, Amora, subordinates himself to Ashi, 2, 606.
  • at the court of Jezdijird, 2, 610.
  • Mar-Zutra I, Exilarch, subordinates himself to Ashi, 2, 606.
  • Mar-Zutra II (496–520), Exilarch, leader of the Babylonian Jews against the Zendik, 3, 3–4.
  • kept out of his office by Pachda, 3, 3.
  • executed, 3, 4.
  • son of, 3, 4.
  • Mar-Zutra III, a distinguished scholar in Judæa, 3, 4.
  • president of the Tiberias academy, 3, 12.
  • Masada, fortress, refuge of Mariamne, wife of Herod, 2, 83.
  • besieged by Antigonus, 2, 87.
  • refuge of Herod from Cleopatra, 2, 94.
  • taken by the Sicarii, 2, 258.
  • refuge of the Sicarii, 2, 261.
  • a hot-bed of insurgents, 2, 292–3.
  • holds out against the Romans, 2, 315.
  • under Eleazar ben Jair, 2, 316.
  • garrison of, commits suicide, 2, 316.
  • Mascarenhas, John Rodrigo, Portuguese Marrano, brings hatred upon the Marranos, 4, 486.
  • Masechet-Gerim, tractate in the Law, on proselytes, 2, 384.
  • Masechta, one of the six divisions of the Mishnic code, 2, 354.
  • Mashal, an allegory, 1, 158.
  • Mashal ha-Kadmoni, by Ibn-Sahula, 3, 560.
  • Maskhir, recorder under David, 1, 122.
  • Masserano. See Bezalel Masserano.
  • Massora, the, and the vowel points, 3, 112.
  • studied by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 244.
  • the division of the Scriptures into verses by, criticised, 3, 290.
  • importance of, according to Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • studied by Wolf Heidenheim, 5, 400.
  • as viewed by Samuel David Luzzatto, 5, 624.
  • Massorets, the, list of:
  • Aaron ben Asher,
  • Ben-Naphtali,
  • Moses ben Asher.
  • Masuel, Eugene, founder of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 701.
  • Mata-Mechasia. See Sora.
  • Matatoron, name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • Mathematical knowledge, the, of the teachers of the Law, 2, 357.
  • Mathematicians, Jewish. See Astronomers.
  • Mathematics, studied in Portugal, 4, 367.
  • Matiah ben Charash, teacher of the Law in Rome, 2, 443.
  • Matnita boraïta, supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Matri, a family of the tribe of Benjamin, 1, 83.
  • Matronita, Kabbalistic term in the Zohar, 4, 18.
  • Mattachery, Jews’ town, 2, 630.
  • Mattan, high priest of Baal, under Athaliah, 1, 214.
  • Mattara, court in the palace at Jerusalem, 1, 314.
  • Mattathiah ben Joseph Provenci, Talmudist, re-establishes a college at Paris, 4, 133.
  • exempt from wearing the Jew badge, 4, 133.
  • chief rabbi of France, 4, 133.
  • death of, 4, 152.
  • Mattathias, envoy of Nicanor to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484.
  • Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, father of the Maccabees, resists Apelles, 1, 459.
  • leader of the Chassidim, 1, 459–60.
  • decides to fight on the Sabbath, 1, 460.
  • petty warfare of, against the Syrians, 1, 460–1.
  • chooses Simon as counselor and Judas as commander, 1, 461.
  • death of the sons of, 1, 531.
  • Mattathias ben Simon Psellus, father of Josephus, 1, 502.
  • Mattathias, son of Simon Tharsi, 1, 520.
  • assassinated, 1, 530.
  • Mattathias Yizhari, at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 208.
  • Matthai of Arbela, Pharisee leader, 2, 20.
  • Matthew (Levi), publican, follower of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • Matthew Paris, historian, charges the Franciscans with venality, 3, 591.
  • Matthias, emperor, unable to punish Fettmilch, 4, 698.
  • punishes Frankfort, 4, 700.
  • Matthias ben Margalot, Pharisee, instigates an uprising against Herod, 2, 115.
  • burnt alive, 2, 115.
  • death of, avenged, 2, 121.
  • Matthias ben Matthias, brother of Josephus, 2, 276.
  • Matthias ben Theophilus, high priest, last of those appointed under the Herodians, 2, 249.
  • summons all Judæans to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, 2, 251.
  • persuades Jerusalem to receive Roman troops amicably, 2, 254–5.
  • deposed by the Zealots, 2, 294.
  • Matthias Boëthus, of priestly family, executed, 2, 304.
  • Maurice of Orange, well disposed towards the Jews, 4, 674, 678.
  • Mauritania, rebels against Hadrian, 2, 399.
  • Mauritius, emperor of the East, protects Chosru II, 3, 9.
  • the Jews under, 3, 18.
  • supplanted by Phocas, 3, 18–19.
  • Maury, Abbé, opposed to the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441–2, 446, 462.
  • Maxarquivir, the Jews of, banished by order of Maria Anna, 5, 169.
  • Maximilian I, emperor, the Jews recommended to the protection of, 4, 413.
  • favors Jacob Loans, 4, 414.
  • appoints Joseph Loans representative of the German Jews, 4, 414.
  • indecision of, 4, 414–15.
  • permits Nuremberg to expel the Jews, 4, 415–16.
  • expels the Jews from Austria, Styria and Carinthia, 4, 427.
  • urged to deliver the Jews to the Dominicans of Cologne, 4, 428.
  • issues his first mandate giving Pfefferkorn power over the Jews, 4, 429.
  • letter to, from Uriel von Gemmingen, 4, 431.
  • appoints Reuchlin counselor of the Suabian League, 4, 435.
  • applied to, for a second mandate, 4, 436.
  • the Jewish cause pleaded before, 4, 436–7.
  • appears to favor the Jewish side, 4, 437.
  • issues a second mandate, 4, 437.
  • homage paid to, by Pfefferkorn, 4, 439.
  • directs the Frankfort Senate to restore the Hebrew books, 4, 439.
  • promises to investigate Pfefferkorn’s attack on Reuchlin, 4, 446.
  • espouses Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 459, 464.
  • abused by the Dominicans, 4, 459.
  • protects the Jews of Frankfort, Worms, and Ratisbon, 4, 463–4.
  • death of, 4, 467.
  • Maximilian II, emperor, protects the Jews of Prague, 4, 587.
  • urges his son for the Polish crown, 4, 603.
  • Maximus, emperor, orders the Senate to rebuild a synagogue, 2, 614.
  • Maximus, teacher of Julian the Apostate, 2, 595.
  • Maximus, Trajan’s general in the Euphrates district, 2, 397.
  • Mayence, founders of the Jewish community of, 3, 41.
  • Charlemagne brings the Kalonymos family to, 3, 143.
  • a Talmud school founded at, 3, 243, 247.
  • Rashi studies Talmud at, 3, 286.
  • represented at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • a rabbinical synod meets at, 3, 517–18.
  • the congregation of, one of the three oldest of Germany, 3, 518.
  • rabbinical synod at, to regulate marriage laws, 4, 135.
  • exiles from, in Poland and Italy, 4, 294.
  • Reuchlin tried for heresy at, 4, 450–2.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • honor paid to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Mayence, the Jews of, banished by Henry II, 3, 245–6.
  • perpetuate the memory of Simon ben Isaac and Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 247.
  • massacred in the first crusade, 3, 303.
  • accuse their persecutors before Henry IV, 3, 307.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 3, 636.
  • possessions of, confiscated, 3, 636.
  • emigrate to Syria, 3, 637.
  • burn themselves to escape persecution, 4, 109.
  • banished, 4, 413.
  • well treated during the Thirty Years’ War, 4, 707.
  • Mayence, the university of, to counsel regarding the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • attacks the Hebrew Bible, 4, 444–5.
  • students of, object to Reuchlin’s heresy trial, 4, 451.
  • Mayo, Moses, excommunicated by Chayim of Lublin, 5, 261.
  • Mazaca-Cæsarea (Cappadocia), study of the Law in, 2, 358.
  • the Jews of, lose life in the assault of Shabur I, 2, 520, 526.
  • Mazdak, reformer of Magianism, 3, 1.
  • communistic principles of, 3, 1–2.
  • Mazikim, evil spirits, introduced into Judaism from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • Measfim, the, contributors to “The Gatherer,” in Germany, 5, 399–400.
  • in Holland, 5, 400–1.
  • in France, 5, 401.
  • in Italy, 5, 402.
  • influence of, 5, 402–3, 403–5.
  • consider themselves the disciples of Mendelssohn, 5, 403.
  • the best production by, 5, 404.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 417.
  • effect of the revival of Hebrew by, 5, 420–1.
  • consulted by Jacobson, 5, 502.
  • Measfim, the, list of:
  • Ben-Zeeb,
  • Bresselau, Mendel J.
  • Ensheim, Moses
  • Euchel, Isaac Abraham
  • Friedrichsfeld, David
  • Heidenheim, Wolf
  • Homberg, Herz
  • Löwe, Joel
  • Morpurgo, Elijah
  • Satanow, Isaac
  • Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig
  • Wolfssohn, Aaron.
  • Meaux, the council of, re-enacts anti-Jewish restrictions, 3, 171–2.
  • Mebarsapes, king of Adiabene, conquered by Trajan, 2, 393–4.
  • Mebodes, Persian general, puts to death the Jews of Machuza, 3, 9.
  • Mebo-ha-Talmud, methodology of the Talmud, by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • Mecca (Alcharam), Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 56.
  • holy city of the Arabs, 3, 60.
  • a proselyte to Judaism governor of, 3, 63.
  • Mahomet’s flight from, 3, 72–3.
  • the praying Moslem turns to, 3, 75.
  • Jews not allowed to live in, 3, 436.
  • Mecklenburg, the Jews of, emancipated, 5, 507.
  • Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Jews of, forbidden the early interment of the dead, 5, 318.
  • apply to Mendelssohn, 5, 318.
  • interfered with by the government, 5, 679.
  • Medaba, center of the Bene-Amri, 1, 491.
  • taken by John Hyrcanus, 2, 7.
  • Medeïros, Francisco (Isaac), Mendes, Portuguese Marrano in Holland, 4, 667.
  • builds the second synagogue at Amsterdam, 4, 671.
  • Medelsheim. See Berr, Cerf.
  • Medes, the, defeated by the Assyrians, 1, 287.
  • Media, the Ten Tribes colonized in, 1, 265.
  • invaded by the Scythians, 1, 287.
  • half-Shekel contribution to the Temple from, 2, 52.
  • visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • Medici, the, the renascence under, participated in by Jews, 4, 289, 290.
  • Medicine, prepared by Jews prohibited, in the code of Alfonso X, 3, 596.
  • by Eugenius IV, 4, 250, 252.
  • by Henry IV of Castile, 4, 278.
  • Medicine, the study of, permitted by the opponents of science, 4, 40.
  • among Polish Jews, 4, 633.
  • See Physicians, Jewish.
  • Medina, Jewish capitalist, involves Voltaire in financial losses, 5, 339.
  • Medina (Yathrib), Israelites under Joshua settle in, 3, 54.
  • center of the Jewish Arabic tribes, 3, 55.
  • besieged, 3, 62.
  • a proselyte the governor of, 3, 63.
  • Mahomet in, 3, 72–3.
  • the center of Islam, 3, 86.
  • Jews not allowed to live in, 3, 436.
  • Medina, the Jews of, defend the city, 3, 62.
  • hated by the Kailan race, 3, 67.
  • conquered by the Arabs, 3, 67–8.
  • regain importance, 3, 70–1.
  • and Mahomet, 3, 73.
  • repelled by Mahomet, 3, 74.
  • intrigue against Mahomet, 3, 84.
  • Medina del Campo, the Jews of, burnt and plundered, 4, 278.
  • the cortes of, propose an Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 310, 313.
  • Medina-Celi, Kabbalistic center, 4, 6.
  • the duke of, employs a Jewish physician, 5, 116.
  • Medina-Sidonia, Marranos flee to, 4, 313.
  • Megabyzus, satrap of Syria, revolts from Persia, 1, 371.
  • Megadef, sobriquet of Joshua Lorqui, 4, 217.
  • Megerlin, David Frederick, explains Eibeschütz’s amulets in a Christian way, 5, 270.
  • calls on the Danish king to protect Eibeschütz, 5, 271.
  • Megiddo, the battle of, Josiah defeated at, 1, 297.
  • Megilloth, the Five, commentary on, by Samuel ben Meïr, 3, 346.
  • by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 370.
  • Mehemenuta de Cola,” by Chayon, 5, 219–20.
  • Mehmed Effendi, Sabbataï Zevi’s Mahometan name, 5, 154.
  • Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, conquers Syria, 5, 633.
  • supported by Louis Philippe, 5, 633, 634.
  • assents to the execution of the Damascus Jews, 5, 640.
  • influenced by the French consul-general, 5, 647.
  • appealed to by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 647.
  • letter to, from Metternich, 5, 647.
  • forms a court of justice for the Damascus affair, 5, 648.
  • breaks up the consular court, 5, 649.
  • grants Montefiore audience, 5, 659.
  • in awe of the European powers, 5, 659.
  • orders the release of the Damascus prisoners, 5, 660.
  • thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
  • subterfuge of, discovered by Munk, 5, 660.
  • changes his firman, 5, 660.
  • officially states the groundlessness of the blood accusation, 5, 661.
  • surrenders territory to Turkey, 5, 661.
  • Meïl Zedek. See Menachem of Merseburg.
  • Meinhard of Görz, captor of Meïr of Rothenburg, 3, 639.
  • Meiningen, the “hep, hep!” persecutions in, 5, 530.
  • Meïr, disciple of Akiba, returns to Judæa, 2, 433.
  • originality of, 2, 435.
  • said to be a convert, 2, 435.
  • copyist of Holy Writ, 2, 435–6.
  • wife of, 2, 436.
  • disciple of Ishmael ben Elisha, 2, 436.
  • writer of fables, 2, 436.
  • death of the sons of, 2, 436.
  • modesty and wisdom of, 2, 437.
  • and Elisha ben Abuya, 2, 437.
  • and Euonymus of Gadara, 2, 437–8.
  • and the Stoic philosophy, 2, 438.
  • dialectics of, 2, 438–40.
  • completes the collection of the Mishnas, 2, 439–40, 460.
  • an Agadist, 2, 440.
  • and Simon II, 2, 440.
  • Chacham of the Usha Synhedrion, 2, 434, 445.
  • conspires to deprive Simon II of the Patriarchate, 2, 445.
  • proposed for the vice-presidency of the Synhedrion, 2, 445.
  • expelled from the Synhedrion, 2, 445.
  • excommunicated, 2, 446.
  • death of, 2, 446.
  • a casuist, 2, 476.
  • decision of, concerning the Samaritans, 2, 534.
  • Meïr, son-in-law of Abraham Senior, accepts baptism, 4, 351.
  • Meïr, teacher of the Mishna, quoted by Maimonides, 3, 454.
  • Meïr de Malea, Almoxarif under Alfonso X, 3, 593.
  • Meïr ben Baruch of Rothenburg (1220–1293), Talmudist, elegy of, on the burning of the Talmud, 3, 579.
  • piety of, 3, 625.
  • heads the emigration of German Jews to Syria, 3, 637.
  • taken prisoner, 3, 638–9.
  • refuses to be ransomed, 3, 639–40.
  • death of, 3, 640.
  • body of, ransomed, 3, 640.
  • disciple of, 4, 34, 74.
  • ransom of, demanded from Asheri, 4, 37.
  • Meïr ben Baruch Halevi (Segal, 1370–1390), rabbi of Vienna, enforces the Morenu, 4, 134.
  • compiles the customs of various communities, 4, 134.
  • assumes authority over the French communities, 4, 152–3.
  • Meïr ben Gabbai, Spanish exile, Kabbalist, 4, 481.
  • Meïr ben Joseph Ibn-Migash, Talmudist, 3, 317.
  • emigrates to Toledo, 3, 361.
  • opens a Talmud academy in Toledo, 3, 362.
  • Meïr ben Samuel of Rameru, son-in-law of Rashi, Tossafist, 3, 289, 345.
  • sons of, 3, 345.
  • Meïr ben Simon, denounces the Bahir as a forgery, 3, 556.
  • Meïr ben Todros Halevi Abulafia (1180–1244), attacks Maimonides’ doctrine of immortality, 3, 524.
  • friends and opponents of, 3, 524–5.
  • and Nachmani, 3, 535.
  • assures Nachmani of his opposition to the Maimunists, 3, 537–8.
  • deplores Dominican interference in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 544.
  • nephew of, 4, 2.
  • Meïr Alguades, physician, chief rabbi of Castile, and Solomon Levi, 4, 185.
  • and Profiat Duran, 4, 190.
  • influences the king favorably towards the Jews, 4, 190.
  • as philosopher, 4, 193.
  • tortured on the accusation of host desecration, 4, 195.
  • forced confessions by, 4, 196.
  • death of, 4, 196.
  • Meïr Eisenstadt, teacher and confidant of Eibeschütz, 5, 250.
  • Meïri. See Vidal Menachem ben Solomon.
  • Meïron, grave of Simon ben Yochaï at, 4, 623.
  • Meisels, rabbi, helps to reorganize Austria, 5, 697.
  • Meissen, adopts the Jewish statute of Frederick the Valiant, 3, 569.
  • Mekor Chayim, philosophical work by Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 270–1.
  • Meldola, David, rabbi of London, repeats Manasseh ben Israel’s oath denying the blood accusation, 5, 654–5.
  • Melo, Francisco, millionaire in Amsterdam, 5, 205.
  • Memnon, governor of Cœlesyria, 1, 414.
  • Memra, the, decisions of the Amoraim, 2, 515.
  • expounded by Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 578.
  • Men of Faith,” a sect of Jewish mystics, 3, 153–4.
  • Menachem of Merseburg (Meïl Zedek), Talmudist, changes the Talmudic marriage law, 4, 227–8.
  • Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach (1310–1385), rabbi of Toledo, early trials of, 4, 78, 144.
  • studies of, 4, 144–5.
  • mediocrity of, 4, 145.
  • work by, 4, 145.
  • Menachem ben Perez, of Joigny, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Menachem ben Saruk (910–970), grammarian, founder of Judæo-Spanish culture, 3, 215.
  • writes the introductory verses of a letter to the king of the Chazars, 3, 220.
  • makes Hebrew the object of research, 3, 223.
  • patrons of, 3, 224.
  • lexicographical work by, 3, 224–5.
  • verse of, awkward, 3, 225.
  • traduced to Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 226–7.
  • defended by his disciples, 3, 227.
  • disciples of, 3, 237.
  • grammar of, known to Rashi, 3, 289.
  • unhappiness of, 3, 313.
  • Menachem Bashyasi, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
  • Menachem Maroli, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
  • Menachemists, followers of David Alrui, 3, 433.
  • Menahem (768–758), king of Israel, murders Shallum, 1, 244.
  • abolishes Baal worship, 1, 244.
  • submits to Pul, 1, 246–7.
  • power of the kingdom under, 1, 247.
  • introduces the worship of Mylitta, 1, 247.
  • death of, 1, 248.
  • Menahem, an Essene, Hillel’s deputy in the Synhedrion, 2, 100.
  • Menahem ben Jair, grandson of Judas of Galilee, leader of the Sicarii, 2, 239.
  • takes Masada, 2, 258.
  • kills the Roman garrison at Jerusalem, 2, 260.
  • cruelty of, 2, 260–1.
  • disagrees with the Zealot leader, 2, 261.
  • executed, 2, 261.
  • Menahem ben Solomon. See David Alrui.
  • Mendelssohn, Dorothea, culture of, 5, 413.
  • marriage of, to Simon Veit, 5, 424.
  • and Frederick Schlegel, 5, 424.
  • apostasy of, 5, 424.
  • Mendelssohn, Henrietta, accepts Catholicism, 5, 424.
  • Mendelssohn, Joseph, approves of the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • Mendelssohn, Moses (1728–1786), causes the renaissance of the Jewish race, 5, 292–3.
  • youth of, 5, 293.
  • arrival of, in Berlin, 5, 293.
  • under the influence of David Fränkel, 5, 293–4.
  • poverty of, 5, 294.
  • under the influence of Maimonides, 5, 295.
  • secular studies of, 5, 295.
  • self-mastery of, 5, 295.
  • Hebrew style of, 5, 295–6.
  • as tutor, 5, 296.
  • becomes acquainted with Lessing, 5, 297.
  • admiration of, for Lessing, 5, 297–8.
  • acquires a German style, 5, 298.
  • writes the “Philosophical Conversations,” 5, 298–9.
  • introduced to the learned circles of Berlin, 5, 299.
  • contributes to the “Library of the Fine Arts,” 5, 300.
  • appreciation of the Bible by, 5, 301.
  • delicacy and modesty of, 5, 301.
  • lacks appreciation of history, 5, 301.
  • criticises Frederick the Great’s poetry, 5, 302.
  • justifies himself before the king, 5, 302–3.
  • as bookkeeper, 5, 303.
  • wins the prize of the Berlin Academy, 5, 303–4.
  • made a “Schutzjude,” 5, 304.
  • writes the “Phædon,” 5, 304–8.
  • honors paid to, 5, 308.
  • physiognomy of, analyzed by Lavater, 5, 308–9.
  • letter from, to Lavater, 5, 311–13.
  • reconciled with Lavater, 5, 314.
  • criticises Bonnet’s “Palingénésie,” 5, 314–15.
  • pamphlets on, and Lavater, 5, 315–16.
  • attacked by Kölbele, 5, 316–17.
  • offends pious Jews, 5, 317.
  • intercourse of, with Polish Jews, 5, 317–18.
  • opposed to hasty burial, 5, 318.
  • opinion of, on the “Fragments of an Unknown,” 5, 320.
  • the “Fragments of an Unknown” attributed to, 5, 322.
  • the hero of “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 323.
  • mourning of, for Lessing, 5, 327.
  • translates the Pentateuch for his children, 5, 328.
  • publishes his Pentateuch translation, 5, 328–9.
  • mildness of, in the face of opposition, 5, 332.
  • appeals to the Danish royal house, 5, 333–4.
  • assistants of, 5, 334.
  • inspires the young, 5, 334–5.
  • helps the Jews of Switzerland and Dresden, 5, 344.
  • requested by the Alsatian Jews to draw up a memorial, 5, 351.
  • and Dohm, 5, 351–2.
  • attractive to Christians, 5, 352.
  • inspires Dohm, 5, 356, 361, 366.
  • on Dohm’s “Apology,” 5, 361–2.
  • objects to excommunication, 5, 362–3.
  • writes “The Salvation of the Jews,” 5, 362–3.
  • charged with apostasy, 5, 363.
  • publishes “Jerusalem,” 5, 364–6.
  • adherence of, to Judaism, 5, 364.
  • on the ceremonial law, 5, 365.
  • inspires Wessely, 5, 366.
  • compared with Wessely, 5, 367.
  • addressed by the Jews of Trieste, 5, 369.
  • death of, 5, 371–2.
  • objections of, to Spinozism, 5, 372.
  • defends Lessing, 5, 372.
  • mourning for, 5, 372.
  • statue of, 5, 372–3.
  • reception of, at Königsberg, 5, 398.
  • contributes to Ha-Meassef, 5, 399.
  • and Herz Homberg, 5, 401–2.
  • recommends the study of the sciences, 5, 402.
  • glorified by the Measfim, 5, 403.
  • daughters of, cultured, 5, 412, 413.
  • house of, the center of culture, 5, 412.
  • misunderstood by his family and his disciples, 5, 417.
  • daughters of, 5, 423, 424, 425.
  • influences Mirabeau, 5, 432.
  • resemblance between and Börne, 5, 538.
  • criticised by Bernays, 5, 575.
  • the ideal of Krochmal, 5, 608.
  • influence of, on Erter, 5, 613.
  • repeats Manasseh ben Israel’s oath denying the blood accusation, 5, 655.
  • Mendelssohnians, the, in opposition to Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 375.
  • oppose Chassidism, 5, 394.
  • Mendes, David Franco (1713–1792), dramatic poet, influenced by Luzzatto, 5, 244.
  • devoted to Hebrew, 5, 401.
  • Mendes, Franco, Portuguese Marrano, family of, in Holland, 4, 667.
  • Mendes, Manuel, Portuguese Marrano leader, 4, 516.
  • Mendes-Nassi, Diogo, Marrano banker at Antwerp, 4, 572.
  • death of, 4, 572.
  • accused of Judaizing, 4, 573.
  • Mendes-Nassi, Francisco, husband of Gracia Mendesia, banker at Antwerp, 4, 571–2.
  • Mendes-Nassi, Gracia, the younger, daughter of Diogo, 4, 572.
  • married to Samuel Nassi, 4, 577.
  • Mendes-Nassi family, the, debt owing to, repudiated by Henry II of France, 4, 596, 597.
  • Mendesia (Nassi) Gracia (Beatrice, 1510–1568), Marrano philanthropist, marriage of, 4, 571.
  • at Antwerp, 4, 572.
  • head of a banking house, 4, 572–3.
  • property of, confiscated by Charles V, 4, 573.
  • at Venice, 4, 574.
  • informed against by her sister, 4, 574.
  • property of, in France confiscated, 4, 574.
  • cause of, espoused by the sultan, 4, 574–5.
  • protected by Hercules d’Este II, 4, 575.
  • described by Samuel Usque, 4, 575–6.
  • the Ferrara Spanish Bible dedicated to, 4, 577.
  • reconciled with her sister, 4, 577.
  • goes to Constantinople, 4, 577.
  • beneficence of, 4, 577.
  • enlists the sultan’s aid in behalf of Turkish Jews at Ancona, 4, 579–80.
  • influences rabbis against trade with Ancona, 4, 580.
  • Mendoza, cardinal, archbishop of Seville, prepares a catechism for Marranos, 4, 311.
  • Menelaus (Onias), the Benjamite, Hellenist, opposed to Onias III, 1, 437.
  • made high priest by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 447.
  • despoils the Temple, 1, 448.
  • instigates the murder of Onias III, 1, 448.
  • exonerated from the charge of Temple desecration, 1, 449.
  • maligns the Law, 1, 449–50.
  • takes refuge in the Acra, 1, 451.
  • desecrates the Temple, 1, 451.
  • tries to abolish Judaism, 1, 454–5.
  • executed, 1, 480.
  • Meni, Chaldæan goddess, worshiped by Judæans in Babylon, 1, 340.
  • Menz. See Abraham; Judah; Moses.
  • Meonenim, Philistine soothsayers, 1, 55.
  • Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, lamed, 1, 104.
  • protected by David, 1, 123.
  • at Jerusalem with David, 1, 124.
  • Merab, daughter of Saul, offered to David as wife, 1, 99.
  • son of, killed by the Gibeonites, 1, 123.
  • Merari, Moses Menachem, rabbi of Venice, exacts a promise from Luzzatto not to teach the Kabbala, 5, 239.
  • Merbal, a Phœnician, rules his own country, 1, 342.
  • Merida, early settlement of Jews in, 3, 43.
  • home of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela’s father, 3, 255.
  • Mérilhou, French minister of education, proposes the complete emancipation of the Jews, 5, 597.
  • Merinos, the, a powerful family of Fez, 4, 390.
  • Merkel, Christian, member of the Westphalian Jewish consistory, 5, 502.
  • Merlato, Austrian consul at Damascus, protects Picciotto, 5, 639.
  • abused, 5, 639, 646.
  • issues a report on the Damascus affair, 5, 646.
  • thanked by the London meeting, 5, 653.
  • thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
  • Merlo, Diego de, commissioner to frame the statute of the Inquisition, 4, 312.
  • Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, embassy of, to Hezekiah, 1, 278–9.
  • Merom, lake, battle of, 1, 57.
  • Merovingians, the, the Jews under, 3, 36–40, 143.
  • Merseburg, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • the Jews of, presented to the bishop, 3, 243.
  • Merv, a scientific center in the ninth century, 3, 146.
  • Mervan II, last of the Ommiyyade caliphs, rebellion against, 3, 125.
  • Merwan, father of the poetess Asma, 3, 76.
  • Mesa (Mesha), king of Moab, defeated, 1, 208–9.
  • Meshershaya bar Pacod, Amora, executed by Firuz, 2, 629.
  • Meshullam of Béziers, denounces the Bahir as a forgery, 3, 556.
  • Meshullam of Rome, announces Innocent VII’s opposition to the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 346–7.
  • Meshullam ben Jacob (1170), patron of Jewish learning in Lünel, 3, 396.
  • sons of, 3, 396–7.
  • encourages Judah Ibn-Tibbon to make translations into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • encourages Abraham ben David to write a Mishna commentary, 3, 399.
  • descendant of, 4, 30.
  • Meshullam, son of Berechiah, marries his daughter to an Ammonite, 1, 362.
  • Meshullam En-Vidas Dafiera, poet, on Nachmani, 3, 557.
  • Mesopotamia, Judæans own large tracts in, 2, 202.
  • laid waste by Severus, 2, 464.
  • Mesopotamia, northern, a synagogue in, burnt by monks, 2, 614.
  • Mesopotamia, southern, Jewish Babylonia, 2, 504.
  • Mesquito, David Bueno de, millionaire in Amsterdam, 5, 205.
  • Messer-Jawaih, of Bassora, physician, translates a medical work into Arabic, 3, 111.
  • Messer Leon. See Judah ben Yechiel.
  • Messiah, the, a descendant of David, 1, 528.
  • the coming of, foretold by a Judæo-Greek writer, 2, 95, 143.
  • longing for, in the post-exilic period, 2, 142–3.
  • as conceived by various parties in Judæa, 2, 144–5.
  • Jesus declares himself, 2, 158.
  • necessity of a precursor to, 2, 158.
  • expected to come from Bethlehem, 2, 161.
  • suffering, objections to, 2, 166.
  • warrants in Holy Writ for Jesus as, 2, 166–7.
  • expectation of, after the death of Jesus, 2, 167–8.
  • Jesus believed by the apostle Paul to be, 2, 225–6.
  • expectation of, in the Roman period, 2, 240–1.
  • belief in Bar-Cochba as, 2, 409, 412.
  • the advent of, dependent on the extinction of the Patriarchate and the Exilarchate, 2, 457.
  • to appear in Rome, 2, 498.
  • Mar-Samuel’s view on, 2, 519.
  • appearance of, a condition of the restoration of the Jewish state, 2, 600.
  • hope of, suppressed by Ashi, 2, 610.
  • expectation of, among the Arabian Jews, 3, 58.
  • expected by the Jews of the Caliphate of the East, 3, 145.
  • expected by the Chazars, 3, 222.
  • expected by the Karaites, 3, 247.
  • expectation of, in Germany and France in the eleventh century, 3, 298.
  • the appearance of, calculated by Abraham Albargeloni, 3, 313.
  • hoped for by the Jews of northern Africa under Abdulmumen, 3, 360.
  • forerunner of, among the Yemen Jews, 3, 462, 464.
  • doctrine of the soul of, in the Kabbala, 3, 555.
  • David Alrui poses as, 3, 431, 432.
  • characterized by Nachmani, 3, 600.
  • the coming of, supposed to be heralded by Hulagu’s devastation of Jerusalem, 3, 606.
  • abrogates the Law according to Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • the appearance of, rumored in Syria, 3, 637.
  • speculations on, in the Zohar, 4, 18.
  • belief in, set aside by Chayim ben Gallipapa, 4, 149.
  • the expectation of, the center of the Kabbala, 4, 482.
  • the advent of, predicted by Isaac Abrabanel and Asher Lämmlein, 4, 482–3.
  • hope in, aroused by the Kabbalists, 4, 483.
  • expectation of, aroused by David Reubeni, 4, 494, 497–8.
  • expectation of, nursed by Solomon Molcho, 4, 495–7, 529–30.
  • hope of, cherished by Joseph Karo, 4, 538–9.
  • hope of, aroused by Isaac Lurya, 4, 622.
  • references to, expunged from the Talmud by the censors, 4, 660.
  • hope of, awakened by the Thirty Years’ War, 5, 23.
  • of the Jews, as defined by the Fifth Monarchy believers, 5, 23.
  • hopes of, entertained by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 24, 28, 31, 33.
  • the advent of, connected with the re-settlement of the Jews in England, 5, 28, 40.
  • hoped for, by Felgenhauer, 5, 35–6.
  • hopes of, entertained by Christians, 5, 37.
  • the hopes of, entertained by Jews, expounded by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 37–8.
  • Cromwell said to be, 5, 45.
  • speculations on, in the Kabbala, 5, 120–1.
  • Sabbataï Zevi reveals himself as, 5, 122.
  • connected with the idea of suffering, 5, 122–3.
  • Nathan Ghazati on, 5, 131–2.
  • according to Sabbatian conceptions, 5, 142–3.
  • announced by Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 152.
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt proclaims himself, 5, 209.
  • Jacob Querido reverenced as, 5, 210.
  • Berachya regarded as, 5, 211.
  • doctrine of, by Chayon, 5, 219–20.
  • Moses Meïr Kamenker regarded as, 5, 230.
  • Luzzatto proclaimed as, 5, 245.
  • Jacob Frank the incarnation of, 5, 273, 274.
  • expectation of, in Poland, 5, 377.
  • belief in, abandoned by the Hamburg Reform Temple Union, 5, 565.
  • doctrine of, given up by the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675, 676.
  • Holdheim on, 5, 680.
  • attitude of the Berlin Reform Association towards, 5, 683.
  • Messiah, the, of the branch of Joseph, Isaac Lurya considers himself, 4, 622, 624.
  • Chayim Vital considers himself, 4, 625; 5, 52.
  • discussed by Sabbataï Zevi and Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 153.
  • Cardoso declares himself, 5, 207.
  • Messiahs, numbers of, appear during Roman sovereignty in Judæa, 2, 144.
  • Messiahs, the, list of:
  • Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia,
  • Avila, the Messiah of
  • Ayllon, the Messiah of
  • Bar-Cochba,
  • Berachya,
  • Frank, Jacob
  • Jacob Querido,
  • Jesus,
  • Luzzatto, Moses Chayim
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt,
  • Moses of Crete,
  • Moses Botarel,
  • Moses Meïr Kamenker,
  • Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak,
  • Sabbataï Zevi,
  • Serene,
  • Theudas.
  • Messianic age, the, as conceived by the educated classes, 2, 144–5.
  • believed to be dawning under Vespasian, 2, 291–2.
  • tokens of, according to Abraham of Granada, 4, 197.
  • preparation for, according to Maimonides, 4, 530.
  • as described by Isaac Lurya, 4, 620.
  • Messianic year, the, set for 1358, 4, 120.
  • fixed at 1648 by the Zohar, 5, 6, 121–2.
  • fixed by the Fifth Monarchy believers at 1666, 5, 120.
  • Messina, the Jewish community in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • the clerk at the mint of, a Jew, 3, 567.
  • Jews from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Messina, the Jews of, enjoy equal rights with the Christians, 3, 423.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Mesvi. See Moses of Baalbek; Musa of Akbar.
  • Metempsychosis. See Transmigration of souls, the.
  • Meter, introduced into Hebrew by Dunash ben Labrat, 3, 223, 226.
  • Metibta, a session of the schools in Babylonia, 2, 547.
  • Metilius, commander of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, 2, 255.
  • spared by the Zealots, 2, 261.
  • Metternich, reactionary leader, 5, 512.
  • disapproves of the oppression of the Jews in the Hanse Towns, 5, 514.
  • accepts Humboldt’s constitution as a basis for discussion, 5, 514.
  • carelessness of, 5, 519–20.
  • the Jews of Austria under, 5, 523.
  • on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 527.
  • intolerant of Jews, 5, 579.
  • intervention of, in the Damascus affair, 5, 646, 647.
  • writes to Mehmet Ali, 5, 647.
  • thanked by the London meeting, 5, 653.
  • thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
  • Meturgeman, the, duty of, in the Synhedrion, 2, 361.
  • office of, in the time of the Amoraim, 2, 541.
  • employed by Samuel ben Ali, 3, 438.
  • Metz, rabbis of, Poles, 5, 17.
  • the Royal Society of, offers a prize on the Jewish question, 5, 434–5.
  • the Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • a rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
  • Metz, the Jews of, privileges of, renewed by Louis XIV, 5, 174.
  • the blood accusation against, 5, 174–5.
  • elect Eibeschütz rabbi, 5, 251.
  • limited in number, 5, 347–8.
  • income from, given away by Louis XIV, 5, 348, 446.
  • restrictions against, 5, 348–9.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • petition for the removal of oppressive taxes, 5, 438.
  • relieved of taxes, 5, 446.
  • hindered in the celebration of the Passover, 5, 452.
  • suffering of, 5, 452.
  • Metz, Moses. See Ensheim, Moses.
  • Metz, Moses, follower of Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 77.
  • Meyer, a Jew of Breslau, charged with host desecration, 4, 261.
  • Meyer, Edward, opponent of the Jews, 5, 602.
  • Meyer, Peter, pastor in Frankfort, permits Pfefferkorn to preach, 4, 449.
  • Meyerbeer, father of, 5, 563.
  • composes songs for the Leipsic Reform service, 5, 573.
  • Meyuchas, Mordecai Joseph, rabbi of Jerusalem, encourages opposition to Napoleon, 5, 459.
  • Mezuzzoth, the use of, prohibited under Hadrian, 2, 424.
  • Miasa. See Meïr.
  • Micah (I), prophet. See Michaiah.
  • Micah (II), prophet, prophecies of, 1, 261–2.
  • encourages the people of Judah under Hezekiah, 1, 273.
  • Michael, name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • Michael of Frankfort, merchant, the ruin of, urged by Luther, 4, 551.
  • Michael the Old, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
  • Michael ben Kaleb, Jewish poet in Thebes, 3, 426.
  • Michael Scotus, friend of Jacob Anatoli, 3, 566.
  • translator of philosophical works, 3, 567.
  • Michaelis, John David, professor at Göttingen, hostility of, to the Jews, 5, 359–60.
  • criticised by Mendelssohn, 5, 361.
  • on “Jerusalem,” 5, 365–6.
  • on “The Gatherer,” 5, 404.
  • on the Jews, 5, 414.
  • refuted by Mirabeau, 5, 433.
  • Michaelis, John Henry, exonerates the Alenu prayer, 5, 191.
  • Michaiah, son of Gemariah, reports Baruch’s reading of Jeremiah’s scroll, 1, 305.
  • Michaiah (Micah I), son of Imlah, prophet, hostile to Ahab, 1, 205.
  • Michal, daughter of Saul, devoted to David, 1, 98.
  • marries David, 1, 100.
  • returns to David, 1, 110.
  • rebukes David, 1, 120.
  • Michlol, grammatical work by David Kimchi, 3, 394.
  • Michmash, Philistine camp at, 1, 86–8.
  • Jonathan Haphus invests the fortress of, 1, 494.
  • Microcosmos, religio-philosophical work by Abu-Amr Joseph Ibn-Zadik, 3, 314–15.
  • Middelburg, admission of Jews into, proposed, 4, 663.
  • Middlesex, Lord, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 33.
  • Middoth, the seven, of Hillel, for testing the oral Law, 2, 98.
  • Midian, Moses in, 1, 14.
  • Midianites, the, seduce the Israelites to idolatry, 1, 28.
  • routed by Gideon, 1, 61–3.
  • Midoth, Mishna of Rabbi Akiba, 2, 354.
  • Midras, academy among the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
  • Midrash, method of deducing the oral Law from Scripture, 2, 328, 329.
  • Midrash of Simon bar Yochaï. See Zohar, the.
  • Midrash Rabba, the, laid under the ban, 5, 195.
  • Migdal Oz,” Sabbataï Zevi’s prison at Abydos, 5, 148.
  • Migration, the, of the nations, 2, 604–5.
  • Mikulski, de, Canon, favors the conversion of Frankists, 5, 285.
  • arranges for a disputation between Frankists and Talmudists, 5, 285.
  • Milan, the Jewish community in, under the Ostrogoths, 3, 28.
  • refuge of the exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • Milan, the Jews of, letter to, from Theodoric, 3, 30.
  • appeal for permission to own the Talmud, 4, 658.
  • Milan district, the, the Jews of, expelled, 4, 660.
  • Milchamoth, work by Abraham Maimuni, 3, 545.
  • Milchamoth Adonaï, work by Levi ben Gerson, 4, 92.
  • Milcom, Baal of the Ammonites, 1, 55.
  • worshiped on the Mount of Olives, 1, 175.
  • Military service, Jews admitted to, 3, 36, 293, 384, 592.
  • Military service, Jews excluded from, by Honorius, 2, 617.
  • by Theodosius, 3, 28.
  • under Clotaire II, 3, 40.
  • in the Byzantine empire, 3, 425.
  • Miller, John, describes the Hamburg Jews, 4, 690.
  • objections of, to the Jews, 4, 691.
  • attacks Judaism, 4, 692.
  • Millionaires, Jewish, at Amsterdam, 5, 205.
  • in Berlin, 5, 397, 414.
  • Millo, the, northern elevation of Jerusalem, 1, 118.
  • Solomon’s palace in, 1, 168.
  • Milo, papal legate, humbles Raymund VI of Toulouse, 3, 501–2.
  • presides over the Council of Avignon, 3, 503.
  • Milo, Joseph Nassi made duke of, 4, 596.
  • Minæans (Minim), the, sectaries, 2, 369.
  • the writings of, influence Elisha ben Abuya, 2, 377.
  • influence of, on Judaism deprecated by Tarphon, 2, 378.
  • term for informers, 2, 379.
  • curse of, attributed to Gamaliel II, 2, 379–80.
  • curse of, subject of a charge before Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 83.
  • Minden, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Minhagim, compiled by the Austrian school of rabbis, 4, 134–5.
  • Minim. See Minæans, the.
  • Minna of Speyer, tortured during the second crusade, 3, 352.
  • Minorca. See Magona.
  • Minorites, the. See Franciscans, the.
  • Minui. See Ordination.
  • Minyan Yavanim (Shetaroth), the Seleucidæan era, abolished, 4, 394–5.
  • Miques, João. See Nassi, Joseph.
  • Mirabeau, count (1749–1791), sympathy of, enlisted for the Jews by Dohm, 5, 366.
  • in intercourse with Henrietta Herz, 5, 413.
  • on Prussia under Frederick William II, 5, 419.
  • influenced by Mendelssohn, 5, 432.
  • on the Jews, 5, 432–3.
  • favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 433–4, 441.
  • protests against a dominant religion, 5, 439.
  • Miracles, the nature of, as explained in “The Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 483, 523.
  • theory of, by Nachmani, 3, 533.
  • Mirandola. See Pico di Mirandola.
  • Miriam, mother of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • Miriam, prophetess, member of the tribe of Levi, 1, 12.
  • Miriam of Peræa, suffering of, during the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 306.
  • Mirror for Admonition, A,” anti-Jewish pamphlet by Ortuin de Graes, 4, 425.
  • Mirror of Morals, The,” by Solomon Alami, quotation from, 4, 154–5.
  • Mirror of the Jews, The,” anti-Jewish pamphlet by Hundt, 5, 532.
  • Mises, Jehuda Löb, patron of Jewish students in Lemberg, 5, 612.
  • exempt from excommunication, 5, 614.
  • Mishlé Shualim, by Berachya ben Natronaï, 3, 560.
  • Mishna, the, code of the oral Law, the first, 2, 343, 354.
  • of Akiba, 2, 354.
  • treatise of, on proselytes, 2, 384.
  • of Meïr, 2, 439–40.
  • completed by Judah I, 2, 460.
  • divisions of, 2, 460.
  • style of, 2, 460.
  • authority of, 2, 461, 462.
  • not committed to writing, 2, 461, 608.
  • language of, 2, 461–2.
  • history of the compilation of, 2, 462.
  • supplements to, 2, 470.
  • impresses a legal character upon Judaism, 2, 471.
  • asserts the equivalence of all religious commands, 2, 472.
  • reward and punishment according to, 2, 472–3.
  • on the study of the Law, 2, 473–4.
  • spirituality of, 2, 474–5.
  • casuistry in, 2, 475–6.
  • not hostile to Christianity, 2, 476.
  • contains laws against intercourse with the heathen, 2, 476–8.
  • permits the heathen to glean, 2, 478.
  • completion of, ends the work of the Tanaites, 2, 478.
  • study of, pursued by the Palestinian Amoraim, 2, 489–90.
  • not of equal legal force throughout, 2, 493.
  • expounded by Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 578.
  • as studied by Raba bar Joseph bar Chama, 2, 590–1.
  • amplifications and explanations of, arranged by Ashi, 2, 607–9. See Talmud, the.
  • translated into Arabic, 3, 237.
  • explained by Maimonides, 3, 451.
  • methodology of, by Gersonides, 4, 392.
  • translated into Latin, 5, 193.
  • See also Law, the oral; Talmud, the; Tanaites, the.
  • Mishna, the, commentary on, by Maimonides, 3, 458–60, 492; 4, 60.
  • by Abraham ben David, 3, 399.
  • by Lipmann Heller, 4, 704.
  • by Obadiah di Bertinoro, 4, 704.
  • Mishna, Acharona, Akiba’s code, 2, 354.
  • Mishna di Rabbi Judah, the final code, 2, 461. See Mishna, the.
  • Mishna Rishona, the earliest code, 2, 343, 354.
  • Mishne Torah,” the, religious code, by Maimonides, 3, 466–72.
  • clears the maze of the Talmud, 3, 466, 467, 468–9.
  • place given to philosophy in, 3, 467–8.
  • language of, 3, 469.
  • deviates occasionally from the Talmudic decisions, 3, 469.
  • on Talmudical Judaism, 3, 470.
  • helps to ossify Judaism, 3, 470.
  • spread of, 3, 471.
  • attacked by Talmudists, 3, 472.
  • criticised by Abraham ben David, 3, 490.
  • the basis of Moses of Coucy’s work, 3, 586.
  • adhered to in Spain, 4, 86.
  • Turim based on, 4, 88.
  • compared with Turim, 4, 89.
  • superseded by Turim, 4, 89–90.
  • Mishnic rules of interpretation used by Anan ben David, 3, 131.
  • Misr, and Misr, New. See Cairo.
  • Mithnagdim, opponents of the Chassidim, 5, 392.
  • Mithridates, king of Pergamus, aided by Antipater, 2, 75.
  • Mithridates, king of Pontus, Pompey’s campaign against, 2, 62.
  • suicide of, 2, 65.
  • Mixed marriages. See Intermarriages.
  • Mizpah, Samuel holds popular assemblies at, 1, 78.
  • fortified by Asa, 1, 191.
  • seat of Gedaliah, 1, 320, 321.
  • sanctuary at, 1, 321.
  • Gedaliah murdered at, 1, 322.
  • the inhabitants of, taken captive, 1, 322.
  • Judas Maccabæus exhorts his troops at, 1, 467.
  • Mizpeh, mountain, description of, 1, 45.
  • Mizrachi. See Elias Mizrachi.
  • Mizriczians, a branch of the Chassidim, 5, 388.
  • Mizvoth,” a compendium of religious duties, by Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, 3, 204.
  • Mnevis, white bull, worshiped by the Egyptians, 1, 9.
  • Moabites, the, hostile to the Israelites in the desert, 1, 28.
  • idolatry of, 1, 55.
  • relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–9.
  • routed by Ehud, 1, 60–1.
  • subdued by David, 1, 125–6.
  • attracted to Palestine under Solomon, 1, 173.
  • regain independence, 1, 185.
  • tributary to Omri, 1, 194–5.
  • defeated by Jehoram and Jehoshaphat, 1, 208–9.
  • conquered by Jeroboam II, 1, 226.
  • urge revolt from Nebuchadnezzar upon Zedekiah, 1, 300.
  • allies of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
  • desirous of friendly relations with the Judæans, 1, 362.
  • as proselytes, 2, 343, 384.
  • Moabitis, invaded by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 44.
  • Moawiyah, Ommiyyade Caliph, rival of Ali, 3, 90.
  • tolerance of, 3, 110.
  • patron of learning, 3, 110.
  • Mocenigo, Luis, doge of Venice, proposes the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 600–1.
  • banishes the Jews, 4, 606.
  • Mocenigo, Pietro, doge of Venice, defends the Jews from the charge of child-murder, 4, 299.
  • Mochinger, John, mystic, addresses Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 24.
  • Mocho, John, Dominican, incites the mob against the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 487.
  • Modena. See Leo ben Isaac Modena.
  • Modena, Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt in, 5, 209.
  • rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Modestus, Patriarch at Jerusalem, demands the annihilation of the Jews of Palestine, 3, 22–3.
  • Modin, the home of the Maccabees, 1, 459.
  • Hasmonæan family mausoleum at, 2, 14.
  • Mohammed, sultan of Turkey, death of, 5, 634.
  • Mohammed El-Telli, opponent of the Damascus Jews, 5, 633.
  • employed as a spy by Ratti Menton, 5, 635, 636, 637–8.
  • Moise. See Meïr.
  • Moisling, the Jews of, trade in Lübeck, 5, 506.
  • move to Lübeck, 5, 506.
  • Molcho, Solomon (Diogo Pires, 1501–1532), Marrano, royal secretary, Hebrew education of, 4, 495.
  • Messianic mysticism of, 4, 495–6.
  • undergoes circumcision, 4, 496, 499.
  • goes to Turkey, 4, 496.
  • among the Kabbalists, 4, 496–7.
  • longs for martyrdom, 4, 497.
  • as a preacher, 4, 497.
  • persecuted at Ancona, 4, 501.
  • at Pesaro, 4, 501.
  • appears in Rome in Messianic equipment, 4, 502.
  • vision of, concerning Rome, 4, 502.
  • in intercourse with Clement VII and Church dignitaries, 4, 503.
  • preaches at Rome, 4, 503–4.
  • announces an earthquake and a flood, 4, 504.
  • goes to Venice, 4, 504.
  • severs his relation with Reubeni, 4, 504.
  • poisoned, 4, 505.
  • influence of, against the Inquisition feared by Portugal, 4, 506.
  • denounced by Jacob Mantin, 4, 506–7.
  • sentenced to be burnt, 4, 507.
  • saved by Clement VII, 4, 507.
  • leaves Rome, 4, 507.
  • petitions Charles V to permit the Marranos to arm themselves against the Turks, 4, 509–10.
  • burnt at Mantua, 4, 510–11.
  • personality of, 4, 511.
  • enthusiasm for, 4, 511–12.
  • influence of, in Palestine, 4, 529–30.
  • influence of, on Joseph Karo, 4, 537.
  • a prey to Kabbalistic influences, 5, 233.
  • Mole, count, advises exceptional laws for the French Jews, 5, 479.
  • report of, not kindly received by Napoleon’s council, 5, 479.
  • imperial commissioner to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 485, 489.
  • announces Napoleon’s satisfaction with the Notables, 5, 492.
  • probably frames Napoleon’s Jewish law, 5, 498.
  • Moloch worship, under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • under Jehoiakim, 1, 300.
  • Moloch Chammon, god of fire, altar to, in Samaria, 1, 197.
  • Moncado, Abraham de, Marrano in Pernambuco, 4, 693.
  • Moncalvo, French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • Moncilla, the Jews of, attacked at the instigation of Pedro Olligoyen, 4, 78.
  • Mongols (Tartars), the, devastate Jerusalem, 3, 605–6.
  • of Hungary, crusade against, 3, 614.
  • kingdom of, in Persia, 3, 637–8.
  • of the Persian khanate, conspire against Saad-Addaula, 3, 649.
  • Moniteur,” the, publishes a history of the Jews, 5, 485–6.
  • Monobaz I, king of Adiabene, domestic relations of, 2, 216.
  • Monobaz II, regent of Adiabene, circumcised, 2, 217.
  • king, presents golden vessels to the Temple, 2, 219.
  • relatives of, aid Judæa against Rome, 2, 264.
  • Monopoli (Apulia), Isaac Abrabanel at, 4, 384.
  • Monotheism, belief held by Abraham, 1, 5.
  • Mons Judaicus, near Narbonne, 3, 35.
  • Montalto, Elias. See Elias Montalto.
  • Montanists, the, persecuted by Leo the Isaurian, 3, 123–3.
  • Montefiore, Judith, accompanies her husband to Egypt, 5, 654.
  • Montefiore, Moses, acts in the Damascus affair, 5, 645.
  • appeal to, from Damascus, 5, 651.
  • sent to Egypt on the Damascus affair, 5, 651–2, 653.
  • dignity of, 5, 653.
  • sets out for Egypt, 5, 654, 657–8.
  • honors shown to, 5, 658–9.
  • supported by the English consul-general in Egypt, 5, 659.
  • audience of, with Mehmet Ali, 5, 659.
  • obtains a firman securing Turkish Jews against the blood accusation, 5, 662.
  • honors shown to, on his return from the East, 5, 667, 668.
  • obtains the removal of Tomaso’s tombstone, 5, 668.
  • received by Louis Philippe, 5, 668.
  • congratulated by Queen Victoria, 5, 669.
  • acknowledgment of the services of, 5, 669–72.
  • celebration of the return of, in London, 5, 670.
  • Montemar, marquis of, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 338.
  • Montesquieu, denounces the barbarous treatment of the Jews, 5, 336.
  • Montezinos, Antonio de (Aaron Levi), traveler, on the whereabouts of the Ten Tribes, 5, 30.
  • Monte-Zion street, occupied by the Jews of Palma, 4, 171.
  • Montiel, the battle of, Henry de Trastamare victorious at, 4, 126.
  • Montpellier, the Council of, omits all mention of Jews, 3, 508.
  • the Inquisition at, 3, 542.
  • Maimonides’ works burnt at, 3, 543.
  • Jewish physicians at, 3, 582, 583.
  • bigotry of Jewish scholars of, 4, 27.
  • synagogue of, sold, 4, 48.
  • Montpellier, the Jews of, prosperous in the twelfth century, 3, 395.
  • learning of, 3, 395.
  • influenced to oppose the study of science, 4, 29–30, 31–2.
  • refuse support to Abba-Mari, 4, 39, 40–1.
  • forced to wear badges, 4, 54.
  • Monzon, the Jews of, excommunicate the anti-Maimunists, 3, 537.
  • Moore, Dorothea, student of Hebrew literature, 5, 21.
  • Moravia, John of Capistrano in, 4, 258.
  • Polish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 17.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 150, 208, 228.
  • exiles from Vienna settle in, 5, 172.
  • Jews under restrictions in, 5, 523.
  • rabbis of, oppose the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • rabbis of, protest against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • Moravia, the Jews of, suffer during the persecution instigated by Hartmann von Deggenburg, 4, 98.
  • urged to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271.
  • submit questions to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • outbursts against, during the Austrian War of Succession, 5, 251–2.
  • suspected of treason, 5, 252.
  • banished, 5, 252.
  • heavily taxed, 5, 508.
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt, Sabbatian, preaching of, 5, 208.
  • gives himself out as the Messiah, 5, 208–9.
  • in Italy and Poland, 5, 209.
  • founds a Sabbatian sect, 5, 212.
  • Mordecai ben Hillel, Talmudist, martyrdom of, 4, 36.
  • Mordecai ben Joseph, of Avignon, obtains the abrogation of the law on Jew badges, 3, 612.
  • imprisoned for refusing to wear the badge, 3, 613.
  • Mordecai ben Nissan, writes on the history of Karaism, 4, 183–4.
  • Mordecai Ibn-Alcharbiya. See Saad-Addaula.
  • Mordecai Jafa (1532–1612), supposed organizer of the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 645.
  • draws up a religious code, 4, 645.
  • as rabbi in Poland, 4, 645.
  • Mordecai Zemach ben Gershon (Soncin), appeals to Pius IV for the return of the Jews to Prague, 4, 586–7.
  • Mordecai Zevi, father of Sabbataï, prosperous, 5, 119–20.
  • interested in Messianic speculations, 5, 120.
  • Morea, the, the Jews of, consider trading with Pesaro, 4, 579.
  • Sabbataï Zevi in, 5, 124.
  • Moreh, mountain, description of, 1, 44.
  • Moréh Nebuchim. See “Guide of the Perplexed, The.”
  • Morenu, ordination of rabbis, enforced in Germany, 4, 134.
  • rabbi, title bestowed on Crémieux, 5, 668.
  • Moriah, Mount, the Jebusites settle on, 1, 114.
  • situated on the east side of Jerusalem, 1, 115, 119.
  • David sacrifices on, 1, 138.
  • site of the Temple, 1, 162.
  • Morillo, Miguel, inquisitor appointed by Sixtus IV, 4, 312, 314, 323.
  • censured by the pope, 4, 318.
  • Moriscos, the original Jewish inhabitants of Palestine, 4, 399.
  • Morning Baptists,” name given to the Essenes, 2, 26.
  • Moro, Joseph (Philip), apostate, denounces the Talmud, 4, 564.
  • employed by Paul IV to annoy the Jews, 4, 581.
  • Morocco, taken by Abdulmumen, 3, 358.
  • the Jews of, emigrate or accept Islam, 3, 358–9.
  • embassy to, under Abraham Ibn-Alfachar, 3, 385.
  • forced converts emigrate to, 4, 179.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 389–90.
  • fortunes of the Jews of, 5, 168.
  • Morpurgo, Elijah, one of the Measfim, 5, 402.
  • Mortara case, the, 5, 701.
  • Morteira, Saul Levi (1596–1660), disciple of Elias Montalto, 4, 673.
  • instructor in the Talmud Torah of Amsterdam, 4, 681.
  • member of the first rabbinical college, 4, 682.
  • mediocrity of, 4, 682.
  • eulogizes Isaac de Castro-Tartas, 5, 32.
  • relations of, to Manasseh ben Israel strained, 5, 34.
  • imposes penance upon Uriel da Costa, 5, 63.
  • teacher of Spinoza, 5, 87, 88.
  • sits in judgment on Spinoza, 5, 92.
  • Mosaic Law, The,” by John David Michaelis, 5, 359.
  • Mosaic religion,” the, possibility of the development of, 5, 675, 676.
  • Moselle district, the, the Jews of, during the first crusade, 3, 300.
  • Moser, Moses, friend of Heine, informed of his conversion, 5, 551.
  • advises against the publication of the “Rabbi of Bacharach,” 5, 552.
  • founder of the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • staunchness of, 5, 587–8.
  • Moses, legislator and prophet, member of the tribe of Levi, 1, 12.
  • at the court of Pharaoh, 1, 13.
  • opposes injustice, 1, 13.
  • in Midian, 1, 14.
  • met by Aaron on Horeb, 1, 15.
  • the leader of Israel, 1, 17.
  • orders the punishment of the idolatrous Israelites in the desert, 1, 24.
  • teaches the Israelites, 1, 25.
  • forms the Council of Elders, 1, 25–6.
  • death of, 1, 30–1.
  • characterization of, 1, 30–1.
  • how regarded by the Essenes, 2, 28.
  • synagogue in Egypt attributed to, 3, 445.
  • prophetic faculty of, analyzed by Maimonides, 3, 483–4.
  • prophetic character of, denied by the philosophers, 4, 24.
  • the Sons of, Baruch Gad’s reports about, 5, 126.
  • characterized by Heine, 5, 553–5.
  • Moses, rabbi of Saxony, accused of using human blood, 4, 298.
  • Moses (Mesvi) of Baalbek, founder of a Karaite sect, 3, 158.
  • Moses de Cavarite, sheriff of Béziers, 3, 395.
  • Moses of Coucy (1200–1260), Tossafist, disciple of Judah Sir Leon, 3, 409.
  • alienates the French rabbis from Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 539.
  • exhorts the Jews of southern France and Spain, 3, 545–6.
  • ritual and ethical sermons by, 3, 546.
  • at the disputation with Donin, 3, 576, 578.
  • Bible commentary by, 3, 586.
  • Moses of Crete, a false Messiah, 2, 610–11.
  • Moses de Leon. See Moses ben Shem Tob; Zohar, the.
  • Moses de Trani, disciple of Jacob Berab, rival of Joseph Karo, 4, 540.
  • appealed to on the question of trade with Ancona, 4, 580.
  • Moses of Trent, refuses to confess to ritual murder, 4, 298.
  • Moses ben Asher, Massoret, corrects copies of the Bible, 3, 207.
  • works of, criticised by Saadiah, 3, 207.
  • Moses ben Chanoch, emissary from Sora, taken captive, 3, 208.
  • wife of, drowned, 3, 208–9.
  • ransomed by the Cordova Jews, 3, 209.
  • reveals himself as a Talmudist, 3, 209.
  • chosen as rabbinical chief by the Cordova community, 3, 209.
  • founder of Judæo-Spanish culture, 3, 215.
  • protected by Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 228.
  • deference paid to, 3, 228.
  • title of, 3, 229.
  • functions of, 3, 229.
  • death of, 3, 229.
  • son of, 3, 229–30.
  • Moses ben Chasdaï Taku (1250–1290), Talmudist and anti-Maimunist, 3, 624–5, 626.
  • Moses ben Guthiel, head of the Speyer community, and forced converts, 3, 306.
  • Moses ben Isaac Alashkar, Spanish exile at Tunis, 4, 391.
  • Talmudist, Kabbalist, and Maimunist, 4, 392.
  • flees to Egypt, 4, 392, 393.
  • Moses ben Isaac (Gajo) da Rieti (1388–1451), physician and poet, versification of, 4, 230–1.
  • poems by, in the Italian liturgy, 4, 231.
  • mediocrity of, 5, 112.
  • Moses ben Israel Isserles (1520–1572), Talmudist, ancestry and attainments of, 4, 637.
  • commentator upon Karo’s code, 4, 637–8.
  • as an astronomer, 4, 638.
  • as a philosopher, 4, 638.
  • teacher of David Gans, 4, 638.
  • authority of, 4, 639.
  • disciples of, 4, 639.
  • Talmudist, 5, 4.
  • highest authority in Judaism in the seventeenth century, 5, 51.
  • Moses ben Jehuda Cohen, excommunicates the Anti-Maimunists, 3, 633.
  • Moses ben Joshua Narboni (Maëstro Vidal, 1300–1362), philosopher, 4, 87, 93–5.
  • writes commentaries on Maimonides and Averroes, 4, 94.
  • persecuted, 4, 94, 103.
  • religious philosophy of, 4, 94–5.
  • accused of heresy, 4, 342.
  • Moses ben Kalonymos (787), scholar, brought by Charlemagne to Mayence, 3, 143.
  • Moses ben Maimun (Abu-Amrun Musa ben Maimun Obaid Allah, Maimonides, 1135–1204), youth of, 3, 447.
  • a fugitive from the Almohades, 3, 447–8.
  • studies of, 3, 448–9.
  • character of, 3, 449–50.
  • purpose of, to expound Judaism, 3, 450–1.
  • work of, on the Jewish calendar, 3, 451.
  • explains the Mishna, 3, 451.
  • emigrates to Fez, 3, 451.
  • assumes Islam, 3, 451.
  • defends the pseudo-Mahometan Jews, 3, 454–6.
  • emigrates to Palestine, 3, 456.
  • brother of, dies, 3, 457.
  • as a physician, 3, 458.
  • completes his Mishna commentary, 3, 458; 4, 704.
  • on the science of the Mishna, 3, 458–9.
  • on tradition, 3, 459.
  • on the Sayings of the Fathers, 3, 459.
  • draws up a creed of thirteen articles, 3, 459–60.
  • reputation of, spread abroad by his disciples, 3, 460–1.
  • consoles the Yemen Jews for their forced conversion to Islam, 3, 462–4.
  • as rabbi of Cairo, 3, 465.
  • views of, on the Karaites, 3, 465.
  • abolishes the silent prayer, 3, 465–6.
  • completes the “Mishne-Torah,” 3, 466, 472.
  • physician to Saladin’s court, 3, 472–3.
  • as a medical writer, 3, 473.
  • refuses to become Richard I’s physician, 3, 474.
  • accused and acquitted of apostasy from Islam, 3, 474.
  • head of the Egyptian congregations, 3, 474.
  • rescues the Yemen Jews from persecution, 3, 474.
  • traduced by Samuel ben Ali, 3, 475.
  • on the doctrine of resurrection, 3, 475–6, 488.
  • correspondence of, with Samuel ben Ali, 3, 476–7.
  • attacked by Mar-Sacharya, 3, 477.
  • writes the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 477–85.
  • philosophical work of, intended only for Jews, 3, 486.
  • weakness of the philosophy of, 3, 486–7.
  • reverence for, in southern France, 3, 488–9.
  • illness of, 3, 489.
  • attacked by Abraham ben David, 3, 490.
  • advises Samuel Ibn-Tibbon on the translation of the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 490–1.
  • activity of, 3, 491.
  • describes the state of Talmud studies in the twelfth century, 3, 492.
  • opinion held by, of the Jews of Provence, 3, 492.
  • death of, 3, 492.
  • mourning for, 3, 492–3.
  • son of, 3, 493.
  • epitaph of, 3, 493.
  • effects of the death of, 3, 494–5.
  • no successor to, 3, 495–6.
  • philosophy of, non-Jewish, 3, 522.
  • rationalism of, 3, 523.
  • on the Agada, 3, 523.
  • attacked by Meïr ben Todros Abulafia, 3, 524–5.
  • attacked by Daniel ben Saadiah, 3, 525–6.
  • reverence for, in the East, 3, 526.
  • theories of, in France and Spain, 3, 526–7.
  • vilified by Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 528–9.
  • desires to bring Talmudic reasoning to a conclusion, 3, 532–3.
  • system of, opposed by Nachmani, 3, 533–4, 608.
  • works of, burnt in Montpellier, 3, 543.
  • defended by his son, 3, 545.
  • causes division in Judaism, 3, 546–7.
  • grandson of, 3, 620.
  • works of, used by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • reverence for, in France and Spain, 3, 624.
  • denounced as a heretic by Moses Taku, 3, 624.
  • agitation against, by Solomon Petit, 3, 626–34.
  • philosophical writings of, influence the Italian Jews, 3, 629–30.
  • works of, excommunicated by Accho Kabbalists, 3, 631.
  • epitaph of, desecrated, 3, 631.
  • defended by his grandson, 3, 632–3.
  • censured by Todros Abulafia, 4, 2.
  • the religious philosophy of, induces the allegorization of the Scriptures, 4, 23.
  • works of, fall under the ban against science, 4, 40.
  • admired by Yedaya Bedaresi, 4, 43.
  • translation of the works of, for the Italian Jews, 4, 60.
  • described as a Kabbalist, 4, 74.
  • certain views of, opposed by Gersonides, 4, 93.
  • admired by Narboni, 4, 94.
  • authority of, questioned by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 146, 192.
  • Isaac ben Sheshet’s view of, 4, 147.
  • the Messianic belief formulated by, 4, 149.
  • philosophy of, expounded by Profiat Duran, 4, 191.
  • accused of heresy by Shem Tob ben Joseph, 4, 197.
  • condemned by Kabbalists, 4, 239.
  • system of, expounded by Elias del Medigo, 4, 290.
  • defended by Moses ben Isaac Alashkar, 4, 392.
  • synagogue reform by, nullified, 4, 395.
  • philosophical writings of, condemned by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 479.
  • on the preparation for the Messianic time, 4, 530.
  • on ordination in Palestine, 4, 531.
  • writings of, studied by Polish Jews in the sixteenth century, 4, 633.
  • studied by Spinoza, 5, 88.
  • influence of, on Mendelssohn, 5, 295.
  • deficient in historical sense, 5, 302.
  • influence of, on Erter, 5, 613.
  • philosophy of, explained by Munk, 5, 655.
  • See also Anti-Maimunists, the; Guide of the Perplexed, the; Maimunists, the; Maimunist controversy, the; “Mishne-Torah.”
  • Moses ben Nachman (Nachmani Gerundi, Ramban, Bonastruc de Porta, 1195–1270), devotion of, to the Talmud, 3, 531–2.
  • Talmudical commentaries of, 3, 532, 607–8.
  • opposition of, to Maimonides’ Talmudic and philosophic views, 3, 532–4.
  • inveighs against Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 534.
  • denounces Aristotle, 3, 534.
  • not an opponent of philosophy, 3, 534–5.
  • view of, on the Agada, 3, 535, 599–600.
  • aided by the Kabbala, 3, 535.
  • aids the anti-Maimunists, 3, 536.
  • letter to, from Meïr Abulafia, 3, 537–8.
  • proposes a reconciliation between Maimunists and their opponents, 3, 539–40.
  • deplores Dominican interference in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 544.
  • a Kabbalist, 3, 556–7.
  • as an exegete, 3, 562.
  • invited to enter into a disputation with Pablo Christiani, 3, 598.
  • demands freedom of speech, 3, 598.
  • suggests three topics for discussion, 3, 599.
  • refutes the assertion that Jesus is the Messiah of the Talmud, 3, 599.
  • characterizes the true Messiah, 3, 600.
  • victorious over Pablo Christiani, 3, 601.
  • refutes the doctrine of the Trinity, 3, 601.
  • publishes a report of the Barcelona disputation, 3, 603–4.
  • charged with blasphemy against Christianity, 3, 603–4.
  • exiled, 3, 604.
  • protected by the king against the Dominicans, 3, 604–5.
  • goes to Jerusalem, 3, 605.
  • grief of, over Jerusalem, 3, 606–7.
  • transplants Jewish science to Palestine, 3, 607.
  • disciples of, 3, 607, 609, 626; 4, 28.
  • in correspondence with Spain, 3, 608.
  • death of, 3, 608.
  • influence of, 3, 609.
  • the discovery of the Zohar attributed to, 4, 20.
  • commentary of, used by Aaron ben Joseph, 4, 71.
  • introduces the Kabbala into Palestine, 4, 75.
  • predicts the beginning of the Messianic period, 4, 120.
  • ancestor of Solomon Duran, 4, 238.
  • views of, endorsed by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • exegesis of, praised by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • Moses ben Samuel Ibn-G’ikatilia, Biblical exegesis of, 3, 290, 393.
  • Moses ben Shem Tob (Moses de Leon, 1250–1305), Kabbalist, 4, 3, 10–11.
  • character of, 4, 11.
  • wanderings of, 4, 11.
  • forgery by, 4, 11–12.
  • attributes the Zohar to Simon ben Yochaï, 4, 12–14.
  • on the Messiah, 4, 18.
  • said to have obtained the Zohar through Nachmani, 4, 20.
  • death of, 4, 20.
  • wife of, reveals his forgery, 4, 20–1.
  • Moses Ibn-Ezra (Abu-Harun, 1070–1139), poet, elegy by, on Alfassi, 3, 310.
  • and Joseph Ibn-Sahal, 3, 314.
  • parentage of, 3, 318–19.
  • early history of, 3, 319.
  • compared with Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 319.
  • style of, 3, 319–20.
  • song cycle by, 3, 320.
  • liturgical poems by, 3, 320.
  • on the poetic art, 3, 320.
  • as a philosopher, 3, 320.
  • contemporary fame of, 3, 321.
  • elegy by, on his lady-love, 3, 321.
  • tribute to, by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 321.
  • friendship of, with Jehuda Halevi, 3, 323.
  • and Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 367.
  • Moses Ibn-Tibbon (1250–1285), physician in Montpellier, 3, 582.
  • Moses Ibn-Yachya, philanthropist, 4, 609.
  • Moses Abudiel, prominent at the court of Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 84, 86.
  • institutes a fast, 4, 85.
  • Moses Almosnino, scientist in Salonica, 4, 405.
  • preacher, as historian of Turkey, 4, 607–8.
  • Moses Bashyasi, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
  • Moses Basula, elegy on, by Leo Modena, 5, 65.
  • Moses Botarel, Kabbalist, announces himself as the Messiah, 4, 197.
  • Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, Jewish champion at the disputation of Avila, 4, 141.
  • debates with a disciple of Alfonso Burgensis, 4, 141–2.
  • Moses Gerundensis. See Moses ben Nachman.
  • Moses Hamon. See Hamon, Moses.
  • Moses Iskafat Meles, opponent of science, 4, 44–5.
  • Moses Kapsali (1420–1495), chief rabbi of Turkey, dignities and functions of, 4, 268–9.
  • opinion of, on the study of the Talmud by Karaites, 4, 270–1.
  • raises money for the relief of the Spanish exiles, 4, 364.
  • death of, 4, 402.
  • Moses Kimchi (1170–1190), grammarian and exegete, 3, 393.
  • grammar of, printed by Justiniani, 4, 474.
  • Moses Meïr Kamenker, Sabbatian, spreads Sabbatianism, 5, 228–9.
  • doctrines of, 5, 229.
  • regarded as the Messiah, 5, 230.
  • sentence pronounced on, 5, 230.
  • Moses Menz, Talmudist, in Posen, 4, 294.
  • Moses Navarro, chief rabbi of Portugal, 4, 173.
  • Moses Uri Halevi (1544–1620), advises the Portuguese Marranos to go to Amsterdam, 4, 665.
  • teacher and rabbi of the Marranos, 4, 665.
  • imprisoned, 4, 666.
  • activity of, 4, 671.
  • Moses Vital, sells Isaac Lurya’s manuscripts, 5, 53.
  • Moses Zacuto (1630–1697), Kabbalist, pupil of the Amsterdam Talmud Torah, 4, 682.
  • mysticism of, 5, 87–8.
  • encourages the Sabbatian movement in Venice, 5, 138.
  • superstition of, 5, 201–2.
  • Moses Weil. See Weil, Moses.
  • Moses Zarzel, physician to Henry III of Castile, Spanish poet, 4, 190.
  • Moslems, disciples of Mahomet, 3, 73. See Mahometans, the.
  • Mostarabi, the, the original Jewish community in Egypt, ruled by the Spanish exiles, 4, 395.
  • Mosul (New Nineveh), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 429–30.
  • ignorance of, 3, 430.
  • invited by Alrui to join him, 3, 431.
  • Mourners of Zion,” the, 1, 338; 3, 182, 362, 437.
  • Mourning, signs of, decreed under Hadrian, 2, 400, 420.
  • Mourning customs, regulated by Gamaliel II, 2, 404.
  • abolished in the time of Judah II, 2, 484–5.
  • Mozarabs, the, Christians living among Mahometans, lose their identity, 3, 215.
  • conspire against the Mahometans of Granada, 3, 316.
  • Moznaim, grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • Mucate, Jacob, Marrano in Pernambuco, 4, 693.
  • Mucianus, Licinius, governor of Syria, under Nero, 2, 284.
  • won over to Vespasian’s side, 2, 300.
  • Mujahid, prince of Denia, patron of Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • Muley Abu-Abdallah (Boabdil), last king of Granada, secret treaty of, with Ferdinand and Isabella, 4, 345.
  • goes to Africa, 4, 345.
  • Muley Arshid, sultan of Morocco, oppresses the Jews, 5, 168.
  • Muley Ismail, sultan of Morocco, patron of the Jews, 5, 168.
  • Müller, Adam, reactionary leader, 5, 477.
  • representative of the romantic school, 5, 516.
  • Müller, Johannes von, Swiss historian, on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 359.
  • assists in framing the Westphalian constitution, 5, 500.
  • Mulot, Abbé, president of the Assembly of the Paris Commune, on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 443–4, 445.
  • Munich, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 3, 636–7.
  • perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • Munk, Solomon (1802–1867), scholar, accompanies Crémieux to Egypt, 5, 658.
  • discovers Mehmet Ali’s subterfuge, 5, 660.
  • exhorts the Egyptian Jews to establish schools, 5, 663.
  • establishes schools in Cairo, 5, 664.
  • reconciles Karaites with Rabbanites, 5, 664.
  • character and learning of, 5, 664–5.
  • Arabic attainments of, 5, 665.
  • blindness of, 5, 665.
  • studies of, on the Jewish Middle Ages, 5, 665–6.
  • Karaite studies of, 5, 666.
  • scientific results of the Eastern trip of, 5, 666.
  • on the Damascus affair, 5, 671–2.
  • expounds Jewish religious philosophy, 5, 699.
  • Münster, Sebastian, prosecutes Hebrew studies, 4, 434.
  • translates Elias Levita’s Hebrew grammar, 4, 472.
  • Murad III, son of Selim II, becomes sultan, 3, 627.
  • gives Joseph Nassi land near the Sea of Tiberias, 4, 596.
  • confiscates Joseph Nassi’s property, 4, 628.
  • influence of Jewish women under, 4, 629.
  • Murad el Fallat, Turkish servant of a Damascus Jew, tortured, 5, 637, 638.
  • Murcia, embassy to, under Solomon Ibn-Farussal, 3, 312.
  • the Jews of, taxed under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • Murder, laws against, inviolate under all circumstances, 2, 424.
  • Murex, a dye, 1, 3.
  • Murviedro, the Jews of, spared in the persecution of 1391, 4, 171.
  • Musa (Mesvi) of Akbara, founds a Karaite sect, 3, 157.
  • Musaphia, Benjamin (Dionysius, 1616–1676), physician to Christian IV of Denmark, 4, 692.
  • philologist and rabbi, 5, 115.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Sabbatian, 5, 139.
  • sends a letter of homage to Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 155.
  • clings to Sabbataï after his apostasy, 5, 161.
  • Mushka, a Judghanite, tries to force rationalistic doctrines upon the Jews, 3, 150.
  • Mustapha Pasha, deputy vizir, cross-examines Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 147.
  • Sabbataï betrayed to, 5, 153.
  • Mutafarrica, the, Turkish life guard, Joseph Nassi a member of, 4, 595.
  • Mutazilists, (heretics), the, the theology of, 3, 147.
  • method of, borrowed by Saadiah, 3, 197.
  • teachings of, foster unbelief, 3, 199.
  • Muza Ibn-Nosair, governor of Africa, aided by the Jews of Spain, 3, 109.
  • Mylitta, Assyrian goddess of love, worshiped in Israel, 1, 247.
  • image of, in the Temple under Manasseh, 1, 282.
  • temple of, in Philistia, burnt, 1, 287.
  • Mysticism, in Judaism, 3, 152–4.
  • denounced by Haï Gaon, 3, 251–2.
  • See Kabbala, the.
  • Mytilene, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • N
  • Naamah, first wife of Solomon, 1, 161.
  • Naaman, Syrian general, confesses the God of Israel, 1, 224.
  • Naar, Isaac, mystic, companion of Spinoza, 5, 88.
  • induces Spinoza to betray his unbelief, 5, 92.
  • Sabbatian, 5, 139.
  • prepares to join Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 150.
  • encourages the Sabbatian movement in Italy, 5, 160.
  • Naarda. See Nahardea.
  • Naasites, a Gnostic sect, 2, 375.
  • Nabathæans (Nabatæans), the, contributions levied on, by Hyrcanus, 1, 437.
  • dispossess the Idumæans, 1, 474; 2, 8.
  • friendly to the Hasmonæans, 1, 491.
  • See also Aretas; Malich; Obeda.
  • Nabonad, a Babylonian noble, usurps the throne, 1, 342.
  • permits native kings to rule Phœnicia, 1, 342.
  • entreated to permit the return to Palestine, 1, 342–3.
  • ally of Lydia and Egypt, 1, 343.
  • persecutes the Judæans, 1, 343–4.
  • indifferent about the war with Cyrus, 1, 349.
  • Nabopolassar, of Babylon, independent of Assyria, 1, 296.
  • puts an end to Assyria, 1, 303.
  • Naboth, killed at the instigation of Jezebel, 1, 202.
  • avenged, 1, 211.
  • Nachman ben Isaac (280–356), Amora, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 593.
  • Nachman ben Jacob (235–324), Amora, 2, 545.
  • summons Judah ben Ezekiel to justify his conduct, 2, 552.
  • haughtiness of, 2, 554–5.
  • treats his slaves inhumanly, 2, 555.
  • introduces the oath of purgation, 2, 556.
  • establishes a school at Shekan-Zib, 2, 557.
  • Nachman ben Samuel Levi, Frankist rabbi, 5, 275.
  • Nachmani. See Moses ben Nachman.
  • Nachshon ben Zadok (881–889), Gaon of Sora, explains difficult Talmudical words, 3, 179.
  • discovers the key to the calendar, 3, 179.
  • Nachum of Gimso, teacher of the Law, supplements Hillel’s rules of interpretation, 2, 330–1.
  • teacher of Akiba, 2, 351.
  • Nachum the Mede, teacher of the Law at the fall of Jerusalem, 2, 330.
  • Nadab, king of Israel, at war with the Philistines, 1, 189.
  • death of, 1, 189.
  • Nagid, title of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • of Joseph Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 274.
  • of Abu Mansur Samuel ben Chananya, 3, 340.
  • See also Nassi.
  • Nagid (Reïs), chief of the Egyptian Jews, authority of, 3, 443; 4, 392.
  • functions and privileges of, 4, 393–4.
  • office of, abolished, 4, 394.
  • See also Nassi.
  • Nahardea, a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • Nahardea (city), treasure house in, for the half-Shekel contribution to the Temple, 2, 53.
  • Judæan center for Mesopotamia, 2, 202.
  • center for the study of the Law, 2, 358.
  • boundary of Babylonia in the most limited sense, 2, 504.
  • a Babylonian Jerusalem, 2, 505.
  • destroyed by Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • the Amoraim of, flee, 2, 527–8.
  • homage paid at, to the Exilarchs, 2, 607.
  • Nahardea, the academy of, beginning of, 2, 498–9.
  • the principal of, 2, 512.
  • eclipsed by that of Sora, 2, 522.
  • re-opened, 2, 606.
  • Nahardea, the academy of, principals of, list of:
  • Amemar,
  • Samuel,
  • Shila.
  • Nahar Malka, a canal in Babylonia, 2, 507.
  • Naharowan, the Exilarch’s income from, 3, 96.
  • Nahar-Pakod, a Synhedrion established at, 2, 443–4.
  • a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • Nahar-Samara, Ezra’s supposed grave at, 3, 441.
  • Nahash, king of Ammon, invades the territories of Gad and Manasseh, 1, 80.
  • besieges Jabesh-Gilead, 1, 89–90.
  • in friendly relations with David, 1, 100.
  • death of, 1, 126.
  • Nahavendi, Benjamin. See Benjamin ben Moses of Nahavend.
  • Najara, prince of, converted to Christianity, 3, 56.
  • Najaran, in Yemen, inhabited by Christians, 3, 64.
  • besieged by Zorah Yussuf, 3, 65.
  • heavy tribute laid on, 3, 65.
  • Christians of, driven away, 3, 85.
  • Nancy, the Jews of, threatened with pillage, 5, 440.
  • compelled to attend the National Temple, 5, 451.
  • Naphtali (mountain), description of, 1, 44.
  • Naphtali (town), returned to Ahab, 1, 205.
  • Naphtali, the tribe of, acquires land in the north, 1, 37.
  • members of, join Gideon, 1, 62.
  • mountainous lands of, subjugated, 1, 191.
  • descendants of, near Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • Naples, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 358–61.
  • the plague in, 4, 359–60.
  • conquered by Charles VIII of France, 4, 360.
  • occupied by the French, 4, 384.
  • the Inquisition established at, 4, 385.
  • Samuel II Abrabanel at, 4, 409, 410.
  • the Marranos of, threatened with the Inquisition, 4, 543.
  • Naples, the Jews of, support Theodatus, 3, 31–2.
  • defend the city, 3, 32.
  • bravery of, described by Procopius, 3, 32.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 422, 424.
  • wear Jew badges, 3, 518; 4, 258.
  • help the Spanish exiles, 4, 359.
  • banishment of, opposed by Gonsalvo de Cordova, 4, 385.
  • annihilated, 4, 408.
  • leave the city, 4, 543–4.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte, victories of, in the East, 5, 459–60.
  • at the summit of his power, 5, 474.
  • dislikes the Jews, 5, 474, 476–7.
  • lays the Jewish question before his council, 5, 479.
  • opposes the Jews in his council, 5, 480.
  • modifies his views on the Jews, 5, 481.
  • conceives the idea of convening Jewish notables, 5, 481–2.
  • expresses satisfaction with the Jewish Notables, 5, 490, 492.
  • proposes the convening of a Synhedrion, 5, 493.
  • unmindful of the Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • resolutions of the Synhedrion submitted to, 5, 498.
  • Jewish legislation by, 5, 498–9.
  • creates new states, 5, 500.
  • the Russian campaign of, 5, 510.
  • fall of, 5, 510–11.
  • return of, from Elba, 5, 518.
  • Napoleon III, emperor, protests in the Mortara case, 5, 701.
  • Napoleonic wars, the, awaken a desire for culture in Galicia, 5, 611, 612.
  • Naraga, canal near Nahardea, 2, 505.
  • Narbata, the Judæans of Cæsarea flee to, 2, 253.
  • Narboni. See Moses ben Joshua Narboni.
  • Narbonne (city), the Jews of, expelled by Wamba, 3, 105.
  • Machir founds a Talmud school at, 3, 143.
  • Talmud study in, encouraged by Nathan ben Isaac Kohen, 3, 208.
  • the Talmud school of, 3, 242.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra at, 3, 374.
  • principal Jewish community of southern France in, 3, 392.
  • home of the Kimchi family, 3, 392.
  • the Jews of, excommunicate Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 530.
  • the archbishop of, presides over the Council of Béziers, 3, 581.
  • Narbonne, the Council of, forbids Psalm singing at Jewish funeral services, 3, 47.
  • confirms the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 518.
  • Narbonne (province), Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • Narbonne (province), the Jews of, enjoy equality under the early Visigoths, 3, 45.
  • punished for conspiring against Egica, 3, 108.
  • the possessions of, presented to the Church, 3, 175.
  • Narcissus, favorite of Claudius, opposes Agrippa II, 2, 196.
  • Nares, a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • an academy founded in, 2, 593.
  • Narol, the Jews of, massacred by the Cossacks, 5, 11.
  • Nasas, Jewish family name in Palermo, 3, 28.
  • synagogue erected by, razed, 3, 33–4.
  • Nassi, the family of, traces descent from David, 3, 43.
  • See Mendes, Diogo; Francisco; Gracia; and Nassi, Joseph; Reyna; Samuel.
  • Nassi, Joseph (João Miques), nephew of Gracia Mendesia, favorite of Maria of the Netherlands, 4, 572.
  • reported to have fled to Venice, 4, 573.
  • intercedes with the sultan for Gracia Mendesia, 4, 574.
  • brings Gracia Mendesia to Constantinople, 4, 577.
  • marries Reyna Nassi, 4, 577.
  • in favor with Sultan Solyman, 4, 577, 594.
  • beneficence of, 4, 577.
  • gives up the trade with Ancona, 4, 579–80.
  • power of, 4, 594.
  • partisan of Selim, 4, 595.
  • member of the Mutafarrica, 4, 595.
  • denounced by the European ambassadors, 4, 595.
  • given a tract of land near the Sea of Tiberias, 4, 596, 610.
  • antagonized by Mahomet Sokolli, 4, 596.
  • made duke of Naxos, 4, 596.
  • titles of, 4, 596.
  • negotiates with Ferdinand I, 4, 597.
  • seizes French merchant vessels, 4, 597.
  • traduced by Daud, 4, 598.
  • clears himself of the charges made by Daud, 4, 599.
  • incites a war with Venice, 4, 600.
  • appealed to, by European sovereigns, 4, 601–2.
  • head of a Turkish party, 4, 602.
  • hopes to found a Jewish state, 4, 610–11.
  • rebuilds Tiberias, 4, 610–11.
  • influence of, not permanent, 4, 611.
  • supplanted by Mahomet Sokolli, 4, 627.
  • death of, 4, 627.
  • property of, confiscated, 4, 628.
  • Nassi, Reyna, reported to have fled to Venice, 4, 573.
  • the son of Moses Hamon sues for, 4, 575.
  • betrothed to Joseph Nassi, 4, 577.
  • sets up a Hebrew printing press, 4, 628.
  • Nassi, Samuel, nephew of Gracia Mendesia, 4, 577.
  • moves to Constantinople, 4, 581.
  • Nassi, the, of the Great Council, a Pharisee, 2, 49.
  • Nassi, name of the intercalary month in a lunar leap year, 3, 59.
  • Nassi, prince, title of the president of the Synhedrion, 2, 334.
  • of Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 283.
  • of Jehuda Ibn-Ezra, 3, 361.
  • (Reïs), of the chief rabbi of the Cairo Karaites, 3, 444.
  • See also Nagid.
  • Nassir Mahomet (1299–1341), Mameluke sultan, the Jews of Palestine under, 4, 73.
  • Naszi-Beth-Ab, the head of the oldest family of a tribe, 1, 122.
  • Nathan, the house of, junior branch of the house of David, power of, 1, 249.
  • Nathan, president of the school of Cordova, corrected by Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 209, 217.
  • Nathan, prophet, and David, 1, 113.
  • rebukes David, 1, 132–3.
  • parable by, 1, 133.
  • forbids David to build a temple, 1, 150–1.
  • opposed to Adonijah, 1, 153.
  • anoints Solomon, 1, 153.
  • Nathan, sheriff of Béziers, 3, 395.
  • Nathan, son-in-law of Abba-Areka, Exilarch, 2, 544.
  • Nathan the Babylonian, vice-president of the Synhedrion at Usha, 2, 434, 445.
  • teacher of the Law in Judæa, 2, 442–3.
  • ambassador from Simon II, 2, 443–4.
  • conspires against Simon II, 2, 445.
  • proposed for the Patriarchate, 2, 445.
  • expelled from the Synhedrion, 2, 445.
  • at peace with Simon II, 2, 446.
  • the last of the Tanaites, 2, 462.
  • Nathan the Wise,” by Lessing, Mendelssohn the hero of, 5, 323.
  • story and characters of, 5, 323–5.
  • effect produced by, 5, 326–7.
  • Nathan bar Assa, disciple of Joseph ben Chiya, 2, 582.
  • Nathan ben Isaac Kohen, emissary from Sora, settles at Narbonne, 3, 208.
  • founder of true Talmud study in Narbonne, 3, 242.
  • Nathan ben Yechiel, of Rome, compiler of a Talmudic lexicon, 3, 290, 421.
  • Nathan ben Yehudaï, titular Gaon of Sora, 3, 192.
  • Nathan Benjamin Levi (Ghazati, 1644–1680), studies of, 5, 130.
  • marriage of, 5, 130.
  • follower of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 130–1.
  • professes to be Elijah, 5, 131.
  • Messianic speculations of, 5, 131–2.
  • proclaims Gaza the Holy City, 5, 132.
  • spreads abroad the Messiah’s fame, 5, 137.
  • addresses circulars to Amsterdam and Hamburg, 5, 138–9.
  • continues to proclaim Sabbataï as the Messiah after his apostasy, 5, 157.
  • excommunicated, 5, 157, 159.
  • joins Sabbataï Zevi at Adrianople, 5, 158–9.
  • in Salonica, the Greek Islands, and Italy, 5, 160, 161.
  • death of, 5, 161–2.
  • Nathan Nata, father of Jonathan Eibeschütz, 5, 246.
  • Nathaniel (Abul Barkat Hibat-Allah ben Malka), physician in Bagdad, apostate, 3, 442.
  • writes a commentary on Ecclesiastes, 3, 442.
  • Nathaniel (Hibat-Allah Ibn-Aljami), physician, Nagid of the Egyptian Jews, 3, 443.
  • Nathaniel Ibn-Almali, physician, translator of Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 4, 60.
  • National Assembly, the Batavian, Jews keep aloof from, 5, 454.
  • petitioned to emancipate the Jews, 5, 455.
  • deputies to, oppose the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 455–6.
  • establishes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 456.
  • Jewish deputies to, 5, 458.
  • agrees to protect Dutch Jews in Germany, 5, 458.
  • National Assembly, the French, champions of the Jews in, 5, 435.
  • deputies to, instructed to attack the Jews, 5, 436.
  • addressed on the subject of outrages upon Jews, 5, 437.
  • Jewish deputies to, 5, 438.
  • religious freedom discussed in, 5, 439.
  • the Jewish question before, 5, 439–441.
  • passes an equivocal resolution on the Jewish question, 5, 442.
  • action of, objected to by the Bordeaux Jews, 5, 442.
  • the emancipation of the Paris Jews demanded of, 5, 445.
  • discusses finances, 5, 446.
  • emancipates the Jews of France, 5, 448.
  • National Guard, the French, joined by Jews, 5, 438.
  • Jewish members of, petition the Paris Commune, 5, 443.
  • Natkes, Galician scholar, excommunicated, 5, 614.
  • style of, 5, 617.
  • Natronaï ben Chabibaï, pretender to the Exilarchate, 3, 137.
  • Natronaï ben Nehemiah (Mar-Yanka, 719–730), principal of the Pumbeditha academy, on Serene’s adherents, 3, 121–2.
  • Natronaï II, son of Hillaï (859–869), Gaon of Sora, corresponds in Arabic, 3, 178.
  • opposes the Karaites, 3, 178.
  • Naturalization Act, the, for the Jews of England, 5, 337–8.
  • Navarre, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 352, 357–8.
  • Navarre, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • take part in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 536.
  • letter to, denouncing Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 544.
  • hated in the fourteenth century, 4, 76.
  • feeling against, aroused by Pedro Olligoyen, 4, 77–8.
  • under Philip III, 4, 78.
  • settle in Aragon, 4, 142.
  • Navigation, pursued by the Burgundian Jews, 3, 35.
  • by the Jews of Tyre, 3, 426.
  • Naxos, to be given to Joseph Nassi, 4, 596.
  • Joseph Nassi made duke of, 4, 596.
  • as a Jewish, state, 4, 611.
  • Nazarenes, the, a sect of the early Christians, 2, 168, 370.
  • take advantage of the leaning towards Judaism, 2, 219.
  • increased by Essenes and Greek Judæans, 2, 219.
  • persecuted by Paul, 2, 222.
  • proselytize the Judæans in the Greek cities, 2, 222.
  • in Antioch and Damascus, 2, 222–3.
  • joined by Paul, 2, 226.
  • displeased with Paul, 2, 230.
  • separate wholly from the Jews, 2, 371–2.
  • revile Judaism, 2, 371–2.
  • disappearance of, 2, 373.
  • merged into the Catholic Church, 2, 500.
  • imprecation of, in the Jewish prayer book, 4, 83.
  • See also Jewish Christians, the; Judæan Christians, the.
  • Nazareth, birthplace of Jesus, 2, 148, 149.
  • Jesus successful in, 2, 153.
  • first church at, 2, 565.
  • inhabited by Jews in the sixth century, 3, 12.
  • the Jews of, join Sharbarza, 3, 19.
  • Nazarite practices, under Simon the Just, 1, 422.
  • Neander, Augustus, church historian, declares the groundlessness of the blood accusation, 5, 650.
  • Neapolis. See Shechem.
  • Neapolitanus, deputy of Cestius Gallus in Jerusalem, 2, 257.
  • Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, beginning of the career of, 1, 303–4.
  • Jehoiakim the vassal of, 1, 306.
  • besieges Tyre, 1, 306, 307.
  • ravages Judah, 1, 306.
  • takes Judah, 1, 307.
  • generals of, besiege Jerusalem, 1, 307.
  • banishes Jehoiakim, 1, 307.
  • makes Zedekiah king, 1, 308.
  • subdues Judah, 1, 311.
  • besieges Jerusalem, 1, 311–14.
  • defeats Apries, 1, 313.
  • generals of, take Jerusalem, 1, 313–14.
  • beheads the dignitaries of Jerusalem at Riblah, 1, 314.
  • blinds and exiles Zedekiah, 1, 315.
  • appoints Gedaliah over the Palestinian Judæans, 1, 319.
  • punishes the murder of Gedaliah, 1, 325.
  • treats the Babylonian Judæans kindly, 1, 329–30.
  • death of, 1, 331.
  • Nebuzaradan, chief of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard, charged to destroy Jerusalem, 1, 315.
  • entrusts Zedekiah’s daughters to Gedaliah, 1, 319.
  • exiles the last remnant of Judah, 1, 325.
  • Necho, king of Egypt, defeats Josiah, 1, 296–7.
  • makes Jehoiakim king, 1, 299.
  • exacts tribute from Judah, 1, 299.
  • Nechunya, abettor of Chananya at Nahar-Pakod, 2, 443, 444.
  • Nechunya ben Hakana, teacher of the Law, adherent of Hillel’s methods, 2, 331.
  • reputed author of a Kabbalistic manuscript, 3, 556.
  • Neglib-Eddin, supposed assassin of Mongols, 3, 649.
  • Negro. See Ibn-Yachya.
  • Negropont, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 406.
  • Nehemiah, cup-bearer of Artaxerxes, appealed to by the Judæans, 1, 372.
  • national enthusiasm of, 1, 373.
  • governor of Judæa, 1, 373.
  • journeys to Jerusalem, 1, 374.
  • rebuilds the fortifications of Jerusalem, 1, 374–5.
  • disturbed by Sanballat and Tobiah, 1, 375–6.
  • rebukes the Judæans for the enslavement of the poor, 1, 376–7.
  • unselfishness of, 1, 377.
  • invites settlers to Jerusalem, 1, 377–8.
  • exacts observance of the Law from the Judæans, 1, 380–1.
  • consecrates the walls of Jerusalem, 1, 381–2.
  • internal improvements by, 1, 382–3.
  • returns to Persia, 1, 383.
  • returns to Jerusalem, 1, 385.
  • reforms the Judæan community, 1, 385–8.
  • memoir of, 1, 387–8.
  • formation of a Jewish sect under, 1, 387.
  • Nehemiah, disciple of Akiba, returns to Judæa, 2, 433.
  • Nehemiah (960–968), Gaon of Pumbeditha, position of, contested, 3, 208.
  • Nehemiah, grandson of Abba-Areka, Exilarch, 2, 544.
  • Nehemiah, teacher of the Law in Beth-Deli, 2, 358.
  • Nehemiah Ashkafa, a Granada Jew, supports Balkim, 3, 258.
  • Nehushta, mother of Jehoiachin, opposes Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306.
  • exiled, 1, 307.
  • Neidhard, inquisitor-general, 5, 169.
  • Neïth, queen of heaven, worshiped in Judæa, 1, 300.
  • worshiped by Judæans in Egypt, 1, 326–7.
  • Nekelo, chamberlain of the Duke of Austria, 3, 567.
  • Nemirov, the Jews of, massacred by the Cossacks, 5, 8–9.
  • the massacre of, commemorated, 5, 13.
  • Neo-Hebraic poetry, the rise of, under Arabic influences, 3, 112–13.
  • subjects of, 3, 113.
  • liturgical character of, 3, 113.
  • form subservient to the subject-matter in, 3, 115.
  • rhyme introduced into, 3, 116.
  • suffers by the Maimunist controversy, 3, 558–9.
  • the decay of, 3, 560.
  • in the Persian khanate, 3, 648.
  • as developed by Immanuel Romi, 4, 63–4, 65, 67.
  • in Spain in the fifteenth century, 4, 230, 231.
  • in Italy, 4, 230–1.
  • See also Poetry; Hebrew literature.
  • Neo-Persians, the, described by Levi bar Sissi, 2, 525.
  • campaign of Gallus against, 2, 568.
  • See also Sassanides, the; Magi, the.
  • Neo-Platonism, as presented by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 328.
  • identified with the Kabbala, 5, 54.
  • Neo-Platonist view, a, of the book of Daniel, 2, 502.
  • Nepi, Graziadio (1760–1836), deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 488.
  • Nergal-Sharezer, son of Sennacherib, murders him, 1, 280.
  • Neriglissar murders Evil-Merodach, 1, 331.
  • death of, 1, 342.
  • Nero, emperor, favorably inclined to the Herodians, 2, 245–6.
  • deprives the Judæans of Cæsarea of civil rights, 2, 247.
  • kindly inclined to the Judæans, 2, 248.
  • informed of the turbulent state of Judæa, 2, 250–1.
  • informed of the number of Judæans, 2, 252.
  • allegiance to, renounced by the Judæans, 2, 259.
  • loyalty of Judæans defended before, 2, 268.
  • apprised of the Judæan revolt, 2, 284.
  • appoints Vespasian general in Judæa, 2, 284.
  • death of, 2, 297, 299.
  • kindly disposed towards the Jews, 2, 391–2.
  • coins of, 2, 392.
  • successor of, 2, 393.
  • Meïr said to be the descendant of, 2, 435.
  • Nesselrode, Russian plenipotentiary, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 527.
  • Netherlands, the, rebellion of, against Spain, 4, 601.
  • united with Spain, 4, 661.
  • the Inquisition in, 4, 662.
  • refuge of the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 662–3.
  • thwart Philip II’s plans, 4, 667–8.
  • second large emigration of Marranos to, 4, 671.
  • settlement of the Jewish quarter in, 4, 674.
  • Netherlands, the, the Jews of, suffering of, 4, 661.
  • expelled by Charles V, 4, 661–2.
  • intolerant treatment of, 4, 673–4.
  • Nethinim, Temple slaves, live together in Babylon, 1, 330.
  • Netira, the sons of, espouse Saadiah’s cause, 3, 195.
  • Neto, Bras, Portuguese ambassador at Rome, and the establishment of the Inquisition, 4, 500, 505.
  • Molcho announces the Lisbon earthquake to, 4, 504.
  • honors Molcho, 4, 505.
  • fears Molcho’s influence against the Inquisition, 4, 506.
  • refuses to countenance the denunciation of Molcho, 4, 506.
  • Netter, Charles, founder of the “Alliance Israélite Universelle,” 5, 701.
  • Neuburg, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 4, 545–6.
  • Neumann, Andrew, invites Jewish exiles to settle in Brandenburg, 5, 173.
  • Neus, a city of refuge for Cologne Jews, 3, 304.
  • Neuwied, the Jews of, present an address to the French Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • Neve, teachers of the Law in, permit leavened bread on Passover for the Roman army, 2, 568.
  • Neve Shalom, second Jewish synagogue in Amsterdam, 4, 671.
  • Nevers, count, threatened by Innocent III, for favoring the Jews, 3, 500.
  • New Christians, the. See Marranos, the.
  • New Moon, the, announcement of, 2, 362–3.
  • two days celebrated as, 2, 363.
  • announced at Ain-tab, 2, 458.
  • announced in Tiberias, 2, 480.
  • as determined by Judah III, 2, 532.
  • observance of, renewed by Anan ben David, 3, 131.
  • New Nineveh. See Mosul.
  • Newport, early Jewish immigrants in, 5, 702.
  • New Testament, the, relation of, to the Old, examined by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 188.
  • translated into German, 4, 475.
  • New Year’s day, celebrated two days in Palestine, 3, 428.
  • New York, early Jewish immigrants in, 5, 702.
  • Nibridius, bishop of Narbonne, letter to, concerning the Jews, 3, 166–7.
  • Nicanor, gate of, entrance to the second Temple, 2, 111.
  • Nicanor, son of Patroclus, Syrian general, 1, 467.
  • Nicanor, Syrian general, sent to Judæa by Demetrius I, 1, 484.
  • sends envoys to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484.
  • admires Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484.
  • defeated, 1, 484.
  • demands the surrender of Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484–5.
  • killed in battle, 1, 485.
  • Nicaso, daughter of Sanballat, married to a Jew, 1, 383, 386.
  • Nice, Jews invited to settle in, 4, 675.
  • Nice, the Council of, completes the separation of Judaism and Christianity, 2, 563–4.
  • incorporates apocryphal books in the Holy Canon, 2, 624.
  • intolerance of, 3, 25.
  • Nicholas. See Donin.
  • Nicholas III, pope, reproaches Alfonso X for employing Jews, 3, 594, 615.
  • Nicholas V, pope, issues anti-Jewish bulls, 4, 253, 254.
  • establishes the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 256.
  • orders the Marranos to be treated as equals, 4, 256–7.
  • appoints John of Capistrano inquisitor of the Jews, 4, 257, 258.
  • preaches a crusade against the Turks, 4, 267–8.
  • bull of, against Jewish physicians unheeded, 4, 287.
  • Nicholas I, of Russia, on the Damascus affair, 5, 633, 657.
  • Nicholas, interpreter sent by Constantine VIII to Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 218.
  • Nicholas de Cusa, scholastic philosopher, advocates a union of all religions, 4, 255.
  • action of, in the Jewish question, 4, 255.
  • Nicholas de Lyra, Franciscan, praises Rashi, 4, 185.
  • charges of, against the Jews renewed, 4, 232.
  • charges of, refuted by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • exegetical works by, used by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • exegesis of, dependent on Rashi’s, 4, 442.
  • Nicholas, Edward, secretary to Parliament, apologist for the Jews, 5, 28–9.
  • Nicodemus, envoy of Aristobulus II to Pompey, 2, 63.
  • Nicolai, friend of Mendelssohn, 5, 300.
  • proposes to erect a statue to Mendelssohn, 5, 372.
  • Nicolaus of Damascus, historian, friend of Herod, 2, 90.
  • accuses Antipater of attempted parricide, 2, 114.
  • brother of, 2, 119.
  • friendly to the Judæans, 2, 179.
  • Nicopolis, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • Joseph Karo at, 4, 537.
  • Nicosia, taken by the Turks, 4, 600.
  • Nidui. See Excommunication.
  • Niemerz, son of Casimir III, 4, 112.
  • Nieto, David (1654–1728), rabbi of London, culture of, 5, 200.
  • denounces Chayon, 5, 227.
  • Niger, emperor, cruelty of, to the Jews, 2, 463–4.
  • defeated by Severus, 2, 464.
  • Niger, a Judæan hero in the Roman rebellion, 2, 264.
  • executed, 2, 296.
  • Nikolsburg, the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 150.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 206.
  • Chayon at, 5, 218.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Nile, the harbors of, under the control of the Judæan Alabarch, 2, 102.
  • Nilus the Younger, refuses to be treated by a Jewish physician, 3, 213–14.
  • Nineteen Letters on Judaism,” by Ben Usiel, 5, 627.
  • Nineveh, Israelites colonized in, 1, 265.
  • besieged by Cyaxares, 1, 287.
  • fall of, 1, 303.
  • Nishabur. See Khorasan.
  • Nisibis, treasure house in, for the half-Shekel contribution to the Temple, 2, 53.
  • Judæan center for Mesopotamia, 2, 202.
  • destroyed by Lucius Quietus, 2, 298.
  • center for the study of the Law, 2, 358.
  • the Jews of, oppose Trajan, 2, 393.
  • the Christians of, persecuted by the Magi, 2, 524.
  • Nîsmes, the Jews of, show honor to the Jewish envoys to Egypt, 5, 658.
  • Nissim bar Jacob Ibn-Shahin (1015–1055), Talmudic authority of northern Africa, 3, 248.
  • busies himself with the Jerusalem Talmud, 3, 249.
  • consults Haï Gaon, 3, 252.
  • son-in-law of, 3, 274.
  • disciple of, 3, 285.
  • Nissim Gerundi ben Reuben (1340–1380), Talmudist, opposed to Messianic speculations, 4, 120.
  • attainments of, 4, 144.
  • disciple of, 4, 146.
  • appealed to by Isaac ben Sheshet, 4, 148.
  • death of, 4, 149.
  • imprisonment of, 4, 150.
  • Nissi Naharvani, effects a reconciliation between Kohen-Zedek and David ben Zaccaï, 3, 186.
  • consulted upon the appointment of a Gaon of Sora, 3, 192–3.
  • Nitra (mountain), the monks of, stone the prefect of Alexandria, 2, 619.
  • Nizuz, divine spark, Kabbalistic term, 4, 620.
  • Nizuzoth, the original soul, 5, 120.
  • Nob, made a sacerdotal town, 1, 79.
  • Noel, French ambassador to the Batavian Republic, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 456.
  • interferes in the internal affairs of the Amsterdam Jewish community, 5, 457.
  • Nófeth Zufim, Hebrew rhetoric by Judah ben Yechiel, 4, 289.
  • Nomologia, by Immanuel Aboab, 5, 55.
  • Nomology, Jewish, first developed by Hillel, 2, 327.
  • Norden, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Nördlingen, the Jews of, murdered, 4, 163.
  • banished, 4, 416.
  • Normandy, rabbis of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • Northampton, the Jews of, charged with the blood accusation, 3, 643.
  • Northmen, the, invade France, 3, 172.
  • Norwich, the Jews of, massacre of, 3, 412.
  • Notables, Jewish, the Assembly of, planned by Napoleon, 5, 481–2.
  • deputies to, 5, 482–4.
  • to hold its first session on a Sabbath, 5, 484.
  • imperial commissioners to, 5, 485.
  • deputies to, hold a caucus, 5, 486.
  • first meeting of, 5, 487.
  • president of, 5, 487.
  • Italian deputies to, 5, 488.
  • questions propounded to, 5, 489.
  • appoints a commission to answer the questions, 5, 489.
  • parliamentary tact of, appreciated by Napoleon, 5, 490, 492.
  • discusses the report of the commission, 5, 491–2.
  • answers of, to be made Synhedrial decisions, 5, 493.
  • approves of the Synhedrion, 5, 493.
  • members of, to become members of the Synhedrion, 5, 493.
  • proclamation of, concerning the Synhedrion, 5, 494.
  • dissolution of, 5, 495.
  • re-convened, 5, 498.
  • Notaricon, transposition of letters, Kabbalistic term, 4, 5, 512.
  • Novak, Peter, bishop of Breslau, invites John of Capistrano to Silesia, 4, 260.
  • Novi, refuge of Marranos, 4, 553–4.
  • Nubia, Christians of, at war with the Jews of Aden, 3, 436.
  • Numenius, delegate to Rome sent by Simon Tharsi, 1, 526.
  • Numeo, character in Samuel Usque’s work, 4, 558, 560, 575.
  • Nunes, Henrique (Firme-Fé), apostate, spies upon the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 489–90.
  • accuses the Marranos, 4, 490.
  • murdered, 4, 490.
  • Nuñes, Maria, Portuguese Marrano, taken to England, 4, 664.
  • goes to Holland, 4, 664.
  • in Holland, 4, 667.
  • Nuñez, Alvar, removed from office by Alfonso XI, of Castile, 4, 79.
  • Nureddin, Turkish chieftain, attacks the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem, 3, 349.
  • makes Aleppo the second capital of the Eastern caliphate, 3, 426.
  • power of, 3, 431.
  • adherents of, at war with Saladin, 3, 472.
  • Nuremberg, a refuge for the Jews, 3, 351.
  • diet of, issues the “Golden Bull,” 4, 128.
  • rabbinical synod at, 4, 305.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Nuremberg, the Jews of, massacred during the Rindfleisch persecutions, 4, 36.
  • perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • charges against, 4, 415.
  • banished, 4, 415–16.
  • Nurses. See Christian nurses.
  • O
  • Oath, required of Jewish witnesses by Charlemagne, 3, 144.
  • Jewish form of, 4, 159.
  • concerning the blood accusation, 5, 49, 655.
  • “on the true faith of a Christian” abolished, 5, 698.
  • Oath of allegiance, to Herod, opposition to, 2, 108.
  • Oath of purgation, introduced by Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 556.
  • Obadiah, king of the Chazars, has his people taught Judaism, 3, 140.
  • successors of, 3, 141.
  • Obadiah, palace superintendent under Ahab, protects the prophets, 1, 201.
  • Obadiah, prophet, prophesies against Edom, 1, 326.
  • Obadiah (Obadya) di Bertinoro (1470–1520), rabbi of Jerusalem, improves Jerusalem morally, 4, 397, 399.
  • characterization of, 4, 398.
  • ordinances by, 4, 398.
  • Mishna commentary by, 4, 704.
  • Obadiah (Servadeus) de Sforno (1470–1550), physician and writer, 4, 411.
  • Reuchlin’s teacher, 4, 434, 473.
  • Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, precursor of the Messiah, 3, 124.
  • peculiar system of Judaism taught by, 3, 124–5.
  • leader of a rebellion, 3, 125.
  • adherents of, 3, 125.
  • Obeda, Nabathæan king, opposes Alexander Jannæus, 2, 44.
  • Oberwesel, the Jews of, murdered, 3, 637.
  • murderers of, fined, 3, 639.
  • Observations of an Alsatian upon the Present Quarrels of the Jews of Alsace,” 5, 350.
  • Ocaña, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 170.
  • the cortes of, demand anti-Jewish legislation, 4, 279.
  • O’Connell, urges the emancipation of the English Jews, 5, 653.
  • on the Damascus affair, 5, 657.
  • Octavius, Caius. See Augustus.
  • Octavius, Cneius, Roman ambassador to Syria, 1, 481.
  • death of, 1, 482.
  • Odenathus, predatory incursions of, 2, 527.
  • destroys Nahardea, 2, 527.
  • takes Mar-Samuel’s daughters prisoners, 2, 528.
  • prince of Palmyra, 2, 528.
  • wife of, 2, 529.
  • Odo, bishop of Paris, forbids Christians to have intercourse with Jews, 3, 407.
  • Odo, legate of Innocent IV, enemy of the Talmud, 3, 579.
  • Odura, the family of, in the Hellenist party, 1, 489.
  • Offices. See under Civil; Magisterial; Religious.
  • Og, king of Bashan, 1, 29.
  • Ojeda, Alfonso de, urges the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 310.
  • commissioner to frame the Inquisition statute, 4, 312.
  • preaches the sermon at the first auto-da-fé, 4, 317.
  • Okaz, fair of the Arabs at, 3, 60.
  • Olam ha-Ba, the future world, 1, 405–6.
  • Olam ha-Tikkun, divine order of the world, Kabbalistic term, 4, 619; 5, 121, 142.
  • Old Testament, the, connected with the New, 2, 488.
  • Christian doctrines found in, 2, 499, 501, 502; 4, 141–2.
  • contrasted with the New, 4, 540–1.
  • system of, adopted by an English political party, 4, 541–2.
  • slandered, 4, 547.
  • inspires the Puritans, 5, 26, 27.
  • See Scriptures, the.
  • Oldenburg, Heinrich, on the Sabbatian movement, 5, 139.
  • Olesnicki, Zbigniev, bishop of Cracow, hostile to the Jews, 4, 265.
  • invites Capistrano into Poland, 4, 265.
  • induces the king to revoke the privileges of the Jews, 4, 266.
  • Olianow, Elijah, follower of Luzzatto, 5, 245.
  • testifies in favor of Eibeschütz, 5, 262.
  • Olivença, the Marranos of, burnt, 5, 499.
  • Oliver y Fullana, Nicolas de (Daniel Jehuda), cartographer, 5, 113.
  • wife of, 5, 114.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Olives (Olivet), Mount of, description of, 1, 45, 115.
  • David on, on his flight from Jerusalem, 1, 141.
  • altars raised on, to idols, 1, 175.
  • camp of the Tenth Legion on, 2, 303.
  • fire-signals on, 2, 362.
  • Nachmani on, 3, 606–7.
  • Olligoyen, Pedro, arouses the hatred of the Navarrese against the Jews, 4, 77.
  • imprisoned, 4, 78.
  • Olmutz, the Jews of, banished at the instigation of Capistrano, 4, 263.
  • Jews under restrictions in, 5, 523.
  • Olympian games, the, introduced into Palestine and Phœnicia, 1, 445.
  • celebrated at Tyre, 1, 446.
  • Omar I, second Caliph, repulsed at Kamus, 3, 82.
  • drives away the Jews of Chaibar, 3, 85.
  • takes Jerusalem, 3, 87.
  • covenant of, 3, 87–8.
  • rewards the Jews of Babylonia, 3, 89.
  • death of, 3, 90.
  • anti-Jewish enactments of, revived, 3, 120, 145, 176–7, 247.
  • Omar II (717–720), caliph, re-enacts the anti-Jewish laws of Omar I, 3, 120.
  • Ommiyyah, the caliphate of, extent of, 3, 100.
  • Ommiyyades, the, tolerance of, 3, 110.
  • overthrow of, in the East, 3, 125.
  • prosperity of, 3, 214.
  • overthrown by civil wars, 3, 255.
  • Omri, chosen king of Israel, 1, 192.
  • war of, with Tibni, 1, 192.
  • removes to Samaria, 1, 193.
  • character of, 1, 193.
  • friendly relations of, with Judah, 1, 194.
  • allied with Phœnicia, 1, 194.
  • wars of, 1, 194–5.
  • introduces Phœnician idolatry, 1, 195–6.
  • On the Errors of the Trinity,” by Michael Servetus, 4, 646.
  • On the Speedy Glory of Judah and Israel,” by Henry Jesse, 5, 35.
  • Onias (Menelaus), the Benjamite. See Menelaus.
  • Onias I, high priest, does homage to Alexander the Great, 1, 413.
  • Onias II, high priest, son of Simon the Just, minority of, 1, 423.
  • partisan of Seleucus II Callinicos, 1, 423.
  • authorizes Joseph to treat with Ptolemy II, 1, 424.
  • Onias III, high priest, head of the Chassidim, enemies of, 1, 437.
  • allied with Hyrcanus, son of Joseph, 1, 437.
  • banishes Hellenists, 1, 438.
  • refuses to surrender the Temple treasures, 1, 438.
  • appeals to Seleucus II against the Hellenists, 1, 438–9.
  • accused of partisanship with the Ptolemies, 1, 444.
  • murdered, 1, 448.
  • son of, 1, 504, 505.
  • Onias IV, son of Onias III, kindly received by Ptolemy Philometor, 1, 506.
  • commander of Ptolemy VI’s troops, 1, 506, 507.
  • builds a Temple at Leontopolis, 1, 508–10.
  • fortifies his Temple, 1, 510.
  • offices and titles of, 1, 510.
  • receives a province, 1, 519.
  • assists Cleopatra, 1, 519.
  • informed of the independence of Judæa, 1, 522–3.
  • sons of, 2, 10, 12, 40–1.
  • Onias, a pious man, killed by the soldiers of Hyrcanus II, 2, 60–1.
  • Onias, the Temple of, origin of, 1, 508–10.
  • closed, 2, 318.
  • effect of closing, on the Alexandrian Judæans, 2, 322.
  • Onion, a district of Heliopolis, containing the Temple of Onias, 1, 508.
  • Onkelos. See Targum Onkelos.
  • Ophel, offshoot from Mount Moriah, 1, 115.
  • outside of Jerusalem, 1, 119.
  • Ophir (Scinde, India), Solomon sends his fleet to, 1, 171.
  • trade with, under Uzziah, 1, 230.
  • under the jurisdiction of the Sora academy, 3, 98.
  • Ophites, a Gnostic sect, 2, 375.
  • Ophla, a quarter of Jerusalem, 2, 219.
  • retreat of Menahem, the leader of the Sicarii, 2, 261.
  • burnt by Titus, 2, 308.
  • Ophrah, seat of Baal worship, 1, 62.
  • center for pilgrims, 1, 63.
  • Oporto, Isaac Aboab dies at, 4, 366.
  • port open to the exiled Portuguese Jews, 4, 374.
  • Oppenheim, painting by, presented to Riesser, 5, 601.
  • Oppenheim, David, chief rabbi of Prague, library of, 5, 217.
  • opposes the Eibeschütz edition of the Talmud, 5, 251.
  • Oppenheim, Joseph, patron of Chayon, 5, 217.
  • Oppenheim, Samuel, settles in Vienna, 5, 189.
  • Christians assault the house of, 5, 189–90.
  • obtains the suppression of “Judaism Unmasked,” 5, 190.
  • supports the Chassidim, 5, 213.
  • heir of, 5, 217.
  • Oppenheim, the Jews of, emigrate to Syria, 3, 637.
  • during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109.
  • Oppenheimer, Amshel, creditor of Rudolph of Habsburg, 3, 634.
  • Orabuena, Joseph. See Joseph Orabuena.
  • Oral Law. See Law, the oral.
  • Oran, a refuge for persecuted Spanish Jews, 4, 197.
  • suffering of the Spanish exiles in, 4, 361.
  • the Jews of, banished, 5, 169.
  • Ordenaçoens de Alfonso V, Portuguese code containing anti-Jewish ordinances, 4, 338, 339.
  • Order of Tradition, The,” historical work by Abraham Ibn-Daud, 3, 366.
  • Ordinances of Usha, 2, 405.
  • Ordination (Semichah), meaning of, 2, 356.
  • by the teachers of the Law, 2, 361.
  • forbidden by Hadrian, 2, 426.
  • of Akiba’s disciples, 2, 429.
  • by Moses ben Chanoch, 3, 229.
  • necessity for re-introducing, 4, 530, 535.
  • efforts to revive, made by Jacob Berab, 4, 531.
  • revival of, antagonized, 4, 534–5.
  • abandoned, 4, 536.
  • Orenstein, Jacob, excommunicates young Galician scholars, 5, 614.
  • compelled to withdraw his ban, 5, 614.
  • satirized by Erter, 5, 615.
  • Orestes, prefect of Alexandria, stoned, 2, 619.
  • Oria, Talmudical scholars in, 3, 212.
  • plundered by the Mahometans, 3, 212.
  • Orient, the, German-Jewish journal, 5, 693.
  • Origen, Church Father, protected by Mammæa, 2, 481.
  • consults Hillel II, 2, 487.
  • learns Hebrew, 2, 488.
  • taught Bible exegesis by the Jews, 2, 488.
  • attempts the revision of the Septuagint, 2, 488–9.
  • discussion of, with Simlaï, 2, 501–2.
  • Original Sin, dogma of, expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • refuted by Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 187.
  • criticised by Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • found in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • Organ, the, in Jewish divine service, 5, 569, 571.
  • Orleans, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • councils of, pass anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 37.
  • the college of, sold, 4, 48.
  • Ormuzd. See Ahura-Mazda.
  • Ornah, the Jebusite, offers Moriah to David, 1, 138.
  • Orpheus, in Judæo-Greek writings, 2, 204.
  • Orthodox party, the, opposes the efforts of the Mendelssohnians, 5, 417.
  • opposed by the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • in Berlin complains of the Reform movement, 5, 563.
  • not a well defined party, 5, 566.
  • without leaders, 5, 567–8.
  • inactivity of, 5, 569–70, 571.
  • formulates its objections to the Hamburg innovations, 5, 571.
  • scourged by Bresselau, 5, 572.
  • denies the justification of Reform, 5, 627.
  • fails to support Bernays, 5, 673–4.
  • protests against the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • represented at the Frankfort rabbinical conference, 5, 684.
  • Osius, bishop of Cordova, forbids Christians to trade with Jews, 2, 620.
  • presides over the Council of Illiberis, 3, 44.
  • Osorio, David, forms a third congregation in Amsterdam, 4, 680.
  • Osorius, bishop, on King Manoel’s relation to the Jews, 4, 372.
  • Osorkon. See Zerah.
  • Ostrog, the Jews of, slaughtered by the Cossacks, 5, 12.
  • Ostrogoths, the, empire of, founded, 3, 27.
  • hated in Italy, 3, 32.
  • Othman, the third Caliph, killed, 3, 90.
  • Othniel, Caleb’s brother, takes Kiryath-Sepher, 1, 38.
  • Othniel, judge, delivers the southern tribes from the Idumæans, 1, 60.
  • Otho, emperor, struggle of, with Vitellius, 2, 299.
  • Otranto, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Otto I, emperor, offended by Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 219.
  • grants the revenue derived from Jews to a church, 3, 243.
  • attended by an Italian Jew, 3, 243.
  • Otto II, emperor, presents the Jews of Merseburg to the bishop, 3, 243.
  • Ottolenghi, Joseph, Talmudist, opens a school at Cremona, 4, 582.
  • Ottos, the, emperors, rule of, not favorable to the Jews, 3, 243.
  • Ouderkerk, burial ground of the Dutch Jews at, 4, 672.
  • Ouvidor, Jewish-Portuguese judge, 4, 159.
  • Oxford, the Council of, anti-Jewish decrees of, 3, 516.
  • Oxford, the University of, pays honor to Samuel ben Israel, 5, 38.
  • the library of, Jews said to intend to buy, 5, 45.
  • Ozaïr, Arabic name for Ezra, 3, 76.
  • P
  • Paalzow, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 468, 472.
  • Pablo Christiani, apostate, tries to convert Jews, 3, 597–8.
  • enters into a disputation with Nachmani, 3, 598.
  • proves Jesus the Messiah of the Talmud, 3, 599.
  • defeated by Nachmani, 3, 601.
  • sent on missionary journeys, 3, 602.
  • denounces the Talmud, 3, 602.
  • authorized to exercise censorship over the Talmud, 3, 603.
  • charges Nachmani with blasphemy of Christianity, 3, 603–4.
  • induces Louis IX to insist upon the Jew badge, 3, 612.
  • policy of, adopted by the Council of Basle, 4, 246.
  • Pachda, brother-in-law of Mar-Zutra II, Exilarch during his minority, 3, 3.
  • Pacheco, marquis of Villena, adviser of Henry IV of Castile, kindles a civil war, 4, 278.
  • instigates an assault upon the Marranos, 4, 283.
  • Pacorus, prince of the Parthians, makes Antigonus king of Judæa, 2, 82–3.
  • Padua, lawyers from, attacked by an anti-Jewish mob in Trent, 4, 299.
  • exiled Jews settle in, 4, 408.
  • Italian center of Talmudic studies, 4, 410.
  • the Talmud burnt in, 4, 565.
  • Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • a rabbinical college at, 5, 624, 700.
  • Padua, the Jews of, protected, 4, 299.
  • threatened with excommunication, 5, 238.
  • abandon Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • Padua, the University of, appoints Elias del Medigo umpire, 4, 291.
  • Elias del Medigo lectures at, 4, 291.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 75.
  • Pagan Christians, the, 2, 365, 366.
  • differences between, and Jewish Christians, 2, 367.
  • chief seat of, 2, 367.
  • views of, in the evangels, 2, 369.
  • submission of, to the Romans, 2, 369.
  • absorb the Jewish Christians, 2, 373.
  • Paganism, conversions to, in Alexandria, 2, 184.
  • as viewed by the Judæans, 2, 204.
  • futility of, set forth by Judæo-Greek writers, 2, 205–8.
  • combated by Philo, 2, 213, 214–15.
  • disintegration of, 2, 373.
  • in the view of the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • influenced by Judaism, 2, 382–3.
  • conversions from, to Judaism, 2, 383–5.
  • Tacitus on the conversions from, 2, 384.
  • attempt to graft, on Judaism, 2, 422.
  • end of, 2, 559.
  • See also Heathen, the.
  • Pahath-Moab, the family of, forms a league in Babylon, 1, 330.
  • Pakotia, Sabbatians in, 5, 272.
  • Palæologus family, the, dynasty of the Byzantine empire, 4, 267.
  • Palæstina Secunda, capital of, 3, 12.
  • Palermo, the Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • Jewish captives transported to, 3, 213.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • a Ghetto established at, 3, 567.
  • Abraham Abulafia in, 4, 7–8.
  • Palestine, name for Canaan, 1, 1.
  • regarded as the Holy Land, 1, 41–2.
  • physical features of, 1, 42–8.
  • products of, 1, 46–8.
  • climate of, 1, 45, 47–8.
  • picturesqueness of, 1, 48–9.
  • land of the Philistines, 1, 55.
  • colonization of, after the captivity, 1, 355–6.
  • Joseph the governor of, 1, 425.
  • the Olympian games introduced into, 1, 445.
  • the Greek inhabitants of, rejoice over the death of Agrippa I, 2, 196.
  • Lucius Quietus governor of, 2, 399.
  • laws hostile to, promulgated by Severus, 2, 464.
  • depredations in, by Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • the schools of, in good repute with Babylonians, 2, 531.
  • poverty of, 2, 535.
  • Babylonian Jews emigrate to, 3, 4.
  • succumbs to the Arabs, 3, 86.
  • subordinates itself to Jewish Babylonia, 3, 100.
  • Anan ben David settles in, 3, 130.
  • mystical doctrines flourish in, 3, 154.
  • part of the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 248, 249.
  • as viewed by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 336–7.
  • longed for by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 338.
  • under Christian rule, 3, 341.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369.
  • visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • Yechiel of Paris emigrates to, 3, 587.
  • Karaites of, inclined to Rabbanism, 4, 72.
  • accessible to Jews, under the Egyptian Sultans, 4, 73.
  • emigration to, 4, 74.
  • Karaites of, use a calendar of their own, 4, 270.
  • emigration of Jews to, forbidden by the pope, 4, 273–4.
  • Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 387.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 396–9.
  • Marranos in, 4, 529–30.
  • influence of the Kabbala in, in the sixteenth century, 4, 617.
  • the mountains of, in Rëuel Jesurun’s religious poem, 4, 678–9.
  • the Kabbala in, 5, 52.
  • Napoleon in, 5, 459.
  • wrested from Turkey, 5, 633.
  • the Christians of, under French protection, 5, 634.
  • hope of the return to, given up by the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675, 676.
  • See also Canaan; Judæa, etc.
  • Palestine, the Jews of, persecuted by Verus Commodus, 2, 447.
  • deprived of their own courts of justice, 2, 447.
  • injured by Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • oppressed by Ursicinus, 2, 568–9.
  • burdened with taxes, 2, 569.
  • revolt against Rome under Constantius, 2, 569–70.
  • sober Bible exegesis of, 2, 624–5.
  • condition of, in the sixth century, 3, 10–13.
  • educational system of, 3, 12.
  • enjoy religious liberty until Justinian, 3, 12.
  • under Justinian I, 3, 13–17.
  • fined for celebrating the Passover before Easter, 3, 13.
  • oppressed by Stephanus, 3, 16.
  • aid the Samaritans in an anti-Christian riot, 3, 17.
  • under Justin II, Tiberius, and Mauritius, 3, 17–18.
  • join Sharbarza, 3, 19.
  • destroy Christian sanctuaries, 3, 19–20.
  • banished to Persia, 3, 21.
  • allied with Heraclius, 3, 21–2.
  • extirpation of, asked by Modestus, 3, 22.
  • persecuted by Heraclius, 3, 22–3.
  • help the Arabs, 3, 87.
  • persecuted under the sons of Haroun Alrashid, 3, 145.
  • influenced by European immigrants, 3, 427–8.
  • ritual of, changed by Maimonides, 3, 466.
  • participate in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 624, 626, 631–3.
  • occupations of, 4, 74–5.
  • Palingénésie,” by Caspar Bonnet, 5, 314.
  • Pallache, Samuel, consul, tries to have Portuguese Marranos received into Zealand, 4, 663.
  • zeal of, 4, 665.
  • Pallas, favorite of Claudius, opposes Agrippa II, 2, 196.
  • brother of, 2, 242, 245.
  • Pallas, wife of Herod, 2, 119.
  • Palm Sunday. See Eastertide.
  • Palma, Marrano fugitives in, ask for Gibraltar, 4, 282–3.
  • Palma, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 171.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 4, 246.
  • flee, 4, 247.
  • converted, 4, 247.
  • Palmerston, English minister, appealed to in the Damascus affair, 5, 645.
  • promises to check the cruelties in the East, 5, 645–6.
  • on the Damascus affair, 5, 652.
  • supports Montefiore, 5, 659.
  • congratulates Montefiore, 5, 669.
  • Palmyra (Tadmor), proselytes from, discussed, 2, 384.
  • kingdom of, 2, 528–30.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Paloma, Spanish exile, drowns herself to escape disgrace, 4, 362.
  • Paltoi ben Abayi (842–858), Gaon of Pumbeditha, noted for frequent use of excommunication, 3, 177.
  • Pamier, the Jews of, under the protection of the Count de Foix, 4, 176.
  • Pampeluna, the Jews of, escape massacre, 4, 78.
  • a religious disputation at, 4, 142.
  • Panegyric, the favorite subject of Jewish Andalusian poetry, 3, 224.
  • Panias, given to Philip by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • given to Agrippa II by Claudius, 2, 245.
  • Diocletian summons Judah III to, 2, 533.
  • Panion, Scopas defeated near 1, 433.
  • Pantæus, Church Father, critical spirit of, 2, 488.
  • Papa bar Chanan (300–375), Amora, founds an academy at Nares, 2, 593–4.
  • confused discourses of, 2, 594.
  • method of, 2, 594.
  • Papa bar Nazar, Jewish name of Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • Papa, Aaron de la, rabbi of Smyrna, banished by the Sabbatians, 5, 136, 144.
  • Papacy, the, ascendancy of, affects the position of the Jews, 3, 494.
  • power of, established, 3, 503.
  • viciousness of, at Avignon, 4, 162.
  • attacked by Huss, 4, 221–2.
  • efforts to re-establish the supremacy of, 4, 562.
  • See also Bulls; Popes, the.
  • Papal States, the, Ferrara incorporated into, 4, 660.
  • Papal States, the, the Jews of, taxed for the benefit of the catechumens, 4, 566.
  • shut up in Ghettos, 4, 566.
  • restrictions against, 4, 566–7.
  • annoyed by apostates, 4, 581.
  • persecuted by Pius V, 4, 590.
  • expelled by Pius V, 4, 591–2.
  • under Sixtus V, 4, 655–6.
  • expelled by Clement VIII, 4, 659.
  • received in Pisa, 4, 659.
  • Pappos ben Judah, teacher of the Law, in prison with Akiba, 2, 428.
  • Pappus, leader of the rebellion against Trajan in Judæa, 2, 395.
  • life of, threatened, 2, 401.
  • Paradise, the belief in, introduced into Judaism, 1, 404.
  • Paran, table-land of, 1, 45.
  • Parchi. See Estori.
  • Parchon. See Solomon ben Abraham.
  • Pardes, a book of morals, by Yedaya Penini, 4, 43.
  • Pardo, David, rabbi of the third Amsterdam synagogue, 4, 680.
  • member of the first Amsterdam rabbinical college, 4, 682.
  • mediocrity of, 4, 682.
  • Pardo, Joseph, rabbi of the Amsterdam Marranos, 4, 671.
  • indulgent towards the weaknesses of the Amsterdam Jews, 4, 680.
  • threatens Uriel da Costa with excommunication, 5, 58.
  • Pardo, Josiah, rabbi of Rotterdam, 4, 685.
  • Paris, Jews in, in the sixth century, 3, 35.
  • half of, owned by Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • the rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Maimonides’ works burnt at, 3, 543.
  • a seat of Talmud study, 3, 575.
  • the Talmud burnt at, 3, 579.
  • receives Crémieux coolly, 5, 668.
  • Paris, the Commune of, discusses the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 443–5.
  • requests the emancipation of the Paris Jews of the National Assembly, 5, 445.
  • Paris, the Council of (615), forbids the Jews to hold magisterial power or enter military service, 3, 40.
  • (846), summoned by Charles the Bald, 3, 172.
  • forbids the employment of Christian midwives by Jews, 3, 508.
  • Paris, the Jews of, attacked by a mob, 4, 150–1.
  • attacked by the Maillotins, 4, 152.
  • prosecuted for the disappearance of an apostate, 4, 175.
  • number of, 5, 435.
  • in the National Guard, 5, 438.
  • send deputies to the National Assembly, 5, 438.
  • commended by the Carmelite district, 5, 444–5.
  • emancipation of, demanded by the Paris Commune, 5, 445.
  • compelled to worship in the Temple of Reason, 5, 452.
  • excepted from Napoleon’s restrictive laws, 5, 499.
  • Paris, the Talmudical college of, closed, 3, 403.
  • sold, 4, 48.
  • re-established, 4, 133.
  • Paris, the University of, directed to banish philosophical writings from its curriculum, 3, 528.
  • appealed to by Hoogstraten, 4, 458.
  • appealed to by the Dominicans, 4, 459–60.
  • gives judgment against Reuchlin, 4, 460, 473.
  • satirized in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • teaches and prints Hebrew, 4, 473.
  • Parliament, three petitions to, in favor of the re-settlement of Jews in England, 5, 35.
  • admission of Jews to, 5, 698.
  • See also House of Commons, the.
  • Parliament, the Jewish, summoned by Henry III, 3, 589–90.
  • Parliament, the Long, and the cause of religious liberty, 5, 25.
  • the dissolution of, 5, 34.
  • Parliament, the Short, the convening of, 5, 34.
  • the Jewish character of, 5, 34.
  • entertains the re-settlement of the Jews in England, 5, 34.
  • the dissolution of, 5, 35.
  • Parnesé ha-Keneset, the commission entrusted with public interests in Jewish Babylonia, 3, 99.
  • Paro, Joseph Nassi duke of, 4, 596.
  • Parosh, the family of, forms a league in Babylon, 1, 330.
  • Parsophin (Parzufin), Kabbalistic term, 4, 619; 5, 217.
  • Parthia, the number of Judæans in, 2, 202.
  • the Jewish communities of, in sympathy with the Zealots, 2, 256.
  • conquered by Trajan, 2, 393.
  • the Jews of, resist Trajan, 2, 393–4.
  • escapes being made a Roman province, 2, 399.
  • rebels against Trajan, 2, 399.
  • war of, with the Romans, 2, 447.
  • laid waste by Severus, 2, 464.
  • the dynasty of, overthrown, 2, 523.
  • Parthians, the, defeat the Syrians, 2, 5.
  • defeated by Antiochus Sidetes, 2, 5.
  • the campaign of Crassus against, 2, 74.
  • dethrone Hyrcanus, 2, 82–3.
  • characterized by Levi bar Sissi, 2, 525.
  • invade the Roman empire, 2, 527.
  • Parties, in Judæa after the death of Judas Maccabæus, 1, 489–90.
  • Paruta, disciple of Michael Servetus in Poland, 4, 647.
  • Parzufin. See Parsophin.
  • Pascal, pope, convenes a Church Council in France, 3, 376.
  • Paschal lamb, the, offered at Jerusalem by order of Hezekiah, 1, 268.
  • a substitute for, introduced in Rome, 2, 68.
  • Paschal sacrifice, the, supersedes the Sabbath, 2, 99.
  • Pasquier, imperial commissioner to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 485.
  • Passau, the Jews of, charged with host desecration, 4, 306.
  • Passion Week. See Eastertide.
  • Passover, celebrated under Hezekiah, 1, 268.
  • celebrated under Josiah, 1, 295.
  • under Zerubbabel, 1, 359.
  • in the Sopheric age, 1, 398.
  • the celebration of, forbidden by Archelaus, 2, 121–2.
  • of the Crushing in 66, 2, 251.
  • the celebration of, before Easter forbidden by Justinian I, 3, 13.
  • observed by the Marranos of Lisbon, 4, 489.
  • as celebrated by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 148–9.
  • the celebration of, hindered during the Reign of Terror, 5, 452.
  • Pastor, a Galician scholar, excommunicated, 5, 614.
  • Pastor, a lawyer of Naples, opposes the progress of Belisarius, 3, 32.
  • murdered, 3, 32.
  • Pastor Fido,” translated by Isabel Correa, 5, 114.
  • Pastoureaux (Pastorelli, Roïm), the, massacre of the French Jews by, 4, 55–7.
  • Patras, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 406.
  • Patriarch, title of the president of the Synhedrion, 2, 334.
  • Patriarchate, the, invested with autocratic power under Judah I, 2, 452–4.
  • on a level with the Exilarchate, 2, 454.
  • extinction of, a condition of the advent of the Messiah, 2, 457.
  • royal authority of, under Judah II, 2, 485.
  • decline of the authority of, 2, 535.
  • decline of, 2, 560.
  • power of, over non-Palestinian communities ends with the adoption of a fixed calendar, 2, 573.
  • constitutes Judæa the head of the Jewish communities of the Roman empire, 2, 611.
  • fall of, 2, 612, 617–18.
  • Patriarchs, the, levy a tax from the time of Judah II, 2, 487.
  • support of, 2, 535–6.
  • titles of, 2, 560–1, 612.
  • regarded as the chief of the Jews in the Roman empire, 2, 561.
  • compelled to go to Sora, 2, 607.
  • exclude apostates from the Jewish community, 2, 612–13.
  • exempt from civil duties, 2, 616.
  • enjoy civil jurisdiction, 2, 616.
  • tax of, forbidden to be collected, 2, 617.
  • dignities bestowed on, 2, 617–18.
  • number of, 2, 618.
  • tax of, collected by imperial officials, 2, 622.
  • the Jews under, 5, 725.
  • See also Synhedrion, the, presidents of.
  • Patriarchs, the, list of:
  • Gamaliel II,
  • Gamaliel III,
  • Gamaliel IV,
  • Gamaliel V,
  • Gamaliel VI,
  • Hillel II,
  • Judah I,
  • Judah II,
  • Judah III,
  • Judah IV,
  • Simon III.
  • See also Synhedrion, the, presidents of.
  • Patricius (Patrick Netira), leader of the Jews in a revolt against Rome, 2, 570.
  • Patriotism, towards France discussed in the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 489, 492.
  • in the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Paul III (Farnese), pope, well disposed to Jews, 4, 515.
  • worked upon by João III and Duarte de Paz, 4, 515.
  • orders a reconsideration of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 516.
  • protects the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 516, 520, 521–2.
  • deprecates the assault on Duarte de Paz, 4, 517.
  • objects to forcible conversions, 4, 517–18.
  • sanctions the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 518, 527.
  • recommends gentle measures for the Marranos, 4, 518, 527.
  • Marranos complain to, of the cruelty of the Inquisition, 4, 519–20.
  • submits his Inquisition bull to a commission, 4, 520.
  • cripples the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 522.
  • authorizes the order of Jesuits and the Inquisition at Rome, 4, 524–5.
  • under obligations to Spain and Portugal, 4, 525.
  • abused at the Council of Trent, 4, 525–6.
  • defends the Marranos’ right of emigration, 4, 526.
  • hostile to Charles V, 4, 526.
  • death of, 4, 528.
  • grants privileges to the Marranos of Ancona, 4, 568.
  • Paul IV (Pietro Caraffa), pope, proposes the Inquisition at Rome, 4, 525.
  • efforts of, to re-establish papal supremacy, 4, 562.
  • introduces the censorship of the press, 4, 563.
  • decrees the burning of the Talmud, 4, 565.
  • issues two bulls against the Jews, 4, 566–7.
  • ill-treats the Jews of Rome, 4, 567.
  • persecutes the Marranos of Ancona, 4, 568, 571.
  • compelled to set free the Turkish Jews in Ancona, 4, 578.
  • employs apostates to annoy Jews, 4, 581, 584.
  • persecutes the Marranos, 4, 581–2.
  • has the Talmud burnt at Cremona, 4, 582–3.
  • death of, 4, 586, 587.
  • Paul (Saul of Tarsus), apostle, proselytizes the heathen, 2, 219.
  • defends the integrity of the Law, 2, 221.
  • chief promoter of Christianity, 2, 223, 365.
  • characterization of, 2, 223.
  • opponent of the Greek Nazarenes, 2, 224.
  • and the conversion of the heathen world, 2, 224–5.
  • conversion of, to Christianity, 2, 225.
  • vision of, 2, 225.
  • and the doctrine of resurrection, 2, 225–6.
  • joins the Nazarenes of Damascus, 2, 226.
  • flees to Arabia, 2, 226.
  • second visit of, to Damascus, 2, 227.
  • at Jerusalem, 2, 227.
  • establishes Greek Christian communities, 2, 227–8.
  • teaches Judaism as an introduction to Christianity, 2, 228.
  • inveighs against the Law, 2, 229–30.
  • causes a schism in Christianity, 2, 230.
  • quarrel of, with Peter, 2, 231.
  • anathematizes his opponents, 2, 231.
  • hated by the Jewish Christians, 2, 367, 368.
  • followers of, submit to Roman domination, 2, 369.
  • teaching of, becomes true Christianity, 2, 373.
  • Paul, bishop of Constantinople, asperses Judaism, 2, 562.
  • Paul Burgensis. See Solomon Levi.
  • Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, at the court of Zenobia, 2, 529.
  • Paul de Santa Maria. See Solomon Levi.
  • Pauli, Oliger, an enthusiast for the Jews, 5, 177.
  • Paulus, opponent of the Jews, 5, 601.
  • Pauw, Reinier, burgomaster of Amsterdam, and intermarriages between Jews and Christians, 4, 674.
  • Pavia, a Jewess of, apostatizes and returns to Judaism, 4, 288.
  • the Jews of, expelled, 4, 660.
  • Paz, Duarte de, advocate of the Portuguese Marranos at Rome, 4, 512.
  • betrays the confidence of João III, 4, 512.
  • influences Clement VII against the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 513.
  • obtains a papal brief protecting Marranos, 4, 513–14.
  • influences Paul III, 4, 515.
  • bribes church officials, 4, 516.
  • assaulted by order of the Portuguese court, 4, 517.
  • misappropriates funds, 4, 518.
  • tries to have the Inquisition bull revoked, 4, 519.
  • Paz, Enrique Enriquez de (Antonio Enriquez de Gomez, 1600–1660), playwright, as soldier, 5, 110.
  • tried by the Inquisition, 5, 110.
  • in France, 5, 110.
  • burnt in effigy at Seville, 5, 111.
  • Jewish poem by, 5, 111.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Peace Congress, the. See Rastadt.
  • Peace party, the, in Jerusalem, supporters of, 2, 256.
  • justifies the revolt of the people, 2, 257.
  • declares the refusal of heathen sacrifices unlawful, 2, 259.
  • asks the authorities for troops, 2, 259.
  • kept out of the Temple by the Zealots, 2, 260.
  • loses its influence, 2, 268.
  • Peasants, Jewish, influence of Christianity on, 2, 364–5.
  • Pechah, a Persian governor of Judæa, 1, 352, 361.
  • Pecht, an Egyptian goddess, 1, 9.
  • Pedro II, of Aragon, the Jews under, 3, 497–8.
  • Pedro IV, of Aragon, the Jews under, 4, 145.
  • Pedro IV, the Cruel (1350–1369), of Castile, revolt against, 4, 102.
  • character of, 4, 113.
  • family relations of, 4, 113–14.
  • neglected by his father, 4, 114.
  • Jews attached to, 4, 114.
  • the Jews under, 4, 115–26.
  • refuses to curtail the privileges of the Jews, 4, 116.
  • wives of, 4, 116–17.
  • decoyed into the fortress of Toro, 4, 118.
  • mentioned on the inscriptions in the Toledo synagogue, 4, 120.
  • deposes and tortures Samuel Abulafia, 4, 121.
  • determines to kill his wife, 4, 121.
  • acknowledges Maria de Padilla his wife, 4, 122.
  • alliance against, 4, 122.
  • maligned by his brother, 4, 122–3.
  • compelled to leave Burgos, 4, 123.
  • loses Toledo and Seville, 4, 124.
  • aided by the Black Prince, 4, 124.
  • calls in the Mahometan king of Granada, 4, 125.
  • death of, 4, 126.
  • the Jews hated on account of the civil war under, 4, 167.
  • Pedro de la Caballeria, apostate, Christian propagandist, 4, 231–2.
  • Pedro de Herrera, Marrano, asks for Gibraltar as a refuge for Marranos, 4, 282–3.
  • Pedro de Luna, cardinal. See Benedict XIII, pope.
  • Pedro de Toledo, viceroy of Naples, employs Samuel II Abrabanel, 4, 409.
  • daughter of, 4, 410.
  • Peel, Sir Robert, introduces the Damascus affair in Parliament, 5, 652.
  • Pekah, king of Israel, characterization of, 1, 248.
  • allies of, 1, 248.
  • licentiousness of the nobles under, 1, 250.
  • allies himself with Rezin of Damascus, 1, 258, 259.
  • submits to Tiglath-Pileser, 1, 260.
  • murdered, 1, 260.
  • Pekahiah, king of Israel, murdered, 1, 248.
  • Pelethites, the, mercenary troops under David, 1, 122.
  • in the Ammonite war, 1, 126.
  • faithful to David in the civil war with Absalom, 1, 141.
  • in the war against Sheba, 1, 149.
  • attend Solomon, 1, 153.
  • Pelham, English minister, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 337.
  • Pelka, son of Casimir III, 4, 112.
  • Pella, destroyed by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Pelusium, besieged by Sennacherib, 1, 276, 277.
  • the Egyptians defeated at, 1, 450.
  • Penal law, the, of Judaism, 2, 473.
  • Penini. See Yedaya En-Bonet.
  • Peñiscola, Benedict XIII holds papal court at, 4, 217.
  • Penitential hymns, by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 246.
  • Penitential prayers. See Prayers.
  • Penso, Isaac, Marrano banker, philanthropist, 5, 111–12.
  • Penso, Joseph (Felice de la Vega, 1650–1703), Marrano poet, Hebrew dramas by, 5, 112–13.
  • novels by, 5, 113.
  • celebrated by Isaac Gomez de Sosa, 5, 113.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • compared with Luzzatto, 5, 234.
  • Pentapolis, five Philistine cities, 1, 54.
  • Pentateuch, the. See Law, the; Scriptures, the; Septuagint, the; Translation.
  • Pentateuch, the, Mendelssohn’s translation of, for his children, published, 5, 328–9.
  • commentary for, by Solomon Dubno, 5, 329.
  • subscribers to, 5, 329, 334.
  • arouses the opposition of pious Jews, 5, 330–2.
  • interdict against, 5, 332.
  • forbidden in Polish towns, 5, 332.
  • interdicted by Raphael Cohen, 5, 333.
  • co-workers in, 5, 334.
  • appeals to the young, 5, 334–5.
  • influence of, on German Jews, 5, 395–6.
  • disseminated in Alsace, 5, 430.
  • Pentecost, the Feast of, as fixed by Anan ben David, 3, 131.
  • Pentekaka, prays for rain, 2, 541–2.
  • Penuel (Peniel), fortified by Jeroboam, 1, 185.
  • Penya, Chayim, opponent of Sabbataï Zevi, ill-treated, 5, 136.
  • daughters of, Sabbatians, 5, 136.
  • turns Sabbatian, 5, 136.
  • rewarded by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 145.
  • Penyaforte, Raymond de, Dominican-General, devotes himself to the conversion of Mahometans and Jews, 3, 519–20, 597.
  • arranges a disputation between Pablo Christiani and Nachmani, 3, 598.
  • cautions Nachmani against blaspheming Christianity, 3, 598.
  • continues the disputation in the Barcelona synagogue, 3, 601.
  • on the Trinity, 3, 601.
  • sends Pablo Christiani on missionary journeys, 3, 602.
  • appointed censor of the Talmud, 3, 603.
  • accuses Nachmani of blasphemy, 3, 604.
  • monks trained by, act as conversionists, 3, 621.
  • has Hebrew taught for conversion purposes, 3, 640–1.
  • arouses the persecuting spirit against the Jews of Aragon, 4, 77.
  • policy of, adopted by the Council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • Peor, Mount, idolatry at, 1, 28.
  • scene of the death of Moses, 1, 31.
  • Peræa, land east of the Jordan, 1, 30.
  • given to Herod Antipas by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • under Herod Antipas, 2, 137.
  • given to Agrippa I by Caligula, 2, 177.
  • Pereira, Abraham, Sabbatian, 5, 139.
  • prepares to journey to Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 150.
  • encourages the Sabbatian movement in Italy, 5, 160.
  • Pereira, Emile and Isaac, grandfather of, 5, 342.
  • Pereira, Jacob Rodrigues (1715–1780), inventor of the sign language, 5, 342–3.
  • partial to Portuguese Jews, 5, 343.
  • has the statute against foreign Jews in Bordeaux ratified, 5, 343–4.
  • Perez, Alvar, de Guzman, mayor of Seville, protects the Jews, 4, 168.
  • Pergamus, treasure house in, for the half-Shekel contributions to the Temple, 2, 53.
  • Peringer, Gustavus, inquires into Karaism, 5, 182–3.
  • Perizzites, the, a subdivision of the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • declared bondmen by Solomon, 1, 163.
  • Perl, Joseph (1773–1839), founds a high school in Tarnopol, 5, 612.
  • attacks the Chassidim, 5, 612.
  • member of the Society for Culture, 5, 612.
  • Pernambuco, Amsterdam Jews settle in, 4, 693.
  • congregation of, 4, 693.
  • Perpignan, French Jews expelled by Philip IV settle in, 4, 50.
  • Perpignan, the Jews of, in the thirteenth century, 4, 25.
  • protect Levi of Villefranche, 4, 29.
  • agitation among, in behalf of Abba-Mari’s cause, 1, 33–4.
  • Persia, revolt against, 1, 407–9.
  • the goddess of love, worshipped in, 1, 408.
  • conquered by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • Alexander Severus’ campaign in, 2, 482.
  • succumbs to the Arabs, 3, 86.
  • visited by Petachya, 3, 421.
  • under the jurisdiction of the Exilarch, 3, 428.
  • the khanate of, under Argun, 3, 637–8, 646, 650.
  • Persia (Sassanian empire), the Jews of, persecuted by Firuz, 2, 628–30.
  • under Kobad, 3, 4.
  • well treated by Bahram Tshubin, 3, 8–9.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 434–5.
  • Persian influence on Judaism, 1, 402–5.
  • Perushim. See Pharisees.
  • Pesakim, practical application of the legal enactments of the Talmud, 3, 345.
  • Pesaro, Molcho at, 4, 501.
  • a refuge for Marranos, 4, 569.
  • the Jews of, invite Turkish trade, 4, 578–9.
  • the Marranos banished from, 4, 580–1.
  • refuge of Jewish exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • Pescennius, Niger. See Niger.
  • Peshat, simple text explanation, 3, 288, 345.
  • Peshito, the Syriac translation of the Law, 2, 582.
  • Pessach-Peter, apostate, brings charges against the Jews of Germany, 4, 177–8.
  • Pesth, the Jews of, modify their divine service, 5, 582.
  • See also Buda; Buda-Pesth.
  • Petachya of Ratisbon (1175–1190), traveler in the East, 3, 421.
  • on the Jews of Susa, 3, 435.
  • on the Jews of India, 3, 435–6.
  • on the conversion of Armenians to Judaism, 3, 440.
  • Peter (Simon, Kephas, Petrus), apostle, disciple of Jesus in Capernaum, 2, 153.
  • calls Jesus the Christ, 2, 158.
  • loyal to Jesus, 2, 163.
  • leader of the early Christians, 2, 169.
  • leader of the Law-abiding Nazarenes at Jerusalem, 2, 222.
  • teachings of, opposed to those of Paul, 2, 230.
  • quarrel of, with Paul, 2, 231.
  • on the solidarity of the Jews, 2, 367–8.
  • Peter, Tossafist, martyr, 3, 355.
  • Peter of Amiens, preaches the crusades, 3, 297.
  • the army of, leaves the Jews unmolested, 3, 298.
  • Peter of Benevento, papal legate, convenes the synod of Montpellier, 3, 508.
  • Peter Martyr, describes the terrors of the Inquisition, 4, 484.
  • Peter the Venerable, abbot of Clugny, rouses the crusaders against the Jews, 3, 349–50.
  • Peters, Hugh, secretary to Cromwell, employed to dispose the English in favor of the Jews, 5, 43.
  • on the commission for the admission of Jews, 5, 45.
  • Petit, Guillaume Haquinet, confessor of Louis XII, influences him against Reuchlin, 4, 459.
  • patron of Hebrew literature, 4, 473.
  • Petit, Solomon. See Solomon Petit.
  • Petra, capital of Edom, 1, 222.
  • refuge of Hyrcanus II, 2, 59.
  • Petronius, governor of Syria, ordered to turn the sanctuary into a pagan temple, 2, 188.
  • ordered to set up Caligula’s image in the Temple, 2, 189.
  • ordered to prevent the desecration of synagogues, 2, 193.
  • Petrus. See Peter, apostle.
  • Peyret, rabbi, supposed manufacturer of the poison for wells, 4, 102.
  • Pfefferkorn, Joseph, immorality of, 4, 423–4.
  • becomes an apostate, 4, 424.
  • puts his name to Ortuin de Graes’ “Mirror for Admonition,” 4, 425.
  • advises the burning of the Talmud, 4, 425–6.
  • lends his name to Dominican writings, 4, 426.
  • thwarted by Jewish physicians, 4, 427.
  • not trusted by Christians, 4, 427.
  • publishes “The Enemy of the Jews,” 4, 427–8.
  • obtains a letter to Maximilian I from Kunigunde, 4, 428–9.
  • obtains an imperial mandate, 4, 429.
  • orders the Frankfort Jews to surrender their books, 4, 429.
  • forbids the Frankfort Jews to attend the synagogue on Tabernacles, 4, 430.
  • opposed by Uriel von Gemmingen, 4, 430, 431.
  • coadjutors of, suggested, 4, 432.
  • tries to make Reuchlin his confederate, 4, 436.
  • applies for a second mandate, 4, 436, 437.
  • a second time confiscates Hebrew books in Frankfort, 4, 438.
  • censured by the public, 4, 438.
  • publishes “In Honor and Praise of Emperor Maximilian,” 4, 439.
  • directed to report the decision of his commission to Maximilian, 4, 441.
  • motives of, suspected by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • breaks the seal of Reuchlin’s “Opinion,” 4, 445.
  • publishes the “Handspiegel,” 4, 446.
  • attacked by Reuchlin, 4, 446–48.
  • preaches in Frankfort, 4, 449.
  • tool of Hoogstraten, 4, 450.
  • tears down the notice of Reuchlin’s exoneration, 4, 455.
  • suggests the expulsion of the Jews from Frankfort, Worms, and Ratisbon, 4, 463.
  • anti-Jewish charges of, repeated by Luther, 4, 548–9.
  • Pfizer, governor of Heidelberg, permits an assault upon the Jews, 5, 531, 602.
  • Phabi, family of high priests, 2, 237.
  • Phædon, or the Immortality of the Soul,” by Mendelssohn, popularity of, 5, 304–5.
  • object of, 5, 306.
  • dialogue form of, 5, 306.
  • argument of, 5, 306–7.
  • popularity of, 5, 307–8.
  • Phalles, king of Tyre, murdered, 1, 194.
  • Phaltiel, Michal’s husband, 1, 110.
  • Phanagoria (Taman), Jews of the Byzantine empire settle in, 3, 123.
  • Pharaoh, in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Pharaohs, the, the Egyptian kings, 1, 8.
  • worshiped, 1, 10.
  • Pharisees, the, a national party, offshoot from the Assidæans, 2, 17.
  • aims of, 2, 17.
  • explanation of the name of, 2, 18.
  • principles of, 2, 18.
  • wherein opposed to the Essenes and Sadducees, 2, 18–19.
  • defenders of tradition, 2, 19–20, 22.
  • morality of, 2, 20.
  • charge of hypocrisy against, unfounded, 2, 20.
  • position of, with regard to Pentateuchal laws, 2, 22–3.
  • contrasted with the Essenes, 2, 30.
  • employed as civil functionaries, 2, 31.
  • lose their state offices, 2, 32–3.
  • favored by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 39.
  • actively oppose the Sadducees, 2, 42–3.
  • hated by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 43.
  • instigate revolts against Alexander Jannæus, 2, 44.
  • take refuge in the fortress of Bethome, 2, 45.
  • crucified, 2, 45.
  • flee from Judæa, 2, 45.
  • rejoice over the death of Alexander Jannæus, 2, 47.
  • favored by Salome Alexandra, 2, 48.
  • obtain the chief post in the Great Council, 2, 48–9.
  • the interpretations of, in the Synhedrion, 2, 50.
  • introduce the Water Libation and the Wood festival, 2, 52.
  • institute the half-Shekel contributions, 2, 52.
  • persecute the Sadducees, 2, 53.
  • support Hyrcanus II, 2, 58.
  • reconciliation of, with the Sadducees begun by Hillel, 2, 98.
  • divided on the subject of swearing allegiance to Herod, 2, 108.
  • hate Herod, 2, 114–15.
  • urge revenge against Herod, 2, 121.
  • not in opposition to John the Baptist, 2, 147.
  • disapprove of Jesus, 2, 162.
  • aid Christianity by their methods of interpretation, 2, 166.
  • neglect the lower classes, 2, 220.
  • object to the Sadducee high priest Anan, 2, 248.
  • laws introduced by, justified, 2, 327.
  • as described by the Nazarenes, 2, 372.
  • accept tradition, 2, 462.
  • Pharos, the island of, Judæans celebrate the completion of the Septuagint on, 1, 511–12.
  • Phasael, brother of Herod, governor of Judæa, 2, 77.
  • urges mild measures upon Herod, 2, 79.
  • made tetrarch in Judæa, 2, 81.
  • opposed by the Parthians, 2, 82.
  • commits suicide, 2, 82.
  • Phasael, son of Pallas and Herod, disinherited, 2, 119.
  • Phasael, tower of, retreat of the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, 2, 260.
  • left undemolished by Titus, 2, 309.
  • Phasaelis, revenue from, left to Salome, 2, 120.
  • Phasiron, the sons of, members of the Hellenist party, 1, 489.
  • Pheroras, brother of Herod, wife of, a Pharisee, 2, 108.
  • Herod suspicious of, 2, 112.
  • conspires against the sons of Mariamne, 2, 112–13.
  • conspires against Herod, 2, 113.
  • Philadelphia. See Rabbath-Ammon.
  • Philanthropin, school at Frankfort, hearth of the Reform movement, 5, 674.
  • Philibert, Dr., a German writer, offers to defend the Damascus Jews, 5, 655.
  • Philip, Arab emperor of Rome, 2, 526.
  • Philip II Augustus, of France, leniency of, in the execution of anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 401, 508.
  • expresses money from the Jews, 3, 401–2.
  • banishes the Jews from the Isle de France, 3, 402–3.
  • executes the Jews of Bray, 3, 404.
  • in the third crusade, 3, 404.
  • receives exiled Jews, 3, 405–6.
  • agrees to surrender Jews from Champagne, 3, 406.
  • charged with disregarding anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 498–9.
  • Philip III, of France, re-introduces Jew badges, 3, 613.
  • Philip IV, of France, meets Sancho IV of Castile, 4, 2.
  • in strife with Boniface VIII, 4, 44.
  • expels the Jews, 4, 46.
  • avarice of, 4, 47.
  • Philip V, the Long, of France, extends the privileges of the Jews, 4, 54.
  • conceives the idea of a crusade, 4, 55.
  • charges the Jews with poisoning wells, 4, 57, 58.
  • Philip VI, of France, first of the House of Valois, 4, 77.
  • Philip II, of Macedon, contemplates war with Persia, 1, 411–12.
  • murdered, 1, 412.
  • Philip V, of Macedon, takes Egypt, 1, 432.
  • Philip III, of Navarre, punishes the ringleaders in the massacre of the Jews, 4, 78.
  • Philip II, of Spain, hated by Paul IV, 4, 566.
  • tries to introduce the Inquisition into the Netherlands, 4, 601.
  • obtains peace with Turkey through Jewish mediators, 4, 607.
  • pays for the polyglot Bible, 4, 651.
  • Jews under, in the Netherlands, 4, 661, 667–8.
  • hated by the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 663.
  • death of, 4, 668.
  • Philip III, of Spain, condition of Spain at the accession of, 4, 668.
  • debtor to the Marranos, 4, 670–1.
  • Philip IV, of Spain, makes a Jew count palatine, 4, 692.
  • praises the Jews of Oran, 5, 169.
  • Philip, tetrarch, son of Cleopatra of Jerusalem, in Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • builds Cæsarea Philippi and Julias, 2, 138.
  • character of, 2, 138.
  • tetrarchy of, given to Agrippa I, 2, 177.
  • tetrarchy of, given to Agrippa II, 2, 245.
  • Philip, favorite of Antiochus Epiphanes, regent of Syria, 1, 477.
  • in Antioch, 1, 480.
  • Philip, papal legate, presides over the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • Philip, Syrian commander, kills the Chassidim in the caves, 1, 458.
  • Philip of Bathyrene, leader of Agrippa II’s troops against the Zealots, 2, 259, 274.
  • leaves Jerusalem, 2, 260.
  • escapes the machinations of Varus, 2, 274–5.
  • Philippi, the republican army of Rome, defeated at the battle of, 2, 81.
  • Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • Paul establishes a Greek-Christian community in, 2, 227.
  • Philippi, Francis Lothair. See Wolf Levi.
  • Philippion, prince of Chalcis, husband of Alexandra, daughter of Aristobulus II, 2, 75.
  • Philistia, overrun by Scythians, 1, 287.
  • Philistines, the, characteristics of, 1, 54–5.
  • relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–59.
  • oppress the Israelites, 1, 61.
  • attack Israelite tribes, 1, 64.
  • harass the Israelites, 1, 66.
  • have possession of the Ark of the Covenant, 1, 70–2.
  • defeated at Eben-ha-Ezer, 1, 78.
  • choose a king, 1, 80.
  • warfare of, with the Israelites, 1, 80.
  • lay waste Sidon, 1, 80.
  • oppress Israel at the beginning of Saul’s reign, 1, 84.
  • garrison of, at Gibeah, killed by Jonathan, 1, 85.
  • encamp at Michmash against Saul, 1, 85–6.
  • defeated at Michmash, 1, 86–8.
  • champion of, killed by David, 1, 95, 97.
  • defeated by David, 1, 98–9.
  • under Achish, wage war with the Israelites, 1, 102–4.
  • wage war with David, 1, 115–118.
  • defeated at Mount Baal-Perazim, 1, 116.
  • surrender Gath to the Israelites, 1, 117.
  • champions of, in the war with David, 1, 117.
  • routed by David, 1, 118.
  • at war with Nadab, 1, 189.
  • at war with Elah, 1, 192.
  • sell Judæan captives as slaves, 1, 227, 231.
  • attack Judah, 1, 258.
  • subdued by Sennacherib, 1, 270.
  • allied with Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
  • molest Judæan fugitives, 1, 318.
  • in possession of Judæan territory under the Seleucidæ, 1, 435.
  • join Gorgias in his invasion of Judæa, 1, 467.
  • hostile to the Judæans during the Syrian invasions, 1, 473.
  • Philo the Elder, Egypto-Judæan poet, extols Jerusalem, 1, 517–18.
  • Philo Judæus, conception of the Messianic age held by, 2, 144–5.
  • brother of the Alabarch Alexander Lysimachus, 2, 176.
  • gives an account of Jewish renegades, 2, 184.
  • characterization of, 2, 184–5.
  • relation of, to Judaism, 2, 185.
  • wife of, 2, 186.
  • style of, 2, 186.
  • representative of the Alexandrian Judæans before Caligula, 2, 186.
  • contrasted with Apion, 2, 186–7.
  • as a writer, 2, 191.
  • visit of, to Jerusalem, 2, 194.
  • an allegorist, 2, 210.
  • reconciles the Law and his philosophy, 2, 210.
  • emphasizes obedience to the Law, 2, 210–11.
  • shows the beauty of the Jewish laws of humanity, 2, 211–12.
  • writes a philosophic commentary on the Pentateuch, 2, 212.
  • compared with Hillel and Jesus, 2, 214.
  • describes heathen proselytes of his day, 2, 215.
  • system of, aids Christianity, 2, 373.
  • the works of, read at the court of Louis the Pious, 3, 162.
  • the works of, connected with the Talmud, 4, 614.
  • studied by Frankel, 5, 684.
  • Philologists, Hebrew. See Grammarians, Hebrew.
  • Philology, Hebrew, a special study of the Karaites, 3, 180.
  • Philosoph, Joseph, father-in-law of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 166, 209.
  • supports the Messianic claims of Jacob Querido, 5, 210.
  • Philosophers, the Arabic, the sayings of, used by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267, 270.
  • Philosophers, Jewish, list of:
  • Aaron ben Elia Nicomedi,
  • Aaron ben Meshullam,
  • Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Ezra,
  • Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi,
  • Abraham Maimuni,
  • Abu-Amr Joseph ben Zadik Ibn-Zadik,
  • Alkuti (Chepez),
  • Bachya ben Joseph Ibn-Pakuda,
  • Chasdaï Crescas,
  • David Ibn-Albilla,
  • Elias del Medigo,
  • Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli,
  • Isaac Albalag,
  • Isaac Pulgar,
  • Jehuda Halevi,
  • Joseph ben Shem Tob Ibn-Shem Tob,
  • Joseph Albo,
  • Joseph Kaspi,
  • Kalonymos ben Kalonymos,
  • Leon Judah Abrabanel,
  • Levi ben Abraham ben Chayim,
  • Levi ben Gerson,
  • Mantin, Jacob
  • Meïr Alguades,
  • Moses ben Maimun,
  • Moses ben Joshua Narboni,
  • Moses Ibn-Ezra,
  • Philo,
  • Saadiah ben Joseph,
  • Samuel Ibn-Abbas,
  • Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela,
  • Shem-Tob Falaquera,
  • Sheshet Benveniste,
  • Solomon Ibn-Gebirol,
  • Spinoza, Baruch
  • Steinheim, Solomon Ludwig.
  • Philosophical Conversations, The,” by Mendelssohn, 5, 298–9.
  • Philosophy, Philo’s attempt to reconcile, with the Law, 2, 210, 212–13.
  • cultivated by the Spanish Jews in the tenth and eleventh centuries, 3, 235.
  • characterized by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 328, 330, 331.
  • connected with Judaism by Maimonides, 3, 478–9.
  • in disrepute in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 91.
  • Phineas, high priest, punishes immoral practices, 1, 29.
  • seat of, at Shiloh, 1, 41.
  • Phineas, leader of the Idumæans, helps the Zealots, 2, 295.
  • Phineas, rabbi of Breslau, hangs himself, 4, 262.
  • Phineas ben Meshullam, rabbi of Alexandria, 3, 444.
  • Phineas ben Samuel, made high priest by the Zealots, 2, 294.
  • Phineas, son of Eli, character of, 1, 70.
  • death of, 1, 70.
  • Phocas, usurps the throne of Mauritius, 3, 18.
  • chastisement of, 3, 19.
  • Phœnicia, subdued by Shalmaneser, 1, 263, 264.
  • subdued by Sennacherib, 1, 270.
  • conquered by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 304.
  • Nabonad permits native kings to rule over, 1, 342.
  • conquered by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • Joseph made tax gatherer of, 1, 425.
  • Olympian games introduced into, 1, 445.
  • the towns of, revolt from Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 463.
  • Phœnician merchants settle in Jerusalem, 1, 169.
  • Phœnicians, the, early culture of, 1, 53–4.
  • relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–8.
  • defeated by the Philistines, 1, 80.
  • weakened by civil wars, 1, 232.
  • hostile to the Judæans during the Syrian invasions, 1, 474.
  • See also Canaanites, the.
  • Phraortes, king of Media, defeated by the Assyrians, 1, 287.
  • Phylacteries (Tephillin), the, the use of, prohibited under Hadrian, 2, 424.
  • abolished by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • Physicians, Jewish, popular with the clergy of the Frankish and Burgundian kingdoms, 3, 35.
  • in Taberistan, 3, 146.
  • employed by Christian rulers, 3, 170, 213, 242, 292, 425, 536, 537, 583, 628; 4, 2, 80, 184, 185, 190, 275, 287, 367, 411, 413, 555, 584–5, 673, 692; 5, 76, 115.
  • employed by Mahometan rulers, 3, 211, 312, 443, 495, 638; 4, 401.
  • sought by the Christians in Palestine, 3, 341.
  • in Lynn, 3, 412.
  • popular with Christians, 3, 581.
  • prevented by the Council of Béziers from attending Christians, 3, 582.
  • indispensableness of, 3, 583.
  • employed by the popes, 3, 628; 4, 200, 407–8, 411, 515, 569.
  • not permitted to practice under Juan II, 4, 203.
  • forbidden to practice by Benedict XIII, 4, 216.
  • employment of, forbidden by the council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • proscribed by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • protected by Juan II of Castile, 4, 252.
  • proscribed by Nicholas V, 4, 253, 287.
  • employed by the nobles and the clergy, 4, 275.
  • esteemed in Italy in the fifteenth century, 4, 287.
  • missed after the expulsion from Spain, 4, 353–4.
  • preferred in Turkey, 4, 401.
  • accused of quackery by Pfefferkorn, 4, 427.
  • the only ones in Portugal, 4, 488.
  • forbidden by Paul IV to attend Christians, 4, 567.
  • employment of, forbidden by Gregory XIII, 4, 653.
  • permitted by Sixtus V to practice, 4, 656.
  • defended by David de Pomis, 4, 656–7.
  • envied in Hamburg, 4, 690.
  • forbidden to practice among Christians in Hamburg, 4, 692.
  • of Berlin, not included in the list of physicians, 5, 461.
  • Physicians, Jewish, list of:
  • Aaron ben Zion Ibn-Alamâni,
  • Abraham de Balmes,
  • Abraham of Aragon (oculist),
  • Abraham ben Joseph the Elder,
  • Abraham Ibn-Daud Halevi,
  • Abraham Ibn-Zarzal,
  • Abraham Maimuni,
  • Abraham Zacuto Lusitano,
  • Abu Ayub,
  • Abu Ibraham Isaac Ibn-Kastan,
  • Abu Sahal Ali,
  • Abulhassan Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Kamnial,
  • Amatus Lusitanus,
  • Amram ben Isaac Ibn-Shalbib,
  • Bachya Ibn-Alkonstantini,
  • Benjamin Assia,
  • Bonet de Lates,
  • Cardosa, Abraham Michael
  • Cardoso, Fernando (Isaac)
  • Castro, Balthasar Orobio de
  • Castro, Bendito de
  • Castro, Rodrigo de
  • Chamiz, Joseph
  • Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut,
  • Cohen, Perachya
  • David de Pomis,
  • Della Volta, Samuel Vita
  • Delmedigo, Joseph Solomon
  • Dunash ben Tamim,
  • Elias Montalto,
  • Farraj Ibn-Solomon,
  • Gamaliel VI,
  • Guglielmo di Portaleone,
  • Hamon, Isaac
  • Hamon, Joseph
  • Hamon, Moses
  • Herz, Marcus
  • Hillel ben Samuel,
  • Isaac ben Mordecai,
  • Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli,
  • Isaac II Abrabanel,
  • Isaac Benveniste,
  • Jacob ben Machir Tibbon,
  • Jacob ben Yechiel Loans,
  • Jacob Ibn-Nuñez,
  • Jacob Abi-Ayub,
  • Jehuda bar Joseph Ibn-Alfachar,
  • Jehuda Halevi,
  • Joseph ben Joshua Cohen,
  • Joseph ben Sabara,
  • Joseph Albo,
  • Joseph Orabuena,
  • Joshua ben Joseph Ibn-Vives Allorqui,
  • Judah de Blanis,
  • Judah ben Moses Cohen,
  • Judah ben Saul Ibn-Tibbon,
  • Judah ben Yechiel,
  • Judah Leon Abrabanel,
  • Levi ben Gerson,
  • Lippold,
  • Mantin, Jacob
  • Meïr Alguades,
  • Messer-Jawaih,
  • Moses ben Isaac da Rieti,
  • Moses ben Maimun,
  • Moses ben Nachman,
  • Moses Ibn-Tibbon,
  • Moses Zarzel,
  • Musaphia, Benjamin
  • Nathaniel of Bagdad,
  • Nathaniel of Egypt,
  • Nathaniel Ibn-Almali,
  • Nepi, Graziadio
  • Nieto, David
  • Obadiah de Sforno,
  • Profiat Duran,
  • Raimuch, Astruc
  • Saad-Addaula,
  • Sabbataï Donnolo,
  • Sahal Rabban,
  • Samuel,
  • Samuel Ibn-Wakar,
  • Samuel Shulam,
  • Saul Astruc Cohen,
  • Serachya ben Isaac,
  • Shem Tob ben Isaac,
  • Sheshet ben Benveniste,
  • Silva, Samuel da
  • Simon ben Zemach Duran,
  • Simon Zarfati,
  • Solomon, the Egyptian,
  • Solomon ben Jacob,
  • Steinheim, Solomon Ludwig
  • Tobias of Trent,
  • Vecinho, Joseph
  • Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi,
  • Zedekiah,
  • Zemach, Jacob.
  • Physicians, Samaritan and Saracen, in favor with the Christians in Palestine, 3, 341.
  • Picard, the family of, culture of, 5, 476.
  • Picciotto, Isaac Levi, accused of ritual murder, 5, 638.
  • upbraids the accusers with their inhumanity, 5, 639.
  • protected by the Austrian consul, 5, 639, 646.
  • Pichon, Joseph. See Joseph Pichon.
  • Pico di Mirandola, disciple and friend of Elias del Medigo, 4, 290.
  • erudition of, 4, 290–1.
  • student of the Kabbala, 4, 291–2.
  • translates Kabbalistic writings, 4, 292.
  • friend of Judah Leon Abrabanel, 4, 384.
  • inspires Reuchlin with love of Hebrew learning, 4, 433.
  • admirer of the Kabbala, 4, 443, 583.
  • Piedmont, French exiles settle in, 4, 177.
  • Pieva di Sacco. Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Pilate, Pontius, fifth procurator of Judæa, administration of, 2, 138–9.
  • uses the Temple treasures for an aqueduct, 2, 139–40.
  • permits the execution of Jesus, 2, 164.
  • declares Jesus guilty of treason, 2, 164.
  • hated, 2, 171.
  • cruelty of, to Samaritans, 2, 171–2.
  • summoned to Rome, 2, 172.
  • Pilgrimages among Asiatic Jews, 3, 440–1.
  • of the Egyptian Jews, 3, 445.
  • to Jerusalem in the fourteenth century, 4, 73–4.
  • Pilpul, method of Talmud study attributed to Jacob Polak, 4, 418.
  • Pimentel, Manuel. See Abenacar, Isaac.
  • Pina, Paul de. See Jesurun, Rohel.
  • Pinchas ben Jaïr, opposes the abolition of the year of release, 2, 459–60.
  • Pinchas Ibn-Azura, Jewish opponent of Mahomet, 3, 74.
  • one of the Benu-Kainukaa, 3, 76.
  • Pinczovinians, the, Unitarians in Poland, 4, 647.
  • Pinedo, Isaac (Thomas) de (1614–1679), Marrano scholar, 5, 114.
  • unaffected by Spinoza’s attack upon Judaism, 5, 117.
  • Sachs compared with, 5, 688.
  • Pinheiro, Diogo, bishop, opposes the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 500.
  • Pinheiro, Moses, follower of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 123.
  • encourages the Sabbatian movement in Italy, 5, 160.
  • teaches the Kabbala, 5, 164.
  • Pinto, Aaron de, supports Chayon’s cause, 5, 223.
  • refuses reconciliation with Chacham Zevi, 5, 224.
  • forbids opposition to Chayon, 5, 224.
  • summons Chacham Zevi before the Council, 5, 226.
  • Pinto, Abraham, founder of the Rotterdam Jewish community, 4, 685.
  • Pinto, David, founder of the Rotterdam Jewish community, 4, 685.
  • Pinto, David, espouses Eibeschütz’s cause, 5, 264.
  • Pinto, Diogo Rodrigues, advocate of the Portuguese Marranos at Rome, 4, 515, 516.
  • Pinto, Isaac (1715–1787), Marrano, disinterestedness of, 5, 340.
  • devoted to the Portuguese Jews, 5, 341, 344.
  • wins the Duc de Richelieu to his side, 5, 343.
  • answers Voltaire’s defamation of Judaism, 5, 345, 346.
  • distinguishes the Portuguese Jews, 5, 345–6.
  • the work by, quoted in the Batavian National Assembly, 5, 456.
  • Pintos, the, millionaires in Amsterdam, 5, 205.
  • Pires, Diogo. See Molcho, Solomon.
  • Pirke Aboth, a treatise of the Mishna, 2, 478.
  • Pirkheimer, Willibald, humanist, and the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 416.
  • Pisa, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • the commerce of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • the Spanish exiles well treated in, 4, 360.
  • exiles from the Papal States in, 4, 659.
  • Pisidia, mercenaries from, hired by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 39.
  • Pitholaus, general of Hyrcanus II, joins Aristobulus II, 2, 73.
  • sentenced to death, 2, 74.
  • Pius IV, pope, appealed to in behalf of the Jews of Prague, 4, 586–7.
  • character of, 4, 588.
  • appealed to by the Jews of Rome, 4, 588.
  • permits the appearance of the Talmud, 4, 589.
  • recommends censorship to be exercised over the Talmud, 4, 658.
  • Pius V, pope, severity of, 4, 589.
  • places the old canonical restrictions on the Jews, 4, 590.
  • persecutes the Jews of the Papal States, 4, 590.
  • expels the Jews from the Papal States, 4, 591–2.
  • tries to organize a crusade against Turkey, 4, 601.
  • hostility of, to the Jews, 4, 653.
  • Pius VII, pope, opposed to the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 518.
  • Pius IX, pope, action of, in the Mortara case, 5, 701.
  • reactionary policy of, 5, 701.
  • Piyutim, the productions of the poetans, introduced into the liturgy, 3, 117–18.
  • objected to by the Chassidim, 5, 386–7.
  • See also Liturgical poetry; Neo-Hebraic poetry; Poetry; Poetanim.
  • Place of the sellers of Ointment in Jerusalem, 1, 140.
  • Placidus, Roman general under Titus, 2, 290.
  • Plague, the, under Marcus Aurelius, 2, 451.
  • attacks the Spanish exiles in Naples, 4, 359–60.
  • keeps the Spanish exiles out of Italy, 4, 363.
  • in Portugal attributed to the Jews, 4, 368.
  • attributed to the Marranos, 4, 486–7.
  • Plaints of a Jew, The,” by Joel Jacoby, 5, 630–1.
  • Plantavicius, Jacob, bishop, taught by Leo Modena, 5, 71.
  • Plato, read by the Alexandrian Judæans, 1, 505.
  • style of, and Philo’s, 2, 186.
  • the sayings of, used by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267.
  • theories of, in the prophetical writings and the Agada, 3, 479.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 66.
  • quoted by Jewish preachers, 4, 232.
  • Plotina, wife of Trajan, counsels the punishment of the Jews, 2, 395.
  • names Hadrian as Trajan’s successor, 2, 399.
  • Pneumatics. See Gnosticism.
  • Podolia, Haidamaks in, 5, 11.
  • Jews banished from a part of, 5, 12.
  • immorality of the Sabbatians of, 5, 228.
  • Sabbatians in, 5, 272.
  • leader of the Sabbatians of, 5, 273–4.
  • devastated by the Cossacks, 5, 388.
  • Poetanim, the, earliest works of, 3, 114.
  • introduce rhyme into Neo-Hebraic poetry, 3, 116.
  • liturgical compositions of, forbidden by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • See Liturgical poetry; Neo-Hebraic poetry; Poetry; Piyutim; Poets.
  • Poetry, early Hebrew, 1, 29.
  • on the destruction of Jerusalem, 1, 316.
  • cultivated by the Arabic Jews, 3, 57–8.
  • cultivated by the Spanish Jews in the tenth and eleventh centuries, 3, 235.
  • as viewed by Maimonides, 3, 449–50.
  • the Jews in, 4, 164.
  • See Hebrew literature; Literature, Jewish; Liturgical poetry; Neo-Hebraic poetry.
  • Poetry, Jewish mediæval, treated of by Sachs, 5, 693–4.
  • by Zunz, 5, 694.
  • Poetry, Spanish-Jewish, in the twelfth century, 3, 317–18.
  • history of, by Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 320.
  • Poets, Jewish, list of:
  • Aaron ben Zion Ibn-Alamâni,
  • Abraham ben Chasdaï,
  • Abraham ben Meïr Ibn-Ezra,
  • Abraham Bedaresi,
  • Abu-Afak,
  • Abu-Amr ben Joseph Ibn-Zadik,
  • Abu Ayub,
  • Abu Fadhl Chasdaï,
  • Almeida, Manuella Nuñez da
  • Ascarelli, Deborah
  • Asma,
  • Belmonte, Bienvenida Coën
  • Belmonte, Jacob Israel
  • Belmonte, Manuel
  • Ben Asher, Aaron and Moses
  • Berachya ben Natronaï Nakdan,
  • Dunash ben Labrat,
  • Eleazar ben Kalir,
  • Ensheim, Moses
  • Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn,
  • Erter, Isaac
  • Fonseca Pinto y Pimentel, Sarah de
  • Gomez, Isaac, de Sosa,
  • Halevi, Elia
  • Ibn-Sahula,
  • Immanuel ben Solomon Romi,
  • Isaac ben Jehuda Ibn-Giat,
  • Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni,
  • Isaac Ibn-Ezra,
  • Isaac Ibn-G’ikatilia,
  • Israel Najara,
  • Jannaï,
  • Jehuda ben Isaac ben Sabbataï,
  • Jehuda Alcharisi,
  • Jehuda Halevi,
  • Jehuda Zarko,
  • Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi,
  • Jesurun, David
  • Jesurun, Rohel
  • José bar José Hayathom,
  • Joseph ben Chasdaï,
  • Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur,
  • Joseph ben Sabara,
  • Joseph Ezobi,
  • Judah Ibn-Abbas,
  • Judah Ibn-Giat,
  • Judah Siciliano,
  • Kalonymos ben Kalonymos,
  • Laguna, Lopez
  • Luzzatto, Moses Chayim
  • Luzzatto, Samuel David
  • Mar-Ukba,
  • Menachem ben Saruk,
  • Mendes, David Franco
  • Meshullam En-Vidas Dafiera,
  • Michael ben Kaleb,
  • Moses ben Isaac da Rieti,
  • Moses Ibn-Ezra,
  • Moses Zarzel,
  • Paz, Enrique Enriquez de
  • Penso, Joseph
  • Saadio Longo,
  • Sabbataï Donnolo,
  • Samuel Ibn-Abbas,
  • Samuel Ibn-Adiya,
  • Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela,
  • Santob de Carrion,
  • Shem Tob Falaquera,
  • Sibyl, the
  • Silveyra, Miguel
  • Simon bar Kappara,
  • Simon ben Caipha,
  • Simon ben Isaac ben Abun,
  • Solomon ben Reuben Bonfed,
  • Solomon ben Yerucham,
  • Solomon Ibn-Gebirol,
  • Solomon Ibn-Sakbel,
  • Solomon Alkabez,
  • Solomon Dafiera,
  • Sullam, Sarah Copia
  • Süsskind of Trimberg,
  • Usque, Samuel
  • Usque, Solomon
  • Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi,
  • Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig
  • Yedaya En-Bonet,
  • Zarak Barfat.
  • Poitou, rabbis from, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Poitou, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • maltreated by crusaders, 3, 570.
  • persecution of, 3, 573.
  • Polak, Jacob. See Jacob Polak.
  • Poland, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • Jewish exiles from Austria settle in, 4, 224.
  • a refuge for persecuted Jews, 4, 263, 418–19, 420, 631–2.
  • clergy of, hostile to the Jews, 4, 265.
  • at war with the Teutonic knights, 4, 266.
  • the rabbis of, important to the crown, 4, 420.
  • rabbinical schools established in, 4, 420.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • professorships for Hebrew instituted in, 4, 471.
  • Messianic hopes in, connected with Solomon Molcho, 4, 497.
  • refuge of the Bohemian Jews, 4, 544.
  • election of a king of, 4, 603–5.
  • a party in, hostile to the Jews, 4, 632.
  • number of Jews in, 4, 632.
  • influence of the Reformation in, 4, 633, 646–7.
  • Talmudical schools in, 4, 634, 639–40.
  • refuge for the Jewish victims of the Thirty Years’ War, 5, 2.
  • value of Jews to, 5, 2.
  • Joseph Delmedigo in, 5, 76–7.
  • exiles from Vienna settle in, 5, 173.
  • Karaites in, 5, 182–3.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 209, 212.
  • spread of Sabbatianism in, 5, 228.
  • the rabbis of, express willingness to excommunicate Luzzatto, 5, 241.
  • the rabbis of, excommunicate Eibeschütz’s opponents, 5, 261.
  • the Eibeschütz-Emden controversy transplanted to, 5, 262–3.
  • subscribers to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation in, 5, 329.
  • feverish Messianic expectations in, 5, 377.
  • power of the Kabbala in, 5, 382.
  • dismembered, 5, 392.
  • second partition of, 5, 394.
  • the rabbis of, oppose the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Poland, the Jews of, begin the study of the Talmud, 3, 421.
  • indispensable to the country, 3, 613; 4, 263.
  • proscribed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • privileges of, extended by Casimir III, 4, 111.
  • protected by Casimir III during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 111, 112.
  • the liturgy of, compiled by Maharil, 4, 225.
  • privileges granted to, by Casimir IV, 4, 263–5.
  • privileges of, revoked, 4, 266.
  • occupations of, 4, 418–19.
  • under Casimir IV, John Albert, Alexander, and Sigismund I, 4, 419.
  • supported by the Polish nobility, 4, 419–20.
  • culture of, in the sixteenth century, 4, 633–4.
  • influenced by Talmud study, 4, 634.
  • Talmudic attainments of, 4, 639–41.
  • language of, 4, 641; 5, 206.
  • privileges of, 4, 642–3.
  • profit by the elective monarchy, 4, 642.
  • well treated by Stephen Bathori, 4, 642–3.
  • assailed by Klonowicz, 4, 643.
  • under Sigismund III, 4, 643.
  • organize regular conferences, 4, 643–5.
  • influence of the Reformation on, 4, 647–8.
  • helped by those of Germany, 4, 707–8.
  • persecuted at the instigation of the Jesuits, 5, 1.
  • made tax farmers in Cossack districts, 5, 3.
  • form a state within the state, 5, 3–4.
  • devoted to the study of the Talmud, 5, 4–6.
  • help to enslave the Cossacks, 5, 6.
  • slain by the Cossacks, 5, 6.
  • plundered and murdered by Tartars and Cossacks, 5, 7–8.
  • sufferings of, from the Haidamaks, 5, 8–10, 11–12.
  • protected by Vishnioviecki, 5, 10.
  • banishment of, from Cossack provinces, stipulated by Chmielnicki, 5, 12.
  • banished from the Cossack provinces, 5, 12.
  • attacked by the Cossacks, 5, 14.
  • rights of, guarded in the second treaty with Chmielnicki, 5, 14.
  • suffering of, from Russians and Cossacks, 5, 14–15.
  • suffering of, in the Swedish war, 5, 15.
  • ill-used by Czarnicki, 5, 15.
  • ill-used by Ragoczi, 5, 15.
  • losses of, during the Cossack wars, 5, 15.
  • as fugitives in Europe, 5, 15–16.
  • spread their method of Talmud study throughout Europe, 5, 16–17.
  • poverty of, 5, 205–6.
  • fill the rabbinates of Europe, 5, 206.
  • suffer during the Confederation War, 5, 387–8.
  • Poland, the Sabbatians of, encouraged by the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 272.
  • Jacob Frank the leader of, 5, 273.
  • scoff at Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 276.
  • See Frankists, the.
  • Poland, Greater, adopts the Jewish statute of Frederick the Valiant, 3, 569.
  • the Jews of, represented in the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 644.
  • Poland, Little, the Jews of, represented in the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 644.
  • Poland, Southern, the Karaites emigrate from, 4, 269.
  • Polemical works against Christianity, by Jews in Spain in the seventh century, 3, 50–1.
  • under Wamba, 3, 105.
  • by Joseph Kimchi, 3, 392–3.
  • by Solomon ben Adret, 3, 623.
  • by Shem-Tob ben Isaac Shaprut, 4, 142.
  • by Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • by Joshua Vives, 4, 187.
  • by Profiat Duran, 4, 188–90.
  • by Isaac ben Kalonymos, 4, 234.
  • by Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • by Simon and Solomon Duran, 4, 237–8.
  • by Abraham Farissol, 4, 413.
  • by Isaac Troki, 4, 648.
  • by Jacob Jehuda Leon (?), 4, 691–2.
  • Polemon, prince of Cilicia, allied with Agrippa I, 2, 196.
  • husband of Berenice, 2, 235.
  • Polish Jews in intercourse with Mendelssohn, 5, 317–18.
  • Polish translation of the Bible, 4, 647.
  • Poll-tax (Leibzoll), the, on Jews, levied by Domitian, 2, 388–9.
  • reduced by Nerva, 2, 391–2.
  • paid by the Babylonian Jews, 2, 508; 3, 5.
  • imposed by Wenceslaus, 4, 166.
  • removed by Joseph II, 5, 357.
  • the abolition of, agitated in Prussia, 5, 414.
  • partially abolished in Prussia, 5, 415.
  • abolished in France and Austria, 5, 415.
  • abrogated by Louis XVI in France, 5, 432.
  • objected to by the Dutch Jews in Germany, 5, 458.
  • abrogated by Austria and Prussia, 5, 464.
  • imposed upon foreign Jews in Germany, 5, 464.
  • objected to by the French government, 5, 465.
  • removed in several small German states, 5, 465.
  • the removal of, agitated before the Congress of Ratisbon, 5, 466.
  • the agitation against, led by Jacobson and Breidenbach, 5, 466–7.
  • abolished in Brunswick Lüneburg, 5, 467.
  • the agitation against by Breidenbach, 5, 467–8.
  • abolished in some districts, 5, 468.
  • not completely abolished, 5, 472.
  • paid by Jews in Lübeck, 5, 506.
  • in Bremen, 5, 507.
  • retained in Saxony, 5, 509.
  • See also Tax.
  • Polonnoie, the Jews of, massacred by the Cossacks, 5, 11.
  • Polygamy, forbidden by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 244.
  • the abrogation of Gershom ben Jehuda’s ordinance on, 3, 378.
  • discussed by the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 489, 491.
  • discussed by the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Polytheism, effects of, 5, 709.
  • Pompey, legate of, in Judæa, 2, 61–2.
  • bribed by Aristobulus II, 2, 62–3.
  • summons Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II to Damascus, 2, 63.
  • favors Hyrcanus II, 2, 64.
  • takes the field against Aristobulus II, 2, 64.
  • besieges Jerusalem, 2, 64–6.
  • enters the Holy of Holies, 2, 66.
  • makes Hyrcanus II ethnarch, 2, 66.
  • treats Judæa as a conquered province, 2, 67.
  • a member of the first triumvirate, 2, 73.
  • partisans of, poison Aristobulus II, 2, 75.
  • Pons Judæorum in Rome, 2, 68.
  • Pontus, the soldiery of Vibius Marsus banished to, 2, 197.
  • Popes, the, tolerant of the Jews, 3, 25, 33.
  • denounced by Arnold of Brescia, 3, 370.
  • fugitive, convene Church Councils in France, 3, 376–7.
  • employ Jewish physicians, 3, 628; 4, 200, 407–8, 411, 515, 569.
  • in Avignon, tolerate the Jews after their banishment by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • See also Bulls; Papacy, the.
  • Porcelain, forced on the Berlin Jews, 5, 415.
  • Porobischa, the Jews of, surrender to the Tartars, 5, 8.
  • Portugal, Jews in, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • union of, with Castile, 4, 161.
  • Marranos escape to, from the Inquisition, 4, 318.
  • Jewish exiles from Spain go to, 4, 352.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 365–81.
  • fever for discoveries in, 4, 368.
  • the Spanish exiles leave, 4, 369.
  • Spanish exiles sold as slaves in, 4, 371.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • considered a refuge for Marranos, 4, 486.
  • the plague in, attributed to the Marranos, 4, 486, 487.
  • Marranos a profitable population to, 4, 527–8.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 91.
  • discusses the re-admission of Jews, 5, 532.
  • Portugal, the Jews of, in the thirteenth century, 3, 617–18.
  • under Ferdinand I, 4, 158–9.
  • under João I, 4, 173.
  • spared Vincent Ferrer’s propaganda, 4, 218.
  • prosperity of, under Alfonso V, 4, 338–9.
  • oppose the settlement of the Spanish exiles, 4, 366.
  • kindly treated by Manoel, 4, 372.
  • banished, 4, 374.
  • delay departure, 4, 374–5.
  • children of, baptized, 4, 375–6.
  • urged to accept Christianity, 4, 377–8.
  • depart, 4, 380–1.
  • in the Netherlands, 4, 662.
  • See also Marranos, the Portuguese.
  • Porphyry (Malchus), philosopher, writes a commentary on Daniel, 2, 502.
  • Portaleone, Guglielmo. See Guglielmo di Portaleone.
  • Portalis, imperial commissioner to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 485.
  • Porteiro jurado, Jewish-Portuguese sheriff, 4, 159.
  • Porto, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • Posen, the Jewish charter burnt at, 4, 263.
  • number of the Jews of, 4, 632.
  • the Jews of, protected by Stephen Bathori, 4, 642.
  • the German population of, 5, 3.
  • Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation forbidden in, 5, 332.
  • the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Posidonius, Nicanor’s envoy to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484.
  • Posidonius, Stoic philosopher, maligns Judaism, 2, 178.
  • Posquières, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 399.
  • Potocki, Polish general, delivered to the Tartars by the Cossacks, 5, 7.
  • Potocki, the house of, controls Cossack colonization, 5, 3.
  • Prague, Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 80.
  • rabbis of, Poles, 5, 206.
  • refuses to admit Chayon, 5, 231.
  • Eibeschütz as teacher in, 5, 249.
  • occupied by Charles VII, 5, 251.
  • appoints no rabbi, 5, 566.
  • the Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
  • Prague, the Jews of, suffering of, during the first crusade, 3, 305.
  • charged with host desecration, 4, 164–6.
  • massacred, 4, 165.
  • attacked on account of the Alenu prayer, 4, 178.
  • plundered, 4, 417.
  • lack of rabbinical learning among, 4, 418.
  • exiled by Ferdinand I, 4, 544, 586.
  • deprived of their prayer books, 4, 584.
  • suffer from fire, 4, 585.
  • in bad repute, 4, 585–6.
  • appeal to Pius IV, 4, 586.
  • recalled, 4, 587.
  • submit disputes to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • number of, in the seventeenth century, 4, 694.
  • accuse Lipmann Heller, 4, 704–5.
  • participation of, in the Thirty Years’ War, 4, 707.
  • suffering of, on being banished, 5, 252.
  • restrictions against, 5, 253.
  • welcome Joseph II’s reforms, 5, 370.
  • establish a secular school, 5, 371.
  • modify their divine service, 5, 582.
  • Prayer, the order of, introduced by the Sopherim, 1, 401.
  • mystical importance of, in the Kabbala, 3, 553–4.
  • book, Karaite, 4, 71.
  • devotion in, emphasized in Lurya’s Kabbala, 4, 626.
  • See also Liturgy, the.
  • Prayer Book for Israelites,” compiled by the Reform Temple Union in Hamburg, 5, 673.
  • the use of, forbidden by Chacham Bernays, 5, 673.
  • Prayer books. See under Confiscation; Liturgy.
  • Prayers, penitential, commemorating the Cossack massacres, 5, 13.
  • Prayers for rain, 2, 492, 541–2, 579.
  • Prayers, set, introduced by Gamaliel II, 2, 363.
  • See also Liturgy, the.
  • Press, the, censorship of, introduced by Caraffa, 4, 563.
  • Prester John, alluded to, 4, 368.
  • Preteau, president of the National Assembly, on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 440–1.
  • Priesthood, the, defended by Jesus Sirach, 1, 440–1.
  • Priests, the, at Shiloh, 1, 57.
  • under Samuel, 1, 79.
  • under Ahaz abet licentiousness and idolatry, 1, 261.
  • recalled to the Temple under Josiah, 1, 289.
  • instigate an attack on Jeremiah, 1, 302–3.
  • carry the Pentateuch into captivity with them, 1, 334.
  • abandon the Temple after the sack of Jerusalem by Apollonius, 1, 454.
  • re-instated by the Maccabees, 1, 473.
  • members of the Hellenist party, 1, 489.
  • fugitive, officiate in the Temple of Onias, 1, 508.
  • See also Aaronides, the; High priests, the; Levites, the.
  • Primates, heads of the Jewish communities of Palestine, 2, 612, 613.
  • Primo, Samuel, private secretary of Sabbataï Zevi, accompanies him to Smyrna, 5, 133.
  • spreads abroad the Messiah’s fame, 5, 137.
  • wishes to modify the Rabbinical system, 5, 142.
  • abolishes the Fast of Tebeth, 5, 143.
  • accompanies Sabbataï to Constantinople, 5, 146.
  • spreads reports of Sabbataï’s reception at Constantinople, 5, 147–8.
  • accompanies Sabbataï to his Abydos prison, 5, 148.
  • proposes capital punishment for the Kofrim, 5, 150.
  • abolishes the Fast of Tammuz, 5, 151.
  • clings to Sabbataï after his apostasy, 5, 156.
  • proves Sabbataï the true Messiah through his conversion, 5, 157–8.
  • and Chayim Malach, 5, 213.
  • and Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 216.
  • Prince, title of the president of the Synhedrion, 2, 334.
  • Prince and the Dervish, The,” moral romance by Abraham Ibn-Chasdaï, 3, 388, 560.
  • Princes of the Captivity, the. See Exilarchate, the; Exilarchs, the.
  • Printing, the art of, among the Jews of Italy in the fifteenth century, 4, 289.
  • Printing presses, Hebrew, in Italy, 4, 289.
  • in Prague, 4, 418.
  • at Isny, 4, 474.
  • at Ferrara closed, 4, 580.
  • of the Soncin family, 4, 586.
  • established by Reyna Nassi, 4, 628.
  • in Amsterdam, 4, 675.
  • in Altona, 5, 255.
  • in Berlin, 5, 416.
  • Priscus, name borne by Gallic Jews, 3, 36.
  • Procopius, historian, on the bravery of the Jews of Naples, 3, 32.
  • Procurator, the, title of the representative of Imperial Rome in Judæa, 2, 128.
  • duties of, 2, 129.
  • installs the high priests, 2, 129.
  • Procurators of Judæa, the, list of:
  • Ambivius, Marcus
  • Albinus,
  • Coponius,
  • Cumanus,
  • Fadus, Cuspius
  • Felix,
  • Festus,
  • Florus, Gessius
  • Gratus, Valerius
  • Pilate, Pontius
  • Rufus, Annius
  • Tiberius Julius Alexander.
  • See also Judæa, the Roman governors of; Syria, the Roman governors of.
  • Profiat (Profatius). See Jacob ben Machir Tibbon.
  • Profiat Duran (Isaac ben Moses, Efodi), Marrano, scholar, returns to Judaism, 4, 188.
  • attacks Christianity, 4, 188–90, 235.
  • commentaries, mathematical work, and grammar by, 4, 191.
  • Prophecies, the, before the exile, summed up, 1, 335.
  • Prophecy, meaning of, 1, 14–15.
  • displaced by the written law, 1, 385.
  • as explained in the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 482–3.
  • in Maimonides’ system, 3, 523.
  • Prophet of Samaria,” Elisha, 1, 218.
  • Prophet, the, of the Captivity, Isaiah the Babylonian, 1, 345.
  • Prophets, the, activity of, under Jehoiakim, 1, 301.
  • characteristics of, 5, 719.
  • Prophets, the associations of, 1, 205.
  • development of, under Jeroboam II, 1, 234.
  • Prophets, the, the writings of, carried into the Babylonian exile, 1, 334.
  • collected by the Sopherim, 1, 400.
  • rejected by the Samaritans, 1, 400.
  • Chaldaic translation of, 2, 131.
  • translated into Chaldaic by Joseph ben Chiya, 2, 581–2.
  • commentaries on, by Joseph Kara, 3, 346.
  • contain philosophical doctrines, 3, 479.
  • Prophets, the, list of:
  • Ahijah of Shilo,
  • Amos,
  • Deborah,
  • Elijah,
  • Elisha,
  • Ezekiel,
  • Gad,
  • Habakkuk,
  • Haggai,
  • Hosea (I),
  • Hosea (II),
  • Huldah,
  • Isaiah, son of Amoz,
  • Isaiah the Babylonian,
  • Jeremiah,
  • Joel,
  • Jonah,
  • Malachi,
  • Micah (II),
  • Michaiah (Micah I),
  • Moses,
  • Nathan,
  • Obadiah,
  • Shemaiah,
  • Uriah,
  • Zechariah I,
  • Zechariah II,
  • Zephaniah.
  • Prophets of the Old Testament, The,” by Ewald, 5, 696.
  • Prophets, the Earlier, four historical books in the Scriptures, 1, 400.
  • commentary on, by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342–3.
  • Prophets, the false, under Ahaz, 1, 262.
  • under Manasseh, 1, 283.
  • under Jehoiakim, 1, 300.
  • instigate an attack upon Jeremiah, 1, 302–3.
  • urge Zedekiah to revolt, 1, 310.
  • Prophets, the Later, fifteen prophetical books in the Scriptures, 1, 400.
  • Prophets, the Twelve, commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 373.
  • Proposals in Favor of the Jews,” pamphlet by Grégoire, 5, 437.
  • Prosbol, the statute concerning debts, enacted under Hillel, 2, 100.
  • Proselytes, standing of, according to Ezra, 1, 367.
  • various authorities on the admission of, 2, 384–5.
  • true, in the daily prayers, 2, 384.
  • severely treated by Domitian, 2, 388–9.
  • under Nerva, 2, 391–2.
  • See also Circumcision; Conversions to Judaism.
  • Proselytes, list of:
  • Fulvia, Roman patrician, 2, 136, 215.
  • the royal house of Adiabene, 2, 194, 216–19.
  • Polemon of Cilicia, 2, 235.
  • Aziz of Emesa, 2, 235.
  • Akylas, 2, 385.
  • Clemens, Flavius, 2, 387.
  • the inhabitants of Machuza, 2, 507, 586–8.
  • Issor, 2, 587–8.
  • Abraham, a monk, 3, 21.
  • the kings of the Jewish-Himyarite empire, 3, 51.
  • Arab tribes before the sixth century, 3, 61.
  • Abu-Kariba, 3, 62–3.
  • Harith Ibn-Amru, 3, 63.
  • the Kendites, 3, 63.
  • Waraka Ibn-Naufal, 3, 71.
  • the Chazars, 3, 139–41.
  • Bodo, bishop, 3, 168–70.
  • Wecelinus, chaplain, 3, 245.
  • the inhabitants of the Moshic hills in Armenia, 3, 439–40.
  • a dignitary of the Church in England, 3, 516.
  • Redingge, Robert de, 3, 640–1.
  • La Asumção, Diogo de, 4, 668–70.
  • Speeth, John Peter, 5, 177–8.
  • See also Circumcision; Conversions to Judaism.
  • Proselytism, Manasseh ben Israel exonerates the Jews from, 5, 42.
  • Prosnitz, Chayon at, 5, 218.
  • Protection-Jews (Schutz-Juden), in Hamburg, 4, 688.
  • Mendelssohn one of the, 5, 304.
  • an insulting epithet in Westphalia, 5, 500.
  • in Lübeck, 5, 506.
  • abolished in Prussia, 5, 507.
  • Protestant Reformation, the. See Reformation, the Protestant.
  • Protestantism hostile to the Jews, 4, 552.
  • Provence, the Talmudists of, use the works of Maimonides, 3, 624.
  • French Jews expelled by Philip IV, settle in, 4, 49.
  • Marranos flee to, from the Inquisition, 4, 318.
  • Provence, the Jews of, dependent on vassal princes, 3, 242.
  • culture of, in the twelfth century, 3, 373, 389–91.
  • use Jacob Anatoli’s Malmed, 3, 566.
  • neglect Jewish studies, 4, 133.
  • persecuted in 1392, 4, 173.
  • presented to the Church, 4, 175.
  • Proverbs, the, collected and amplified under Hezekiah, 1, 279.
  • carried into the Babylonian exile, 1, 335.
  • produced during the exile, 1, 341.
  • Provost, title of the chief Jewish officer in France in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • Prussia, the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • at war with Austria, 5, 251.
  • willing to grant citizenship to the Jews, 5, 518.
  • protects the Frankfort Jews, 5, 520.
  • hatred of Jews in, 5, 524–5.
  • in the Quadruple Alliance, 5, 658.
  • Prussia, the Jews of, under Frederick I, 5, 190–1.
  • prejudice aroused against, 5, 191.
  • the “general privilege” issued for, 5, 304.
  • make efforts to obtain political rights, 5, 414–16.
  • restrictions against, 5, 415.
  • decay of morality among, 5, 419–20, 422.
  • apostasy among, 5, 420.
  • continued abasement of, 5, 461.
  • freed from the poll-tax, 5, 464.
  • mourn over the national defeats, 5, 495.
  • patriotism of, 5, 507.
  • partial emancipation of, 5, 507.
  • in the French wars, 5, 511, 518.
  • the emancipation of, a dead letter, 5, 524.
  • laws for, 5, 524.
  • restricted in commerce, 5, 524–5.
  • forbidden to bear Christian names, 5, 630.
  • Prynne, William, publishes an anti-Jewish pamphlet, 5, 45–6.
  • Psalm, at the celebration of Passover in Jerusalem, 1, 295–6.
  • of the return from the Captivity, 1, 352.
  • LXXII, commentary on, by Juan de España, 4, 233.
  • Psalms, composed in celebration of Sennacherib’s failure, 1, 278.
  • in honor of Hezekiah, 1, 279.
  • penitential, originate among the Babylonian exiles, 1, 337.
  • produced during the Captivity, 1, 340.
  • Psalms, the, carried into the Babylonian exile, 1, 335.
  • introduced into the Temple service, 1, 401.
  • homiletic exposition of, by Cassiodorus, 3, 31.
  • the singing of, at Jewish funerals forbidden, 3, 47.
  • certain of, attributed to a late period by Moses Ibn-G’ikatilia, 3, 290.
  • commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 373.
  • translated into Spanish by Templo, 5, 115.
  • translated into Spanish by Lopez Laguna, 5, 203.
  • imitated by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 234.
  • Mendelssohn’s translation of, 5, 335.
  • translated by Sachs, 5, 693.
  • Psammetich, king of Egypt, propitiates the Scythians, 1, 287.
  • Psusennes, king of Egypt, Solomon marries the daughter of, 1, 161.
  • Psychics. See Gnosticism.
  • Ptolemais. See Accho.
  • Ptolemy, of Chalcis, protects Aristobulus II’s family, 2, 75.
  • son-in-law of Aristobulus II, 2, 75.
  • conspires against Herod and Phasael, 2, 80–1.
  • Ptolemy I Soter, of Egypt, conquers Cœlesyria, 1, 416.
  • opposed by Antigonus, 1, 417.
  • defeats Antigonus, 1, 417–18.
  • protects the Judæans, 1, 418.
  • Ptolemy II Philadelphus, of Egypt, threatens to divide Judæa among foreign colonists, 1, 423.
  • and the Septuagint, 1, 514.
  • Ptolemy III Euergetes, of Egypt, makes Joseph tax-gatherer, 1, 425.
  • Ptolemy IV Philopator, of Egypt, retains Joseph, son of Tobiah, in office, 1, 425.
  • defeats Antiochus the Great, 1, 426.
  • introduces bacchanalian revelries, 1, 428.
  • son of, 1, 429.
  • favors Hyrcanus, 1, 430.
  • death of, 1, 432.
  • Ptolemy V Epiphanes, of Egypt, Cœlesyria re-conquered for, 1, 433.
  • makes Hyrcanus governor of trans-Jordanic territory, 1, 437.
  • Ptolemy VI Philometor, of Egypt, treaty of, with Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 450.
  • proclaimed king, 1, 452.
  • daughter of, marries Alexander Balas, 1, 496.
  • receives Onias IV kindly, 1, 506.
  • ally of Demetrius I, 1, 506.
  • struggle of, with Ptolemy Physcon, 1, 506–7.
  • assisted by the Judæans, 1, 507.
  • presents Onias IV with land for a Temple, 1, 508.
  • permits Onias IV to fortify his Temple, 1, 510.
  • entrusts the Egyptian ports to Onias IV, 1, 510.
  • causes a Greek translation of the Law to be made, 1, 510–11.
  • appoints a conference between the Judæans and the Samaritans, 1, 517.
  • death of, 1, 518.
  • heir of, slain, 1, 518.
  • Ptolemy VII Physcon, of Egypt, proclaimed king, 1, 450.
  • reconciled with his brother, 1, 452.
  • conspires against Ptolemy VI, 1, 506, 507.
  • Cyrene given to, 1, 507.
  • marries Cleopatra, his brother’s widow, 1, 518.
  • cruelty of, 1, 518–19.
  • revenge of, on the Judæans, 1, 519.
  • as author, 1, 519.
  • supports Alexander Zabina, 2, 6.
  • Ptolemy VIII Lathurus, of Egypt, aids Antiochus IX, 2, 10–11.
  • flees from Alexandria, 2, 12.
  • defeats Alexander Jannæus, 2, 40.
  • ravages Judæa, 2, 40.
  • retreats to Cyprus, 2, 41.
  • Ptolemy, astronomer, work of, translated into Arabic, 3, 146.
  • Ptolemy, brother of Nicolaus of Damascus, and Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • Ptolemy ben Habub, son-in-law of Simon Tharsi, governor of Jericho, 1, 530.
  • assassinates Simon Tharsi at Dok, 1, 530.
  • meditates treachery against John Hyrcanus, 1, 530–1.
  • shuts himself up in Dok, 1, 531.
  • besieged by John Hyrcanus, 2, 2–3.
  • Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, general under Lysias, 1, 466.
  • Ptolemy Macron, advocate of the Judæans at the Syrian court, 1, 476–7, 478.
  • Publicans, the, addressed by Jesus, 2, 152.
  • Pucci, Antonio, cardinal of Santiquatro, grand penitentiary of the pope, instrumental in the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 507.
  • on the commission on the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 514.
  • opposed to the Marranos, 4, 516.
  • Pucci, Lorenzo, grand penitentiary of the pope, attached to Molcho, 4, 503.
  • opposes the establishment of the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 505.
  • death of, 4, 507.
  • Puffendorf, John, interested in the Karaites, 5, 183.
  • Pul, king of Assyria, invades the kingdom of Israel, 1, 246–7.
  • Menahem of Israel submits to, 1, 247.
  • Pulcelina, innocently causes a persecution of the Jews of Blois, 3, 379.
  • saved by Theobald of Chartres, 3, 379.
  • death of, 3, 380.
  • Pumbeditha, a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • Pumbeditha, capital of Jewish Babylonia, description of, 2, 506.
  • cunning of the inhabitants of, 2, 506.
  • homage paid at, to the Exilarchs, 2, 607.
  • Pumbeditha, the academy of, superior to the Palestinian academies, 2, 532.
  • founded by Judah ben Ezekiel, 2, 545, 549.
  • pre-eminence of, 2, 549–50.
  • method pursued at, 2, 574–5.
  • numerical strength of, 2, 576–7.
  • prosperity of, under Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 578.
  • fund established for, 2, 580.
  • generosity of Ifra-Ormuzd to, 2, 581.
  • under Abayi Nachmani, 2, 584–5.
  • produces the Talmud, 2, 591.
  • rise of, 2, 593.
  • during Ashi’s time, 2, 606.
  • closed under Hormisdas IV, 3, 8.
  • re-opened under Bahram Tshubin, 3, 9.
  • prosperity of, under Chosru II, 3, 9.
  • districts under the jurisdiction of, 3, 98.
  • quarrels in, about the principalship, 3, 155–6.
  • gains by the decline of the Exilarchate, 3, 177, 183.
  • independent of the Exilarch, 3, 177.
  • claims an increase of revenue, 3, 184.
  • inferior to Sora, 3, 193.
  • importance of, under Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu, 3, 202, 207.
  • decay of, under Sherira, 3, 233.
  • place of, taken by the Spanish schools, 3, 236.
  • dissolution of, 3, 253.
  • Isaac Ibn-Sakni teacher at, 3, 285.
  • See also Academies, the Babylonian.
  • Pumbeditha, the academy of, principals of, poor, 2, 580.
  • office of, religious, 3, 93.
  • bear the title of Gaon by courtesy, 3, 93, 177.
  • elected from among the members of Sora, 3, 94.
  • at the installation of an Exilarch, 3, 94–5.
  • rank of, 3, 96.
  • appoint the judges of their district, 3, 98.
  • Pumbeditha, the academy of, the principals of (Geonim), list of:
  • Aaron Ibn-Sarjadu,
  • Abyi Nachmani,
  • Chama of Nahardea,
  • Chanan of Iskia,
  • Chaninaï,
  • Chiskiya,
  • Dudaï ben Nachman,
  • Haï ben David,
  • Haï ben Sherira,
  • Huna ben Chiya,
  • José,
  • Joseph bar Abba,
  • Joseph ben Chiya,
  • Kohen Zedek II ben Joseph,
  • Malka bar Acha,
  • Mar-Abraham ben Sherira,
  • Mari bar Mar,
  • Mar-Raba,
  • Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi,
  • Nachman ben Isaac,
  • Natronaï ben Nehemiah,
  • Nehemiah,
  • Paltoi ben Abayi,
  • Raba bar Joseph bar Chama,
  • Rabba bar Nachmani,
  • Rabba ben Ami,
  • Semuna,
  • Sherira ben Chanina,
  • Zemach ben Kafnaï.
  • Puoto. See Bodo.
  • Purgation, the oath of, introduced by Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 556.
  • Purgatory, the dogma of, in the Kabbala, 4, 292.
  • Purim, pleasantry on, punished by Theodosius II, 2, 620–1.
  • treatise on, by Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, 4, 63.
  • the feast of, ridiculed by Solomon Levi, 4, 185.
  • Purim of Cairo, 4, 396.
  • Purim-Vincent celebrated in Frankfort, 4, 700.
  • Puritans, the, obtain religious liberty for England, 5, 26.
  • inspired by the Old Testament, 5, 26.
  • regard the Jews kindly, 5, 27.
  • Jewish spirit among, 5, 27–8.
  • Pyrenees, the, Jews defend the passes of, 3, 45.
  • Pyrenees, the Lower, the department of, the Jews of, excepted from Napoleon’s restrictive laws, 5, 499.
  • Q
  • Quadratus, Church teacher, demonstrates the independence of Christianity from Judaism, 2, 431.
  • Quadratus, Umidius, governor of Syria, arbiter between Judæans and Samaritans, 2, 244.
  • Quadruple Alliance, the, against France, 5, 658.
  • Quemadero, place of burning, in Seville, 4, 317.
  • Querido, Jacob. See Jacob Querido.
  • Quietus, Lucius, Trajan’s commander in the district of the Euphrates, 2, 397.
  • lays waste Babylonian towns, 2, 398.
  • governor of Palestine, 2, 399.
  • desired by Trajan as his successor, 2, 399.
  • war of, in Judæa, 2, 400–1.
  • destroys the Synhedrion in Jamnia, 2, 400.
  • removal of, asked by the Jews, 2, 400–1.
  • execution of, 2, 401.
  • Quinon, Denis, receiver-general of taxes in Languedoc, 4, 132.
  • Quirinius, governor of Syria, instructions of, with regard to Judæa, 2, 129.
  • deposes the high priest, 2, 135.
  • R
  • Rab. See Abba Areka.
  • Raba. See Mar-Raba.
  • Raba bar Joseph bar Chama (299–352), Babylonian Amora, 2, 560.
  • informed of calendar changes, 2, 571.
  • disciple of Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 575, 580.
  • proposed as principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 583.
  • precocity of, 2, 584.
  • rival of Abayi Nachmani, 2, 584–5.
  • dialectics of, 2, 585, 591.
  • principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 585.
  • characteristics of, 2, 585–6.
  • rebukes Zeïra II, 2, 586.
  • and the Machuzan marriages, 2, 587.
  • covetousness of, 2, 587–8.
  • heartlessness of, 2, 588.
  • partiality of, in applying the Law, 2, 588–9, 628.
  • and Benjamin Assia, 2, 590.
  • discourses of, popular, 2, 590.
  • method of, 2, 590–1.
  • authority of, 2, 591.
  • prevents persecutions, 2, 591–2.
  • punished by Shabur II for exercising criminal jurisdiction, 2, 592.
  • assisted by Ifra-Ormuzd, 2, 592.
  • death of, 2, 593, 602.
  • Rab Abba. See Rabba bar Huna.
  • Rabaï of Rob, a Saburean, 3, 5.
  • Rabba bar Abbahu, a Babylonian Amora, 2, 545.
  • Rabba bar Chana, authorized by Judah I to teach, 2, 454.
  • Rabba bar Huna (Rab Abba, 309–320), principal of the Sora academy, 2, 548, 583.
  • modesty of, 2, 585.
  • Rabba bar Matana, Amora, proposed as principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 2, 583.
  • Rabba bar Nachmani (270–330), Babylonian Amora, 2, 560.
  • dialectics of, 2, 575, 576.
  • a member of the family of Eli, 2, 575.
  • brothers of, 2, 575–6.
  • emigrates to Judæa, 2, 576.
  • returns to Babylonia, 2, 576.
  • proposed as the principal of the academy of Pumbeditha, 2, 576.
  • and Joseph ben Chiya, 2, 577.
  • principal of Pumbeditha, 2, 578.
  • subjects treated by, 2, 578.
  • method of, 2, 578–9.
  • position of, among students of the Law, 2, 579.
  • rebukes the immorality of the Jews, 2, 579.
  • and Mar-Ukban, 2, 579.
  • death of, 2, 580–1.
  • foster-father of Abayi Nachmani, 2, 583.
  • Rabba ben Ami (869–872), Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 178.
  • Rabban, title of the president of the Synhedrion in his capacity as teacher of the Law, 2, 335.
  • Rabbana, title of honor in Babylonia, 2, 544.
  • title given to Ashi, 2, 606.
  • Rabbanism, certain features of, adopted by Benjamin Nahavendi, 3, 151.
  • Rabbanites, the, partisans of authority, opponents of the Karaites, 3, 134.
  • denounce the Karaites as heretics, 3, 134.
  • literary unfruitfulness of, in the eighth century, 3, 136.
  • antagonistic to science, 3, 149.
  • adopt Karaite teachings, 3, 157.
  • begin scientific work in the ninth century, 3, 180.
  • shunned by the Karaites, 3, 182.
  • neglect the Scriptures, 3, 189.
  • endeavor to effect a reconciliation with the Karaites, 4, 69–70, 71–2, 270.
  • in Jerusalem in the fourteenth century, 4, 74–5.
  • teach Karaites, 4, 269–70.
  • bigotry of, 4, 403.
  • See also Rabbinical Judaism; Talmudical Judaism, etc.
  • Rabbath Ammon (Philadelphia), capital of the Ammonites, 1, 126.
  • taken by David, 1, 128.
  • taken by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • refuge of Ptolemy ben Habub, 2, 3.
  • Aretas defeated at, 2, 62.
  • Rabbenu, title given to Judah II, 2, 480.
  • Rabbi. See Judah I ha-Nassi.
  • Rabbi, title of a teacher of the Law, 2, 335.
  • introduction of the title, 2, 357.
  • title given to Judah II, 2, 480.
  • Rabbi, chief, of England, functions of, 3, 588.
  • Rabbi of Bacharach,” by Heine, 5, 549–50, 552.
  • Rabbinical conference, the, at Brunswick, composition of, 5, 677–8.
  • dominated by Holdheim, 5, 678, 681.
  • spirit of, 5, 682.
  • protests against, 5, 682.
  • Rabbinical conference, the, at Frankfort, to ratify the programme of the Berlin Reform Association, 5, 683.
  • excitement aroused by, 5, 683–4.
  • the orthodox party represented at, 5, 684, 685.
  • discusses the abolition of the Hebrew language, 5, 685.
  • attitude of, towards the Berlin Reform Association, 5, 685–6.
  • Rabbinical Judaism proved to rest on unbroken tradition, 3, 366.
  • originates in Jacob Asheri’s code, 4, 89.
  • practical, 4, 534.
  • beginnings of the criticism of, 5, 55.
  • defended by Immanuel Aboab, 5, 55.
  • attacked and defended by Leo Modena, 5, 72–4.
  • attacked by Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 77.
  • as viewed by Sabbatians, 5, 142, 143–4.
  • guarded by the Kofrim, 5, 144.
  • at variance with the Kabbala, 5, 144.
  • set at defiance by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 148–9, 152, 159.
  • exalted by Richard Simon, 5, 180.
  • attacked by Mordecai ben Nissan, 5, 184.
  • destruction of, aimed at by Chayim Malach, 5, 214.
  • opposed by the Frankists, 5, 274–5.
  • scoffed at in Poland, 5, 276.
  • opposed by the Kabbala, 5, 277.
  • attacked by Mendelssohn’s followers, 5, 371, 375, 379.
  • attacked by the Chassidim, 5, 375, 379.
  • inadequacy of, 5, 385.
  • undermined by Holdheim, 5, 680–1.
  • See also Talmudical Judaism.
  • Rabbinical literature, studied by Christians, 5, 21–2, 179.
  • Rabbinical schools, established in Poland by German exiles, 4, 420. See under Colleges.
  • Rabbinical synod, the, of Konstantinov, appeals to Jacob Emden, 5, 277.
  • of Lublin, decision of, on cases of supposed death, 5, 13.
  • of Mayence, decision of, on commercial honesty, 3, 517.
  • of Mayence, on the marriage law, 4, 135.
  • of Nuremberg, taxes the Bavarian Jews, 4, 305.
  • of Weissenfels, 4, 163.
  • of Worms, rejoices over the Dominican defeat, 4, 452–3.
  • Rabbinical synod, the first, under the presidency of Jacob Tam, 3, 376–7.
  • members of, 3, 377.
  • resolutions of, 3, 377.
  • Rabbinical synods, instituted, 3, 376–7.
  • the Italian, 4, 218.
  • See also under Rabbinical conference.
  • Rabbis, the, disinterestedness of, in the Middle Ages, 3, 287.
  • superior to other religious leaders in the twelfth century, 3, 347.
  • high morality of, in the fourteenth century, 4, 162.
  • compared with the Christian clergy, 4, 162.
  • characteristics of, in the seventeenth century, 5, 200–1.
  • of Europe, recruited from Poland, 5, 206.
  • lack of culture among, 5, 559.
  • not respected, 5, 566.
  • Rabbis, lists of:
  • of Alexandria:
  • Aaron ben Zion Ibn-Alamâni,
  • Phineas ben Meshullam.
  • of Algiers:
  • Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat,
  • Simon ben Zemach Duran,
  • Simon Duran II,
  • Solomon Duran.
  • of Alkolea de Cinca:
  • En-Zag Vidal de Tolosa.
  • of Amsterdam:
  • Aboab, Isaac, de Fonseca,
  • Ayllon, Solomon
  • Manasseh ben Israel,
  • Morteira, Saul Levi
  • Musaphia, Benjamin
  • Pardo, David
  • Pardo, Joseph
  • Pardo, Josiah
  • Uziel, Isaac
  • Vega, Judah
  • Weil, Moses
  • Zevi Ashkenazi.
  • of Arad:
  • Chorin, Aaron.
  • of Barcelona:
  • Solomon ben Abraham ben Adret,
  • Nissim Gerundi ben Reuben.
  • of Berlin:
  • Fränkel, David
  • Hirschel, Lewin
  • Sachs, Michael
  • Wolf, Aaron Benjamin.
  • of Béziers:
  • Meshullam.
  • of Bologna:
  • Ishmael Chanina.
  • of Breslau:
  • Phineas.
  • of Brunswick:
  • Eger, Samuel.
  • of Cairo:
  • Algazi, Moses Joseph
  • David Ibn-Abi Zimra,
  • Moses ben Maimun.
  • of Canea:
  • Delmedigo, Judah
  • Elias ben Elkanah Kapsali.
  • of Castile:
  • Abraham Senior,
  • Meïr Alguades.
  • of Casale:
  • Baki, Simon.
  • of Château-Thierry:
  • Samuel ben Solomon.
  • of Cuito:
  • Nepi, Graziadio.
  • of Cologne:
  • Eleazer ben Samson.
  • of Constantinople:
  • Elias Mizrachi,
  • Fresco, Moses
  • Moses Kapsali.
  • of Cordova:
  • Abu-Amr Joseph ben Zadik Ibn-Zadik,
  • Joseph ben Jacob Ibn-Sahal.
  • of Damascus:
  • Anteri, Jacob
  • Halfen, Azaria
  • Halfen, Solomon.
  • of Fez:
  • Jacob Berab.
  • of France:
  • Johanan ben Mattathiah Provenci,
  • Matthiah ben Joseph Provenci.
  • of Frankfort:
  • Falk, Jacob Joshua
  • Hurwitz, Phineas Levi
  • Kahana, Jacob.
  • of Germany:
  • Meïr ben Baruch Halevi.
  • of Gerona:
  • Moses ben Nachman.
  • of Hamburg:
  • Athias, Isaac
  • Bernays, Isaac
  • Salomon, Gotthold.
  • of Jampol:
  • Landau, Ezekiel.
  • of Jerusalem:
  • Levi ben Jacob Chabib,
  • Obadiah di Bertinoro.
  • of Joigny:
  • Menachem ben Perez.
  • of Leghorn:
  • Cohen, Malachi
  • Samun.
  • of Lemberg:
  • Orenstein, Jacob.
  • of London:
  • Abendana, Jacob
  • Ayllon, Solomon
  • Herschel, Solomon
  • Jacob,
  • Meldola, David
  • Nieto, David
  • Sasportas, Jacob.
  • of Lucena:
  • Isaac ben Jacob Alfassi,
  • Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash Halevi.
  • of Mantua:
  • Brieli, Jehuda Leon
  • Joseph ben Solomon Kolon,
  • Judah ben Yechiel,
  • Vita, Abraham, di Cologna.
  • of Mayence:
  • Eleazer ben Nathan,
  • Jacob ben Moses Mölin Halevi.
  • of Mecklenburg-Schwerin:
  • Holdheim, Samuel.
  • of Melun:
  • Jehuda ben David.
  • of Metz:
  • Eibeschütz, Jonathan
  • Falk, Jacob Joshua.
  • of Minsk:
  • Heilprin, Jechiel.
  • of Naples:
  • David Ibn-Yachya.
  • of Navarre:
  • Orabuena, Joseph.
  • of Neustadt:
  • Shalom.
  • of Nikolsburg:
  • Benet, Mordecai.
  • of Nuremberg:
  • Sprinz, David.
  • of Padua:
  • Ghirondi,
  • Judah Menz.
  • of Palma:
  • En-Vidal Ephraim Gerundi.
  • of Pampeluna:
  • Chayim ben Gallipapa.
  • of Paris:
  • Yechiel.
  • of Perpignan:
  • Vidal Menachem ben Solomon Meïri.
  • of Persia:
  • Sar Shalom.
  • of Portugal:
  • Moses Navarro,
  • Simon Maimi.
  • of Posen:
  • Janow, Hirsch.
  • of Prague:
  • Avigedor Kara,
  • Heller, Lipmann
  • Landau, Ezekiel
  • Oppenheim, David
  • Rapoport, Solomon Jehuda.
  • of Presburg:
  • Sofer, Moses.
  • of Ratisbon:
  • Bruna, Israel.
  • of Safet:
  • Moses ben Jehuda Cohen.
  • of Saint Esprit:
  • Andrade, Abraham.
  • of Saragossa:
  • Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat.
  • of Sepulveda:
  • Solomon Picho.
  • of Smyrna:
  • Benveniste, Chayim
  • Papa, Aaron de la.
  • of Strasburg:
  • Sinzheim, Joseph David.
  • of Tamarica:
  • Lagarto, Jacob.
  • of Tarnopol:
  • Rapoport, Solomon Jehuda.
  • of the Three Communities:
  • Cohen, Raphael
  • Eibeschütz, Jonathan
  • Katzenellenbogen, Ezekiel.
  • of Toledo:
  • Aboab, Isaac
  • Asher ben Yechiel,
  • Isaac de Leon,
  • Jehuda Asheri,
  • Meïr ben Todros Halevi Abulafia,
  • Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach.
  • of Trieste:
  • Galaïgo, Joseph Chayim.
  • of Tudela:
  • Chasdaï ben Solomon.
  • of Venice:
  • Aboab, Samuel
  • Belillos, Jacob
  • Cohen, Nehemiah Vital
  • Merari, Moses Menachem.
  • of Vercelli:
  • Segre, Joshua Benzion.
  • of Vienna:
  • Eskeles, Issachar Berush
  • Heller, Lipmann
  • Jonah,
  • Mannheimer, Isaac Noah
  • Meïr ben Baruch Halevi.
  • of Worms:
  • Kalonymos of Rome.
  • of Würzburg:
  • Isaac ben Eliakim.
  • Rabbis, itinerant:
  • Conforte, David
  • Moses of Coucy.
  • Rabbis, the German, insignificance of, in the fourteenth century, 4, 134–5.
  • appointed by order of Sigismund, 4, 227.
  • Rabbis, the Spanish, hostile to science, 4, 143.
  • slight attainments of, 4, 144.
  • Rabed II. See Abraham ben David.
  • Rabina (488–499), Amora, principal of the Sora academy, 2, 630.
  • completes the Babylonian Talmud, 2, 630–1.
  • death of 2, 631.
  • Rab-shakeh, Assyrian official sent to Hezekiah, 1, 274–5.
  • Rachel, wife of Akiba, 2, 351, 355.
  • Rachel Formosa, mistress of Alfonso the Noble, 3, 386.
  • Radziwill, prince, employs Joseph Delmedigo as physician, 5, 76.
  • Ragesh (Razis), demanded as hostage by Nicanor, 1, 485.
  • Ragoczi, Prince of Transylvania, ill-uses the Jews of Poland, 5, 15.
  • Raimuch, Astruc. See Astruc Raimuch.
  • Ralbag. See Levi ben Gerson.
  • Ramadhan, the fast of, instituted by Mahomet, 3, 75.
  • Ramah, home of Samuel, 1, 73.
  • meeting of elders at, 1, 78.
  • David at, 1, 96–7.
  • taken and fortified by Baasha, 1, 191.
  • re-conquered by Asa, 1, 191.
  • Jeremiah released at, 1, 320.
  • Ramathaim, taken by the Samaritans, 1, 410.
  • Rambam. See Moses ben Maimun.
  • Ramban. See Moses ben Nachman.
  • Rameru, the Jews of, attacked during the second crusade, 3, 355–6.
  • center of Talmud study, 3, 403.
  • Rameses, rallying place of the Israelites on leaving Egypt, 1, 17.
  • Rami, brother of Judah ben Ezekiel, his critic and opponent, 2, 550–1.
  • Ramon Berengar IV, unites Aragon and Catalonia, 3, 387.
  • Ramoth-Gilead taken by Ben-hadad II, 1, 205, 206.
  • Jehu made king of Israel at, 1, 210.
  • Ramson, defender of the Jews, 5, 470.
  • Raphael, the healer, name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • Raphia, Antiochus the Great defeated at, 1, 426.
  • south-western limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Rapoport, Solomon Jehuda (1790–1867), founder of the Galician school, 5, 607.
  • disciple of Krochmal, 5, 610.
  • descent of, 5, 610.
  • learning of, 5, 610–11.
  • and Erter, 5, 614.
  • makes pilgrimages to Krochmal, 5, 614, 617.
  • excommunicated, 5, 614.
  • rabbinical appointments of, 5, 615, 619.
  • style of, 5, 617.
  • influence of Krochmal on, 5, 617–18.
  • devotes himself to biographical research, 5, 618–19.
  • the father of Jewish science, 5, 619.
  • system of, used by Zunz, 5, 620.
  • contributor to the Kerem Chemed, 5, 621–2.
  • inspires Luzzatto, 5, 624.
  • influence of, on Sachs, 5, 690.
  • Rashba. See Solomon ben Abraham ben Adret.
  • Rashbam. See Samuel ben Meïr.
  • Rashi. See Solomon Yizchaki.
  • Rastadt, the Peace Congress at, to abolish the poll-tax on Dutch Jews in Germany, 5, 458.
  • “Summons” addressed to, by Michael Berr, 5, 460.
  • addressed by Christians on the subject of Jewish emancipation, 5, 463.
  • Rationalists, Mahometan. See Mutazilist.
  • Ratisbon, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • council of, protects the Jews during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • under the ban of the empire, 4, 305.
  • fined by the emperor, 4, 306.
  • Molcho and Reubeni at, 4, 510.
  • Ratisbon, the diet at, refuses to form a crusade against the Turks, 4, 267–8.
  • petitioned in behalf of the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 465.
  • petition to, supported by the Austrian representative, 5, 466.
  • Ratisbon, the Jews of, suffer during the first crusade, 3, 305.
  • privileges granted to, 3, 635.
  • not permitted to appear on the street at Easter, 3, 635.
  • saved from the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 36.
  • protected from persecution, 4, 99.
  • contributions exacted from, 4, 254.
  • brutal treatment of, 4, 258–9.
  • held in high esteem, 4, 300.
  • morality of, 4, 300.
  • claimed by various parties, 4, 300.
  • appeal to the Hussites for protection, 4, 301.
  • slandered by apostates, 4, 301–2.
  • imprisoned on the blood accusation, 4, 304.
  • assisted by the Bavarian Jews, 4, 305.
  • protected by Frederick III, 4, 305–6.
  • released, 4, 306.
  • refuse to pay unjust fines, 4, 306–7.
  • strained relations between, and the Christians, 4, 416–17.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 417.
  • send a defender of their cause to Maximilian I, 4, 436–7.
  • the extermination of, suggested by Pfefferkorn, 4, 463.
  • Ratisbonne family, the, culture of, 5, 476.
  • Ratti Menton, French consul in Damascus, opponent of the Jews, 5, 633.
  • appealed to, to search for the murderer of Tomaso, 5, 635.
  • suspects the Damascus Jews of Tomaso’s murder, 5, 635.
  • employs a spy against the Jews, 5, 635.
  • cross-examines Jewish suspects, 5, 636.
  • orders the Jewish suspects to be tortured, 5, 637–8.
  • hushes up evidence in favor of the Jews, 5, 637.
  • abetted by the European consuls, 5, 639.
  • has an anti-Jewish book circulated, 5, 639.
  • pronounces the Jews guilty of Tomaso’s murder, 5, 640.
  • publishes the Damascus affair in French journals, 5, 643.
  • deceives the vice-consul of France, 5, 645.
  • conduct of, described in the Austrian report, 5, 646.
  • excluded from the consular court of justice, 5, 649.
  • defended by Thiers, 5, 650, 659.
  • accused by Isambert, 5, 650.
  • shielded by Cochelet, 5, 660.
  • Ravenna, a Jewish community in, under the Ostrogoths, 3, 28.
  • asks for Jewish bankers, 4, 286.
  • Ravensburg, the Jews of, burnt on the blood accusation, 4, 227.
  • Rawitz, the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Raymond V, of Toulouse, the Jews of Bourg de St. Gilles under, 3, 399.
  • Raymond VI, of Toulouse, persecuted by Innocent III, 3, 400.
  • reproached with employing Jews, 3, 501.
  • forced to promise not to employ Jews, 3, 501–2, 503.
  • laid under the ban, 3, 503.
  • deposition of, 3, 508, 509.
  • Raymond VII, of Toulouse, victorious over the crusaders, 3, 513.
  • promotes Jews to offices, 3, 514.
  • Raymund Roger, of Béziers, during the Albigensian crusade, 3, 502, 503.
  • Raymund Trencaval, count of Béziers, the Jews under, 3, 394.
  • assassination of, 3, 394–5.
  • Raza di Yechuda,” by Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 217.
  • Razi, Arabic medical authority, taught by a Jew, 3, 146.
  • Razio. See Ragesh.
  • Reaction, the, in France under the Bourbons, 5, 596.
  • Reactionary movement, the, in Germany, 5, 508–9.
  • after Napoleon’s fall, 5, 512–13.
  • Real estate, Jews of Visigothic Spain forbidden by Egica to hold, 3, 107–8.
  • owned by Jews in France in the tenth century, 3, 242.
  • German Jews under the Saxon emperors forbidden to own, 3, 242.
  • owned by German and French Jews in the eleventh century, 3, 281, 297.
  • owned by French Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • owned by Silesian Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 418.
  • owned by the Jews of Tyre, 3, 426.
  • Jews forbidden to buy, from Christians, 3, 592.
  • acquired by Jews in Castile, 4, 193.
  • Silesian Jews forbidden to own, 4, 260.
  • owned by Jews in Poland, 4, 419.
  • Jews forbidden to own in Hamburg, 4, 688.
  • Jews forbidden by Paul IV to own, 4, 566–7.
  • Reason, the religion of, established in France, 5, 450–1.
  • and the Jews, 5, 451–2.
  • Rebbe, leader of a Chassidistic group, 5, 392, 393.
  • subordinate to the Zaddik, 5, 393.
  • Recanate, the Jews of, annoyed by apostates, 4, 581.
  • Reccared, Visigothic king, hostile to the Jews, 3, 34, 46–7.
  • commended by Pope Gregory I, 3, 46.
  • laws of, fall into desuetude, 3, 47.
  • Receiver-general of taxes for the Jews of France, 4, 130, 132.
  • See also Taxes, farmers of.
  • Receswinth, Visigothic king, forces Christianity upon the Jews, 3, 102–4.
  • forbids Christians to befriend Jews, 3, 104.
  • Recha, character in “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 324.
  • Rechabites, the, Nazarites, 1, 200.
  • descendants of, in Chaibar, 3, 55.
  • Recife, Jews settle in, 4, 693.
  • siege of, 4, 694.
  • Red Sea, the, passage of the Israelites through, 1, 18–19.
  • Redemption, the dogma of, expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 187.
  • Redingge, Robert de, Dominican, converted to Judaism, 3, 640–1.
  • Reflections,” by Isaac Pinto, 5, 344–5.
  • Reform Association, the, of Berlin, founded by Stern, 5, 683.
  • programme of, 5, 683.
  • and the Frankfort rabbinical conference, 5, 683–4.
  • partially condemned by the conference, 5, 685–6.
  • forms itself into a congregation, 5, 686.
  • innovations of, 5, 686–7.
  • antagonized by Michael Sachs, 5, 687.
  • Reform of Judaism, the, difficulties in the way of, 5, 559–60.
  • begins in Germany, 5, 560.
  • objections to, by the orthodox, 5, 561, 571.
  • undertaken by Jacobson, 5, 561–2.
  • protests against, 5, 562.
  • encouraged in Berlin, 5, 563.
  • interfered with by Frederick William III, 5, 563.
  • Hamburg made the center of, 5, 563–5.
  • in Leipsic, 5, 573.
  • in various places, 5, 573.
  • in Vienna, 5, 580.
  • advocated by Zunz, 5, 621.
  • Geiger devoted to, 5, 626.
  • opposition to, 5, 627.
  • forced upon German Jews, 5, 628.
  • attitude of the school of, 5, 629–30.
  • progress of, in Hamburg, 5, 672–4.
  • causes a rupture among German Jews, 5, 674.
  • in Frankfort, 5, 674–7.
  • discussed at rabbinical conferences, 5, 677.
  • in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 5, 679.
  • in Breslau, 5, 682–3.
  • in Berlin, 5, 682–3, 686–7.
  • Frankel’s attitude towards, 5, 684–5.
  • attitude of Sachs to, 5, 689.
  • in the United States, 5, 702.
  • Reform of Judaism, the moderate, Bernays exponent of, 5, 574–8.
  • Mannheimer exponent of, 5, 578–82.
  • in Germany, France, and Italy, 5, 582.
  • Reform party, the, in Judaism, beginning of, 5, 563.
  • leaders of, 5, 568.
  • cause of, advanced by Jacobson and Libermann, 5, 568–9.
  • joined by Aaron Chorin, 5, 569.
  • Reform Temple Union, the, in Hamburg, origin of, 5, 564.
  • principles of, 5, 565.
  • achievements of, 5, 565.
  • produces a split in Judaism, 5, 565–6.
  • aided by Jacobson, 5, 568.
  • liturgy of, approved by some authorities, 5, 569.
  • action of the Hamburg Dayanim against, 5, 570.
  • supported by Lazarus Riesser, 5, 570.
  • innovations of, declared heterodox, 5, 571.
  • branches of, 5, 573.
  • members of, belong to the Society for Culture, 5, 584.
  • precipitates a quarrel, 5, 672.
  • compiles a new prayer book, 5, 672–3.
  • charges of, against Bernays, 5, 673.
  • Reformation, the Protestant, in Germany, 4, 422.
  • affected by the Talmud, 4, 423.
  • affected by the study of Hebrew, 4, 434.
  • beginnings of, 4, 467.
  • pantomime on, 4, 468.
  • spread of, 4, 469.
  • effect of, on the Jews, 4, 470–1.
  • effect of, on Judaism, 4, 471.
  • results of, 4, 540–3.
  • influence of, in Poland, 4, 633.
  • in Poland and Lithuania, 4, 646–7.
  • effect of, on the Jews of Poland, 4, 647–8.
  • Reggio, Italian Jewish scholar, 5, 622.
  • Reggio, Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Isaac (II) Abrabanel, physician at, 4, 385.
  • Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
  • Jews invited to settle in, 4, 675.
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt in, 5, 209.
  • Regnault, French state councilor, advocates Jewish emancipation, 5, 480–1.
  • Rehoboam, son of Solomon, 1, 177.
  • undisputed succession of, 1, 179.
  • lacks ability, 1, 179–80.
  • and the rebellious Shechemites, 1, 180–1.
  • flees from Shechem, 1, 182.
  • makes a treaty with the king of Damascus, 1, 183.
  • fortifies Jerusalem, 1, 184.
  • defeated by Shishak, 1, 184–5.
  • indifference of, 1, 188.
  • permits Astarte worship, 1, 188–9.
  • end of the reign of, 1, 189.
  • Reign of Terror, the, suffering of the Jews under, 5, 450.
  • end of, 5, 452.
  • Reimarus, Eliza, friend of Lessing, 5, 320.
  • collects subscriptions for Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 329.
  • brother-in-law of, 5, 333.
  • Reimarus, Hermann Samuel, predecessor of, 5, 179.
  • rejects revealed religion, 5, 319–20.
  • work by, published by Lessing, 5, 320–3.
  • Reïs, Arabic word for Nagid, 3, 443.
  • Reischer, Nehemiah, excommunicated by Chayim of Lublin, 5, 261.
  • Release, the year of. See Sabbatical year, the.
  • Relics, the miracle working power of, discussed by the Jews of France, 3, 343.
  • Religious offices, not to be accepted from Christians, 3, 518.
  • Religious Poetry of the Jews in Spain,” by Sachs, 5, 693–4.
  • Rembrandt, supplies engravings for a work by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 38.
  • Remonstrants, the, a religious party in Holland, 4, 673.
  • complain of the Jews, 4, 673, 674.
  • Renaissance, the, of the Jewish race, 5, 291–2.
  • Renaissance of Judaism, the, consequences of, 5, 374–5.
  • description of, 5, 589–90, 591–2.
  • shaped by Poland, 5, 607.
  • Rephaim, the original inhabitants of Canaan, 1, 2.
  • Rephidim, station of the Israelites on their journey through the desert, 1, 21.
  • Resettlement, the, of the Jews in England. See under England.
  • Resh-Galutha. See Exilarch.
  • Resh-Kalla, title of the professors in Babylonia, 2, 547.
  • title of the chief of the Kairuan community, 3, 210.
  • title given to Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 217.
  • Resh-Lakish. See Simon ben Lakish.
  • Resh-Metibta, director of the school sessions in Babylonia, 2, 547.
  • Resh-Sidra, principal of a school, 2, 512.
  • Restorers of the Law,” Simon ben Shetach and Judah ben Tabbaï, 2, 49.
  • Resurrection of the dead, the, a foreign element in the divine service, 1, 401, 405–6.
  • and the apostle Paul, 2, 225–6.
  • bodily, denied by the Tiflisites, 3, 158.
  • as taught by Maimonides and his disciples, 3, 475–6, 487–8.
  • treatise on, by Samuel ben Ali, 3, 476.
  • treatise on, by Maimonides, 3, 488.
  • Retribution, the doctrine of, among the Pharisees, 2, 18.
  • among the Sadducees, 2, 21.
  • according to the Mishna, 2, 472–3.
  • in the Kabbala, 3, 555.
  • Return from the Captivity, the, 1, 351–6.
  • Return of the Jewish Warrior, The,” painting by Oppenheim, 5, 601.
  • Return of the Jews, The,” by Isaac La Peyrère, 5, 25.
  • Reubell, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441, 448.
  • Reuben, the tribe of, asks for land east of the Jordan, 1, 29–30.
  • harassed by the Moabites, 1, 125.
  • district of, taken by Hazael, 1, 220.
  • descendants of, in Chaibar, 3, 437.
  • Reubeni, David. See David Reubeni.
  • Reuchlin, John (Capnion, 1455–1522), suggested as Pfefferkorn’s coadjutor, 4, 431–2.
  • rôle of, in the Protestant Reformation, 4, 432.
  • as a humanist, 4, 432.
  • studies Hebrew, 4, 433.
  • writes a panegyric on the Hebrew language, 4, 433–4.
  • taught by Obadiah di Sforno, 4, 434, 473.
  • compiles a Hebrew grammar, 4, 434.
  • disciples of, 4, 434.
  • prejudice of, against Jews, 4, 435.
  • charges the Jews with blasphemy, 4, 435.
  • honors conferred upon, 4, 435.
  • discredited with the Dominicans, 4, 435–6.
  • invited to join Pfefferkorn, 4, 436.
  • appointed to direct the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 437, 441.
  • issues an opinion favorable to Jewish literature, 4, 441–3.
  • advises the teaching of Hebrew at German universities, 4, 443.
  • declares the Jews entitled to the privileges of the Holy Roman empire, 4, 443.
  • defends the Jews from the charge of heresy, 4, 443–4.
  • opinion of, on Jewish literature opened by Pfefferkorn, 4, 445.
  • complains to Maximilian I of Pfefferkorn, 4, 446.
  • publishes the “Augenspiegel,” 4, 446–8.
  • charged with having been bribed to defend the Talmud, 4, 447.
  • summoned to answer the charge of heresy, 4, 450.
  • charges against, 4, 450–1.
  • appears in Mayence, 4, 451.
  • execution of the judgment against, delayed, 4, 452.
  • appeals to Leo X, 4, 453, 454.
  • examination of, ordered by Leo X, 4, 454.
  • appears in Speyer, 4, 454.
  • exonerated, 4, 455.
  • enemies of, 4, 456.
  • adherents of, 4, 456–7.
  • excused from appearing at Rome, 4, 458.
  • Maximilian I intercedes for, 4, 458–9.
  • cause of, in Paris, 4, 459–60.
  • supposed author of the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 462.
  • cause of, submitted to the fifth Lateran Council, 4, 464.
  • cause of, favorably decided, 4, 465.
  • on the Kabbala, 4, 466–7, 481, 583.
  • in the pantomime on the Reformation, 4, 468.
  • publishes a work on Hebrew accents, 4, 471.
  • encourages the study of the Bible, 4, 474.
  • cause of, espoused by Lorenzo Pucci, 4, 503.
  • introduces Rabbinical literature to Christians, 5, 179.
  • Reuchlinists, the, composed of Young Germany, 4, 456–7.
  • motto of, 4, 457.
  • friends of the Jews, 4, 457.
  • conspire against Hoogstraten, 4, 465.
  • Reuel, father-in-law of Moses, 1, 14.
  • Revelation, the belief in, shaken in the time of Saadiah, 3, 198.
  • the belief in, 5, 715–16.
  • Revelation according to the System of the Synagogue,” by Steinheim, 5, 604–6.
  • Revolution. See February revolution, the; French revolution, the; July revolution, the.
  • Rezin, becomes king of Damascus, 1, 177.
  • allies himself with the kings of Israel and Judah, 1, 248.
  • ally of Pekah against Judah, 1, 258.
  • slain, 1, 259.
  • Rhabanus Maurus, abbot of Fulda, dedicates his works to the empress Judith, 3, 162.
  • indebtedness of, to Jews, 3, 163.
  • Rheims, rabbinical synods meet at, 3, 377.
  • rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • study of Hebrew at the university of, 4, 474.
  • Rheingau, the, the Jews of, molested, 4, 543.
  • Rhenish Confederation, the, Prince Primate of, 5, 504.
  • dissolution of, 5, 505.
  • Rhine district, the, the Jews of, origin of, 3, 40–1.
  • during the first crusade, 3, 300, 305.
  • devoted to the study of the Talmud, 3, 345.
  • during the second crusade, 3, 352.
  • protected by Bernard of Clairvaux, 3, 353.
  • observe a fast for the Jews of Blois, 3, 380.
  • emigrate, 3, 638.
  • assaulted by the imperial army, 4, 225.
  • find a refuge in Poland, 4, 420.
  • Rhine district, the Lower. See Alsace; Lorraine.
  • Rhine district, the Upper, the Jews of, banished, 4, 107.
  • propose a distinction for Crémieux, 5, 670.
  • Rhineland, the, the Jews of, during the Armleder persecutions, 4, 97.
  • urged to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271–2.
  • the poll-tax abolished in, 5, 468.
  • present addresses to the Synhedrion, 5, 496.
  • Rhinokolura, the river of Egypt, boundary of Israel under David, 1, 129.
  • south-western limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Rhodes, Herod presents himself before Octavius at, 2, 101.
  • criminal colony of Turkey, 4, 599.
  • prophets at, silenced by Sabbataï’s apostasy, 5, 157.
  • Rhodes, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • the blood accusation brought against, 5, 640–1.
  • tortured, 5, 640, 641.
  • revision of the trial of, 5, 647.
  • acquitted, 5, 647.
  • Rhodez, Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 373, 374.
  • Rhodosto, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Cardoso at, 5, 207.
  • Rhyme, introduced into neo-Hebraic poetry under Arab influences, 3, 116.
  • Rhynsburg, Spinoza at, 5, 95.
  • Rhynsburgians, a Dutch sect, 5, 94.
  • Ri. See Isaac ben Samuel.
  • Riba. See Isaac ben Asher Halevi.
  • Riban. See Jehuda ben Nathan.
  • Ribash. See Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat.
  • Riblah, Necho at, 1, 299.
  • Nebuchadnezzar at, 1, 313.
  • dignitaries of Jerusalem beheaded at, 1, 314.
  • Riccio, Paul, apostate, translates the Kabbalistic writings of Joseph Jikatilla, 4, 466.
  • Richard I, of England, concludes a truce with Saladin, 3, 405.
  • first persecution of English Jews at the coronation of, 3, 409–10.
  • protects the Jews, 3, 411.
  • joins the third crusade, 3, 411.
  • orders those guilty of the massacre of the Jews to be punished, 3, 416.
  • capture of, 3, 418.
  • wishes to appoint Maimonides his physician, 3, 474.
  • Richard, brother of Henry III, the Jews of England pledged to, 3, 590.
  • Richelieu, celebrated by Enriquez de Paz, 5, 111.
  • Richelieu, due de, expels the German Jews from Bordeaux, 5, 343–4.
  • Richter, Friedrich (Jean Paul), attitude of, towards the Jews, 5, 533.
  • Riess, David, permitted to have a private synagogue in Prussia, 5, 191.
  • Riesser, Gabriel (1806–1860), grandfather of, 5, 330.
  • father of, 5, 570–1.
  • character of, 5, 598.
  • attitude of, towards Judaism, 5, 599.
  • unable to procure a position as jurist, 5, 599.
  • works for the emancipation of the German Jews, 5, 599.
  • criticises the Germans and the Jews, 5, 599–600.
  • advocates the formation of societies for the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 600.
  • influence of, 5, 600–1, 602.
  • honored by the Jews of Baden, 5, 601.
  • contest of, with Judæophobists, 5, 601–2.
  • puts the Jewish question on the liberal programme, 5, 602.
  • friend of, 5, 602.
  • proposes means of commemorating the services of Montefiore and Crémieux, 5, 669–70.
  • secretary of the Hamburg Reform Temple Union, 5, 672.
  • and the proscription of the new prayer book, 5, 673.
  • asked to join the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675–6.
  • in the Prussian Landtag, 5, 697.
  • Riesser, Lazarus, supports the Hamburg Reform Temple Union, 5, 570–1.
  • Rieti. See Moses ben Isaac da Rieti.
  • Rigle, the, festival lectures at Sora, 2, 515.
  • of the Exilarch, 2, 607.
  • Rihana, a woman of the Benu-Kuraiza, taken captive by Mahomet, 3, 81.
  • Rimmon, the plain of, battle on, in the Bar-Cochba revolt, 2, 416.
  • Rindfleisch persecution, the, of the German Jews, 4, 35–7.
  • Rites, The,” by Leo Modena, translated by Richard Simon, 5, 180.
  • Ritual, the, work on, by Samuel ben Chofni, 3, 253.
  • Ritual murder. See Blood accusation, the.
  • Rivarola, cardinal, promises to remove Tomaso’s tombstone, 5, 668.
  • Rizba. See Isaac ben Abraham.
  • Rizpah, wife of Saul, 1, 95.
  • coveted by Abner, 1, 110.
  • sons of, killed, 1, 123.
  • devotion of, 1, 123–4.
  • Roaring of the Lion, The,” by Leo Modena, 5, 73.
  • Robert, archbishop, ordered to enforce the decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • Robert of Anjou, king of Naples, protector of the Jews, 4, 59.
  • appealed to by the Jews of Rome, 4, 61.
  • patron of Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, 4, 61, 63.
  • taught by Leone Romano, 4, 68.
  • patron of Shemarya Ikriti, 4, 69, 70.
  • Robert, Ludwig, brother of Rachel Levin, 5, 534.
  • Robert, Rachel. See Levin, Rachel.
  • Robespierre, favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 441.
  • fall of, 5, 452.
  • Robles, Antonio, Marrano, indicted as a Papist, 5, 49.
  • Rocamora, Vincent (Isaac) de (1601–1684), Marrano monk, poet and physician, returns to Judaism, 5, 109–10.
  • judge of poetry, 5, 113.
  • Roderic, the last of the Visigothic kings of Spain, 3, 109.
  • Rodosto. See Rhodosto.
  • Rodrigo, physician of, at the congress summoned by João II, 4, 367.
  • Rodrigo, João, de Castel-Branco. See Amatus Lusitanus.
  • Rodrigues, Isaac, member of Malesherbes’ commission, 5, 432.
  • deputy of the French Jews, 5, 438.
  • Roger, count of Béziers, Jews under, 3, 395.
  • Roger II, of Sicily, permits the Jews to have their own jurisdiction, 3, 422–3.
  • brings Jews from Greece, 3, 424.
  • Rohrer, Joseph, writes against the Jews, 5, 472.
  • Roïm. See Pastoureaux.
  • Rokeach. See Eleazar ben Jehuda.
  • Rolls, the, contain a register of the property of English Jews, 3, 588.
  • Romagna, the, the Talmud burnt in, under Julius III, 4, 565.
  • Roman, distinction between, and non-Roman disappears, 2, 468.
  • Roman eagle, the, torn down by Judæans, 2, 115, 121.
  • Roman era, the, used in public documents, 2, 134.
  • Roman exile, the, 2, 321.
  • Roman garrison of Jerusalem, the, under Metilius, 2, 255.
  • capitulates to the Zealots, 2, 260.
  • retreats to the towers of the wall, 2, 260.
  • destroyed by the Zealots, 2, 261.
  • Roman governors of Judæa, the, severity of, 2, 241. See Judæa, the Roman governors of.
  • Roman provinces, the, rebel against Hadrian, 2, 399.
  • the Jews of. See under Jews, the.
  • Roman Senate, the, acknowledges the rights of Ptolemy VI, 1, 506.
  • gives Cyrene to Ptolemy VII, 1, 507.
  • defied by Ptolemy VI, 1, 507.
  • promulgates a law against Judaism in Rome, 2, 136.
  • Roman standard, the, obnoxious emblems on, 2, 139.
  • Romano, Solomon. See Baptista, John.
  • Romans, the, defeat Antiochus the Great, 1, 434.
  • in the second century before the common era, 1, 443.
  • favor Antiochus IV, 1, 443.
  • espouse the cause of Egypt against Antiochus IV, 1, 453.
  • order Lysias to give up elephants in the army, 1, 481–2.
  • Judas Maccabæus negotiates with, 1, 485–6.
  • allies of Judæa under Simon Tharsi, 1, 525–6.
  • embassy sent to, by John Hyrcanus, 2, 4–5.
  • forbid Antiochus IX to molest the Judæans, 2, 9.
  • besiege the Temple, 2, 123.
  • take of the Temple treasures, 2, 124.
  • end the revolt against Sabinus, 2, 126.
  • leaning of, towards Judaism, 2, 136–7.
  • in Judæa despise the Judæans, 2, 246–7.
  • of Judæa receive Hadrian with servility, 2, 406.
  • kindly treated by the Jews under Bar-Cochba, 2, 411–12.
  • under Antoninus Pius, persecute the Jews, 2, 446.
  • See also Rome.
  • Romantic movement, the, in Germany, 5, 515–16.
  • Romanus, teacher of Alexander Severus in Jewish customs, 2, 482.
  • Rome (city), Judæans in, before Pompey’s time, 2, 67.
  • Judæan quarter in, 2, 68.
  • struggle of parties in, after Cæsar’s death, 2, 79–80.
  • conversions to Judaism in, 2, 383–5.
  • the bishops of, bring about the Catholic Church, 2, 500.
  • a synagogue in, burnt by Christians, 2, 614.
  • the fall of, and the Jews, 3, 27–8.
  • the Jewish community in, under the Ostrogoths, 3, 28.
  • riot in, against Jewish slave-owners, 3, 30–1.
  • immorality of, in the ninth century, 3, 169.
  • Council of, decrees against Jews’ holding offices, 3, 293–4.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369–71.
  • declared a republic, 3, 370.
  • exiled Jews settle in, 4, 408.
  • David Reubeni at, 4, 492, 493.
  • sack of, confirms Messianic hopes, 4, 497.
  • Marranos of, permitted to profess Judaism, 4, 500.
  • Solomon Molcho at, 4, 502–4, 505–7.
  • flood in, 4, 505.
  • the Inquisition at, authorized, 4, 525.
  • Marranos well treated at, 4, 525.
  • the Talmud burnt at, 4, 565.
  • Nathan Ghazati at, 5, 161.
  • Rome (city), the Jews of, protected by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • do honor to Alexander III, 3, 421.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • live secure until the fourteenth century, 4, 58.
  • prosperity and culture of, 4, 58–9.
  • order a translation of Maimonides’ works, 4, 60.
  • threatened with banishment, 4, 61.
  • oppose the influx of Spanish exiles, 4, 363.
  • ill-treated by Paul IV, 4, 567.
  • do homage to Pius IV, 4, 588.
  • obtain privileges from Pius IV, 4, 588.
  • permitted to remain on the expulsion of Jews from the Papal States, 4, 591, 659.
  • number of, in the sixteenth century, 4, 653.
  • under Sixtus V, 4, 655–6.
  • intercede for the Jews of Vienna, 5, 171.
  • return to the Ghetto under Pius VII, 5, 518.
  • Rome (city), the Judæans of, power of, 2, 68.
  • banished to Sardinia, 2, 136–7.
  • first religious persecutions of, 2, 137.
  • number of, 2, 202.
  • in part banished by Claudius, 2, 202.
  • avoid the arch of Titus, 2, 314–15.
  • Rome (empire), Herod’s submission to, 2, 105.
  • the Temple placed under the protection of, 2, 111.
  • Judæa wholly in the possession of, 2, 128.
  • subdued by Christianity, 2, 174, 559.
  • Agrippa I makes plans against, 2, 195–6.
  • the yoke of, on Judæa, 2, 233–4.
  • the Judæan insurrection against, begun, 2, 255.
  • taxes of, not paid in Judæa, 2, 258.
  • allegiance to, renounced in Judæa, 2, 259.
  • in the estimation of the Jewish and the Pagan Christians, 2, 369.
  • the last emperors of, 2, 526.
  • weakness of, at home, 2, 526–7.
  • invaded by Parthians and Goths, 2, 527.
  • loses its importance, 2, 560.
  • revolt of the Jews against, under Constantius, 2, 570.
  • dissolution of, 2, 604–5.
  • See also East, the, empire of; Romans, the; West, the, empire of.
  • Rome (empire), the Jews of, appeal to Marcus Aurelius for the abolition of anti-Jewish laws, 2, 449.
  • favored by Julian the Apostate, 2, 597.
  • under Theodosius the Great, 2, 614–15.
  • See also Jews, the.
  • the Judæans of, favored by Cæsar, 2, 76.
  • mourn the murder of Cæsar, 2, 79.
  • favored by Octavius, 2, 103.
  • See also Judæans, the.
  • Rome, Little, name of Cæsarea, 2, 106.
  • Ronda, Berber ruler of, slain by the Arabs, 3, 276.
  • Rosales, a Jewish author, made count palatine, 4, 692.
  • Rosh, title of the chief of the Kairuan community, 3, 210, 211.
  • Rostock, the theological faculty of, forbids the employment of Jewish physicians, 4, 692.
  • Rothenburg on the Tauber, the Jews of, indifferent to the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 438.
  • Rothschild, James de, entertains the diplomatic corps at Paris, 5, 529.
  • action of, in the Damascus affair, 5, 653.
  • Rothschild, Lionel de, refused his seat in Parliament, 5, 698.
  • Rothschild, Mayer Amschel, obtains the emancipation of the Frankfort Jews, 5, 505.
  • civic honors of, 5, 514.
  • the son of, before the Congress of Vienna, 5, 514.
  • Rothschild, Nathaniel M. de, acts in the Damascus affair, 5, 645, 651.
  • obtains a revision of the trial of the Jews of Rhodes, 5, 647.
  • dignity of, 5, 653.
  • an English Peer, 5, 698.
  • Rothschilds, the, the house of, a power, 5, 513.
  • the residence of, mobbed, 5, 529.
  • awe of, 5, 530.
  • zealous in the Damascus affair, 5, 646.
  • hostile to Thiers, 5, 649.
  • appeal to, from Damascus, 5, 651.
  • attempt to extort money from, 5, 655.
  • Rotterdam, the second Jewish colony of Holland, 4, 685.
  • Röttingen, the Jews of, burnt by Rindfleisch, 4, 35.
  • Rouelle, the, a Jew badge introduced into France in the fourteenth century, 4, 131.
  • Rouen, the Jews of, persecuted, 3, 299.
  • Rouen, the Council of, forbids Jews to keep Christian slaves or nurses, 3, 294.
  • re-enacts the decrees of the fourth Lateran Council, 3, 520.
  • Roundheads. See Puritans.
  • Rousseau praises Pereira’s sign language, 5, 343.
  • Roussillon, French exiles emigrate to, 4, 49.
  • Rubianus, Crotus (Johann Jäger), espouses Reuchlin’s cause, 4, 456.
  • writes the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461–2.
  • Rubio, Abraham, Sabbatian, 5, 145.
  • Ruchaïm. See Solomon ben Yerucham.
  • Rückert, inspires Sachs, 5, 692.
  • Rüdiger, Huozmann, bishop of Speyer, grants privileges to the Jews, 3, 297–8.
  • Rudolph (I) of Habsburg, emperor, Jews persecuted before the crowning of, 3, 611.
  • extorts money from the Jews of Germany, 3, 634.
  • grants privileges to the Jews of Ratisbon, 3, 635.
  • confirms the Jewish statute of Frederick the Valiant, 3, 635.
  • ratifies papal bulls protecting the Jews, 3, 635.
  • blood accusations under, 3, 635–7.
  • confiscates the property of the Jews of Mayence, 3, 636.
  • imprisons Meïr of Rothenburg, 3, 639.
  • Rudolph II, emperor, attitude of, towards the Jews, 4, 652.
  • Rudolph, a French monk, preaches the second crusade in Germany, 3, 351.
  • arouses the people against the Jews, 3, 351.
  • denounced by the clergy, 3, 352–3.
  • disappears, 3, 353–4.
  • Ruez, Juan, inquisitor appointed by Sixtus IV, 4, 312.
  • Rufinus, chamberlain of Arcadius, favorably disposed to the Jews, 2, 615–16.
  • Rufus, commander of the Tenth Legion, takes Simon bar Giora prisoner, 2, 313.
  • Rufus, Annius, third procurator of Judæa, 2, 135.
  • Rufus, Tinnius, governor of Judæa, retreats before Bar-Cochba, 2, 411.
  • Rufus, Turnus, general, sent to Judæa by Hadrian, 2, 421.
  • draws the plow over Jerusalem, 2, 421.
  • severity of, towards Akiba, 2, 428.
  • cruelty of, to the dead, 2, 430.
  • wife of, and the Jews, 2, 432.
  • Rühs, Friedrich, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 517.
  • Rupert of the Palatinate, emperor, accession of, 4, 178.
  • privileges granted by, to Jews, confirmed, 4, 219.
  • Russia, Jews not allowed in, under Ivan IV, 4, 633.
  • allied with the Cossacks, 5, 14.
  • inflicts suffering upon the Polish Jews, 5, 14–15.
  • supports Turkey, 5, 634.
  • in the Quadruple Alliance, 5, 658.
  • Russia, the Jews of, begin to study the Talmud, 3, 421.
  • represented in the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 644.
  • condition of, inquired into by Alexander I, 5, 472–3.
  • certain classes of, exempt from exceptional laws, 5, 473.
  • forced to attend schools, 5, 473.
  • forced into the cities, 5, 473.
  • Russia, Little, the Cossacks enjoy independence in, 5, 2.
  • the Jews of, massacred, 5, 10.
  • Russia, West, the Haidamaks in, 5, 11.
  • the Jews banished from, 5, 12.
  • Russians, the, wage war with the Chazars, 3, 221.
  • Ruta al Jahud, a fortress near Saragossa, 3, 42.
  • Ruth, the Book of, composed to counteract Ezra’s views on intermarriage, 1, 370–1.
  • Ruthard, archbishop of Mayence, permits the massacre of Jews by crusaders, 3, 303, 306.
  • accused before Henry IV, 3, 307.
  • flees to Erfurt, 3, 307.
  • Ruthenia, rabbinical schools established in, 4, 420.
  • Ruy Capron, ancestor of the Jew hater Pacheco, 4, 278.
  • S
  • Saad-Addaula (Mordecai Ibn-Alcharbiya), physician to Argun, 3, 638.
  • regulates the finances of Argun, 3, 646.
  • advises diplomatic connections with Europe, 3, 647.
  • administration of, 3, 647–8.
  • patron of learning, 3, 648.
  • intrigue against, by the Mahometans, 3, 648–9.
  • Mongol enemies of, 3, 649.
  • execution of, 3, 649.
  • Saadiah ben Joseph (892–942), makes science a principle of Judaism, 3, 187, 188.
  • last important exponent of Eastern Judaism, 3, 188.
  • wide knowledge of, 3, 188.
  • decided character of, 3, 188.
  • attacks the Karaites, 3, 189.
  • translates the Bible into Arabic, 3, 189–90.
  • Hebrew grammar and lexicon by, 3, 190.
  • attacks the Karaite calendar, 3, 190–1.
  • later works of, against Karaism, 3, 192.
  • appointed Gaon of Sora, 3, 193.
  • dissatisfaction of, with Babylonian-Jewish communal life, 3, 193–4.
  • refuses to abet the injustice of the Exilarch, 3, 195–6.
  • deprived of his office, 3, 195.
  • names Josiah Hassan Exilarch, 3, 195.
  • deposed by Caliph Kahir, 3, 196.
  • at Bagdad, 3, 196.
  • arranges a prayer book, 3, 196.
  • collects the rules of the calendar, 3, 196.
  • writes against Aaron ben Asher, 3, 196–7, 207.
  • philosophical works of, 3, 197–8.
  • skepticism of the time of, 3, 198–9.
  • combats the opinions of Chivi Albalchi, 3, 199.
  • in favor with the caliph Abradhir, 3, 200.
  • reconciled with David ben Zaccaï, 3, 200–1.
  • restored to the Gaonate of Sora, 3, 201.
  • responses of, 3, 201.
  • son of, 3, 202.
  • attacked by Karaites, 3, 203, 204.
  • defended by Jacob ben Samuel, 3, 204.
  • objects to meter in Hebrew, 3, 223.
  • lexicographical work of, supplanted by Menachem ben Saruk’s, 3, 225.
  • works of, criticised by Dunash ben Labrat, 3, 226.
  • compared with Haï Gaon, 3, 250.
  • philosophical work of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • denounced as a heretic, 3, 624.
  • Saadio Longo, poet, patronized by Gedalya Ibn-Yachya II, 4, 609.
  • Saatz, Hussite victory at, 4, 226.
  • Saba, Abraham. See Abraham Saba.
  • Sabako, king of Egypt, designs of, on Palestine, 1, 257.
  • Sabbaï, champion of the Samaritan religion, 1, 517.
  • Sabbataï ben Solomon, Italian scholar, 3, 630.
  • Sabbataï Donnolo (913–970), taken prisoner by the Mahometans, 3, 212.
  • ransomed in Trani, 3, 213.
  • physician to the Byzantine viceroy of Calabria, 3, 213.
  • offers to treat Nilus the Younger, 3, 213.
  • poetry of, 3, 223.
  • Sabbataï Raphael, emissary of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 133.
  • spreads abroad the Messiah’s fame, 5, 137.
  • clings to the Messiah after his apostasy, 5, 157.
  • encourages the Sabbatian movement in Italy, Germany, and Amsterdam, 5, 160–1.
  • Sabbataï Zevi (1626–1676), compared with Spinoza, 5, 118.
  • attractive appearance of, 5, 118.
  • boyhood and studies of, 5, 119.
  • early marriage of, 5, 119.
  • teaches the Kabbala, 5, 119.
  • father of, 5, 119–20.
  • interested in Messianic speculations, 5, 120–1.
  • reveals himself as the Messiah, 5, 122.
  • excommunicated and banished from Smyrna, 5, 122.
  • gains followers, 5, 123.
  • the Messiahship of, confirmed by an old document, 5, 123.
  • celebrates his marriage with the Torah, 5, 124.
  • banished from Salonica, 5, 124.
  • meets opposition at Athens, 5, 124.
  • introduced to Raphael Joseph Chelebi, 5, 125, 127.
  • attracts the Jews of Jerusalem, 5, 127.
  • sent as a messenger to Chelebi, 5, 127–8.
  • journey of, to Cairo, 5, 128.
  • second marriage of, 5, 128–9.
  • beginning of public career of, 5, 129.
  • becomes acquainted with Nathan Ghazati, 5, 131.
  • threatened with excommunication in Jerusalem, 5, 132.
  • preparations for the arrival of, in Smyrna, 5, 133.
  • reception of, in Aleppo and Smyrna, 5, 133.
  • declares himself the Messiah in Smyrna, 5, 134.
  • enthusiasm for, in Smyrna, 5, 134–5.
  • sole ruler at Smyrna, 5, 136.
  • attracts wide attention, 5, 137.
  • honors paid to, 5, 141–2.
  • divides the world among his adherents, 5, 145.
  • goes to Constantinople, 5, 145–6.
  • arrested on his arrival, 5, 146.
  • reception of, in Constantinople, 5, 146–7.
  • imprisoned with debtors, 5, 147.
  • enthusiasm aroused by, in Constantinople, 5, 147–8.
  • imprisoned at Abydos, 5, 148.
  • celebrates the Passover illegally, 5, 148–9.
  • visitors crowd to, 5, 149.
  • homage paid to, 5, 149–50.
  • abolishes the fast of Tammuz, 5, 151–2.
  • summons Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 152.
  • betrayed by Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 153.
  • conversion of, to Islam resolved on, 5, 153.
  • taken to Adrianople, 5, 154.
  • converted to Islam, 5, 154.
  • third marriage of, 5, 154.
  • letters of homage to, from Amsterdam, 5, 155.
  • Messianic claims of, acknowledged after his apostasy, 5, 156–7.
  • proved the true Messiah by his apostasy, 5, 157–8.
  • joined by Nathan Ghazati, 5, 158.
  • begins his Messianic doings anew, 5, 162.
  • preaches before Jews at Adrianople, 5, 162–3.
  • lives as a Jew and a Mahometan, 5, 165–6.
  • banished to Constantinople, 5, 166.
  • fourth marriage of, 5, 166.
  • banished to Dulcigno, 5, 166.
  • death of, 5, 166.
  • Cardoso declares himself the successor of, 5, 207.
  • cause of the failure of, 5, 209.
  • supposed son of, 5, 209.
  • immorality of the widow of, 5, 209–10.
  • successors of, 5, 211, 230, 274.
  • biography of, 5, 212, 266.
  • See also Sabbatian movement, the; Sabbatians, the.
  • Sabbataï Zevi, the followers of, list of:
  • Aboab, Isaac, de Fonseca
  • Abudiente, Abraham Gideon
  • Aguilar, Raphael Moses d’
  • Ashkenazi, Jacob
  • Ayllon, Solomon
  • Benveniste, Chayim
  • Berachya,
  • Bloch, Mattathias
  • Bonafoux, Daniel Israel
  • Cardoso, Abraham Michael
  • Castro, Bendito de
  • Chayim Malach,
  • Chayon, Nehemiah Chiya
  • Chelebi, Raphael Joseph
  • Cuenqui, Abraham
  • Duchan, Jacob Israel
  • Eibeschütz, Jonathan
  • Faliachi, Jacob
  • Galante, Moses
  • Isaiah Chassid,
  • Jacob Querido,
  • Judah Chassid,
  • Leb Herz,
  • Levi, Isaiah
  • Löbele Prosnitz,
  • Mordecai of Eisenstadt,
  • Moses Meïr Kamenker,
  • Naar, Isaac
  • Nathan Benjamin Levi (Ghazati),
  • Penya, Chayim
  • Pereira, Abraham
  • Pinheiro, Moses
  • Primo, Samuel
  • Rubio, Abraham
  • Sabbataï Raphael,
  • Salvador, Jonah
  • Silveira, Isaac
  • Sofino, Raphael
  • Texeira, Manoel
  • Wolf, Levi
  • Yachini, Abraham
  • Zacut, Moses.
  • Sabbath, the, the observance of, by Babylonian proselytes, 1, 339.
  • by Babylonian Judæans, 1, 364.
  • as ordered by Nehemiah, 1, 386–7.
  • after Nehemiah, 1, 397–8.
  • forbidden by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 456.
  • according to the school of Shammai, 2, 131, 132.
  • by the disciples of Jesus, 2, 155.
  • forbidden in Alexandria, 2, 184.
  • by Pagans, 2, 384.
  • forbidden by Hadrian, 2, 422.
  • respected by Honorius, 2, 617.
  • forbidden by Jezdijird III, 2, 627, 628.
  • as ordained by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • among the Karaites, 3, 132, 157, 158, 435; 4, 269–70.
  • on Cyprus, 3, 425.
  • a sign of heresy, 4, 316.
  • by the Marranos of Lisbon, 4, 489.
  • song for, 4, 538.
  • the center of Lurya’s mystic system, 4, 626.
  • Jews of France compelled to violate, 5, 451.
  • national according to Holdheim, 5, 680.
  • on Sunday, 5, 687, 702.
  • Sabbath Epistle, The,” by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 374.
  • Sabbatian movement, the spread of, from Smyrna over Europe, 5, 135–41.
  • and Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 142, 143–4.
  • the Messiah in, 5, 142–3.
  • opposed by the Kofrim, 5, 144.
  • strengthened by the Messiah’s imprisonment, 5, 149–51.
  • causes stagnation of trade, 5, 149.
  • in Italy, 5, 160–1.
  • after Sabbataï Zevi’s death, 5, 207–14.
  • profligacy sanctioned in, 5, 210.
  • growth of, 5, 211–13, 228–9.
  • in Poland, 5, 212, 228.
  • in Podolia, 5, 228.
  • generally opposed by the rabbis, 5, 245.
  • history of, 5, 266.
  • Sabbatians, the, accept Islam, 5, 154, 211.
  • ridiculed on Sabbataï’s conversion to Islam, 5, 155.
  • threatened with persecution in Turkey, 5, 156.
  • refuse to believe Sabbataï’s apostasy, 5, 156–7.
  • excommunicated, 5, 157.
  • at Adrianople, 5, 159.
  • abrogate fasts, 5, 159.
  • in Italy, 5, 160–1.
  • adhere to Sabbataï, 5, 163.
  • character of, unknown, 5, 259.
  • existence of, denied, 5, 271.
  • encouraged by the Eibeschütz controversy, 5, 273.
  • Jacob Frank the leader of, 5, 273.
  • Sabbatical year, the, kept after Ezra and Nehemiah, 1, 393.
  • Alexander the Great remits the tax in, 1, 415.
  • abolition of, contemplated by Judah I, 2, 459–60.
  • tax during, exacted by Caracalla, 2, 469.
  • Jannaï permits the cultivation of the land during, 2, 469.
  • Sabea, a province of southern Arabia, 3, 54.
  • Sabina, Poppea, wife of Nero, preference of, for Judaism, 2, 248.
  • favorable to Judaism, 2, 248.
  • appoints Gessius Florus procurator of Judæa, 2, 249.
  • death of, 2, 251.
  • releases Pharisees at the instance of Josephus, 2, 276.
  • Sabinus, treasurer of Augustus, sent to seize Herod’s treasures, 2, 123.
  • instigates a siege of the Temple by the Romans, 2, 123–4.
  • appropriates treasures from the Temple, 2, 124.
  • urges Quintilius Varus against the Judæan insurgents, 2, 125.
  • Sabureans (Saboraim), the, post-Amoraic teachers of the Law, render the Talmud available for practical use, 3, 6.
  • commit the Talmud to writing, 3, 6–7.
  • chronicle of, by Sherira, 3, 233.
  • See under Law, the, the teachers of.
  • Sabureans, the, list of:
  • Ahunai,
  • Chanan of Iskia,
  • Chananya,
  • Chaninaï,
  • Giza,
  • Mar bar Huna,
  • Mari bar Mar,
  • Mar-Zutra III,
  • Rabaï of Rob,
  • Semuna.
  • Sacharya. See Mar-Sacharya.
  • Sachs, Michael (1808–1864), author of the “Religious Poetry of the Jews in Spain,” 5, 555, 693–4.
  • contributor to the “Kerem Chemed,” 5, 622.
  • antagonizes the Berlin Reform Association, 5, 687.
  • compared with Holdheim, 5, 687–8, 692.
  • compared with the Marranos, 5, 688.
  • Hebrew and Greek studies of, 5, 688.
  • characteristics of, 5, 688–9.
  • attitude of, to the Reform movement, 5, 689.
  • dislikes organized action, 5, 689.
  • as a preacher, 5, 689–90, 692.
  • friendship of, with Rapoport, 5, 690.
  • as a Talmudist, 5, 690, 691.
  • appointed rabbi in Berlin, 5, 691.
  • scorn of, for the German Jewish church, 5, 691–2.
  • scientific activity of, 5, 692–4.
  • exegetical work of, 5, 692–3, 695, 699.
  • Sacrifices, the, place of, in the Sinaitic teaching, 1, 24–5.
  • in Israel’s early history, 1, 57.
  • Samuel’s view of, 1, 74.
  • diminished importance of, 1, 79.
  • how replaced by the synagogue services, 1, 401.
  • to Jupiter, 1, 455, 456.
  • daily, paid for by the half-Shekel contributions, 2, 52.
  • during the siege of Jerusalem by Aretas, 2, 60.
  • offered to the Cæsars, 2, 103.
  • offered by Vitellius, 2, 173.
  • not opposed by Jesus, 2, 155.
  • Jochanan ben Zakkai on, 2, 209, 324, 325.
  • offered by heathens, 2, 258–9.
  • system of, admired by Julian the Apostate, 2, 597.
  • Sadducæism, revived by the high priest Anan, 2, 248.
  • Sadducees, the, the sect opposed in religion and politics to the Pharisees, 2, 17.
  • wherein opposed to the Pharisees, 2, 18.
  • pay a tribute to the purity of the Pharisees, 2, 20.
  • the kernel of the Hasmonæan following, 2, 21.
  • derivation of the name of, 2, 21.
  • patriotism of, 2, 21.
  • political and religious principles of, 2, 21–2.
  • position of, with regard to the Pentateuchal laws, 2, 22–3.
  • unpopularity of, 2, 23.
  • employed as diplomatists by John Hyrcanus, 2, 31.
  • replace the Pharisees in state offices, 2, 33.
  • actively opposed by the Pharisees under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 42–3.
  • compose the Great Council, 2, 42.
  • favored by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 42–3.
  • deprived of their seats in the Synhedrion, 2, 50.
  • make the sacrifices depend on voluntary contributions, 2, 52.
  • persecuted by the Pharisees, 2, 53, 55.
  • protected by Salome Alexandra, 2, 55.
  • support Aristobulus, 2, 58.
  • reconciliation of, with the Pharisees, begun by Hillel, 2, 98.
  • a sect of, 2, 108.
  • opposed to the oral or traditional law, 2, 327, 462.
  • the opposition of, accentuates the legal character of Judaism, 2, 471.
  • Sadolet, bishop of Carpentras, on Paul III’s friendliness to the Jews, 4, 515.
  • Safa Berurah, grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 374.
  • Safet, the Jews of, excommunicate the Anti-Maimunists, 3, 633.
  • Kabbalistic center, 4, 74, 399, 405, 622–3.
  • importance of, 4, 399, 531.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 399.
  • influence of Solomon Molcho in, 4, 529–30.
  • Joseph Karo at, 4, 538.
  • Azarya deï Rossi’s works declared heretical at, 4, 616.
  • Chayim Vital in, 5, 52.
  • Luzzatto at, 5, 244.
  • Safi (Assafi), Spanish exiles in, 4, 389.
  • Safia, daughter of Hujej Ibn-Achtab, taken captive by Mahomet, 3, 83.
  • Safran, Karaite center, 3, 158.
  • Sagan. See Segan.
  • Sahaduta di Mehemnuta, Sabbatian work, 5, 162.
  • Sahal Rabban (800), physician and mathematician, translates the Almagest, 3, 146.
  • Said. See Saadiah ben Joseph.
  • Saida. See Sidon.
  • Saif-Eddin Ghasi, friendly to the Jews of Mosul, 3, 429.
  • St. Bartholomew, the massacre of, influences the election of the Polish king, 4, 604.
  • Saint Etienne, Rabaud, deputy to the National Assembly, speaks in behalf of the Jews, 5, 439.
  • St. Gall, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • St. Gilles, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 399–400.
  • Jewish deputies meet at, 3, 509.
  • St. Jean d’Acre. See Accho.
  • St. John, Lord Oliver, English ambassador to Holland, visits a synagogue, 5, 33–4.
  • St. Paul’s cathedral, Jews reported to have bought, 5, 45.
  • Saints, the worship of, discussed by French Jews, 3, 343.
  • Sais, center of the worship of Neïth, 1, 300.
  • Saladin, sultan of Turkey, maintains his hold upon Jerusalem, 3, 405.
  • power of, 3, 431.
  • has a Jewish physician, 3, 443.
  • succeeds the Fatimide Caliphs, 3, 461.
  • the Jews under, 3, 461.
  • at war with Nureddin’s adherents, 3, 472.
  • allows Jews to settle in Jerusalem, 3, 474.
  • patron of Abdel-latif, 3, 488.
  • in “Nathan the Wise,” 5, 324.
  • Salamanca, the Jews of, accept baptism, 4, 205.
  • charged with child murder, 4, 276.
  • Salamis, capital of Cyprus, destroyed by Jewish rebels against Trajan, 2, 397.
  • Salee, the Sabbatians of, persecuted, 5, 151.
  • Salerno, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Salins, François, enemy of the Damascus Jews, 5, 661.
  • Sallam Ibn-Mishkam, a prominent Nadhirite, urges war against Mahomet, 3, 79.
  • Salman of Lemberg, spies upon Luzzatto, 5, 240.
  • Salman of Liadi, leader of the Chassidim, 5, 393.
  • imprisoned, 5, 394.
  • Salome, sister of Herod, calumniates Mariamne, 2, 93, 104.
  • Herod’s suspicions of, 2, 112.
  • daughter of, 2, 112.
  • conspires against Mariamne’s sons, 2, 112–13.
  • ordered to execute prominent Judæans on the day of Herod’s death, 2, 116.
  • bequest to, from Herod, 2, 119.
  • disputes the succession of Archelaus, 2, 120.
  • towns belonging to, bequeathed to Empress Livia, 2, 128, 132.
  • Salome Alexandra, wife of Aristobulus I, accused of instigating her brother-in-law’s murder, 2, 38.
  • said to have released Alexander Jannæus from prison, 2, 39.
  • partisan of the Pharisees, 2, 42, 48.
  • made regent, 2, 47.
  • gentle character of, 2, 47–8.
  • coins of, 2, 48.
  • proclaims Hyrcanus high priest, 2, 48.
  • protects the Sadducees, 2, 55.
  • treats with the king of Armenia, 2, 55–6.
  • end of, 2, 56.
  • Salomon, Gotthold, preacher of the Hamburg Reform Temple, 5, 564–5.
  • Heine on, 5, 577.
  • Salomons, David, in the Damascus affair, 5, 645, 653.
  • fined for taking his seat in Parliament, 5, 698.
  • Salonica (Saloniki, Thessalonica), the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Samuel II Abrabanel studies at, 4, 385.
  • Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 388.
  • the Spanish exiles at, 4, 404–5.
  • becomes a Jewish town, 4, 404–5.
  • a Kabbalistic center, 4, 405, 538.
  • the Jews of, split up into national groups, 4, 478.
  • the Kabbalists of, and Solomon Molcho, 4, 496–7.
  • the Jews of, consider trading with Pesaro, 4, 579.
  • Amatus Lusitanus in, 4, 580.
  • Sabbataï Zevi in, 5, 124.
  • the Sabbatian enthusiasm in, 5, 135.
  • Nathan Ghazati at, 5, 160.
  • the Sabbatians of, devoted to Sabbataï, 5, 163.
  • profligacy of the Sabbatians in, 5, 210.
  • the Donmäh in, 5, 211.
  • growth of the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 211.
  • Nehemiah Chayon at, 5, 216.
  • Jacob Frank in, 5, 272.
  • See also Thessalonica.
  • Saloniki. See Salonica.
  • Saloniki, Moses, accused of ritual murder, 5, 636.
  • tortured, 5, 636–7.
  • Salt mines, owned by Jews, 3, 242.
  • farmed by Jews, 3, 521.
  • Salt Sea, the, description of, 1, 43.
  • Salvador, Jonah, defends the Jews of Metz from the blood accusation, 5, 176.
  • Salvatierra, the Jewish community of, destroyed by the Almohades, 3, 506–7.
  • Salvation of the Jews, The,” by Mendelssohn, 5, 362–3.
  • Salvation, the dogma of, criticised by Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, 4, 235.
  • according to Joseph Albo, 4, 240–1.
  • Salzring, in Breslau, scene of the burning of Jews by John of Capistrano, 4, 262.
  • Samach, wife of Izates, convert to Judaism, 2, 216.
  • Samael, chief of demons, introduced into Judaism from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • name of a Sefirah, 4, 17.
  • Samaria (city) (Sebaste), made the capital of Israel, 1, 193.
  • center of Phœnician idol-worship, 1, 197–8.
  • Elisha in, 1, 218.
  • besieged by Ben-hadad III, 1, 221–2.
  • taken by Shalmaneser, 1, 264.
  • subdued by Sennacherib, 1, 270.
  • gubernatorial seat of Cœlesyria under Macedonian rule, 1, 414.
  • a colony of Idumæans near, 2, 9.
  • besieged by Hyrcanus, 2, 10.
  • capitulates, 2, 211.
  • Mariamne married to Herod at, 2, 87.
  • incorporated with Judæa under Herod, 2, 103.
  • called Sebaste and ornamented by Herod, 2, 106.
  • the sons of Mariamne executed at, 2, 113.
  • given to Archelaus by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • ruled by procurators, 2, 137.
  • given to Agrippa I, 2, 190.
  • Greek citizens of, and Agrippa I, 2, 194, 196.
  • Cumanus procurator of, 2, 242.
  • a Christian city, 3, 12.
  • Samaritans in, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Samaria, the kingdom of. See Israel, the kingdom of.
  • Samaritan, a, brings about the fall of Bethar, 2, 417–18.
  • the, account of the fall of Bethar, 2, 418.
  • Samaritans (Cuthæans), the, a mixed population colonized in Samaria by Esarhaddon, 1, 285.
  • worship at Mizpah, 1, 321.
  • settled to the north of Judæa, 1, 355.
  • and the second Temple, 1, 357.
  • hostility of, to the Judæans, 1, 358.
  • accuse the Judæans of disloyalty to Persia, 1, 361.
  • intermarry with the Judæans, 1, 361–2.
  • attack Jerusalem, 1, 371.
  • take Jerusalem, 1, 372.
  • build a Temple on Gerizim, 1, 390.
  • declare themselves a remnant of the Ten Tribes, 1, 390–1.
  • characteristics of, 1, 391–2.
  • the first Jewish sect, 1, 392.
  • hostility of, to the Judæans, 1, 392, 410, 435.
  • retain the old Hebrew characters, 1, 396.
  • reject the prophetical writings, 1, 400.
  • reject the dogma of resurrection, 1, 406.
  • Andromachos governor of, 1, 414.
  • taken captive by Ptolemy I, 1, 416.
  • money-lenders among, equip Joseph for court, 1, 424.
  • join Gorgias in his invasion of Judæa, 1, 467.
  • hostility of, to the Judæans, re-awakened in Egypt, 1, 515–16.
  • forced to renounce Judaism by Antiochus IV, 1, 516.
  • emigrate to Egypt, 1, 516.
  • objection of, to the Septuagint, 1, 516.
  • dispute with the Judæans in Egypt, 1, 516–17.
  • Greek literature of, 1, 517.
  • hostile to Judæa under John Hyrcanus, 2, 7.
  • Temple of, destroyed, 2, 7–8.
  • pollute the Temple, 2, 135.
  • cruelly treated by Pontius Pilate, 2, 171–2.
  • murder Galilean pilgrims, 2, 243.
  • of Acrabatene, exterminated, 2, 243.
  • join the Judæans against Rome, 2, 268.
  • influence Hadrian against the Jews, 2, 403.
  • receive Hadrian with servility, 2, 406.
  • religion of, mocked at by Hadrian, 2, 407–8.
  • participate in the revolt of Bar-Cochba, 2, 410.
  • testimony of, declared valid, 2, 457.
  • enmity of, to the Jews, 2, 457–8, 534.
  • compelled to idolatry by Diocletian, 2, 533.
  • declared heathens by the Synhedrion, 2, 534.
  • weakened by their hostility to the Jews, 2, 535.
  • in Babylonia and Abayi Nachmani, 2, 584.
  • forbidden to enter military service under Honorius, 2, 617.
  • evidence of, declared invalid by Justinian I, 3, 13.
  • obliged to assume the decurionate, 3, 13.
  • forced into Christianity, 3, 16–17.
  • massacre the Christians of Cæsarea, 3, 17.
  • oppressed by Justin II, 3, 17–18.
  • help the Arabs in Palestine, 3, 87.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Samarkand, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 435.
  • Samega, John Hyrcanus at, 2, 7.
  • Samiel. See Samael.
  • Samogitia, Karaites in, 5, 182.
  • Samos, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Sampsigeramus, king of Emesa, allied with Agrippa I, 2, 195.
  • Samson, judge, fights with the Philistines, 1, 64, 66.
  • hero of a poem by Enriquez de Paz, 5, 111.
  • subject of Luzzatto’s drama, 5, 234.
  • the Syrian Hercules, 5, 715.
  • Samson ben Abraham of Sens, Tossafist, regards Karaites as idolaters, 3, 408; 4, 72.
  • emigrates to Jerusalem, 3, 505.
  • anti-Maimunist, 3, 524, 527.
  • party of, defeated, 3, 526.
  • brother-in-law of, 3, 539.
  • Samson ben Meïr, collects twenty signatures against the study of science, 4, 38.
  • Samuel, candidate for the Exilarchate, 3, 439.
  • Samuel, disciple of Jochanan bar Napacha, defends a political offender before Zenobia, 2, 529–30.
  • Samuel, Jewish treasurer of Ferdinand IV of Castile, 4, 51–2.
  • Samuel, Kabbalist, disciple of Abraham Abulafia, 4, 6.
  • Samuel, prophet, characterization of, 1, 72–3.
  • descent of, 1, 73.
  • at Shiloh, 1, 73.
  • prophetic inspiration of, 1, 73, 75.
  • on sacrifices, 1, 74.
  • versed in the Law of Moses, 1, 74.
  • reclaims the nation from idolatry, 1, 75–6.
  • as a preacher, 1, 75.
  • unites the northern and the southern tribes, 1, 77–8.
  • holds popular assemblies, 1, 78.
  • introduces music into the divine service, 1, 78–9.
  • sons of, 1, 79, 80.
  • and the demand for a king, 1, 80.
  • chooses Saul as king, 1, 82–3.
  • abandons Saul at Gilgal, 1, 86.
  • accompanies Saul against Nahash, 1, 90.
  • anoints Saul, 1, 90.
  • reproves Saul for disobedience in the Amalekite wars, 1, 92–3.
  • kills Agag, 1, 93.
  • anoints David, 1, 95–6.
  • influences David, 1, 96–7.
  • regulations for pilgrims to the grave of, 4, 398.
  • Samuel the Younger (Hakaton), condemns the Jewish Christians, 2, 357–8.
  • prophecy of, 2, 358.
  • supposed author of the Birchath ha-Minim, 2, 379.
  • Samuel bar Bun, Amora, contemporary of Ashi, 2, 609.
  • Samuel bar Judah, Amora, emigrates from Judæa, 2, 567.
  • Samuel ben Aaron, Karaite, gives an account of Karaism, 5, 183.
  • Samuel ben Abraham Ibn-Chasdaï Halevi (1165–1216), prominent in Barcelona, 3, 388.
  • Samuel ben Abraham Saporta, Maimunist, addresses the rabbis of France, 3, 539.
  • denounces Solomon of Montpellier, 3, 543.
  • Samuel ben Ali Halevi, Talmudist, Gaon of Bagdad, 3, 438–9.
  • as a philosopher, 3, 438.
  • as a teacher, 3, 438–9.
  • judge of appeals, 3, 439.
  • functions and authority of, 3, 439–40.
  • daughter of, 3, 439.
  • opposes Maimonides, 3, 472.
  • traduces Maimonides, 3, 475, 477.
  • treatise by, on the resurrection, 3, 476.
  • correspondence of, with Maimonides, 3, 476–7.
  • disciple of, 3, 525.
  • Samuel ben Asher, murdered in Cologne during the first crusade, 3, 304.
  • Samuel ben Chofni, last Gaon of Sora, exegetical works of, 3, 253.
  • attacks Karaism, 3, 253.
  • Samuel ben Israel, son of Manasseh, academic honors paid to, in England, 5, 38.
  • Samuel ben Judah Ibn-Tibbon (1160–1239), translator, character of, 3, 398.
  • corresponds with Maimonides, 3, 491.
  • trains Jacob Anatoli as a translator, 3, 566.
  • not in favor with the obscurantists, 4, 32.
  • Samuel ben Meïr (Rashbam, 1100–1160), grandson of Rashi, Tossafist, 3, 288, 345.
  • converts Rashi to a rational exegesis, 3, 288, 346.
  • Bible exegete, 3, 345–6.
  • commentaries by, 3, 346.
  • maintains that the Biblical day begins in the morning, 3, 374.
  • compared with Jacob Tam, 3, 375.
  • at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • Samuel ben Meïr Allavi (Abulafia), minister of finance to Pedro the Cruel, 4, 115–16, 117–18.
  • rectitude of, 4, 116.
  • espouses the cause of Maria de Padilla, 4, 117.
  • shares the king’s imprisonment, 4, 118.
  • protector of the Jews, 4, 119.
  • builds a synagogue at Toledo, 4, 119–20.
  • agitation against, 4, 120–1.
  • fall and death of, 4, 121.
  • synagogue of, turned into a church, 4, 354.
  • Samuel ben Solomon at the disputation with Donin, 3, 576, 578.
  • Samuel ben Solomon Sir Morel, Tossafist, 3, 586.
  • Samuel ben Yechiel, martyr of the first crusade, 3, 305.
  • Samuel Ibn-Abbas, apostate to Islam, writes against the Jews, 3, 442.
  • Samuel Ibn-Adiya (500–560), Jewish Arabic poet, chief of an Arabic tribe, 3, 68.
  • protects Imrulkais Ibn-Hojr, 3, 68–9.
  • son of, 3, 69, 70.
  • defense of, 3, 70.
  • death of, 3, 70.
  • Samuel Ibn-Nagdela. See Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Samuel Ibn-Wakar (Abenhuacar), at the court of Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 76, 79.
  • physician to Alfonso XI, 4, 80.
  • jealous of Joseph Ecija, 4, 80.
  • made farmer of revenues, 4, 80–1.
  • accused of depreciating the coinage, 4, 81.
  • end of, 4, 84.
  • Samuel, son of Abba (Arioch, Mar-Samuel, Yarchinai, 180–257), cures Judah I, 2, 456.
  • an Amora, 2, 479, 518.
  • enforces the authority of the Patriarch in Babylonia, 2, 484.
  • returns to Babylonia, 2, 511, 519.
  • principal of the Nahardea academy, 2, 512, 519.
  • decisions of, 2, 515.
  • view held by, on the Messiah, 2, 519.
  • establishes the principle of the sanctity of the law of the land, 2, 519–20.
  • and Shabur I, 2, 520, 526.
  • Persian leanings of, 2, 520–1.
  • as astronomer, 2, 521.
  • draws up a calendar, 2, 521–2.
  • as a physician, 2, 522.
  • subordination of, to Rab, 2, 522.
  • recognized as the religious chief of Babylon, 2, 522.
  • and Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 522–3.
  • daughters of, taken captive by Odenathus, 2, 528.
  • superiority of, acknowledged in Palestine, 2, 531.
  • influence of, on Jewish Babylonia, 2, 544.
  • on Judah ben Ezekiel, 2, 550.
  • humanity of, towards his slaves, 2, 555.
  • calendar of, used by Hillel II, 2, 574.
  • Samuel, son of Joseph Ezobi, advice to, 3, 561.
  • Samuel I Abrabanel (Juan de Sevilla), Almoxarif to Henry II de Trastamare, 4, 138, 169.
  • exerts himself in behalf of the Jews, 4, 139–40.
  • patron of Menachem ben Aaron, 4, 145.
  • accepts baptism, 4, 169.
  • delegate of the Spanish Jews to Martin V, 4, 219.
  • grandfather of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 337.
  • Samuel II Abrabanel (1473–1550), son of Isaac, student at Salonica, 4, 340, 385.
  • eminence of, 4, 409.
  • as financier, 4, 409.
  • beneficence of, 4, 409.
  • wife of, 4, 409–10.
  • patron of Jewish learning, 4, 410.
  • advises the Jews to leave Naples, 4, 543.
  • settles in Ferrara, 4, 544.
  • Samuel Alvalensi, Spanish exile, prominent in Fez, 4, 390.
  • disciple of, 4, 392.
  • Samuel Çarça, on the condition of the Jews of Castile, 4, 137.
  • comments on Abraham Ibn-Ezra’s Pentateuch commentary, 4, 144.
  • Samuel Cohen ben Daniel, head of the Bagdad academy, Maimunist, 3, 633.
  • Samuel Franco, Kabbalist in Salonica, 4, 405.
  • Samuel Halevi, delegate of the Spanish Jews to Martin V, 4, 219.
  • Samuel Halevi, invents a water-clock, 3, 594.
  • Samuel (Ishmael) Halevi Ibn-Nagrela (Nagid, 993–1055), consults Haï Gaon, 3, 252, 260.
  • accomplishments of, 3, 254–5.
  • taught by Chanoch and Chayuj, 3, 255.
  • leaves Cordova and settles in Malaga, 3, 255.
  • linguistic attainments of, 3, 255.
  • master of Arabic calligraphy, 3, 255.
  • private secretary to the vizir, 3, 256.
  • minister to Habus, 3, 256–7.
  • poem by, addressed to Habus, 3, 257.
  • gentleness of, 3, 257.
  • plots to depose, 3, 258.
  • partisan of Badis, 3, 258.
  • vizir under Badis, 3, 258.
  • formulas of Moslem rulers used by, 3, 259.
  • exercises authority over the Granada congregations, 3, 259.
  • writes a methodology of the Talmud, 3, 259.
  • writes a commentary on the Talmud, 3, 259.
  • as poet, 3, 259–60.
  • as patron of learning, 3, 260.
  • as grammarian, 3, 261.
  • hostile to Ibn-Janach, 3, 262, 313.
  • patron of Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 268.
  • eulogized by Joseph ben Chasdaï, 3, 273.
  • poem by, in praise of Joseph ben Chasdaï, 3, 274.
  • death of, 3, 274.
  • son of, 3, 274.
  • patron of Isaac ben Baruch Albalia, 3, 283.
  • patron of Isaac Ibn-Giat, 3, 284.
  • unique figure in Spanish Jewish history, 3, 313.
  • employs the father of Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 319.
  • research of, furnishes material for Abraham Ibn-Daud’s history, 3, 366.
  • Samuel Lisbona. See Lisbona, Samuel.
  • Samuel Nagid. See Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela.
  • Samuel Shulam, physician, historical works by, 4, 608.
  • Samuel Sidillo, scholar, Spanish exile at Cairo, 4, 392.
  • Samuel Sulami, patron of Jewish learning, 4, 25–6.
  • in correspondence with Solomon ben Adret, 4, 26.
  • censured for harboring Levi of Villefranche, 4, 29.
  • Samuel Vital, publishes his father’s Kabbalistic visions, 5, 53.
  • superintends Chelebi’s penances, 5, 125.
  • Samuel Zacuto, son of Abraham, escapes from Portugal, 4, 378.
  • Samuges, king of Assyria, defection of the nations from, 1, 287.
  • Samun, rabbi of Leghorn, recalls his approval of the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Sanaa (Usal), Israelitish trading station at, 3, 54.
  • prince of the Jews of Talmas in, 3, 437.
  • Sanballat, leader of the Samaritans, qualities of, 1, 362.
  • hostility of, to the Judæans under Ezra, 1, 369–70.
  • attacks Jerusalem, 1, 371.
  • chagrined at Nehemiah’s appointment, 1, 374.
  • disturbs Nehemiah’s work, 1, 375.
  • intrigues against Nehemiah, 1, 375–6.
  • daughter of, 1, 383, 386.
  • projects a Temple on Mount Gerizim, 1, 389–90.
  • invites settlers to Samaria, 1, 391.
  • San Benito, the garment of the victims of the Inquisition, 4, 317, 327.
  • Sanchez, Juan Perez, Marrano, tries to suppress the Inquisition in Aragon, 4, 329.
  • plots against Pedro Arbues, 4, 329.
  • Sancho IV, son of Alfonso X, rebels against his father, 3, 616.
  • Jews of Castile under, 3, 616–17.
  • regulates the taxation of the Jews, 3, 617.
  • Todros Abulafia at the court of, 4, 2.
  • Sancho Ramirez, king of Leon, concludes a treaty with Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 216.
  • Sancta Anastasia, cardinal de, favorably inclined towards the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 379.
  • Sand, Karl, assassin of Kotzebue, 5, 528, 530, 533.
  • Sangisa, sister of Pope John XXII, hostile to the Jews, 4, 61.
  • San Martin, Juan de, inquisitor appointed by Sixtus IV, 4, 312, 323.
  • censured by Sixtus IV, 4, 318.
  • San Miguel, the order of, awarded to Enriquez de Paz, 5, 110.
  • Sans-Souci, Mendelssohn at, 5, 302.
  • Santa-Cruz, Gaspard de, Marrano, dishonored after his death, 4, 331–2.
  • Santarem, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • refuge of Leonora of Portugal, 4, 160.
  • Santas. See Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur.
  • Sante-Fé, Francisco de, Marrano, martyrdom of, 4, 331.
  • San Thomas, children of Spanish exiles sent to, 4, 371.
  • Santiago de Compostela, autos-da-fé in, 5, 91.
  • Santob de Carrion (1300–1350), Spanish Jewish poet, 4, 87, 114–15.
  • style of, 4, 115.
  • rebukes the king and wealthy Jews, 4, 115.
  • Saporta. See Enoch Saporta; Samuel ben Abraham Saporta.
  • Saragossa, early traces of Jews near, 3, 42.
  • Cordova Jews emigrate to, 3, 255.
  • Ibn-Janach settles at, 3, 262.
  • Ibn-Gebirol banished from, 3, 268.
  • a Jewish vizir at, 3, 280.
  • Ibn-Kamnial at, 3, 312.
  • conquered by Alfonso I of Aragon, 3, 316.
  • capital of Aragon, 3, 387.
  • first victims of the Inquisition in Aragon fall in, 4, 329.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • Saragossa, the Jews of, censured by Ibn-Gebirol for neglecting Hebrew, 3, 267.
  • try to prevent the execution of the decree concerning Jew badges, 3, 513.
  • Maimunists, 3, 536–7.
  • converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 206, 214.
  • Saragossa, the Marranos of, plot against Arbues, 4, 330.
  • protected by Alfonso of Aragon, 4, 330.
  • slaughtered, 4, 331–2.
  • Saragossi. See Joseph Saragossi.
  • Sarah, wife of Abraham, buried in Machpelah, 1, 4.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Sarah Zevi, suffering of, during the Chmielnicki massacres, 5, 128–9.
  • declares herself to be the destined wife of the Messiah, 5, 129.
  • brought from Leghorn to Cairo, 5, 129.
  • marries Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 129.
  • immorality of, 5, 130, 135.
  • at Abydos, 5, 149.
  • accepts Islam, 5, 154.
  • Saramalla, a rich Judæan of Antioch, assists Herod, 2, 87.
  • Saraph-Bashi, Egyptian title, 5, 124.
  • Sardes, the goddess of love worshiped in, 1, 408.
  • Sardinia, Roman Judæans banished to, 2, 136–7.
  • the Jewish community in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • Sardinia, the Jews of, protected by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • proclamation expelling, 4, 347.
  • Sarepta (Zarephath), Elijah dwells in, 1, 203.
  • Sariel, name of a Sefirah, 4, 17.
  • Sarkel, Chazar fortress, taken by Sviatislav, 3, 222.
  • Sarmatia, rebels against Hadrian, 2, 399.
  • Sarrão, Thomé, Portuguese Marrano leader, 4, 516.
  • Sarsar, meeting place of Kohen-Zedek and David ben Zaccaï, 3, 186.
  • Sar Shalom, rabbi of the Persian congregations, 3, 434.
  • Sartaba. See Alexandrion.
  • Saruk, Israel, introduces the Luryan Kabbala into Italy and Holland, 5, 54.
  • Sason, Prussian consul, protects the Jews of Beyrout, 5, 641.
  • Sasportas, the family of, distinguished in Oran, 5, 169.
  • Sasportas, Jacob, scholar, accompanies Manasseh ben Israel to England, 5, 38.
  • rabbi of London, 5, 50.
  • opposes the Sabbatian movement, 5, 138, 141, 150, 161.
  • tries to expose Sabbataï’s roguery, 5, 151.
  • Sasportas, Jacob, zealous for the emancipation of the Dutch Jews, 5, 455.
  • Sassanides, the, dynasty of, established by Ardashir, 2, 523.
  • Satan, beginning of the belief in, 2, 170.
  • Satanov, Sabbatians before the council of rabbis at, 5, 276.
  • Satanow, Isaac, one of the Measfim, 5, 400.
  • Satire, the favorite burden of Jewish Andalusian poetry, 3, 224.
  • Satirical romance, the, in Hebrew poetry, 3, 559.
  • Saturnalia, the, Jews have no intercourse with the heathen before, 2, 477.
  • Saubert, John, translator of Templo’s work, 5, 115.
  • Saul, choice of, as king, 1, 83.
  • qualities of, 1, 83.
  • discontent with, 1, 83.
  • son of. See Jonathan.
  • offends Samuel at Gilgal, 1, 86.
  • condemns Jonathan to death, 1, 88–9.
  • at Gibeah, 1, 89–90.
  • defeats the Ammonites, 1, 89–90.
  • homage paid to, at Gilgal, 1, 90.
  • creates new offices, 1, 91.
  • defeats Agag, 1, 91–2.
  • beginning of the madness of, 1, 93–4.
  • orders a massacre of the Gibeonites, 1, 94.
  • royal ostentation of, 1, 94–5.
  • permits David to fight with Goliath, 1, 97.
  • invites David to his court, 1, 98.
  • fears David as a rival, 1, 99.
  • attempts David’s life, 1, 99.
  • murders the descendants of Eli, 1, 100.
  • consults the witch of Endor, 1, 103.
  • death of the sons of, 1, 103.
  • death of, 1, 103.
  • body of, dishonored by the Philistines, 1, 104.
  • remains of, buried, 1, 124.
  • Israelites under, settle in the Hejas, 3, 54.
  • favorite character of the Puritans, 5, 26.
  • Saul, member of the Herodian family, wickedness of, 2, 236.
  • accuses Gessius Florus before Nero, 2, 268.
  • Saul of Tarsus. See Paul, apostle.
  • Saul, son of Anan ben David, succeeds him, 3, 136.
  • Saul Astruc Cohen, physician in Tlemçen, 4, 198.
  • protects Marrano fugitives, 4, 199.
  • Saul Cohen Ashkenasi, disciple of Elias del Medigo, 4, 293.
  • letter to, from Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 386.
  • pure style of, 4, 389.
  • Saurim, brother of Raba bar Joseph, heartlessness of, 2, 588.
  • Savoy, Oran Jews settle in, 5, 169.
  • Savoy, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 103–4.
  • during Vincent Ferrer’s crusade, 4, 218.
  • privileges of, confirmed by Martin V, 4, 219.
  • Saxon emperors, the, position of the Jews under, 3, 241, 242–3.
  • Saxony, the Jews of, under heavy restrictions, 5, 509.
  • Sbaráz, battle of, between Cossacks and Poles, 5, 12.
  • Scaliger, Joseph, philologist, tolerance of, 4, 685.
  • quickens learning, 5, 20.
  • devotes himself to Rabbinical literature, 5, 21.
  • introduces Rabbinical literature to Christians, 5, 179.
  • Scaurus, legate of Pompey in Syria, attacks Aretas, 2, 70.
  • called upon to arbitrate between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II, 2, 61–2.
  • commands Aretas to raise the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 62.
  • bribed to favor Hyrcanus II, 2, 62.
  • Schaffhausen, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • Schiller, expresses regard for Solomon Maimon, 5, 409.
  • Schimmelpennik, Grand Pensioner of the Batavian Republic, appoints Jews to public offices, 5, 458.
  • Schlegel, Frederick, character of, 5, 423–4.
  • union of, with Dorothea Mendelssohn, 5, 424.
  • representative of the romantic school, 5, 515, 516.
  • Schleiermacher, intimacy of, with Henrietta Herz, 5, 423.
  • hostile to Judaism, 5, 426–7, 428.
  • refuses to acknowledge the Jewish origin of Christianity, 5, 426.
  • ill-will of, towards Jews, 5, 462.
  • Schmidt, Bremen deputy to the Congress of Vienna, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 519.
  • Schmidt of Hildburghausen, defends the Jews, 5, 522.
  • Scholastic philosophy, the, and Ibn-Gebirol’s works, 3, 270–1.
  • influenced by the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 486.
  • studied by Leone Romano, 4, 69.
  • quoted by Jewish preachers in the fifteenth century, 4, 232.
  • Schools, elementary, established in Judæa by Joshua ben Gamala, 2, 249.
  • in Spain by the law of Avila, 4, 229.
  • Schools for young men, origin of, in Palestine, 1, 396.
  • reorganized by Simon ben Shetach, 2, 50–1.
  • lack of, in Galilee, 2, 148.
  • in Asia Minor and Egypt, 2, 357–8.
  • in Judæa inspected by order of Judah III, 2, 532.
  • at Sora established by Chasda, 2, 553.
  • in Palestine in the sixth century, 3, 12.
  • at Yathrib, 3, 59.
  • founded in the West by emissaries from Sora, 3, 208.
  • in Amsterdam, 4, 681–2.
  • in Rotterdam, 4, 685.
  • See under Education for other headings.
  • Schools, secular, founded by Jews, in Trieste, 5, 369–70.
  • in Prague, 5, 371.
  • in Berlin, 5, 405, 416.
  • in Tarnopol, 5, 612.
  • in Egypt, 5, 664.
  • Schools, the, of the prophets, 1, 205, 234.
  • Schor, Elisha, Frankist, 5, 275.
  • draws up the Frankist confession of faith, 5, 280.
  • Schudt, author of “Jewish Curiosities,” 5, 549.
  • Schurmann, Anna Maria, student of Hebrew literature, 5, 21.
  • Schutzjuden.See Protection-Jews.
  • Schwager, preacher, on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 358.
  • Schwarz, Peter, apostate, maligns the Jews, 4, 301.
  • motives of, suspected by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • Schweidnitz, the Jews of, engaged in money-lending, 4, 260.
  • charged with host desecration, 4, 261.
  • Science, promoted by Judaism during the Middle Ages, 3, 146, 187.
  • Science, the study of, by Jews, advocated by Jonathan of Lünel, 3, 397.
  • opposition to, at the end of the thirteenth century, 4, 27–34, 37–45.
  • ban against, 4, 39–40.
  • controversy on, continued at Perpignan, 4, 50–1.
  • baneful effect of the ban against, 4, 143.
  • opposition to, in the fourteenth century, 5, 147.
  • See also Maimunist controversy, the.
  • Science of Judaism, the, subserves the Reform movement, 5, 627.
  • Scientific Journal, The,” the tone of, 5, 625.
  • founder of, 5, 626.
  • inculcates self-respect, 5, 626.
  • recalls the Karaites, 5, 626.
  • Scipio, follower of Pompey, has Alexander, son of Aristobulus II, beheaded, 2, 75.
  • Scopas, an Ætolian, takes Jerusalem, 1, 432.
  • garrisons the Baris, 1, 433.
  • routed by the Syrians near Panion, 1, 433.
  • Scopus Zophim, camp of Titus, 2, 302.
  • Scotus. See Duns Scotus.
  • Scourge of the Jews,” name given to John of Capistrano, 4, 260.
  • Scribes, the. See Sopherim, the.
  • Scriptures, the, written with Assyrian characters, 1, 395–6.
  • studied in the schools of Judæa, 2, 50–1.
  • allegorical interpretation of, by the Judæo-Alexandrian school, 2, 208–9.
  • as interpreted by Paul, 2, 230.
  • canon of, completed, 2, 344.
  • translated into Greek by Akylas, 2, 385, 386–7.
  • Chiya bar Abba ignorant of, 2, 536.
  • translations of, 2, 581–2.
  • studied in Palestine under Theodosius II, 2, 623–5.
  • the Latin translation of, 2, 625.
  • incorrect explanation of, favored by the Talmud, 2, 633.
  • vowel-points and accents introduced into, 3, 7.
  • use of translations of, ordered by Justinian I, 3, 14–15.
  • knowledge of, among the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
  • love for, among the Arabs, 3, 59.
  • Mahomet’s doctrines borrowed from, 3, 72.
  • study of, revived among Jews under Mahometan influence, 3, 111–12.
  • rendered comprehensible by the introduction of vowel points, 3, 112.
  • study of, stimulates poetic composition, 3, 118.
  • studied by the Jews of Arabia, 3, 119–20.
  • replaced by the Talmud, 3, 128.
  • a return to the letter of, advocated by Anan ben David, 3, 130.
  • study of, stimulated by Anan ben David, 3, 133.
  • ardently studied by the Karaites, 3, 136.
  • commentators on, among the Karaites, 3, 136.
  • neglected by the Rabbanites, 3, 189.
  • translated into Arabic by Saadiah, 3, 189–90.
  • trustworthiness of, doubted in Saadiah’s time, 3, 198.
  • the Ben-Asher copies of, 3, 207.
  • the Massoretic text of, now in use, 3, 207.
  • the oldest copy of, in Spain destroyed, 3, 387.
  • the distortion of, by the Kabbalists, 3, 556.
  • verses of, happily used by the fabulists, 3, 560.
  • as interpreted in the Zohar, 4, 15–16.
  • as explained by the mystics and the philosophers, 4, 23–4.
  • study of, neglected in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 91.
  • study of, neglected in Spain in the fifteenth century, 4, 231, 234.
  • concordance of, by Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymos, 4, 234–5.
  • taught to Karaites by Rabbanites, 4, 269.
  • in Hebrew declared heretical, 4, 444–5.
  • German translation of, by Luther, 4, 469, 475.
  • study of, encouraged by Luther and Reuchlin, 4, 474–5.
  • translated into the European languages, 4, 475, 540.
  • in Hebrew, demand for copies of, 4, 475–6.
  • studied by Marranos, 4, 485.
  • Ferrara Spanish edition of, dedicated to Gracia Mendesia, 4, 576.
  • translated into Polish, 4, 647.
  • polyglot edition of, published by Arias Montano, 4, 651.
  • study of, declines under the influence of the Polish Talmudists, 5, 17.
  • neglect of, among Jews, 5, 327.
  • studied by German Jews, 5, 395.
  • French translation of, projected, 5, 449.
  • Heine’s admiration for, 5, 553–4.
  • translation of, by Sachs, 5, 693.
  • See also Law, the; Old Testament, the; Pentateuch, the; and under the various books.
  • Scriptures, the, commentary on, by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 370–3.
  • by Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, 3, 204.
  • by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • by Jephet Ibn-Ali Halevi, 3, 206.
  • by Joseph ben Isaac Kimchi, 3, 392.
  • by Joseph Kara, 3, 345.
  • by Moses ben Nachman, 3, 607.
  • by Rashi, 3, 288.
  • by Saadiah, 3, 189–90.
  • by Samuel ben Meïr, 3, 345.
  • by Shemarya Ikriti, 4, 70.
  • by Solomon ben Yerucham, 3, 206.
  • by Yizchaki, 3, 273.
  • See Law, the, commentary on.
  • Scriptures, the, exegesis of. See Exegesis of the Bible.
  • Scriptures, the, translations of. See under Translation.
  • Scrutinium Scriptuarum, polemic against Judaism by Solomon Levi, 4, 233.
  • Scythians, the, invade Media, Assyria, and Philistia, 1, 287.
  • bribed by Psammetich of Egypt, 1, 287.
  • ravage Judæa, 1, 287.
  • Scythopolis. See Bethshean.
  • Searching the Scriptures,” polemic against Judaism by Solomon Levi, 4, 233.
  • Sebaste. See Samaria.
  • Sebastian, of Portugal, defeated in Africa, 4, 381.
  • Sebastus, harbor of Cæsarea, built by Herod, 2, 106.
  • Sebel ha-Yerusha, hereditary teaching, among the Karaites, 3, 159.
  • Seche, a Christian Shylock, punished by Sixtus V, 4, 657.
  • Sechel ha-Poel, term used by Maimonides, 3, 480.
  • Secret of the Trinity,” by Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 217.
  • Sects, Jewish. See Judaism, the sects of.
  • Secundinus, bishop, and the Jew Antoninus, 3, 29.
  • Seder ha-Kabbalah, historical work by Abraham Ibn-Daud, 3, 366.
  • Seder Olam, historical work by José ben Chalafta, 2, 442.
  • Sefer ha-Osher, grammatical work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 261.
  • Sefer Madda, Maimonides’ code, attacked by anti-Maimunists, 3, 523.
  • Sefer Refuoth, attributed to king Solomon, used by the Essenes, 2, 29.
  • Sefer Yezirah, commentary on, by Saadiah, 3, 197.
  • Sefer Yizchaki, Biblical work, 3, 273.
  • Sefer Yochasin, chronicle by Abraham Zacuto, 4, 391.
  • Sefiroth, the Ten, emanations from the Deity, in the Kabbala system, 3, 551.
  • qualities of, 3, 552.
  • correspond to the Temple, 3, 553.
  • prayer addressed to, 3, 554.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 14, 17.
  • names of, 4, 17.
  • instruments of the creation, 4, 619.
  • streams of mercy flow through, 5, 121.
  • Segal. See Meïr ben Baruch Halevi.
  • Segan (Sagan) ha-Cohanim, deputy of the high priest, 1, 492; 2, 330.
  • Segelmessa, the Jews of, persecuted by the Almohades, 3, 360.
  • Segovia, the synagogue of, transformed into a church, 4, 196.
  • the Marranos of, slain, 4, 283.
  • Segovia, the Jews of, accused of host desecration, 4, 195–6.
  • accept baptism under Vincent Ferrer, 4, 205.
  • riot against, 4, 278–9.
  • carry their tombstones into exile with them, 4, 352.
  • Segre, Joshua Benzion (1720–1809), deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 488.
  • on the commission to answer the twelve questions put to the Notables, 5, 490.
  • vice-president of the Synhedrion, 5, 495.
  • Ségur, French state councilor, advocates Jewish emancipation, 5, 480–1.
  • Seir, mount, the capital of Edom on, 1, 222.
  • Sejanus, minister of Tiberius, hostile to Judaism, 2, 136.
  • sends Pontius Pilate to Judæa as procurator, 2, 138.
  • treachery of, revealed by one of the Herodians, 2, 172.
  • Selden, John, student of Hebrew, 5, 21.
  • Seleucia, north-eastern limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Seleucidæan era, the, used by Jews, 1, 417.
  • abolished, 4, 394–5.
  • Seleucidæan kings, the, gain possession of Judæa, 1, 432.
  • Seleucus I, ally of Ptolemy I at the battle of Ipsus, 1, 417.
  • the era of, 1, 417.
  • founds Antioch, 1, 419.
  • invites Judæans to Antioch, 1, 419.
  • Seleucus II, orders the confiscation of the Temple treasures, 1, 438.
  • appealed to by Onias III, 1, 438–9.
  • Seleucus, son of Demetrius Nicator, killed by his mother, 2, 6.
  • Selichoth. See Prayers, penitential.
  • Selig, Eliakim, obtains from the pope an acquittal of the Jews from the blood accusation, 5, 282, 285.
  • Selim I, sultan of Turkey, conquers Egypt, 4, 393.
  • employs a Jewish financier, 4, 393.
  • makes the Jewish Egyptian communities autonomous, 4, 394.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 401.
  • Jews under, 4, 402.
  • Selim II, sultan of Turkey, the cause of, espoused by Joseph Nassi, 4, 594–5.
  • espouses the cause of Joseph Nassi against the French ambassador, 4, 595.
  • conveys land near the Sea of Tiberias to Joseph Nassi, 4, 596.
  • proposes to give Naxos to Joseph Nassi, 4, 596.
  • makes Joseph Nassi duke of Naxos, 4, 596.
  • protects Joseph Nassi against France, 4, 597.
  • banishes Daud to Rhodes, 4, 599.
  • enters upon a war with Venice, 4, 600.
  • favorably inclined towards Jews, 4, 602.
  • death of, 4, 627.
  • Selve, George de, bishop, studies Hebrew under Elias Levita, 4, 472.
  • has Elias Levita invited to France, 4, 474.
  • Selvia, the second ban against the Chassidim published in, 5, 393–4.
  • Semak, manual of religious duties, by Isaac ben Joseph, 3, 587.
  • Semender (Tarki), Jews settle in, 3, 124.
  • second town of the Chazars, 3, 222.
  • Semicha. See Ordination.
  • Semijudæi, sects called forth by the Protestant Reformation, 4, 541.
  • Semi-Judaizantes in Poland, 4, 647.
  • Semuna, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 5.
  • Saburean, 3, 6.
  • commits the Talmud to writing, 3, 6–7.
  • successors of, not known, 3, 7.
  • Senbaris, scroll of the Law burnt at, 2, 569.
  • Seneca, the Persian. See Abuzurj-Mihir.
  • Sen Escalita. See Samuel Sulami.
  • Senior. See Abraham Benveniste Senior.
  • Sennacherib, king of Assyria, subdues Syria, 1, 270.
  • takes the fortified towns of Judah, 1, 272.
  • makes Lachish his headquarters, 1, 273.
  • demands unconditional surrender from Hezekiah, 1, 274.
  • besieges Pelusium, 1, 276.
  • returns to Assyria, 1, 277–8.
  • murdered, 1, 280.
  • son of, murdered, 1, 284.
  • Sens, archbishop of, anti-Jewish sentiments of, 3, 171.
  • rabbi of, at the first rabbinical synod, 3, 377.
  • archbishop of, banished for harsh treatment of the Jews, 3, 401.
  • college of, sold, 4, 48.
  • Sephardic Jews, the, looked upon as the nobility, 4, 382–3.
  • distinguished by Pinto, 5, 344–5.
  • See also Marranos, the; Portugal, the Jews of; Spanish exiles, the; Spain, the Jews of.
  • Sepharvaim, the inhabitants of, colonized in Samaria, 1, 285.
  • Sepphoris (Diocæsarea), a Synhedrion established at, by Aulus Gabinius, 2, 71.
  • an arsenal for Antigonus, 2, 85.
  • arsenal of, seized by Judas the Galilean, 2, 125.
  • burnt by Quintilius Varus, 2, 126.
  • capital of the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas, 2, 137.
  • school of, 2, 148.
  • the only Galilean city faithful to Rome, 2, 276.
  • ordered by the Synhedrion not to protect Josephus, 2, 281.
  • makes overtures to Rome, 2, 283.
  • seat of Agrippa II’s Jewish governors of Galilee, 2, 333.
  • sides with the Romans during the Bar-Cochba revolt, 2, 414.
  • home of José ben Chalafta, 2, 442.
  • seat of the Synhedrion, 2, 452.
  • center of the Jewish community, 2, 458.
  • ceases to be the seat of the Patriarch, 2, 480.
  • people of, characterized by Chanina bar Chama, 2, 491–2.
  • academy of, loses prestige, 2, 532.
  • the first church at, 2, 565.
  • revolt of the Jews at, against Rome, 2, 570.
  • razed to the ground, 2, 570.
  • Septimania, the governor of, promises Jews religious freedom, 3, 105.
  • the Jews of, punished for conspiracy against Egica, 3, 108.
  • Septuagint, the, Greek translation of the Scriptures, made at the instigation of Ptolemy VI, 1, 510–11.
  • criticism of, by Judæans, 1, 512.
  • makes Judaism known, 1, 512–13.
  • inaccurate, 1, 513–14.
  • why so called, 1, 514.
  • Samaritan objections to, 1, 516.
  • tampered with, by various religious bodies, 2, 385–6.
  • Origen tries to revise, 2, 488–9.
  • recommended to Jewish congregations by Justinian I, 3, 14.
  • declared not authoritative by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • studied by Z. Frankel, 5, 684.
  • Sepulveda, the Jews of, charged with child murder, 4, 278–9.
  • Serach ben Nathan, and Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 76–7, 79.
  • Serachya ben Isaac (Ben Shaltiel-Chen), physician and Aristotelian, 3, 630.
  • influence of, on the Italian Jews, 4, 59.
  • Serachya Halevi Gerundi, (1125–1186), Talmudist, annotates Alfassi’s commentary, 3, 389, 392, 399.
  • settles at Lünel, 3, 389.
  • controversies of, with Abraham ben David, 3, 389, 490.
  • on friendly terms with Judah Ibn-Tibbon, 3, 397.
  • refuted by Nachmani, 3, 532.
  • Serachya Halevi Saladin, at the disputation of Tortosa, 4, 208.
  • sermon by, 4, 212.
  • Seraiah, high priest, beheaded by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
  • grandson of, 1, 352.
  • ancestor of Ezra, 1, 365.
  • Serene, a pseudo-Messiah leads the onslaught upon Talmudic Judaism, 3, 120–2.
  • joined by the Jews of Spain, 3, 121.
  • brought before Yezid, 3, 121.
  • adherents of, wish to rejoin their communities, 3, 121–2.
  • opposition of, to the Talmud, without result, 3, 128.
  • Sergius, bishop, intercedes for the Samaritans, 3, 16–17.
  • Serkes, Joel, Talmudist, 4, 703.
  • grandson of, 5, 152.
  • Sermons, origin of, among the Judæans in Egypt, 1, 514–15.
  • Sermons for the conversion of Jews, preached by the Dominicans in England, 3, 643.
  • in France in the fourteenth century, 4, 132.
  • ordered by Benedict XIII, 4, 216.
  • ordered by the Council of Basle, 4, 245.
  • ordered by Gregory XIII, 4, 654–5.
  • in Hamburg, 4, 690.
  • in Vienna, 4, 706.
  • inefficacy of, 5, 186.
  • Sermons, vernacular, under Louis the Pious, 3, 163.
  • by Jews, attract Christians, 3, 173.
  • by Moses of Coucy, 3, 546.
  • by Jacob Anatoli, 3, 566; 4, 32, 39, 40.
  • in the Middle Ages, 4, 478.
  • introduced into Germany by Jacobson, 5, 562, 563.
  • the age of, pointed out by Zunz, 5, 621.
  • Serra, Nicolas, papal nuncio, not favorable to the conversion of the Frankists, 5, 285.
  • objects to the Lemberg disputation, 5, 285.
  • believes the blood accusation, 5, 285–6.
  • Serrarius, Peter, Messianic visionary, 5, 24, 36.
  • Servants. See Christian servants.
  • Servetus, Michael, anti-Trinitarian, martyr, 4, 541.
  • disciples of, in Poland, 4, 646–7.
  • Servi Cameræ,” Jews become, after the second crusade, 3, 356–7.
  • Jews considered, by Frederick I, 3, 416–17.
  • why Jews were considered, 3, 417.
  • name given to the Jews of Germany, 3, 516.
  • Jews called, by Frederick II, 3, 569.
  • Jews of Aragon considered, by Jayme I, 3, 597.
  • possession of, granted to the electors, 4, 128.
  • Sesonchosis. See Shishak.
  • Seth, family of high priests, 2, 237.
  • Seth, the Pneumatic type of the Gnostics, 2, 377.
  • Setubal, port open to Jews on their banishment from Portugal, 4, 374.
  • Severus, emperor with Niger, 2, 463.
  • victorious over Niger, 2, 464.
  • promulgates laws against Judaism, 2, 464.
  • death of, 2, 468.
  • wife of, 2, 468.
  • Severus, bishop of Magona, burns the synagogues, 2, 619.
  • Severus, Alexander. See Alexander Severus.
  • Severus, Julius, sent to quell the Bar-Cochba revolt, 2, 414.
  • military tactics of, 2, 415.
  • takes the Jewish strongholds in the north, 2, 416.
  • helped by a Samaritan at Bethar, 2, 418.
  • returned to Britain, 2, 421.
  • Seville, early Jewish settlements in the environs of, 3, 43.
  • Jewish political fugitives from Granada settle in, 3, 258, 279–80.
  • the Arab ruler of, organizes a revolt against the Berbers, 3, 276.
  • the center of Jewish Spain, 3, 284.
  • the Mahometan court of, cultured, 3, 291.
  • Abu-Ayub in, 3, 312.
  • the Ibn-Migash family in, 3, 315.
  • the Jewish academy of, closed by the Almohades, 3, 361, 384.
  • lost by Pedro the Cruel, 4, 124.
  • the persecution of the Spanish Jews arises in 4, 167–8.
  • outbreak against the Marranos in, 4, 282–3.
  • first seat of the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 312.
  • citizens of, opposed to the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • victims of the Inquisition in, 4, 317.
  • the Inquisition in, 4, 335.
  • expulsion of the Jews from, proposed, 4, 336.
  • Jews disappear from, 4, 354.
  • Seville, the Jews of, well treated by Alfonso X, 3, 592–3.
  • ravages of the Black Death among, 4, 113.
  • fury against, 4, 157.
  • attacked, 4, 168–9.
  • Seville, the Marranos of, and the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • taught by the Jews, 4, 334–5.
  • tortured, 4, 350.
  • flee to Granada, 4, 351.
  • Sèze, de, deputy to the National Assembly, speaks in behalf of the Bordeaux Jews, 5, 442.
  • Sezira, John, scholar, friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 338.
  • pleads with Sixtus IV for the Jews, 4, 340.
  • Sforza, Galeazzo, duke of Milan, employs a Jewish physician, 4, 287.
  • stops the preaching of Bernardinus of Feltre, 4, 296–7.
  • Shaagath Aryeh,” by Leo Modena, 5, 73.
  • Shaashuim,” satire by Joseph ben Sabara, 3, 559.
  • Shäbs, the. See Frankists, the; Sabbatians, the.
  • Shabur I, king of the neo-Persians, and Mar-Samuel, 2, 520, 526.
  • Shabur II, king of the neo-Persians, and the Jews, 2, 580.
  • oppresses the Jews, 2, 591–2.
  • punishes Raba bar Joseph for exercising criminal jurisdiction, 2, 592.
  • and Chama of Nahardea, 2, 594–5.
  • at war with Julian the Apostate, 2, 601.
  • concludes peace with Jovianus, 2, 602.
  • Shach. See Cohen, Sabbataï.
  • Shachna. See Shalom Shachna.
  • Shakers, the, origin of, 5, 378.
  • Shakespeare, defended from the charge of Jew baiting, 5, 552–3.
  • Shalal. See Isaac Cohen Shalal.
  • Shaliach Zion, messengers of the Synhedrion, 2, 535.
  • Shallum, conspires against the king of Israel, 1, 243.
  • made king of Israel, 1, 244.
  • murdered, 1, 244.
  • Shallum, uncle of Jeremiah, 1, 290.
  • Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, subdues Tyre and Phœnicia, 1, 263.
  • propitiated by Hoshea, 1, 263.
  • conquers Phœnicia a second time, 1, 264.
  • ends the kingdom of Israel, 1, 264–5.
  • Shalom of Neustadt, compiles the customs of various communities, 4, 134.
  • Shalom Shachna, Talmudist in Poland, 4, 634, 639; 5, 4.
  • Shaltiel-Chen, famous Jewish family, 3, 630.
  • Shamgar, judge, chastises the Philistines, 1, 61.
  • Shammah, one of David’s warriors, 1, 116.
  • Shammai, president of the Synhedrion, with Hillel, 2, 100.
  • character of, 2, 100–1.
  • maxims of, 2, 101.
  • spreads the knowledge of the law in Judæa, 2, 149.
  • the rules of, condemned by Joshua ben Chananya, 2, 349–50.
  • Shammai, the disciples of, conception of the Messiah held by, 2, 144.
  • morality of, 2, 151.
  • Shammai, the followers of, refuse to take the oath of allegiance to Herod, 2, 108.
  • hostile to Herod, 2, 114–15.
  • constitute the Zealots, 2, 133.
  • support the revolutionary party, 2, 256.
  • prohibit the purchase of certain articles from the heathen, 2, 270.
  • Shammai, the school of, 2, 101.
  • rigor of, 2, 131–2.
  • Pharisee principles of, 2, 132.
  • displeased with Jesus, 2, 162.
  • disputes with the school of Hillel under Gamaliel II, 2, 335, 336.
  • estimation of, by the Nazarenes, 2, 372.
  • limits the application of tradition, 2, 462.
  • Shaphan, scribe, the family of, joins Jeremiah, 1, 292.
  • receives Deuteronomy for Josiah, 1, 292.
  • Sharbarza, Persian general, takes Jerusalem, 3, 19.
  • Sharon (Shefelah), plain, description of, 1, 45.
  • Shealtiel, son of Jehoiachin, entreats for the return of the Judæans to Palestine, 1, 342.
  • Shear-Jashub, son of Isaiah, accompanies him to Ahaz, 1, 258.
  • Sheba, the Bichrite, leads the revolt of the northern tribes from David, 1, 148–50.
  • Sheba, the Queen of, visits Solomon, 1, 173.
  • Shebet Jehuda, historical work by Joseph Ibn-Verga, 4, 557.
  • Shebna, brother of Hillel, supports him, 2, 96.
  • Shebna, Sochen under Hezekiah, power of, 1, 268.
  • wrests power from Hezekiah, 1, 268–9.
  • prepares Jerusalem for Sennacherib’s attack, 1, 271.
  • reproved by Isaiah, 1, 271.
  • displaced by Eliakim, 1, 272.
  • Shebuot hesset, oath of purgation, introduced by Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 556.
  • Shechaniah, suggests the repudiation of heathen wives by the Judæans, 1, 368.
  • Shechem (Neapolis), taken by Jacob, 1, 4.
  • chief city of Canaan, 1, 36.
  • unfitness of, to be David’s capital, 1, 114.
  • the inhabitants of, rebel under Jeroboam, 1, 180–1.
  • fortified by Jeroboam, 1, 185.
  • called Blessing by the Samaritans, 1, 390.
  • a Samaritan center, 1, 391.
  • celebrated by Theodotus, 1, 517.
  • destroyed by John Hyrcanus, 2, 7–8.
  • battle at, between Alexander Jannæus and Eucærus, 2, 44.
  • hostility in, to Jews, 2, 457.
  • sparsely inhabited by Christians, 3, 12.
  • Samaritans in, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Shechina, the, Kabbalistic term, the female person in the Godhead, 5, 217.
  • Shedim, evil spirits, introduced into Judaism from Magianism, 1, 403.
  • Shefaram, temporary seat of the Synhedrion, 2, 452.
  • Shefelah. See Sharon.
  • Shekan-Zib, academy at, established by Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 545, 557.
  • Shekel, the half-, contributions to the Temple, 2, 52–3.
  • Sheloh. See Hurwitz, Isaiah.
  • Shema, the, integral part of the morning service, 1, 399.
  • recitation of, punishable under Hadrian, 2, 424.
  • forbidden by the Portuguese Inquisition, 5, 32.
  • Shem-Addaula. See Saad-Addaula.
  • Shemaiah, prophet, prevents war between Judah and Israel, 1, 184.
  • Shemaria ben Elchanan, emissary from Sora, settles in Cairo, 3, 208, 210.
  • Shemarya Ikriti (1290–1320), tries to reconcile Rabbanism and Karaism, 4, 69, 71.
  • writes a commentary on the Bible, 4, 70.
  • Shemaya (Sameas), successor to Simon ben Shetach in the Synhedrion, 2, 71–2.
  • maxims of, 2, 72.
  • disciples of, 2, 72, 96.
  • reproves Herod and Hyrcanus II, 2, 79.
  • opposed to Antigonus, 2, 85–6.
  • counsels submission to Herod, 2, 88.
  • spared by Herod, 2, 89.
  • death of, 2, 90.
  • Shemer, owner of the plateau of Samaria, 1, 193.
  • Shem-Tob. See Levi ben Shem-Tob.
  • Shem-Tob de Carrion. See Santob de Carrion.
  • Shem-Tob ben Abraham Ibn-Gaon (1283–1330), Kabbalist, 4, 74.
  • Shem-Tob ben Isaac of Tortosa (1206–1264), medical writer, lectures at Marseilles, 3, 582.
  • history of, 3, 582–3.
  • Shem-Tob ben Isaac Shaprut, polemic writer, debates with Pedro de Luna, 4, 142.
  • works of, 4, 142–3, 144.
  • Shem-Tob ben Joseph Ibn-Shem Tob, Kabbalist, work of, 4, 197.
  • opponent to philosophy, 4, 239.
  • opposed in views to his son, 4, 243.
  • Shem-Tob Falaquera, poet and philosopher, defends the “Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 634.
  • mysticism of, 4, 24.
  • Sherif-Pasha, governor of Damascus, permits the persecution of the Jews, 5, 635.
  • orders the bastinado for a Jewish suspect, 5, 636.
  • tortures children, 5, 637.
  • destroys the houses of Jews, 5, 637.
  • circulates an anti-Jewish book, 5, 639.
  • orders the translation of suspicious Talmud passages, 5, 640.
  • obtains assent for the execution of the Jews, 5, 640.
  • ordered to discontinue the torture, 5, 648.
  • releases the prisoners, 5, 661.
  • executed, 5, 661.
  • Sherira ben Chananya (Chanina, 920–1000), judge of Pumbeditha, opposes the Gaon Nehemiah, 3, 208.
  • Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 231, 232.
  • descent of, 3, 232.
  • devoted to the Talmud, 3, 232.
  • “Letter” of, 3, 232–3.
  • arraigned before the Caliph, 3, 233–4.
  • abdication and death of, 3, 234.
  • Sheshbazzar, Babylonian name of Zerubbabel, 1, 351.
  • Sheshenk. See Sheshet.
  • Sheshet. See Mar-Sheshet.
  • Sheshet Benveniste (1131–1210), head of the Barcelona community, patron of Jewish learning, 3, 388.
  • poem by, 3, 388.
  • epigram by, 3, 524–5.
  • Shibli Ajub, opponent of the Damascus Jews, 5, 633.
  • Shield and Sword,” polemic by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • Shila, principal of the school at Nahardea, 2, 512.
  • acknowledges the authority of Abba-Areka, 2, 512.
  • precedence of the family of, 2, 522.
  • Shiloh (Salem), the seat of the sanctuary, 1, 41.
  • not sufficiently centrally located for the sanctuary, 1, 57.
  • the rallying point under the later judges, 1, 69, 70.
  • destroyed by the Philistines, 1, 71.
  • Shimei, the Benjamite, reviles David, 1, 142.
  • welcomes David on his return to Jerusalem, 1, 147.
  • executed, 1, 160–1.
  • Shiraz, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 434.
  • Shir-ha-shirim. See “Song of Songs, the.”
  • Shishak, of Egypt, protects Solomon’s enemies, 1, 176.
  • protects Jeroboam, 1, 180.
  • in alliance with Jeroboam, 1, 184.
  • defeats Rehoboam, 1, 184–5.
  • Shobach, Aramæan general, killed at the battle of Helam, 1, 127.
  • Shobi, made king of the Ammonites by David, 1, 129.
  • aids David against Absalom, 1, 144.
  • Shofetim. See Judges, the.
  • Shoraich, son of Samuel Ibn-Adiya, bravery and nobility of, 3, 70.
  • Short and Established Practice,” work by Judah the Blind, 3, 136.
  • Short Demurrer, A,” by William Prynne, 5, 45–6.
  • refuted, 5, 46.
  • Shulam, Samuel. See Samuel Shulam.
  • Shulamit, daughter of Aminadab, heroine of the “Song of Songs,” 1, 431.
  • Shulchan Aruch, the, code by Joseph Karo, 4, 612–13.
  • expected to unite Judaism, 4, 612.
  • partiality of, 4, 613.
  • authority of, 4, 613.
  • influence of, on Judaism, 4, 613.
  • commentary on, by Moses Isserles, 4, 637.
  • not binding in the Messianic time, 5, 142.
  • Shunamite woman, the, and Jehoash, 1, 233.
  • Shunem, Philistine camp against Saul, 1, 102.
  • Shylock,” Heine on, 5, 552–3.
  • Sibbechai of Hushah, Israelite champion in the Philistine war, 1, 117.
  • Sibili, Astruc. See Astruc Sibili.
  • Sibyl, the, used to spread Judæan doctrines, 2, 204–5, 402.
  • Sicarii, the, a band of Zealots, lawlessness of, 2, 239.
  • rob a servant of Claudius, 2, 242.
  • employed by Felix, 2, 246.
  • punished by Albinus, 2, 249.
  • favored by Gessius Florus, 2, 250.
  • leader of, 2, 258.
  • take the fortress of Masada, 2, 258.
  • join the Zealots in the Temple, 2, 260.
  • kill the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, 2, 260.
  • cruelty of, 2, 260–1.
  • escape to Masada, 2, 261.
  • one of the factions in Jerusalem, 2, 301.
  • Sichin (Asochis), the Judæans defeated at, 2, 40.
  • stronghold in the Bar-Cochba revolt, 2, 414.
  • fall of, 2, 416.
  • Sicily, the Jewish community in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
  • subjugated by Belisarius, 3, 31.
  • a synagogue in, razed, 3, 34.
  • a refuge for Jewish fugitives, 3, 569.
  • Abraham Abulafia in, 4, 7–8.
  • opposition to the Inquisition in, 4, 319–20.
  • Sicily, the Jews of, protected by Gregory I, 3, 33.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 422–3, 424.
  • wear Jew badges, 3, 518.
  • excluded from offices under Frederick II, 3, 567.
  • persecuted in the fourteenth century, 4, 77.
  • proclamation expelling, 4, 347–8.
  • Siddur Rab Amram, the liturgy of the European Jews, 3, 178.
  • Siderius, name borne by Gallic Jews, 3, 36.
  • Sidillo. See Samuel Sidillo.
  • Sidon (Saida), built by the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • center of Phœnician culture, 1, 53.
  • laid waste by the Philistines, 1, 80.
  • surrenders to Shalmaneser, 1, 264.
  • urges revolt from Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 310.
  • the inhabitants of, threaten the Galilean Judæans, 1, 475.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Sidra, academy, 2, 514.
  • Sigismund, emperor, advises Benedict XIII to abdicate, 4, 216.
  • the Jews under, 4, 218, 219.
  • has the privileges of the Jews confirmed by Martin V, 4, 219.
  • in the Hussite war, 4, 225.
  • protection of, ineffectual, 4, 227.
  • appoints three Judenmeister, 4, 227.
  • death of, 4, 248.
  • Sigismund, of Burgundy, raises a barrier between Jews and Christians in Burgundy, 3, 37.
  • Sigismund I, of Poland, kindly disposed towards Jews, 4, 419.
  • Sigismund III, of Poland, confirms the privileges of the Jews, 4, 643.
  • alienates the Cossacks, 5, 2.
  • Sigismund, ambassador from Charlemagne to Haroun Alrashid, 3, 143.
  • Sigismund Augustus, of Poland, appeals to Joseph Nassi, 4, 601.
  • death of, 4, 603, 642.
  • protects the Jews, 4, 633.
  • Sihon, king of the Emorites, defeated by the Israelites, 1, 27.
  • Silas, the Babylonian, Judæan hero in the Roman rebellion, 2, 264.
  • Silesia, adopts the Jewish statute of Frederick the Valiant, 3, 569.
  • John of Capistrano in, 4, 258.
  • Silesia, the Jews of, own real estate in the twelfth century, 3, 418.
  • suffering of, through John of Capistrano, 4, 260–3.
  • restricted to money-lending, 4, 260.
  • charged with host-desecration, 4, 261.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 4, 261–2.
  • burnt at Breslau, 4, 262.
  • improvement of the condition of, 5, 416.
  • heavily taxed, 5, 508.
  • Silhi, academy founded at, by Mar-Sheshet, 2, 554.
  • Silk spinning, by the Jews of Greece, 3, 175, 425.
  • Silk worms, the breeding of, carried on by Jews in Palermo, 3, 424.
  • Siloah, spring south of Jerusalem, 1, 114.
  • supplies the water for the Water Libation during Tabernacles, 2, 51.
  • Silva, governor of Judæa, takes Masada, 2, 316.
  • Silva, Diogo de, inquisitor-general of Portugal, 4, 508.
  • resigns, 4, 513.
  • Silva, Miguel de, Portuguese ambassador to the pope, effects Reubeni’s disgrace, 4, 498–9.
  • Silva, Samuel da, physician, publishes a work against Uriel da Costa, 5, 59.
  • answered by Uriel da Costa, 5, 60.
  • Silvani family, the, support Chiya bar Abba, 2, 536.
  • Silveira, Isaac, follower of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 144.
  • Silver Dish, The,” by Joseph Ezobi, 3, 561.
  • Silveyra, Miguel, Marrano poet, 5, 111.
  • Simaï bar Ashi, father of Ashi, disciple of Papa bar Chanan, 2, 594.
  • Simcha ben Samuel, Talmudist, member of the synod at Mayence, 3, 517.
  • Simcha Cohen, martyr during the first crusade, 3, 302.
  • Simeon, the tribe of, successful warriors in the desert, 1, 26.
  • allied with Judah, 1, 38–9.
  • delivered by Othniel, 1, 60.
  • enters national life, 1, 77.
  • loyal to Rehoboam, 1, 183.
  • Simeon, Syrian bishop, enemy of Zorah Yussuf, 3, 65–6.
  • Simeon. See also Simon.
  • Simlaï, assessor of Judah II, 2, 484.
  • versed in the Scriptures, 2, 488, 499.
  • Agadist, 2, 498, 499.
  • settle at Nahardea, 2, 498.
  • relations of, to Judah II, 2, 499.
  • on the commands of the Law, 2, 499.
  • discusses Bible exegesis with the Church Fathers, 2, 499.
  • defends the doctrine of the unity of God, 2, 501–2.
  • Simon, brother of Jesus, 2, 148.
  • Simon, brother of John of Gischala, accuses Josephus, 2, 281.
  • Simon, companion of Ishmael ben Elisha, 2, 427–8.
  • Simon I, high priest (the Just, 300–270), said to have appeared to Alexander the Great, 1, 413.
  • improves Jerusalem and the Temple, 1, 421.
  • described by Sirach, 1, 422.
  • as teacher, 1, 422.
  • objects to Nazarite practices, 1, 422.
  • daughter of, 1, 423.
  • Simon II, high priest, hostile to Hyrcanus, son of Joseph, 1, 432.
  • son of, 1, 437.
  • Simon III, high priest. See Simon Tharsi.
  • Simon IV, high priest. See Simon, son of Boëthus.
  • Simon, leader of the Idumæans, helps the Zealots, 2, 295.
  • Simon I, president of the Synhedrion, son of Hillel, 2, 130.
  • Simon II, president of the Synhedrion, son of Gamaliel I, 2, 240.
  • member of the war party, 2, 269.
  • coins in honor of, 2, 269.
  • power of, 2, 271.
  • head of the Pharisees, 2, 271.
  • decrees the deposition of Josephus, 2, 281.
  • Simon III, president of the Synhedrion, son of Gamaliel II, minority of, 2, 404.
  • escapes from Bethar, 2, 434.
  • Patriarch, resides at Jamnia, 2, 434.
  • joins the Galilean synod, 2, 434.
  • teachings of, 2, 435.
  • relation of, to Meïr, 2, 440.
  • dissolves the Synhedrion at Nahor-Pakod, 2, 443–4.
  • seeks increase of dignity, 2, 444–5.
  • conspiracy against, 2, 445.
  • expels Meïr and Nathan from the Synhedrion, 2, 445.
  • at peace with Nathan, 2, 446.
  • excommunicates Meïr, 2, 446.
  • on the Roman persecution of the Jews, 2, 446.
  • death of 2, 451.
  • Simon, slave of Herod, proclaimed king, 2, 124–5.
  • Simon the Benjamite, Hellenist, opponent of Onias III, 1, 437.
  • banished, 1, 438.
  • gives information about the Temple treasures, 1, 438.
  • hires assassins to murder Onias III, 1, 438.
  • Simon of Cairo, author of the “Great Halachas,” 3, 179.
  • Simon the Hasmonæan. See Simon Hasmonai.
  • Simon de Montfort, leads the crusade against the Albigenses, 3, 502.
  • receives the estates of Raymond VI of Toulouse, 3, 508, 509.
  • opposed by Raymond VII of Toulouse, 3, 514.
  • protects the Jews, 3, 514.
  • Simon the Parthian, servant of Judah I, 2, 466.
  • Simon the Pious, murdered, 3, 352.
  • Simon of Trent, martyr, the Jews charged with the death of, 4, 298.
  • pilgrimages to the remains of, 4, 298–9.
  • Sixtus IV refuses to canonize, 4, 299.
  • Eisenmenger believes in the martyrdom of, 5, 188.
  • Simon bar Abba, Amora, urged to marry Mar-Samuel’s daughter, 2, 528.
  • austerity of, 2, 537.
  • misfortunes of, 2, 543.
  • Simon bar Giora, Judæan hero in the Roman rebellion, 2, 264, 273.
  • leader of the Sicarii, 2, 293.
  • life of, in Acrabattine, 2, 293.
  • war of, with the Idumæans, 2, 293.
  • wife of, taken prisoner, 2, 297–8.
  • allies himself with the aristocratic party in Jerusalem, 2, 298.
  • in Jerusalem, 2, 298.
  • vengeful feeling of, towards the Zealots, 2, 301.
  • followers of, executed, 2, 304.
  • refuses to lay down arms, 2, 309.
  • graces the triumph of Titus, 2, 313–14.
  • hurled from the Tarpeian rock, 2, 314.
  • Simon bar Kappara, propounds a riddle, 2, 455–6.
  • authorization to teach refused to, 2, 456.
  • announces the death of Judah I, 2, 466–7.
  • adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • Simon bar Yochaï. See Simon ben Jochai.
  • Simon ben Anatolio, head of the Talmudic college of Marseilles, 3, 400.
  • Simon ben Asai (Azai), theosophist teacher of the Law, 2, 358, 381.
  • favors the instruction of women in the Law, 2, 474.
  • Simon ben Caipha, neo-Hebraic poet, author of an Abodah, 3, 115.
  • Simon ben Ezron, leader of the Jerusalem Zealots, 2, 301.
  • Simon ben Isaac ben Abun, commentator on the Talmud and poet, 3, 245.
  • dirge by, 3, 246.
  • stays the persecution of the Jews of Mayence, 3, 246.
  • memory of, perpetuated by the Mayence community, 3, 247.
  • related to Rashi, 3, 286.
  • Simon ben Jochai (bar Yochaï), disciple of Akiba, returns to Judæa, 2, 433.
  • reputed a Kabbalist, 2, 440.
  • at the Synhedrion of Usha, 2, 440.
  • an enemy of Rome, 2, 440–1, 447.
  • method of, 2, 441.
  • pursues the Law exclusively, 2, 441.
  • rejoices in the deprivation of judicial rights, 2, 447–8.
  • accuses the Romans of selfishness, 2, 448.
  • condemned to death, 2, 448.
  • lives in a cave, 2, 448.
  • declares Tiberias clean, 2, 448–9.
  • at Rome, 2, 449.
  • teacher of Judah I, 2, 451.
  • son of, 2, 457.
  • son-in-law of, 2, 459–60.
  • said to have foretold the rise of Islam, 3, 88–9.
  • supposed revelation to, 3, 606.
  • authorship of the Zohar attributed to, 4, 12.
  • glorified in the Zohar, 4, 12–14, 16.
  • Midrash of, 4, 19.
  • declared not to be the author of the Zohar, 4, 292.
  • Isaac Lurya pretends to hold intercourse with, 4, 622.
  • grave of, visited by Kabbalists, 4, 623.
  • homage paid to, by the Frankists, 5, 274.
  • Simon ben Kathla, Idumæan leader in Jerusalem, 2, 301.
  • Simon ben Lakish (Resh Lakish), Amora, 2, 479.
  • opposes the leveling policy of Judah II, 2, 485.
  • rebukes Judah II for covetousness, 2, 485–6.
  • brother-in-law of Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 495.
  • strength of, 2, 496.
  • gloom of, 2, 496.
  • Agadist, 2, 496–7.
  • opponent of Jochanan bar Napacha, 2, 497.
  • disciples of, 2, 531.
  • Simon ben Nanos, disciple of the Law, 2, 358.
  • Simon ben Saul, Judæan hero of Bethshean, 2, 262–3.
  • Simon ben Shetach, brother of Salome Alexandra, Pharisee leader, 2, 39.
  • mediator between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, 2, 42.
  • member of the Great Council, 2, 42.
  • counselor of Salome Alexandra, 2, 48.
  • proposed as Nassi of the Great Council, 2, 49.
  • called “Restorer of the Law,” 2, 49.
  • promotes the establishment of schools, 2, 50–1.
  • rebukes Judah ben Tabbaï, 2, 53.
  • president of the Synhedrion, 2, 54.
  • severity of, 2, 54.
  • condemns his son to death on a false charge, 2, 54–5.
  • successors of, 2, 71–2.
  • Simon ben Zemach Duran I (1361–1444), chief rabbi of Algiers, attacks Isaac ben Sheshet, 4, 199.
  • first Spanish-Jewish rabbi to take pay, 4, 199–200.
  • polemics by, 4, 238.
  • and the conversion of the Jews of Palma, 4, 247.
  • Simon ben Zoma, theosophist teacher of the Law, 2, 358, 381.
  • Simon, son of Boëthus, father-in-law of Herod, high priest, 2, 107.
  • founder of the Boëthusans, 2, 108.
  • Simon, son of Dositheus, ambassador to Rome, 2, 4–5.
  • Simon, son of Judah I, Chacham, 2, 466.
  • Simon, son of Judas the Galilean, leader of an insurrection, 2, 199.
  • crucified, 2, 199.
  • Simon Duran I. See Simon ben Zemach Duran.
  • Simon Duran II (1439–1510), rabbi of Algiers, protector of the Spanish exiles, 4, 390–1.
  • Simon Episcopius, chief of the Arminians, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Simon Hasmonai, grandfather of Mattathias the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • Simon Kara, compiler of the Yalkut, 3, 346.
  • Simon Kephas. See Peter, apostle.
  • Simon Maimi, chief rabbi of Portugal, martyrdom of, 4, 380.
  • family of, martyrs, 4, 380, 381.
  • Simon Stylites, ascetic, rebukes Theodosius II, 2, 621–2.
  • Simon Tharsi, son of Mattathias, the Hasmonæan, 1, 459.
  • chosen as counselor to succeed his father, 1, 461.
  • rescues the Galilean Judæans, 1, 475.
  • leader of the Hasmonæan party, 1, 489.
  • strengthens the defenses of Judæa, 1, 492–3.
  • forces Bacchides to raise the siege of Bethhagla, 1, 493.
  • commander of the Syrian forces on the Mediterranean shores, 1, 498.
  • chosen leader of the people, 1, 500.
  • prepares to oppose Diodotus Tryphon, 1, 500.
  • pays tribute to Tryphon to save his brother’s life, 1, 501.
  • sons of, 1, 520.
  • makes Judæa independent, 1, 520.
  • high priest, 1, 521.
  • negotiates with Demetrius II, 1, 521.
  • dates the independence of Judæa from the year of first coining money, 1, 522.
  • drives the Hellenists from their strongholds, 1, 523–4.
  • takes down the towers of the Acra, 1, 524–5.
  • sues for an alliance with Rome, 1, 525–6.
  • supreme sovereignty conferred upon, 1, 526–7.
  • title of, 1, 527.
  • coins money, 1, 528.
  • attacked by Antiochus Sidetes, 1, 528–9.
  • names his sons as his generals, 1, 529.
  • assassination of, 1, 530.
  • wife of, imprisoned, 1, 531.
  • temporary character of his descendants’ rule, 2, 143.
  • Simon Zarfati, physician to Pope Julius II, 4, 408.
  • Simon. See also Simeon.
  • Simon, Richard, Father of the Oratory, clears the Jews of the charge of child murder, 5, 175–6.
  • lays the foundations of Bible exegesis, 5, 178–9.
  • attractive style of, 5, 179.
  • introduces Rabbinical literature to Christians, 5, 179.
  • taught by Jonah Salvador, 5, 175, 180.
  • exalts Rabbinical Judaism, 4, 180.
  • translates Leo Modena’s “Rites,” 5, 180.
  • shows Christianity to be based on Judaism, 5, 180.
  • defends the Jews and the Talmud, 5, 180–1.
  • recants his praise of the Jews, 5, 181–2.
  • ridicules superstitious usages, 5, 202.
  • Simoneta, cardinal, opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, 4, 516.
  • on the commission to examine Paul III’s Inquisition bull, 4, 520.
  • Simonias, the Jews of, ask Judah I for a teacher of the Law, 2, 453–4.
  • Simonists, the, followers of Simon bar Giora, 2, 301.
  • Sin, Original. See Original Sin.
  • Sin, the theory of, in the Zohar, 4, 17.
  • Sin-offering, the, for murders, abrogated by Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 239.
  • Sinai, desert of, Moses in, 1, 15.
  • Israelites in, 1, 20.
  • Sinai, mount, the Israelites at, 1, 20–1.
  • Sinaï, title of Joseph ben Chiya, 2, 581.
  • Sinaitic revelation, the, characterized, 1, 23.
  • place of sacrifices in, 1, 24–5.
  • Sinhajas, the, a Berber race, found a kingdom in the south of Spain, 3, 256.
  • unfriendly to the Arabs, 3, 261.
  • Sinjar Shahin-Shah, Seljuk Sultan, expedition of, against the Ghuzz, 3, 434.
  • assigns a final resting place to the supposed remains of Daniel, 3, 435.
  • Sinzheim, Joseph David (1745–1812), compelled to flee from Strasburg, 5, 452.
  • deputy to the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 483–4.
  • character of, 5, 484.
  • attainments of, 5, 484.
  • rabbi of Strasburg, 5, 484.
  • on the commission to answer the twelve questions to the Notables, 5, 490.
  • works out the report of the commission, 5, 490.
  • president of the Synhedrion, 5, 495.
  • opens the first session of the Synhedrion, 5, 495.
  • delivers the closing speech of the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • member of the French consistory, 5, 502.
  • not gifted with the temper of a reformer, 5, 559.
  • Sinzig, the Jews of, burnt in the thirteenth century, 3, 611.
  • Sippai of Gath, Philistine champion, 1, 117.
  • Sirach. See Jesus Sirach.
  • Sirach, grandson of Jesus Sirach, translates Ecclesiasticus into Greek, 2, 359.
  • Siraj,” Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 3, 458.
  • Sisebut, Visigothic king, fanaticism of, 3, 40, 47.
  • renews Reccared’s anti-Jewish laws, 3, 48.
  • orders the Jews to be baptized or banished, 3, 48.
  • laws of, repealed by Swintila, 3, 49.
  • Sisenand, Visigothic king, the Jews under, 3, 49–50.
  • Sisera, Jabin’s general, defeated by Barak, 1, 61.
  • Akiba said to be a descendant of, 2, 351.
  • Sixtus IV, pope, has Kabbalistic writings translated into Latin, 4, 292, 443.
  • refuses to canonize Simon of Trent, 4, 299.
  • authorizes the Inquisition for Marranos, 4, 311.
  • appoints four inquisitors, 4, 312.
  • censures the cruelty of the Inquisition, 4, 318–19.
  • sanctions the Inquisition in Aragon, 4, 319.
  • troubled by the opposition to the Inquisition, 4, 320.
  • appoints a chief judge of appeals for Marrano cases, 4, 320.
  • forbids Marranos to be judges in heresy trials, 4, 321.
  • infamy of, 4, 321.
  • modifies the rigors of the Inquisition, 4, 322.
  • recalls his bull, 4, 322–3.
  • appoints Torquemada inquisitor-general for Spain, 4, 324.
  • congratulated on his accession by Alfonso V of Portugal, 4, 340.
  • Sixtus V, pope, removes restrictions from the Jews, 4, 655–6.
  • a Talmudic dictionary dedicated to, 4, 657.
  • punishes a Christian Shylock, 4, 657.
  • permits the reprinting of the Talmud, 4, 657–8, 659.
  • death of, 4, 658.
  • avarice of, 4, 658–9.
  • Sixtus Senensis, employed by Paul IV to annoy the Jews, 4, 581.
  • urges the burning of the Talmud, 4, 582.
  • rescues the Zohar from burning, 4, 584.
  • Skytte, Swedish royal councilor, projects a university in Brandenburg, 5, 174.
  • Slave-owners, Jewish, in Rome, riot against, 3, 30–1.
  • Slave-trade, the, among the Jews of Italy, 3, 28–9.
  • permitted to the Jews of the Frankish empire, 3, 34.
  • discussed by the Church Councils, 3, 40.
  • under Charlemagne, 3, 142.
  • among Spanish Jews, 3, 229.
  • among Bohemian Jews, 3, 305.
  • See also Christian slaves.
  • Slaves, Judæans sold as, 1, 227.
  • enfranchised by Josiah, 1, 296.
  • in the time of Ezra, 1, 376–7.
  • cease to exist among Judæans, 1, 393.
  • treatment of, by Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 555.
  • Jews made, by Egica, 3, 108.
  • owned by Jews, forbidden to be baptized under Louis the Pious, 3, 161, 164–5.
  • Jewish, ransomed by Abrabanel, 4, 339.
  • the Spanish exiles as, 4, 371.
  • Jews as, among the Knights of Malta, 4, 656.
  • See also Christian slaves.
  • Slavonia, the Jews of, proscribed by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • Slavonian countries, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
  • Smith, member of Parliament, on the Damascus affair, 5, 656.
  • Smyrna, small Jewish community in, in the fifteenth century, 4, 406.
  • enriched by the war between Venice and Turkey, 5, 119.
  • Sabbataï Zevi banished from, 5, 122.
  • return of Sabbataï Zevi to, 5, 133–4.
  • enthusiasm at, for Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 134–5.
  • Christians at, interested in Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 137.
  • Sabbataï Zevi leaves, 5, 145.
  • prophets at, silenced by Sabbataï’s apostasy, 5, 157.
  • Sabbatians at, continue to believe in Sabbataï, 5, 157.
  • rabbis of, excommunicate the Sabbatians, 5, 157, 159.
  • Sabbatians of, devoted to Sabbataï, 5, 163.
  • Sabbatianism at, after Sabbataï’s death, 5, 207.
  • Sabbatians in, 5, 210.
  • Nehemiah Chayon at, 5, 216.
  • the writings of Cardoso burnt at, 5, 220.
  • Soares, João, Portuguese inquisitor, 4, 521.
  • Sochen, manager of the court in Judah, chosen from the house of Nathan, 1, 249.
  • power of, under Hezekiah, 1, 268.
  • Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews, The,” joined by Heine, 5, 547.
  • founders of, 5, 551.
  • limitations of, 5, 600.
  • losses caused by, 5, 602.
  • members of, in Galicia, 5, 612.
  • Society for the Good and the Noble, The,” formed by Mendelssohn’s disciples, 5, 403.
  • Society for the Promotion of Christianity among Jews, The,” publishes a history of the Jews, 5, 593.
  • Society of Friends, The,” formed to oppose the orthodox party, 5, 418–19.
  • motto and symbol of, 5, 418.
  • weakness of, 5, 419.
  • encourage the Reform movement, 5, 563.
  • Society of the Friends of Reform, The,” in Frankfort, innovations of, 5, 675.
  • invite Riesser to join them, 5, 675.
  • declare circumcision optional, 5, 676.
  • relinquish certain points in their programme, 5, 676.
  • Socinus, disciple of Michael Servetus in Poland, 4, 647.
  • Socrates, the sayings of, used by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 267.
  • Sodomites, the, honored by a Gnostic sect, 2, 375.
  • Soem, gaoler of Mariamne, 2, 96.
  • beheaded, 2, 104.
  • Sofer, Moses, aggressiveness of, 5, 567.
  • opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571, 572.
  • Sofino, Raphael, encourages the Sabbatian movement in Italy, 5, 160.
  • Sogane, taken by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Solgat. See Sulchat.
  • Solidarity, the, of the Jewish race, 2, 367–8; 5, 632–3.
  • Solis, Pedro de, commissioner to frame the statute for the Inquisition, 4, 312.
  • Solms, the princes of, remove the poll-tax, 5, 465.
  • Solomon, king of Judah, son of David and Bathsheba, 1, 133.
  • succession of, opposed, 1, 135.
  • anointed by Nathan and Zadok, 1, 153.
  • spares the life of Adonijah, 1, 154.
  • characteristics and achievements of, 1, 156–8.
  • vision of, at Gibeah, 1, 158.
  • wisdom of, 1, 158.
  • allegorical poems by, 1, 158–9.
  • failings of, 1, 159.
  • has Adonijah killed, 1, 160.
  • deposes Abiathar, 1, 160.
  • executes Shimei, 1, 160–1.
  • harem of, 1, 161.
  • and Hiram of Tyre, 1, 162.
  • royal splendor of, 1, 162.
  • division of land by, 1, 162.
  • buildings of, 1, 162–9.
  • Temple of, 1, 162–8.
  • workmen of, 1, 163, 164.
  • prayer of, at the dedication of the Temple, 1, 167.
  • royal palace of, 1, 168–9.
  • alliances of, 1, 169–70.
  • fleet of, 1, 170–1.
  • opens a route to India, 1, 170.
  • has roads built, 1, 171–2.
  • officers of, 1, 172.
  • prosperity under, 1, 172.
  • receives the Queen of Sheba, 1, 173.
  • permits idolatry, 1, 175.
  • and Jeroboam, 1, 175–6.
  • children of, 1, 177.
  • death of, 1, 177.
  • “Sefer Refuoth” attributed to, 2, 29.
  • in Immanuel Romi’s work, 4, 67.
  • Solomon, brother of Bachiel Ibn-Alkonstantini, Maimunist, 3, 536.
  • Solomon (761–762), Exilarch, dies without issue, 3, 128.
  • Solomon (Chasdaï?), made Exilarch by Mahomet Almustafi, 3, 428, 438.
  • prevents a persecution of the Jews of the Abbasside Caliphate, 3, 433.
  • Solomon I, prince of the Cairo Karaites, 3, 444.
  • Solomon, prince of the Jews of Talmas, 3, 437.
  • Solomon the Egyptian, physician to Emperor Emanuel, 3, 425.
  • Solomon of Lithuania. See Maimon, Solomon.
  • Solomon (Shlomel) of Moravia, devotee of the Kabbala, 5, 55.
  • Solomon of Rohatyn, Frankist, makes a Catholic confession of faith, 5, 285.
  • Solomon of Tarascon, obtains the abrogation of the law on Jew badges, 3, 612.
  • Solomon de Vesoul, receiver-general of France, 4, 150.
  • robbed by a mob, 4, 151.
  • Solomon ben Abraham of Montpellier, Talmudist, disciple of Judah Sir Leon, 3, 409.
  • anti-Maimunist, 3, 527.
  • literalness of, 3, 527–8.
  • excommunicates the Maimunists, 3, 528–9.
  • excommunicated, 3, 530.
  • opposed by David Kimchi, 3, 531.
  • aided by Nachmani, 3, 536.
  • excommunicated by the Jews of Aragon, 3, 536–7.
  • renounced by the French rabbis, 3, 539, 540–1.
  • refers the Maimunist controversy to the Dominicans, 3, 542–3.
  • denounced for inviting Dominican interference, 3, 543–4.
  • partisans of, punished, 3, 544.
  • imitated by Abba-Mari, 4, 32.
  • Solomon ben Abraham ben Adret (Rashba, 1245–1310), disciple of Nachmani, 3, 609.
  • character of, 3, 618–19.
  • as Talmudist, 3, 619–20.
  • as Kabbalist, 3, 619.
  • authority of, 3, 620, 621.
  • assists Maimonides’ grandson, 3, 620.
  • refutes Raymund Martin, 3, 623.
  • informed of the condemnation of the Eastern Anti-Maimunists, 3, 634.
  • warns the Sicilian congregations against Abraham Abulafia, 4, 7.
  • denounces the Messiah of Avila, 4, 9.
  • in correspondence with Samuel Sulami, 4, 26.
  • invited to oppose Levi of Villefranche, 4, 28, 29.
  • appealed to by the Tibbonide party, 4, 33.
  • refuses to prohibit the study of science without the co-operation of twenty congregations, 4, 34.
  • pronounces the ban on science, 4, 38, 39–40.
  • tries to have the ban accepted beyond his own community, 4, 40.
  • attacked by Yedaya Bedaresi, 4, 42–4.
  • protests admiration for Maimonides, 4, 44–5.
  • in correspondence with Eleazar ben Joseph, 4, 49.
  • again interferes in the controversy on the study of science, 4, 50.
  • death of, 4, 51.
  • has Maimonides’ works translated into Hebrew, 4, 60.
  • disciple of, 4, 74, 147.
  • Solomon ben Abraham Parchon, disciple of Abraham Ibn-Ezra, teaches Hebrew to the Italians, 3, 423.
  • Solomon ben Abraham Zarfati, French Talmudist, on the Spanish rabbis of the fourteenth century, 4, 144, 162.
  • Solomon ben Asher, letter to, from Abraham Maimuni, 3, 545.
  • Solomon ben Jacob, physician, translator of Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 4, 60.
  • Solomon ben Joseph Ibn-Shoshan, virtues of, 3, 384.
  • Solomon ben Nathan Ashkenazi, travels and learning of, 4, 602–3.
  • employed as an agent by Mahomet Sokolli, 4, 603.
  • brings about the election of Henry of Anjou as king of Poland, 4, 605.
  • concludes peace between Turkey and Venice, 4, 605–6, 608.
  • honors shown to, in Venice, 4, 605–6.
  • secures the position of the Venetian Jews, 4, 606–7.
  • supplants Joseph Nassi, 4, 627.
  • as a diplomat, 4, 628–9.
  • sons of, live in Venice, 4, 629.
  • wife of, saves the sultan’s wife, 4, 630.
  • supports Stephen Bathori as candidate for the Polish throne, 4, 642.
  • Solomon ben Reuben Bonfed, poet and satirist, 4, 182, 230.
  • Solomon ben Yerucham (Ruchaïm, 885–960), defends Karaism against Saadiah, 3, 191.
  • combats the opinions of Chivi Albalchi, 3, 199.
  • makes propaganda for Karaism, 3, 203.
  • commentaries of, 3, 206.
  • hostile to philosophy, 3, 206.
  • poetry of, 3, 223.
  • Solomon Ibn-Almuallem. See Abu Ayub.
  • Solomon Ibn-Farussal, diplomat in the employ of a Christian prince, 3, 312–13.
  • Solomon Ibn-Gebirol (Abu Ayub Sulaiman Ibn-Yachya, Avicebron, 1021–1070), eulogizes Haï Gaon, 3, 253.
  • protected by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 260, 268.
  • and Ibn-Janach, 3, 264.
  • early life of, 3, 265.
  • Hebrew style of, 3, 266.
  • immortalizes Yekutiel Ibn-Hassan, 3, 266.
  • writes a versified Hebrew grammar, 3, 267.
  • writes a work on moral philosophy, 3, 267–8.
  • banished from Saragossa, 3, 268.
  • philosophy of, 3, 269–71.
  • importance of, for European philosophy, 3, 270.
  • philosophy of, foreign to Jewish thinkers, 3, 270.
  • eulogy of, on Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 274.
  • death of, 3, 280.
  • legend about, 3, 281.
  • unhappiness of, 3, 313.
  • poetic forms developed by, 3, 317.
  • compared with Moses Ibn-Ezra, 3, 319.
  • works of, translated into Hebrew, 3, 397.
  • works of, interdicted by the Church, 3, 503.
  • philosophy of, studied by Duns Scotus, 3, 644.
  • marks the zenith of neo-Hebraic poetry, 4, 67.
  • lyric and didactic poet, 5, 112.
  • Solomon Ibn-Sakbel, poet, satirical romance by, 3, 318.
  • Solomon Ibn-Verga, chronicler, 4, 556.
  • Solomon Alami, on the degeneracy of fourteenth century Jews of Spain, 4, 154–5.
  • describes the misery of Castilian Jews under Juan II, 4, 204.
  • Solomon Alkabez, poet, companion of Joseph Karo, 4, 538.
  • Solomon Dafiera, neo-Hebraic poet, 4, 230.
  • Solomon Duran (1400–1467), rabbi of Algiers, defends the Talmud, 4, 238.
  • son of, 4, 390.
  • Solomon Gracian, opponent of the study of science, protests admiration for Maimonides, 4, 45.
  • Solomon Kohen, disciple of Maimonides, 3, 461.
  • Solomon Levi of Burgos (Paul Burgensis, or de Santa Maria, 1351–1435), apostate, attainments and character of, 4, 182–3.
  • renounced by his family, 4, 183.
  • ordained as a Catholic priest, 4, 183.
  • in favor with Benedict XIII, 4, 184.
  • ecclesiastical offices of, 4, 184, 190.
  • propagandist, 4, 184–5.
  • satirizes Jewish customs, 4, 185.
  • caluminates the Jews, 4, 185–6.
  • controversies of, with Jews, 4, 186–8.
  • prevails upon David Bonet to remain a Christian, 4, 188.
  • privy councilor to Henry III, 4, 190.
  • executor of Henry III’s will, 4, 194.
  • in the council of regency for Juan II, 4, 194, 195.
  • causes the death of Meïr Alguades, 4, 195, 196.
  • issues an anti-Jewish edict, 4, 203–4.
  • sons of, 4, 216, 249–50.
  • propagandist for Christianity, 4, 231–2.
  • writes a tract against Judaism, 4, 233.
  • leaves the Marranos unconvinced, 4, 256.
  • exegetical works of, used by Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 342.
  • Solomon Lurya (1510–1573), Polish Talmudist, 4, 634–7; 5, 4.
  • critical ability of, 4, 634–5.
  • aggressive nature of, 4, 635–6.
  • admiration for, 4, 636.
  • efforts of, to establish religious practice, 4, 636.
  • as a grammarian, 4, 637.
  • reproves Moses Isserles, 4, 638.
  • authority of, 4, 639.
  • disciples of, 4, 639.
  • Solomon Petit, anti-Maimunist and Kabbalist, 3, 626.
  • threatened with excommunication, 3, 627.
  • persuades rabbis of Europe to denounce Maimonides’ writings, 3, 627.
  • fails in Italy, 3, 627–8, 630.
  • has Maimonides’ writings excommunicated, 3, 630, 631.
  • excommunicated by two Exilarchs, 3, 632.
  • Solomon Picho, rabbi of Sepulveda, 4, 278.
  • Solomon Romano. See Baptista, John.
  • Solomon Yizchaki (Rashi, 1040–1105), parentage of, 3, 282, 286.
  • studies Talmud at Mayence, Worms, and Speyer, 3, 286.
  • early fame of, 3, 286–7.
  • rabbi of Troyes, 3, 287.
  • as teacher, 3, 288.
  • clearness of, 3, 288.
  • commentaries of, on the Talmud and the Bible, 3, 288–9.
  • grammatical knowledge of, 3, 289.
  • family of, his disciples, 3, 289.
  • daughter of, 3, 289.
  • on Kalonymos of Rome, 3, 290.
  • protests against the unkind treatment of repentant apostates, 3, 308–9.
  • death of, 3, 309.
  • legends about, 3, 310.
  • influence of, 3, 344.
  • supplements to the Talmud commentary by, 3, 344.
  • sons and grandsons of, 3, 345, 403.
  • commentary by, on Job completed, 3, 346.
  • converted to rational exegesis, 3, 288, 346.
  • works of, used by Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
  • praised by Nicholas de Lyra, 4, 185, 442.
  • exegesis of, praised by Reuchlin, 4, 442.
  • commentary of, published in Bomberg’s Bible, 4, 476.
  • Solyman I, Turkish sultan, informed of the treachery of his Egyptian viceroy, 4, 395.
  • employs a Jewish physician, 4, 401.
  • the Jews under, 4, 402.
  • espouses the cause of Gracia Mendesia, 4, 574–5.
  • patron of Joseph Nassi, 4, 577, 594.
  • intercedes in behalf of Turkish Jews in Ancona, 4, 578.
  • contemplates war with Spain, 4, 594.
  • jealousy among the sons of, 4, 594–5.
  • espouses Joseph Nassi’s cause against the French ambassador, 4, 595.
  • gives Joseph Nassi a tract near the Sea of Tiberias, 4, 596.
  • death of, 4, 596.
  • Son of God, epithet adopted by Jesus, 2, 159, 162, 163.
  • Son of man, epithet adopted by Jesus, 2, 158.
  • Soncin family, the, of printers, 4, 586.
  • Soncino, Jewish printing house in, 4, 289.
  • Soncinus. See Cohen, Gershon.
  • Song of Deborah, The,” celebrates the victory over Jabin, 1, 61.
  • Song of Songs, The,” a product of Greek influences, 1, 430–1.
  • rebukes the evils of the times, 1, 432.
  • holiness of, discussed in the Synhedrion, 2, 343–4.
  • commentary on, by Shemarya Ikriti, 4, 70.
  • Songs of Glory,” by Wessely, 5, 404.
  • Songs of Obadiah ben Amos in Exile, The,” by Steinheim, 5, 603–4.
  • Sopher, keeper of the lists, 1, 122, 305, 313, 314.
  • Sopheric age, the development of the Law in, 1, 395–7.
  • the divine service in, 1, 398–400.
  • Sopherim (Scribes), the, wise men, activity of, 1, 396.
  • make a “fence” about the Law, 1, 397.
  • new institutions of, 1, 397–8.
  • divine service arranged by, 1, 308–401.
  • prophetic writings collected by, 1, 400.
  • traditional customs ascribed to, 2, 19.
  • Hillel justifies the laws introduced by, 2, 327.
  • as described by the Nazarenes, 2, 372.
  • Sophia, Nathan Ghazati dies at, 5, 161.
  • Sophocles, Judæan doctrines attributed to, 2, 204.
  • Sophronius, bishop of Jerusalem, surrenders the city to Omar, 3, 87.
  • Sora, a district of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 505.
  • Sora (Mata-Mechassia), frontier town of Babylonia in the most limited sense, 2, 504.
  • on the lake of Sora, 2, 506.
  • honesty of the inhabitants of, 2, 506.
  • assemblies at, 2, 514–15.
  • Chasda’s school in, 2, 553.
  • homage paid at, to the Exilarchs, 2, 606–7.
  • center of Jewish Babylonia, 2, 607.
  • destroyed under Firuz, 2, 629.
  • the Exilarch holds annual court at, 3, 95.
  • Sora, the academy of, established by Abba-Areka, 2, 513–14.
  • devotion of Rab to, 2, 518.
  • superior to that of Nahardea, 2, 522.
  • superior to the Palestinian academies, 2, 532.
  • supremacy of, under Huna, 2, 548.
  • method of, a continuation of that pursued in Judæa, 2, 574–5.
  • numerical strength of, 2, 576.
  • principals of, wealthy, 2, 579–80.
  • decline of, 2, 583.
  • prosperity of, under Ashi, 2, 605.
  • rebuilt, 2, 606.
  • closed under Hormisdas IV, 3, 8.
  • re-opened under Bahram Tshubin, 3, 9.
  • prosperity of, under Chosru II, 3, 9–10.
  • principal of, receives the title Gaon, 3, 90.
  • districts under the jurisdiction of, 3, 98.
  • quarrels in, about the principalship of the Pumbeditha academy, 3, 156.
  • without a Gaon, 3, 156–7.
  • decline of, in the ninth century, 3, 183.
  • pays homage to David ben Zaccaï, 3, 186.
  • rise of, in the tenth century, 3, 186.
  • decadence of, 3, 192.
  • Kohen-Zedek proposes to close, 3, 192.
  • restored by David ben Zaccaï, 3, 192.
  • raised by Saadiah, 3, 193, 201.
  • members of, side with Saadiah, 3, 195.
  • questions sent to, under Saadiah, 3, 201.
  • decline of, after Saadiah’s death, 3, 202.
  • abandoned by Joseph ben Satia, 3, 202–3.
  • unsuccessful attempt to restore, 3, 203, 208.
  • emissaries from, 3, 208.
  • place of, taken by the Spanish schools, 3, 236.
  • the last Gaon of, 3, 253.
  • See also Academies, the Babylonian.
  • Sora, the academy of, the Gaon (principal) of, of equal rank with the Exilarch, 3, 93.
  • deference paid to, 3, 93.
  • privileges of, 3, 93–4.
  • at the installation of a new Exilarch, 3, 94.
  • pays homage to the Exilarch, 3, 95.
  • rank of, 3, 96.
  • appoints the judges of his district, 3, 98.
  • Sora, the academy of, Geonim of, list of:
  • Chaninaï Kahana ben Huna,
  • Jacob ben Natronaï,
  • Joseph ben Satia,
  • Judah the Blind,
  • Mar-Amram ben Sheshna,
  • Nachshon ben Zadok,
  • Nathan ben Yehudaï (titular),
  • Natronaï II,
  • Saadiah ben Joseph,
  • Samuel ben Chofni,
  • Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob.
  • Sora, the academy of, principals of, list of:
  • Ashi, son of Simaï,
  • Chananya,
  • Chasda of Cafri,
  • Giza,
  • Huna,
  • Judah ben Ezekiel,
  • Mar bar Ashi,
  • Mar bar Huna,
  • Rabba bar Huna,
  • Rabina.
  • Sora, lake in the Euphrates, 2, 506.
  • Soranzo, Jacopo, Venetian agent in Constantinople, procures the revocation of the banishment of the Jews from Venice, 4, 606.
  • Soreg, screen between the outer and the inner court of the second Temple, 1, 492.
  • Sorai, the cortes of, deprive the Jews of criminal jurisdiction, 4, 157.
  • Sosius, Antony’s general, sent to help Herod, 2, 87.
  • invades Judæa, 2, 88.
  • army of, ravages the Temple, 2, 88.
  • Sostrates, officer of Antiochus Epiphanes, deposes Jason, 1, 447.
  • Soul, the, theory of, in the Zohar, 4, 16–18.
  • Souls, doctrine of, held by Isaac Lurya, 4, 619–22.
  • transmigration of, explained by Isaac Lurya, 4, 620.
  • impregnation of, 4, 621.
  • sexes of, 4, 621–2.
  • Spain, settlement of Jews in, 2, 620; 3, 42–3.
  • intermarriages between Jews and Christians in, 3, 44.
  • Karaites spread to, in the tenth century, 3, 207.
  • Talmud schools established in, 3, 208, 210.
  • Moslem culture in, under the Ommiyyade Caliphs, 3, 214.
  • the center of Judaism from the time of Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 229.
  • split into parties in the twelfth century, 3, 316.
  • characteristics of the rabbis of, in the age succeeding Nachmani, 3, 609.
  • Talmudists of, use the works of Maimonides, 3, 624.
  • entirely Christian, 4, 346.
  • effect of the Inquisition on, 4, 356.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • war with, contemplated by Solyman, 4, 594.
  • rebellion against, in the Netherlands, 4, 601.
  • condition of, at the accession of Philip III, 4, 668.
  • autos-da-fé in, 5, 91.
  • the Jews in, 5, 727–8.
  • Spain, the Jews of, forbidden to trade with Christians, 2, 620.
  • held in high esteem in the sixth century, 3, 43–4.
  • well treated by the early Visigoths, 3, 45.
  • defend the passes of the Pyrenees, 3, 45.
  • orthodoxy of, under the Visigoths, 3, 45.
  • under the Catholic Visigoths, 3, 46–52.
  • under Reccared, 3, 46–7.
  • under Sisebut, 3, 47–9.
  • emigrate, 3, 48–9, 51–2.
  • under Swintila, 3, 49.
  • under Sisenand, 3, 49–50.
  • refute Isidore of Seville, 3, 50–1.
  • under Chintila, 3, 51–2.
  • enthusiastic for science and culture, 3, 214–15.
  • cultivate their own individuality, 3, 215.
  • not permitted to hold offices under the Mahometans, 3, 216–17.
  • the first persecution of, 3, 279, 281.
  • as diplomats at Mahometan and Christian courts, 3, 281–2, 291.
  • devote themselves to the study of the Talmud, 3, 282.
  • culture of, in the first half of the twelfth century, 3, 313, 317–18.
  • politics of, in the twelfth century, 3, 317.
  • culture of, at its zenith, 3, 343.
  • active in the struggle between the Christians and the Almohades, 3, 363.
  • history of, in Abraham Ibn-Daud’s work, 3, 366.
  • struggle against Jew badges, 3, 513.
  • Maimunists, 3, 526–7, 536.
  • philosophical leanings of, 3, 549.
  • higher culture of, in the thirteenth century, 3, 615.
  • superior to the Jews of other countries, 3, 618.
  • Castilians the leaders of, in the fourteenth century, 4, 75.
  • neglect Jewish science, 4, 86, 91.
  • charged with causing the Black Death, 4, 101–2.
  • humiliated by the civil war between Pedro and Henry de Trastamare, 4, 126.
  • at the beginning of Henry II’s reign, 4, 136.
  • intellectual decadence of, 4, 143–4.
  • selfishness of, 4, 153–5.
  • informers against, 4, 155–6.
  • effect of persecution on, 4, 166–7, 172–3.
  • persecution of, in 1391, 4, 167–73.
  • existence of, endangered by the forced converts, 4, 179, 180.
  • recognize Solomon Levi as their enemy, 4, 185–6.
  • take refuge in northern Africa, 4, 197–8.
  • crusade against, by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 202–3.
  • conversion of, planned by Benedict XIII, 4, 206–7.
  • take refuge in Portugal, 4, 218.
  • send delegates to Martin V, 4, 219.
  • intellectual decadence of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 228, 229–30.
  • hatred of, increases in the fifteenth century, 4, 248.
  • the object of papal hatred, 4, 254.
  • privileges of, abolished by Nicholas V, 4, 254.
  • charged with child murder, 4, 276.
  • measures proposed against, by Alfonso de Spina, 4, 277.
  • and the Inquisition, 4, 308.
  • intimate relations of, with the Marranos, 4, 334–5.
  • amenities of the position of, under Ferdinand and Isabella, 4, 336.
  • taxed for the war with Granada, 4, 344.
  • expulsion of, decided on, 4, 346.
  • proclamation expelling, 4, 347–8.
  • losses sustained by, on their expulsion, 4, 349–50.
  • attempts to convert, after the promulgation of the edict, 4, 350.
  • steadfastness of, 4, 350–1.
  • solidarity of, 4, 351.
  • settlement of, in Portugal, negotiated for, 4, 352.
  • leave Spain, 4, 352–3.
  • effect of the expulsion of, 4, 353–4.
  • expulsion of, censured by European princes, 4, 356.
  • last remnant of, banished, 5, 169.
  • history of, by S. D. Luzzatto, 5, 624, 625.
  • See also under Aragon, Castile, etc.; Inquisition, the; Marranos, the.
  • Spain, Andalusian, the Jews of, admitted to state offices under Moslem rule, 3, 234–5.
  • characteristics of, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, 3, 235–6.
  • nobility of, 3, 235–6.
  • position of, in foreign communities, 3, 236.
  • heirs of Judæa, Babylonia, and northern Africa, 3, 254.
  • Spain, Christian, divided against itself in the twelfth century, 3, 316.
  • the Jews in the kingdoms of, 3, 383–4.
  • Spain, Jewish, importance of, 3, 41–2.
  • Spain, Jewish, center of, at Cordova under Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 217.
  • at Granada under Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • at Seville under Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 284.
  • Spain, Mahometan, the Jews of, well treated, 3, 110.
  • sympathize with the false Messiah Serene, 3, 121.
  • Spain, northern, lacks Talmud schools in the twelfth century, 3, 322.
  • refuge of the Jews banished from England, 3, 646.
  • taken by Henry de Trastamare, 4, 124.
  • Spain, northern, the Jews of, exposed to persecution in the fourteenth century, 4, 53.
  • suffering of, during the Pastoureaux rising, 4, 57.
  • institute fasts to avert the Black Death persecutions, 4, 100.
  • Spain, southern, Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • Spain, southern, the Jews of, devoted to science and poetry in the eleventh century, 3, 281, 289, 290.
  • intermarry with Christians and Mahometans, 3, 527.
  • Spain, Visigothic, the Jews of, send names for mention at the memorial services of the Babylonian academies, 3, 101.
  • forcibly converted under Chintila, 3, 101.
  • under Chindaswinth, 3, 101–2.
  • forced to profess Christianity under Receswinth, 3, 102–4.
  • revolt against Wamba, 3, 104–5.
  • publish anti-Christian treatises, 3, 105.
  • under Erwig, 3, 106–7.
  • under Egica forbidden to possess real estate, 3, 107–8.
  • conspire against the Visigothic empire, 3, 108.
  • enslaved, 3, 108.
  • aid Tarik against Spain, 3, 109.
  • aid Muza Ibn-Nosair, 3, 109.
  • Spalding, approves of Mendelssohn’s views on church discipline, 5, 363.
  • translates Wessely’s “Songs of Glory,” 5, 404.
  • Spanish America, laws of Alfonso V in force in, 3, 596.
  • Spanish Caliphate, the. See Ommiyyades, the.
  • Spanish exiles, the, in Navarre, 4, 357–8.
  • go to Italy, Africa, Turkey, 4, 358, 383, 400.
  • in Naples, 4, 358–61.
  • suffer from the plague in Naples, 4, 359–60.
  • in Pisa, 4, 360.
  • in Africa, 4, 361–2.
  • sufferings of, 4, 362, 383.
  • in Genoa, 4, 362–3.
  • on the Greek islands, 4, 363–4.
  • in Turkey, 4, 364, 400–5.
  • in Portugal, 4, 365–81.
  • permitted to settle in Portugal, 4, 368.
  • leave Portugal, 4, 369.
  • suffering of, on leaving Portugal, 4, 369–70.
  • in Portugal sold as slaves, 4, 371.
  • children of, sent to San Thomas, 4, 371.
  • accept baptism under Manoel of Portugal, 4, 378.
  • looked upon as the Jewish nobility, 4, 382–3.
  • distinction of manner of, 4, 387–8.
  • purity of language of, 4, 388.
  • love of, for the Spanish, 4, 388, 421.
  • superiority of, admitted by other Jews, 4, 389.
  • prominence of, 4, 389.
  • of distinction in Africa, 4, 389–96.
  • religious severity of, 4, 395.
  • in Palestine, 4, 396–9.
  • in Syria, 4, 399–400.
  • in Constantinople, split up into national groups, 4, 402.
  • in Salonica, 4, 404–5.
  • in Asia Minor, 4, 405–6.
  • in Italy, 4, 407–10.
  • do not settle in Germany, 4, 413.
  • narrow-mindedness of, 4, 479.
  • carry the Kabbala to Italy and Turkey, 4, 481.
  • Spanish language, the, spoken by Sephardic Jews after their exile, 4, 387, 388, 421.
  • Spanish poetry, influenced by Judæo-Christian satirists, 4, 181.
  • Spanish preachers, sermons of, pedantic, 4, 478.
  • Spanish satirists, use Hebrew words, 4, 181.
  • Spanish translation of the Bible, by Abraham Usque, 4, 475.
  • Speeth, John Peter (Moses Germanus), becomes a Jew, 5, 177, 178.
  • disproves the blood accusation, 5, 178.
  • Speyer, Rashi studies Talmud at, 3, 286.
  • the congregation of, one of the three oldest in Germany, 3, 518.
  • decisions of, 4, 135.
  • Reuchlin and Hoogstraten tried at, 4, 454–5.
  • Speyer, the Jews of, kindly treated by Bishop Rüdiger, 3, 297, 298.
  • defended by Bishop Johannsen, 3, 300–1.
  • emigrate to Syria, 3, 637.
  • persecuted on the charge of well poisoning, 4, 107–8.
  • Spina, Alfonso de. See Alfonso de Spina.
  • Spinoza, Baruch (1632–1677), pupil of the Amsterdam Talmud Torah, 4, 682.
  • fearlessness of, 5, 86.
  • youth of, 5, 87.
  • teachers of, 5, 87.
  • companions of, 5, 87–8.
  • studies the old Jewish philosophers, 5, 88.
  • learns Latin, 5, 88.
  • scientific pursuits of, 5, 89.
  • scepticism of, 5, 89–90.
  • renounces Judaism, 5, 90.
  • tried by the rabbis, 5, 92.
  • laid under the lesser ban, 5, 93.
  • refuses the conditions of the rabbis, 5, 93.
  • life of, attempted, 5, 93–4.
  • leaves Amsterdam, 5, 94.
  • laid under the greater ban, 5, 94.
  • writes a pamphlet justifying himself, 5, 95.
  • supports himself by polishing lenses, 5, 95.
  • “The Theologico-Political Treatise” by, 5, 95–107, 108.
  • finds the source of law in might, 5, 96–7.
  • hostile to Jews and Judaism, 5, 97–8, 101–3.
  • on God, 5, 98–9.
  • on man, 5, 99–100.
  • on knowledge, 5, 100–1.
  • on Christianity, 5, 102–3.
  • on the Jewish state, 5, 103–7.
  • peaceableness of, 5, 107, 109.
  • refuses a pension, 5, 107.
  • refuses a professorship, 5, 108.
  • publishes his “Treatise” anonymously, 5, 108.
  • attack by, upon Judaism leaves the Amsterdam Marranos unaffected, 5, 117.
  • compared with Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 118.
  • on the Sabbatian movement, 5, 138, 142.
  • letter to, on the Sabbatian movement, 5, 139.
  • publishes his Ethics, 5, 167.
  • death of, 5, 167.
  • refuted by Isaac Orobio de Castro, 5, 167.
  • influences Richard Simon, 5, 178.
  • system of, repugnant to Mendelssohn, 5, 299.
  • Spinozism, Lessing charged with, 5, 372.
  • Spira, Nathan, Palestinian emissary at Reggio, 5, 126.
  • Spirit of the Laws,” by Montesquieu, 5, 336.
  • Sprinz, David, rabbi of Nuremberg, defends Israel Bruna, 4, 302.
  • Stambuli, Aaron, of Damascus, accused of ritual murder, 5, 638.
  • Stamford, the Jews of, persecution of, 3, 412.
  • Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, of Poland, forbids the meeting of the synod of the Four Countries, 5, 387.
  • Starodub, the Jews of, massacred by Haidamaks, 5, 10.
  • States General, the Dutch, forbids the sale of Spinoza’s “Treatise,” 5, 108.
  • Stättigkeit. See Judenstättigkeit.
  • Steel, Lord Chief Baron, on the commission for the Jewish question, 5, 43.
  • Steinheim, Solomon Ludwig (1790–1866), physician, emphasizes the mission of the Jew, 5, 602–3.
  • first work by, 5, 603–4.
  • deplores the estrangement of the Jews, 5, 603–4.
  • second work by, 5, 604–6.
  • contrasts heathenism and Judaism, 5, 604–5.
  • keeps aloof from the Jewish community, 5, 606.
  • externally faithful to Judaism, 5, 607.
  • expounds Jewish religious philosophy, 5, 699.
  • Stephanus, governor of Palæstina Prima, oppresses the Jews, 3, 16.
  • killed by the Samaritans, 3, 17.
  • widow of, reports his death at Constantinople, 3, 17.
  • Stephen, of England, protects the Jews from the crusaders, 3, 356.
  • Stephen, Greek Judæan, stoned for blasphemy, 2, 221.
  • Stern, lecturer in Berlin, founds the Reform Association, 5, 683.
  • Stoic system, the, and Meïr, 2, 438.
  • Strabo, geographer, friendly to the Judæans, 2, 179–80.
  • Strasburg, the Jews of, protected by the councilors during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 106.
  • the representatives of, plead the cause of the Benfelden Jews, 4, 107.
  • the Jews of, burnt, 4, 108.
  • the theological faculty of, forbids the employment of Jewish physicians, 4, 692.
  • Jews under restrictions in, 5, 349.
  • Jews not allowed to live in, 5, 430.
  • Jews drawn to, by Cerf Berr, 5, 431.
  • objects to the presence of Jews, 5, 447, 476.
  • the Jews of, compelled to violate the Sabbath, 5, 451.
  • culture of the Jews of, 5, 476.
  • citizens of, prejudice Napoleon against the Jews, 5, 476–7.
  • Straton, the tower of, scene of Antigonus’ murder, 2, 38.
  • beautified by Herod, 2, 106.
  • See Cæsarea.
  • Strauss, David, predecessor of, 5, 179.
  • Streckfuss, opponent of the Jews, 5, 602.
  • Strengthening of Faith, The,” by Isaac Troki, 4, 648–9.
  • Stübel,” the Zaddik’s room, 5, 382.
  • Sturm, Gosse, asserts the innocence of the Jews in the charge of well poisoning, 4, 106.
  • deposed, 4, 108.
  • Styria, the Jews of, urged to emigrate to Turkey, 4, 271–2.
  • expelled by Maximilian I, 4, 427.
  • Suabia, the Jews of, suffer during the Armleder persecutions, 4, 97.
  • during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • persecuted, 4, 163.
  • expelled, 4, 307, 413.
  • find a refuge in Poland, 4, 420.
  • Suabian League, the, Reuchlin counselor of, 4, 435.
  • Suasso, Isaac (Antonio), advances money to William III, of England, 5, 205.
  • Suevi, the, antagonistic to the Catholics, 3, 44.
  • Suger, Abbot, prevents a persecution of the Jews of France, 3, 351.
  • Sulami, Samuel. See Samuel Sulami.
  • Sulchat (Solgat, Eski-Crimea), Jews of the Byzantine empire settle in, 3, 123.
  • a Karaite community in, in the ninth century, 3, 182.
  • Karaite center, 4, 71.
  • Suleiman, Barbary chieftain, takes Cordova, 3, 255, 262.
  • Suliman, Ommiyyade caliph, tolerance of, 3, 110.
  • patron of learning, 3, 110.
  • Sullam, Jacob, husband of Sarah, 5, 69.
  • Sullam, Sarah Copia (1600–1641), poetess, education of, 5, 69.
  • addresses Ansaldo Ceba, 5, 69.
  • resists attempts to convert her, 5, 69–70.
  • accused of denying the immortality of the soul, 5, 70.
  • honored by Leo Modena, 5, 70.
  • Sully, the Jews of, attacked by crusaders, 3, 356.
  • Sulzer, musician in Vienna, 5, 581.
  • Summons,” addressed to the princes of Europe by Michael Berr, 5, 460.
  • Sumptuary laws, against the Jews of Castile, 4, 138–9, 203–4, 205–6, 275–6.
  • Sunna, Mahometan tradition, 3, 110.
  • Superstitious usages, among Jews, 5, 201–2.
  • Surenhuysius, William, translates the Mishna into Latin, 5, 193–4.
  • enthusiasm of, for the Jews, 5, 194.
  • Suriel, name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • Susa, the goddess of love worshiped in, 1, 408.
  • the inhabitants of, force Antiochus Epiphanes to retreat, 1, 477.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 434–5.
  • Susannah, the Book of, translated into Greek, 2, 359.
  • admitted into the canon by Christians, 2, 488.
  • Susiana, Armenian Jews colonized in, by Shabur II, 2, 591.
  • Suson, Diego de, Marrano, burnt at the stake, 4, 317.
  • Süsskind (Süzkint) of Trimberg, minnesinger, poetry of, 3, 420.
  • Suwailim, of Medina, harbors conspirators against Mahomet, 3, 84.
  • Sviatislav, of Kief, drives the Chazars from their land, 3, 222.
  • Swaber, Peter, asserts the innocence of the Jews in the charge of well poisoning, 4, 106.
  • deposed, 4, 108.
  • Sweden, the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • Swedes, the, treat the Jews of Mayence well, 4, 707.
  • Swieden, van, opposes the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 453–4.
  • Swintila, Visigothic king, repeals anti-Jewish laws, 3, 49.
  • dethroned, 3, 49.
  • Switzerland, the Black Death persecutions in, 4, 103–5.
  • the Protestant Reformation in, 4, 469.
  • the Jews of, assisted by Mendelssohn, 5, 344.
  • Sylvester, bishop of Rome, asperses Judaism, 2, 562.
  • Symmachos, translation of the Scriptures by, used by Origen, 2, 489.
  • Symmachos ben Joseph, disciple of Meïr, a sophist, 2, 440.
  • Synagogue poetry. See Liturgical poetry.
  • Synagogues, established in the Sopheric age, 1, 401.
  • service at the, 1, 401.
  • for foreigners in Jerusalem, 2, 201.
  • desecration of, punished by the emperors, 2, 193, 614, 616, 621–2.
  • turned into churches, 3, 26; 4, 196, 354.
  • destroyed under Hakim, 3, 248.
  • the desecration of, forbidden by Martin V, 4, 220.
  • Synagogues, building of, forbidden by Theodosius II, 2, 617; 3, 28.
  • by Justinian I, 3, 10.
  • by Theodoric, 3, 30.
  • by Gregory I, 3, 34.
  • by Omar I, 3, 87.
  • by Omar II, 3, 120.
  • in England, 3, 516.
  • by Alfonso X, 3, 595.
  • by Eugenius IV, 4, 250.
  • in Hamburg, 4, 688.
  • Synagogues, noteworthy, in Alexandria, 2, 183.
  • in Cordova, 3, 360.
  • in Toledo, 3, 384; 4, 119.
  • of Moses, 3, 445.
  • on Mt. Zion, 4, 273–4.
  • in Amsterdam, 4, 667, 671, 678, 680; 5, 166–7.
  • in Hamburg, 4, 689, 691.
  • Synagogues, private, in Berlin, 5, 191, 563.
  • Synhedrion, a, established in five towns of Judæa, 2, 71.
  • at Nahar Pakod, 2, 443–4.
  • the establishment of, a condition of the Messianic time, 4, 530.
  • necessity for the establishment of, 4, 530, 535.
  • importance of, 4, 532.
  • the revival of, antagonized, 4, 534–5.
  • Synhedrion, the French, the convening of, proposed by Napoleon, 5, 493.
  • constitution of, similar to that of the ancient body, 5, 493.
  • approved by the Assembly of Notables, 5, 493.
  • composition of, 5, 493.
  • proclaimed by the Assembly of Notables, 5, 494.
  • creates interest in Europe, 5, 494.
  • the assembling of, 5, 495.
  • officers of, 5, 495.
  • second sitting of, 5, 496.
  • addresses and messengers to, 5, 496.
  • powers and justification of, 5, 496.
  • speeches delivered before, 5, 497.
  • decisions of, 5, 497.
  • action of, displeases Jews in general, 5, 497.
  • dissolution of, 5, 498.
  • Synhedrion, the Great, reorganized, 2, 49, 50.
  • the traditional code introduced into, 2, 50.
  • divorce law of, 2, 50.
  • institutes the half-Shekel contribution to the Temple treasury, 2, 52.
  • forbids the breeding of swine, 2, 60.
  • under Aulus Gabinius, 2, 71.
  • summons Herod to answer for the execution of Ezekias, 2, 78.
  • discusses the Paschal sacrifice on the Sabbath, 2, 99.
  • tries and condemns Jesus, 2, 163–4.
  • authority of, wanes under the Roman rule, 2, 129.
  • under Gamaliel I, 2, 192–3.
  • power of, diminished under Herod II, 2, 198.
  • the legislative body for the dispersed Judæans, 2, 201.
  • transferred from Jerusalem to Bethany, 2, 239–40.
  • re-established after the defeat of Cestius, 2, 268–9.
  • supremacy of, under Simon ben Gamaliel, 2, 271.
  • decrees the deposition of Josephus, 2, 281.
  • envoys of, deceived by Josephus, 2, 282.
  • envoys of, sent back in chains, 2, 283.
  • aid asked of, by Josephus against Vespasian, 2, 286.
  • suspected of Roman proclivities, 2, 293–4.
  • formed by the Zealots, 2, 296.
  • ceases with the fall of Jerusalem, 2, 322.
  • meetings of, interrupted after the fall of Bethar, 2, 423.
  • seats of, after its dissolution at Usha, 2, 452.
  • completeness of, at Sepphoris, 2, 452.
  • invests Judah I with sovereign power, 2, 452–3.
  • in Galilee, 2, 458.
  • pronounces the Samaritans heathens, 2, 534.
  • resolutions of, announced to distant communities, 2, 535.
  • end of, under Constantius, 2, 567.
  • members of, favor a fixed calendar, 2, 573.
  • and the smaller in Babylonia, 3, 96.
  • See also Council, the Great, of Seventy.
  • Synhedrion, the, of Jamnia, established by Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 325.
  • called Beth-Din, 2, 325.
  • tries to reconcile the schools of Hillel and Shammai, 2, 337–8.
  • revises Gamaliel II’s laws, 2, 342.
  • members of, 2, 357.
  • supremacy of, 2, 359, 360.
  • order of proceedings in, 2, 361–2.
  • the unity in, admired by Peter, 2, 367–8.
  • discusses the Jewish-Christians, 2, 379–80.
  • destroyed by Lucius Quietus, 2, 400.
  • Synhedrion, the, of Usha, ordinances of, 2, 405.
  • provides against the spread of the worship of Jesus, 2, 413.
  • dissension in, 2, 444–6.
  • dissolved, 2, 448.
  • Synhedrion, the, presidents of, the family of Bene Bathyra, 2, 90.
  • the descendants of Hillel, 2, 130.
  • reverence paid to, 2, 360.
  • rights of, 2, 360–1.
  • duties of, 2, 361.
  • fix the calendar, 2, 362–3.
  • See Patriarchs, the.
  • Synhedrion, the, presidents of, list of:
  • Abtalion,
  • Gamaliel I,
  • Hillel,
  • Joshua ben Chananya,
  • Judah ben Tabbaï,
  • Menahem,
  • Shammai,
  • Shemaya,
  • Simon I,
  • Simon II,
  • Simon ben Shetach.
  • See Patriarchs, the, list of.
  • Synod of the Four Countries, the. See Four Countries, the synod of.
  • Synod, the Galilean, the second assembly of teachers of the Law at Usha, 2, 434.
  • Synods. See Rabbinical synods.
  • Syria, conquered by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • end of the Seleucidæan dynasty of, 2, 6.
  • Judæans in, make the half-Shekel contribution to the Temple, 2, 52.
  • Judæa part of, under Roman rule, 2, 128.
  • number of Judæans in, 2, 201.
  • rights of Judæans in, 2, 202.
  • Judæans of, go to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, 2, 251.
  • devastated by the king of Parthia, 2, 447.
  • depredations in, by Odenathus, 2, 527.
  • succumbs to the Arabs, 3, 86.
  • the Karaites spread to, in the ninth century, 3, 182.
  • part of the Fatimide Caliphate, 3, 248.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426–7.
  • Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, 4, 387.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 399–400.
  • See Damascus; the kings of Aram and of the Seleucidæan dynasty, etc.
  • Syria, the Roman governors (legates, prætors) of, list of:
  • Cæsar, Sextus
  • Cassius Longinus, Caius
  • Cassius Longinus, Caius
  • Cornelianus, Atidius
  • Crassus,
  • Flaccus,
  • Gabinius, Aulus
  • Gallus, Cestius
  • Marsus, Vibius
  • Mucianus, Licinius
  • Petronius,
  • Quadratus, Umidius
  • Quirinius,
  • Scaurus,
  • Varus, Quintilius,
  • Vitellius.
  • See also Judæa, the Roman governors of; Procurators, the, of Judæa.
  • Syriac, despised by Judah I, 2, 461.
  • Syroes, son of Chosru II, revolts against his father, 3, 22.
  • makes peace with Heraclius, 3, 22.
  • T
  • Tabæ, Antiochus IV dies at, 1, 477.
  • Taberistan, home of Jewish physicians in the ninth century, 3, 146.
  • David Alrui in prison in, 3, 432.
  • Tabernacle, the, at Shiloh destroyed by the Philistines, 1, 71.
  • Tabernacles, the Feast of, celebrated at Jerusalem under Ezra and Nehemiah, 1, 380.
  • as celebrated in the Second Temple, 2, 51.
  • wreath of, abolished by Anan ben David, 3, 132.
  • confiscation of prayer books on, 4, 430.
  • Tabi, favorite slave of Gamaliel II, 2, 336.
  • Tables of Testimony, The,” defense by Eibeschütz, 5, 270.
  • Tables of the Seven Planets, by Abraham Zacuto, 4, 367.
  • Tables of the Testimony, the, 1, 22.
  • Tabor, mountain, description of, 1, 44.
  • considered holy by the Canaanites, 1, 51.
  • Alexander, son of Aristobulus II, defeated at, 2, 73.
  • fortress of, in possession of the Zealots, 2, 289.
  • fortress of, taken by the Romans, 2, 290.
  • fire signals on, 2, 363.
  • Tabyome. See Mar bar Ashi.
  • Tab-Yomi. See Lipmann of Mühlhausen.
  • Tachkemoni, satirical romance by Solomon Ibn-Sakbel, 3, 318.
  • romance by Jehuda Alcharisi, 3, 559.
  • Tachos, king of Egypt, at war with Artaxerxes II, 1, 408.
  • Tachpanches. See Taphnai.
  • Tacitus, historian, on the conversions to Judaism, 2, 384.
  • Tadmor. See Palmyra.
  • Tafilet, the Jews of, fortunes of, 5, 168.
  • Taima, castle of Shoraich, 3, 70.
  • submits to Mahomet, 3, 83.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Taku. See Moses ben Chasdaï Taku.
  • Talleyrand, speaks to the National Assembly in behalf of the Bordeaux Jews, 5, 442.
  • reactionary leader, 5, 512.
  • Talmai, of Geshur, protects Absalom, 1, 134.
  • Talmas, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Talmide Chachamim, disciples of the wise, 1, 396.
  • Talmud, the, application of the oral Law to new questions, 2, 328, 329.
  • the creation of Pumbeditha and Machuza, 2, 591.
  • the sole object of attention of the disciples of the Amoraim, 3, 5.
  • stagnation in the development of, 3, 5–6.
  • made available for practical use by the Sabureans, 3, 6.
  • committed to writing, 3, 6–7.
  • teachings of Mahomet borrowed from, 3, 72.
  • the result of the opposition of Pauline Christianity, 3, 127.
  • supplants the Bible, 3, 128.
  • opposition to, without result, 3, 128.
  • opposed by Anan ben David, 3, 130.
  • rendered popular and intelligible by the Halachoth Ketuoth, 3, 136.
  • exposition of, the work of the Geonim, 3, 178–9.
  • the exclusive subject of the literary activity of the Geonim, 3, 180.
  • criticised in Saadiah’s time, 3, 198.
  • copies of, transferred from Sora to Spain, 3, 203, 228.
  • studied carefully by Sherira, 3, 232.
  • studied by the Jews of Spain in the tenth and eleventh centuries, 3, 235.
  • scientific study of, founded by Jehuda ben Meïr, 3, 242.
  • civil law of, treated by Haï Gaon, 3, 251.
  • methodology of, by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • work on the civil jurisprudence of, by Isaac Albergeloni, 3, 284.
  • work on, by Alfassi, 3, 285–6.
  • studied by the Jews of Maghreb while pretending to be Mahometans, 3, 360.
  • work on, by Jonathan of Lünel, 3, 397.
  • work on, by Isaac ben Abba-Mari, 3, 399.
  • maligned by Donin before Gregory IX, 3, 573–4.
  • confiscation of, by Gregory IX and in France, 3, 575–8.
  • disputation on, under Louis IX, 3, 576–8.
  • defended by Yechiel of Paris, 3, 577.
  • defended by Jehuda of Melun, 3, 578.
  • condemned to be burnt, 3, 578.
  • burnt in Paris, 3, 578–9; 4, 460.
  • Jesus of Nazareth in, 3, 599.
  • denounced by Pablo Christiani, 3, 602.
  • confiscation of, ordered by Clement IV, 3, 602.
  • subjected to censorship in Aragon, 3, 603.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 19.
  • burnt by order of the king of Majorca, 4, 50.
  • burnt at Toulouse, 4, 55.
  • guaranteed against confiscation by John of France, 4, 130.
  • extermination of, planned by Benedict XIII, 4, 209.
  • accused of blasphemy by Joshua Lorqui, 4, 213–14.
  • Benedict XIII’s bull against, 4, 215–16.
  • defended by Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi, 4, 234.
  • defended by Solomon Duran I, 4, 238.
  • reading of, forbidden by Eugenius IV, 4, 251.
  • influence of, on the Protestant Reformation, 4, 423, 467, 468.
  • the Dominicans desire to confiscate, 4, 425.
  • attacked by Pfefferkorn, 4, 425–6, 427, 439.
  • defended by Reuchlin, 4, 442, 466.
  • decision against, 4, 444.
  • the watchword of the Reuchlinists, 4, 457.
  • in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • printing of, encouraged by Leo X, 4, 468, 565.
  • attacked by Luther, 4, 549–50.
  • endangered by the censor, 4, 563.
  • burnt at Rome and elsewhere, 4, 565.
  • persecuted by Paul IV, 4, 582.
  • taught at Cremona, 4, 582.
  • burnt at Cremona, 4, 582–3.
  • appearance of, permitted by Pius IV, 4, 589.
  • printed at Basle, 4, 589.
  • connected with other ancient writings by Azarya deï Rossi, 4, 614.
  • as viewed by Solomon Lurya, 4, 635.
  • confiscation of, ordered by Gregory XIII, 4, 654.
  • dictionary of, by David de Pomis, 4, 657.
  • reprinting of, permitted by Sixtus V, 4, 657–8.
  • reading of, forbidden by Clement VIII, 4, 659.
  • expurgated edition of, 4, 659.
  • mutilation of, 4, 659–60.
  • beginnings of the criticism of, 5, 54–5.
  • scoffed at by Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 77.
  • Simone Luzzatto on, 5, 84.
  • opposed by the Sabbatians, 5, 142, 228.
  • defended by Richard Simon, 5, 181.
  • studied by Polish Jews, 5, 206.
  • privilege of printing, obtained through Eibeschütz, 5, 250.
  • rejected by the Frankists, 5, 274.
  • slandered by Frankists, 5, 280–1.
  • burnt at Kamieniec, 5, 582.
  • excessive study of, favors Chassidism, 5, 383, 385–6.
  • neglected in Germany after Mendelssohn’s death, 5, 395.
  • attacked by the “Moniteur,” 5, 485–6.
  • an alleged Oriental form of, 5, 651.
  • exonerated by Zunz, 5, 669.
  • aspersions upon, permitted by Geiger, 5, 669.
  • authority of, not recognized by the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675, 676.
  • opposed by Holdheim, 5, 678.
  • authority of, not recognized by the Brunswick rabbinical conference, 5, 682.
  • rejected by the Berlin Reform Association, 5, 683.
  • development of, 5, 726.
  • See also Amoraim, the; Law, the oral; Mishna, the; Talmud, the Babylonian.
  • Talmud, the, commentary on, by Gershom ben Jehuda, 3, 243–4.
  • by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, 3, 259.
  • by Isaac Ibn-Albalia, 3, 283.
  • by Rashi, 3, 288, 344, 403.
  • by Jacob Tam, 3, 376.
  • by Serachya Halevi Gerundi, 3, 389.
  • by Nachmani, 3, 532.
  • See also under Talmud, the.
  • Talmud, the, the study of, degenerates into a matter of memory, 3, 128.
  • encouraged in Spain by Chasdaï Ibn-Shaprut, 3, 227–8.
  • among the French and German Jews in the eleventh century, 3, 281.
  • in Spain, 3, 282.
  • pursued by the German Jews after the first crusade, 3, 309.
  • flourishes in Spain in the twelfth century, 3, 317.
  • cultivated by the French Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 343–5.
  • divided into two branches by the Tossafists, 3, 345.
  • at Toledo, 3, 386.
  • preserves the Jews of northern France from moral decay, 3, 407–8.
  • in Germany in the twelfth century, 3, 419.
  • in Bohemia, 3, 420, 421.
  • facilitated by Maimonides’ Mishna commentary, 3, 458.
  • in the twelfth century described by Maimonides, 3, 492.
  • the absorbing occupation of the Jews in the thirteenth century, 3, 571–2.
  • in Spain in the fourteenth century, 4, 86, 144.
  • decays in Germany in the fourteenth century, 4, 96.
  • neglected in France in the fourteenth century, 4, 132–3.
  • neglected in Germany in the fifteenth century, 4, 227.
  • neglected in Spain in the fifteenth century, 4, 230, 231.
  • by Karaites, 4, 269, 270.
  • in Thebes, 4, 406.
  • in Prague, 4, 418.
  • in Poland, 4, 420.
  • in Frankfort, 4, 429.
  • in Poland in the sixteenth century, 4, 634, 639–40, 640–1.
  • neglected in Germany during the Catholic reaction, 4, 653.
  • in Poland in the seventeenth century, 5, 4–6.
  • Polish method of, dominant in Europe, 5, 16–17.
  • by Frankel, 5, 684, 694–5.
  • See also under Talmud, the.
  • Talmud Babli. See Talmud, the Babylonian.
  • Talmud, the Babylonian, collected by Ashi, 2, 607–9.
  • not committed to writing, 2, 608.
  • the study of, disturbed under Theodosius II, 2, 623.
  • compilation of, finished by Mar bar Ashi, 2, 628.
  • completed by Rabina and José, 2, 630–2.
  • uniqueness of, 2, 632.
  • compared with the literature of the Church Fathers, 2, 632.
  • blemishes of, 2, 632–3.
  • diversified character of, 2, 633–4.
  • as distinguished from the Jerusalem Talmud, 2, 634.
  • intellectual character of, 2, 634–5.
  • dialectics of, 2, 635.
  • the preserver of the Jewish nation, 2, 635.
  • the constitution of the Babylonian Jewish community, 3, 118.
  • authority of, extended by the Islamic conquests, 3, 118–19.
  • irksome to the Arabian Jews, 3, 119–20.
  • printed by Daniel Bomberg, 4, 468.
  • See also Talmud, the.
  • Talmud, the Jerusalem (or Palestinian), compiled, 2, 609.
  • compilers of, unknown, 2, 612.
  • compared with the Babylonian, 2, 634.
  • studied at Kairuan in the eleventh century, 3, 249.
  • commentary on, by David Fränkel, 5, 294.
  • Talmud, shel Erez-Israel. See Talmud, the Jerusalem.
  • Talmud, the, of the Holy Land. See Talmud, the Jerusalem.
  • Talmud Torah, graded Jewish school in Amsterdam, 4, 681–2.
  • Talmud Torah, synagogue at Hamburg, 4, 689–90.
  • Talmud Torah, the greatest virtue, according to the Mishna, 2, 473–4.
  • Talmud Torah schools, contrasted with the rabbinical colleges, 5, 700.
  • Talmudical Judaism, founded by Hillel, 2, 327.
  • rejected by Arabian Jews, 3, 120.
  • opposition to, led by Serene, 3, 120–2.
  • opposition to, led by Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, 3, 124.
  • opposed by the adherents of Anan ben David, 3, 129.
  • Anan ben David’s opposition to, inconsistent, 3, 135.
  • superiority of, over Karaism proved by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 334.
  • as regarded by Maimonides, 3, 469–70.
  • undermined by Maimonides’ arguments, 3, 529.
  • becomes Rabbinism in Jacob Asheri’s code, 4, 89.
  • efforts to reconcile the Karaites to, 4, 270.
  • See also Rabbinical Judaism.
  • Talmudical lexicon. See Lexicon, Talmudical.
  • Talmudists, the, dialecticians, 2, 591.
  • ranged against the Maimunists and the Kabbalists, 3, 558.
  • of the sixteenth century characterized by Solomon Lurya, 4, 635–6.
  • disputations of, in Poland, 4, 640–1.
  • Polish, dominant influence of, 5, 17.
  • mocked at by the Chassidim, 5, 379.
  • Talmudists, list of:
  • Aaron Halevi,
  • Abraham ben David,
  • Abraham ben Isaac,
  • Abraham Ibn-Shoshan,
  • Abraham Maimuni,
  • Abu-Amr Joseph ben Zadik Ibn-Zadik,
  • Asher ben Yechiel (Asheri) (Tossafist),
  • Ashkenazi, Jacob
  • Ashkenazi, Zevi
  • Baruch ben Samuel,
  • Chages, Jacob
  • Chananel ben Chushiel,
  • Chanoch ben Moses,
  • Chasdaï Crescas,
  • Chushiel,
  • Daniel ben Saadiah,
  • David ben Kalonymos (Tossafist),
  • David Ibn-Abi Zimra,
  • Edles, Samuel
  • Eibeschütz, Jonathan
  • Elchanan ben Isaac (Tossafist),
  • Eleazer ben Joel Halevi,
  • Eleazer ben Joseph (Tossafist),
  • Elias Mizrachi,
  • Elijah Wilna,
  • Emden, Jacob
  • Ephraim ben Jacob (Tossafist),
  • Eskapha, Joseph
  • Florentin, Solomon
  • Frankel, Zachariah
  • Gershom ben Jehuda,
  • Hal Gaon,
  • Heller, Lipmann
  • Hillel ben Samuel,
  • Holdheim, Samuel
  • Isaac ben Abba-Mari,
  • Isaac ben Abraham (Rizba) (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Asher Halevi (Riba) (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Baruch Albalia,
  • Isaac ben Jacob Alfassi,
  • Isaac ben Jacob Campanton,
  • Isaac ben Jacob Halaban (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Jehuda Ibn-Giat,
  • Isaac ben Joseph (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Meïr (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni,
  • Isaac ben Samuel (Ri) (Tossafist),
  • Isaac ben Sheshet Barfat,
  • Isaac Ibn-Sakni,
  • Jacob of London,
  • Jacob of Orleans (Tossafist),
  • Jacob ben Asheri,
  • Jacob ben Nathaniel Ibn-Alfayumi,
  • Jacob ben Nissim Ibn-Shahin,
  • Jacob Ibn-Chabib,
  • Jacob Berab,
  • Jacob Polak,
  • Jacob Tam,
  • Japhet ben Elia,
  • Jehuda ben Meïr (Leontin),
  • Jehuda ben Nathan (Riban) (Tossafist),
  • Jehuda Asheri,
  • Jehuda Halevi,
  • Jonah ben Abraham Gerundi (the Elder),
  • Jonathan Cohen of Lünel,
  • Joseph ben Isaac Ibn-Abitur,
  • Joseph ben Meïr Ibn-Migash Halevi,
  • Joseph ben Pilat,
  • Joseph Ibn-Nagrela,
  • Joseph Ottolenghi,
  • Joseph Karo,
  • Judah the Blind,
  • Judah Menz,
  • Judah Sir Leon ben Isaac (Tossafist),
  • Kalonymos of Rome,
  • Lagarto, Jacob
  • Levi ben Gerson,
  • Levi ben Jacob Chabib,
  • Levi, David
  • Maimun ben Joseph,
  • Mar-Zemach I ben Paltoi,
  • Mattathiah ben Joseph Provenci,
  • Meïr ben Baruch of Rothenburg,
  • Meïr ben Joseph Ibn-Migash,
  • Meïr ben Samuel (Tossafist),
  • Menachem of Merseburg,
  • Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach,
  • Mordecai ben Hillel,
  • Moses of Coucy (Tossafist),
  • Moses ben Chanoch,
  • Moses ben Chasdaï Taku,
  • Moses ben Isaac Alashkar,
  • Moses ben Israel Isserles,
  • Moses ben Maimun,
  • Moses ben Nachman,
  • Moses Menz,
  • Nachshon ben Zadok,
  • Nathan ben Isaac Kohen,
  • Nathan ben Yechiel,
  • Nissim bar Jacob Ibn-Shahin,
  • Nissim Gerundi ben Reuben,
  • Peter (Tossafist),
  • Philosoph, Joseph
  • Samson ben Abraham (Tossafist),
  • Samuel ben Ali Halevi,
  • Samuel ben Meïr (Rashbam) (Tossafist),
  • Samuel ben Solomon Sir Morel (Tossafist),
  • Samuel Alvalensi,
  • Samuel Cohen ben Daniel,
  • Samuel Halevi Ibn-Nagrela,
  • Samuel Sidillo,
  • Sasportas, Jacob
  • Serachya Halevi Gerundi,
  • Serkes, Joel
  • Shalom Shachna,
  • Shemaria ben Elchanan,
  • Sheshet Benveniste,
  • Simcha ben Samuel,
  • Simon of Cairo,
  • Simon ben Isaac ben Abun,
  • Sinzheim, Joseph David
  • Solomon ben Abraham,
  • Solomon ben Abraham ben Adret (Rashba),
  • Solomon ben Abraham Zarfati,
  • Solomon Lurya,
  • Solomon Yizchaki (Rashi),
  • Taytasak, Joseph
  • Yechiel of Paris,
  • Zadok.
  • Taman. See Phanagoria.
  • Tamar, daughter of David, seduced, 1, 134.
  • Tamarah. See Zoar.
  • Tamarica, the Jewish community in, 4, 693.
  • Tamarite, the Jews of, converted by Vincent Ferrer, 4, 214.
  • Tamgiz, anti-Karaite work by Saadiah, 3, 192.
  • Tammuz, the fast of, abolished by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 151–2.
  • abrogated by the Sabbatians, 5, 159.
  • Tana. See Sanaa.
  • Tanaites, the, teachers of the Law, 2, 356.
  • and the Jewish Christians, 2, 370.
  • reviled by the Nazarenes, 2, 371–2.
  • deprecate the influence of the Minæans on Judaism, 2, 378.
  • protect Judaism from Gnostic-Christian influences, 2, 382.
  • uphold Gamaliel II’s ordinances, 2, 405.
  • refuse subservience to Hadrian’s decrees, 2, 427.
  • end of the second generation of, 2, 429.
  • activity of, culminates in Judah I, 2, 450.
  • conclude their activity by the compilation of the Mishna, 2, 462, 478.
  • half, supplement the Mishna, 2, 470–1.
  • connection of, with the Amoraim, 2, 479.
  • compared with the Amoraim, 2, 490.
  • subordinated to the Amoraim by Raba bar Joseph bar Chama, 2, 590.
  • See also Law, the, the teachers of.
  • Tanaites, the, list of:
  • Abba Saul,
  • Akiba ben Joseph,
  • Chalafta,
  • Chananya (nephew of Joshua ben Chananya),
  • Chanina,
  • Chanina ben Teradion,
  • Dossa ben Nachman (Archinas),
  • Eleazar ben Arach,
  • Eleazar ben Azariah,
  • Eleazar ben Jacob,
  • Eleazar ben José (ben Chalafta),
  • Eleazar ben Shamua,
  • Eleazar ben Simon (ben Jochai),
  • Eleazar Chasma,
  • Eliezer of Modin,
  • Eliezer ben Hyrcanus,
  • Elisha ben Abuya,
  • Gamaliel I,
  • Gamaliel II,
  • Ilai,
  • Ishmael ben Elisha,
  • Ishmael ben José (ben Chalafta),
  • Jochanan of Alexandria (the sandal maker),
  • Jochanan ben Gudgada,
  • Jochanan ben Nuri,
  • Jochanan ben Zakkai,
  • Jonathan,
  • Jonathan ben Nachman (Archinas),
  • José the Galilean,
  • José ben Chalafta,
  • Joseph ben Kisma,
  • Joshua ben Chananya,
  • Joshua ben Karcha,
  • Josiah,
  • Judah ben Baba,
  • Judah ben Bathyra,
  • Judah ben Ilai,
  • Judah I ha-Nassi,
  • Matiah ben Charash,
  • Meïr,
  • Nachum of Gimso,
  • Nachum the Mede,
  • Nathan of Babylon,
  • Nechunya ben Hakana,
  • Nehemiah,
  • Pinchas ben Jaïr,
  • Samuel the Younger,
  • Simon (companion of Ishmael b. Elisha),
  • Simon II,
  • Simon III,
  • Simon ben Asai,
  • Simon ben Jochai,
  • Simon ben Nanos,
  • Simon ben Zoma,
  • Symmachos ben Joseph,
  • Tarphon of Lydda,
  • Zadok.
  • Tanchuma bar Abba, Amora, Agadist, 2, 611–12.
  • Tangermünde, projected university at, 5, 174.
  • Tangier, Jews taken prisoners at, by Alfonso V of Portugal, 4, 286.
  • Tantalus in the Lawsuit,” comedy by Frederick the Great, 5, 339.
  • Taphath, daughter of Solomon, 1, 177.
  • Taphnai (Tachpanches), Judæans take refuge in, after Gedaliah’s murder, 1, 324.
  • Jeremiah summons the Egyptian Judæans to, 1, 326–7.
  • Tapuach. See Tiphsah.
  • Tarazona, Jews of Navarre settle in, 4, 142.
  • the cortes at, cancel the privileges of Aragon, 4, 326.
  • the Marranos of, conspire against Pedro Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Tarentum, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Targum, the, declared not authoritative by Chayim Ibn-Musa, 4, 237.
  • Targum Onkelos, the, Aramæan translation of Akylas’ Greek version of the Scriptures, 2, 387, 581–2.
  • Tarichæa. See Magdala.
  • Tarik, Mahometan conqueror of Visigothic Spain, aided by the Jews, 3, 109.
  • Tarki. See Semender.
  • Tarnopol, beginnings of culture among the Jews of, 5, 612.
  • school founded by Joseph Perl in, 5, 612.
  • Tarphon, teacher of the Law, on Akiba, 2, 353.
  • member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, 2, 357.
  • on the influence of the Minæans on Judaism, 2, 378.
  • at Lydda, 2, 423.
  • Tarragona, the city of the Jews, 3, 42.
  • Tarshish, ships of, fitted out under Uzziah, 1, 231.
  • Tarsus, birthplace of the apostle Paul, 2, 223.
  • Tartars, the, in Armenia, converted to Judaism, 3, 440.
  • devastate Jerusalem, 3, 605–6.
  • kingdom of, in Persia, 3, 637–8.
  • plundered by the Cossacks, 5, 2.
  • allies of the Cossacks, 5, 7.
  • Jews as captives of, 5, 8.
  • defeat the Poles, 5, 11.
  • Taska, land tax paid by the Babylonian Jews, 2, 508.
  • Tavs. See Jacob Tus.
  • Taytasak, Joseph, Talmudist and Kabbalist, 4, 405.
  • the circle of, and Solomon Molcho, 4, 496.
  • letter to, from Molcho, 4, 506.
  • Tax, the, levied on the daily sacrifice by Bagoas, 1, 409–10.
  • on the Judæans levied by the Macedonians, 1, 413.
  • levied by the Egypto-Macedonian dynasty on the Judæans, 1, 418.
  • levied by Syria upon the Judæans removed by Demetrius II, 1, 497.
  • levied on Jerusalem by Pompey, 2, 67.
  • paid by Judæa to Rome, 2, 87.
  • levied by Augustus in Judæa, 2, 129–30.
  • Judæan, lightened by Tiberius, 2, 135.
  • imposed by Albinus, 2, 249.
  • Roman, not paid by Judæa, 2, 258.
  • paid by Judæans to the Capitoline Jupiter (fiscus Judaicus), 2, 316.
  • levied on the Jews by Hadrian, 2, 420.
  • imposed on Judæa under Judah I, 2, 463.
  • paid by the Jews in the Sabbatical year under Caracalla, 2, 469.
  • on land remitted by Gregory I in the case of converts, 3, 33.
  • imposed upon Jews and Christians by Omar, 3, 88.
  • levied by the Exilarchs, 3, 96.
  • paid by the Jews of Spain to the Mahometan conquerors, 3, 110.
  • imposed upon Jewish merchants by Charles the Bald, 3, 172.
  • imposed upon the Jews by the Carlovingian and Saxon emperors, 3, 243.
  • paid by the French and German Jews in the eleventh century, 3, 281.
  • paid by the Jews to the emperors of Germany, 3, 357.
  • levied on money transactions in northern France, 3, 407.
  • imposed on the Jews of the Byzantine empire, 3, 425.
  • imposed on Jews by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510.
  • exacted from the Jews by the Council of Oxford, 3, 516.
  • upon the German Jews discussed by the synod of Mayence, 3, 517.
  • imposed on Jews enforced by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518.
  • levied on Jewish immigrants by Frederick II in Sicily, 3, 569.
  • imposed on the Jews by the Council of Béziers, 3, 582.
  • levied by Henry III upon the Jews of England, 3, 589.
  • on the Jews of Castile regulated by Sancho, 3, 617.
  • on the Jews of England decreed by the Statute of Judaism, 3, 642.
  • imposed on the Jews by Emperor Louis IV, 4, 96–7.
  • levied on the Jews of Burgos, 4, 123, 124.
  • levied on the French Jews under John the Good, 4, 130–1.
  • exacted from the Jews by Emperor Wenceslaus, 4, 166.
  • imposed on Marranos in Algiers, 4, 199.
  • imposed on the Spanish Jews for the war with Granada, 4, 344.
  • imposed on the Jews of Bohemia, 4, 545.
  • paid by the Jews of Amsterdam, 4, 673.
  • levied on the Jews of Vienna, 5, 170.
  • paid by the Jews of Brandenburg, 5, 173.
  • paid by the Jews of Prussia, 5, 191.
  • See Poll-tax, the; Taxes; Tithes.
  • Tax, the Patriarch’s, levied from the time of Judah II, 2, 486–7, 536.
  • forbidden by Honorius to be collected, 2, 617.
  • collected by the imperial officials under Honorius, 2, 622.
  • Tax-gatherers. See Taxes, the farmers of.
  • Taxes, paid by the Babylonian Jews, 2, 508.
  • imposed upon the Jews under Constantius, 2, 569, 572.
  • laid upon the Jews by Louis the Pious, 3, 161.
  • imposed upon the German Jews burdensome, 3, 517.
  • the payment of, discussed by the synod of Mayence, 3, 517.
  • paid by the Jews of Poland, 4, 632.
  • imposed on the Jews of Bohemia, 4, 652, 702.
  • imposed on the Frankfort Jews, 4, 700.
  • paid by the Jews of Metz and Alsace, 5, 348.
  • discussed by the National Assembly, 5, 446.
  • removed from the Jews of Metz, 5, 446.
  • imposed on the Jews of Austria, 5, 508.
  • See Poll-tax, the; Tax, the; Tithes.
  • Taxes, the farmers of (tax-gatherers, receivers-general), Jews act as, 1, 425; 2, 253; 4, 80–1, 132, 138, 150, 156, 275, 618.
  • Taxes, the farming of, by Jews, forbidden by the Council of Mâcon, 3, 39, 171.
  • in the Frankish empire, 3, 161.
  • in Hungary, 3, 521.
  • forbidden by the Council of Buda, 3, 614.
  • objected to in Burgos, 4, 125.
  • in Portugal, 4, 160, 339.
  • in Poland, 5, 3.
  • Teacher, title of the members of the Synhedrion in Babylonia, 3, 96.
  • Teachers, the, of the Law. See Law, the, the teachers of.
  • Tebeth, the fast of, abolished by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 143.
  • Tekanoth Shum, decisions of Speyer, Worms, and Mayence, 4, 135.
  • Tekanoth Usha, ordinances of the Synhedrion at Usha, 2, 405.
  • Tekoah, the woman of, employed to plead for Absalom, 1, 135–6.
  • home of Simon ben Jochai, 2, 441.
  • Telesina, a Jew of, the friend of Pope Gelasius, 3, 29.
  • Teller, consistorial councilor, approves of Mendelssohn’s views on Church discipline, 5, 363.
  • letter addressed to, by Jews, 5, 421–2.
  • Templars. See Reform Temple Union, the, in Hamburg.
  • Temple, the first (Solomon’s), the site of, 1, 162.
  • materials for, 1, 162–4.
  • internal decoration and arrangement of, 1, 164–6.
  • transfer of the ark to, 1, 166.
  • consecration of, 1, 166–7.
  • service of, 1, 167–8.
  • breaches of, repaired by Josiah, 1, 218–19.
  • ransacked by Jehoash of Israel, 1, 225.
  • the people of Israel permitted to make pilgrimages to, 1, 232.
  • the ornaments of, removed, 1, 274.
  • image of Mylitta in, 1, 282.
  • decay of, under Josiah, 1, 288–9.
  • idol-worship in, under Jehoiakim, 1, 300.
  • Jeremiah’s prophecies read in, 1, 304.
  • the treasures of, taken by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 307.
  • burnt by Nebuzaradan, 1, 315.
  • the treasures of, taken to Babylon, 1, 315.
  • the slaves of, live together in Babylon, 1, 330.
  • the vessels of, restored by Cyrus, 1, 351.
  • Temple, the second, beginnings of, under Zerubbabel, 1, 356–7.
  • difficulties in the way of building, 1, 359.
  • consecration of, 1, 359.
  • spared by the Samaritans, 1, 372.
  • the service of, neglected during Nehemiah’s absence, 1, 383–4.
  • the service of, restored by Nehemiah, 1, 386.
  • the form of prayer used in, 1, 399.
  • Joshua slain by his brother in, 1, 409.
  • renovated by Simon the Just, 1, 421.
  • Hyrcanus stores his wealth in, 1, 437–8.
  • despoiled by Menelaus and Lysimachus, 1, 448, 449.
  • desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes, 1, 451.
  • abandoned, 1, 454.
  • the statue of Jupiter placed in, 1, 455.
  • re-consecrated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 472.
  • fortified by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 473.
  • attacked by the Hellenists, 1, 478.
  • besieged by Lysias, 1, 479.
  • the fortifications of, razed by Lysias, 1, 480.
  • occupied by Alcimus, 1, 487.
  • the sacrifices in, maintained by the half-Shekel contributions, 2, 52.
  • taken by Aristobulus II, 2, 58.
  • a tower of, falls on Pompey’s attack, 2, 66.
  • entered by Pompey, 2, 66.
  • votive offerings of, taken by Flaccus, 2, 68.
  • robbed by Crassus, 2, 74.
  • ravaged by Sosius, 2, 88.
  • remodeled by Herod, 2, 109–11.
  • courts of, 2, 110.
  • gates of, 2, 111.
  • dedication of, 2, 111.
  • placed under the protection of Rome, 2, 111.
  • besieged by the Romans, at the instigation of Sabinus, 2, 123–4.
  • the treasures of, taken by the Romans, 2, 124.
  • polluted by the Samaritans, 2, 135.
  • offerings sent to, by Roman proselytes, 2, 136.
  • the treasures of, used for an aqueduct, 2, 139–40.
  • Jesus in, 2, 161.
  • Vitellus sacrifices in, 2, 173.
  • Caligula orders, to be desecrated, 2, 188.
  • the bringing of first fruits to, in the time of Agrippa I, 2, 194.
  • the center of the dispersed Judæans, 2, 201.
  • portal presented to, by Helen of Adiabene, 2, 218.
  • golden vessels given to, by Monobaz II, 2, 219.
  • despoiled by the high priests, 2, 237.
  • Cumanus places a cohort in, 2, 242.
  • watched by Agrippa II, 2, 247–8.
  • the treasures of, demanded by Gessius Florus, 2, 253.
  • attacked by Gessius Florus, 2, 255.
  • occupied by the Zealot chief Eleazar ben Ananias, 2, 259.
  • barred against the Peace party, 2, 260.
  • besieged by Anan, 2, 295.
  • the western colonnade of, destroyed, 2, 305.
  • siege of, begun by Titus, 2, 306–7.
  • fire-brand thrown into, 2, 307.
  • burnt to the ground, 2, 308.
  • the vessels of, in Titus’ triumph, 2, 314.
  • the vessels of, deposited in the Temple of Peace, 2, 315.
  • contribution to, changed into the fiscus Judaicus, 2, 316.
  • the restoration of, attempted under Hadrian, 2, 401–3, 411.
  • the vessels of, seen in Rome by Eleazar ben Joseph, 2, 449.
  • preparations for rebuilding, by Julian the Apostate, 2, 597, 598, 599.
  • the rebuilding of, superintended by Alypius, 2, 599.
  • Jews not interested in the rebuilding of, 2, 599–600.
  • obstacles to the rebuilding of, 2, 600.
  • the vessels of, in the possession of the Vandals, 2, 611.
  • the vessels of, taken from Carthage to Constantinople, 3, 26–7.
  • the vessels of, removed to Jerusalem, 3, 27.
  • in the Kabbala, 3, 553.
  • the model of, made by Jacob Jehuda Leon, 5, 114–15.
  • Temple, the, of Onias, in Heliopolis, built by Onias IV, 1, 508.
  • appearance and furnishings of, 1, 508.
  • as regarded by Judæans in Egypt and Judæa, 1, 509–10.
  • fortified, 1, 510.
  • closed by Vespasian, 2, 318.
  • Temple, the, of Peace, the spoils from the Jerusalem Temple deposited in, 2, 315.
  • Temple, the, on Gerizim, built by the Samaritans, 1, 390.
  • destroyed by John Hyrcanus, 2, 8.
  • Templo. See Leon, Jacob Jehuda.
  • Ten Categories, the, of the Aristotelian philosophy, compared with the Ten Commandments, 3, 197.
  • Ten Commandments, the, part of the morning service in the Sopheric age, 1, 399.
  • commentary on, by Saadiah, 3, 197.
  • Ten Tribes, the, the dispersion of, 1, 265.
  • a part of, join the Judæans in Babylonia, 1, 335–6.
  • the Samaritans declare themselves a remnant of, 1, 390–1.
  • supposed to be in Chazaria, 3, 141.
  • the descendants of, around Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • in Chaibar, 3, 437.
  • theory of, held by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 30–3.
  • Simone Luzzatto on, 5, 81.
  • Ten Tribes, the, kingdom of. See Israel, the kingdom of.
  • Tenes, a refuge for persecuted Spanish Jews, 4, 197.
  • Tenth Legion, the, defeated by the Judæans, 2, 303.
  • Tephillah, the principal prayer in the morning service of the Sopheric age, 1, 399. See Liturgy, the.
  • Tephillin. See Phylacteries.
  • Teraphim, the, the Israelites believe in, 1, 75.
  • Tertullian, Church Father, prohibits intercourse between heathens and Christians, 2, 476–7.
  • Teruel, opposition to the Inquisition in, 4, 328.
  • Teshuboth,” by Dunash ben Labrat against Saadiah, 3, 226.
  • Tetragrammaton, the, pronounced by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 122.
  • Tetrarch, title of the governors of Judæa, 2, 81.
  • See also Herod I; Herod Antipas; Phasael; Philip.
  • Teutomania, retards the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 516.
  • Texeira, a family of Marranos in Holland, 4, 690.
  • Texeira, Diego, de Mattos, banker in Hamburg, 4, 690–1; 5, 140.
  • Texeira, Manoel (Isaac Señor, 1630–1695), diplomat in Hamburg, Sabbatian, 5, 140.
  • intercedes for the Jews of Vienna, 5, 171.
  • Texeiras, the, millionaires in Hamburg, 5, 205.
  • Texel, Polish Jewish fugitives in, 5, 16.
  • Thabit, a friend of the Benu-Karaiza, 3, 81.
  • Thafar. See Zafara.
  • Thapsacus (Tiphsah), frontier town of Israel under David, 1, 129.
  • Theatre, the, in the time of the Amoraim, 2, 542.
  • Thebes, Zealots flee to, after the destruction of Jerusalem, 2, 318.
  • Thebes, the Jews of, occupations of, 3, 425.
  • fine Talmudists, 4, 406.
  • Themudo, George, inquires into the life of the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 489.
  • Theobald, count of Chartres, imprisons the Jews of Blois on the blood accusation, 3, 379.
  • offers to release them for a sum of money, 3, 379.
  • has them burnt at the stake, 3, 380.
  • Theodatus, Ostrogoth, supported by the Jews, 3, 31–2.
  • Theodebert, of Austrasia, permits Jews to own slaves, 3, 34.
  • Theodora, wife of Justinian I, and her Samaritan favorite, 3, 17.
  • Theodoric, of Burgundy, permits Jews to own slaves, 3, 34.
  • Jews in the army of, 3, 36.
  • Theodoric, founder of the Ostrogothic empire, 3, 27.
  • hostile to the Jews, 3, 29–30.
  • protects Jewish slave-owners, 3, 30–1.
  • successors of, 3, 31.
  • Theodosia. See Kaffa.
  • Theodosia, the straits of, the Jews of the Byzantine empire settle on, 3, 123.
  • Theodosius I (the Great, 379–395), emperor, protects the Jews and the Patriarchs from the bishops, 2, 612–13.
  • orders the rebuilding of a synagogue at Callinicus, 2, 614.
  • enacts laws for and against the Jews, 2, 615.
  • division of the Roman empire under, 2, 615.
  • the laws of, govern the Jews of Italy, 3, 28–9.
  • Theodosius II, emperor of the East, forbids the building of synagogues, 2, 617.
  • bestows distinctions on Gamaliel V, 2, 617–18.
  • orders the Spanish Jews to cease mockery of Christianity, 2, 620.
  • rebuked by Simon Stylites, 2, 621–2.
  • anti-Jewish laws of, enforced by Justin I, 3, 10.
  • expels the Jews from their quarter in Constantinople, 3, 26.
  • anti-Jewish decree of, revived, 3, 171.
  • Theodosius, Samaritan champion in the dispute with the Egyptian Judæans, 1, 517.
  • Theodotion, translation of the Scriptures by, used by Origen, 2, 489.
  • Theodotus, Egypto-Samaritan poet, extols Shechem, 1, 517.
  • Theodotus, envoy of Nicanor to Judas Maccabæus, 1, 484.
  • Theodus, introduces a substitute for the Paschal lamb, 2, 68.
  • Theologico-Political Treatise, The,” by Spinoza, an apology for freedom of thought, 5, 95.
  • on the source of law, 5, 96.
  • on the state, 5, 96–7.
  • on freedom of thought, 5, 97.
  • displays hatred of Jews and Judaism, 5, 97–8, 100–3.
  • on God, 5, 98–9.
  • on man, 5, 99–100.
  • on knowledge, 5, 100–1.
  • on Christianity, 5, 102–3.
  • on the Jewish state, 5, 103–7.
  • published anonymously, 5, 108.
  • produces a stir, 5, 108.
  • Theology, Jewish, first developed by Hillel, 2, 327.
  • Theorica,” astronomical work translated by Moses Isserles, 4, 638.
  • Theosophy, in the Kabbala, 3, 550.
  • Thessalonica, Judæans in, 2, 203.
  • Paul establishes a Greek-Christian community in, 2, 228.
  • See Salonica.
  • Thessaly, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Theudas, a false Messiah, end of, 2, 198.
  • Thibaut, of Champagne, agrees to surrender Jews from the Isle de France to Philip Augustus, 3, 406.
  • Thibaut, professor, protects the Jews of Heidelberg, 5, 531.
  • Thibet, under the jurisdiction of the Exilarch, 3, 429.
  • Thiers, struggle of, with Louis Philippe, 5, 648.
  • espouses the side of Ratti Menton, 5, 648–9, 650, 658.
  • questioned by Fould on the Damascus affair, 5, 649.
  • opposes the Jewish envoys in Egypt, 5, 659.
  • Thiery, competes for the Metz prize on the Jewish question, 5, 434.
  • Thirty Years’ War, the, effect of, on the Jews, 4, 701–2, 707.
  • Jewish victims of, seek refuge in Poland, 5, 2.
  • awakens Messianic hopes, 5, 23.
  • Tholuck, exegete, 5, 695.
  • Thomas à Becket, rouses fanaticism, 3, 409–10.
  • Thomas Aquinas. See Aquinas, Thomas.
  • Thomists, the, opposed to Reuchlin, 4, 456.
  • satirized in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • Thompson, chairman of the Mansion House meeting, on the Damascus affair, 5, 656.
  • Thonon, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Thrace, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Three Communities, The,” Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbeck, 5, 238.
  • Eibeschütz rabbi of, 5, 254, 256.
  • espouse the cause of Eibeschütz, 5, 260.
  • Throne Chamber, the, in the House of the Forest of Lebanon, 1, 168–9.
  • Thuringia, adopts the Jewish statute of Frederick the Valiant, 3, 569.
  • Thuringia, the Jews of, perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 109.
  • assaulted by the imperial army against the Hussites, 4, 225.
  • Tibbon. See Jacob ben Machir Tibbon; Judah ben Moses; Judah ben Saul; Samuel ben Judah Ibn-Tibbon.
  • Tibbon family, the, instructors in medicine, 3, 582.
  • Tibbonide party, the, in favor of the study of science, 4, 32, 34.
  • appeals to Solomon ben Adret, 4, 33.
  • obtains the ascendancy in Montpellier, 4, 39.
  • issues a counter-ban against the opponents of science, 4, 40–2.
  • appeals to the secular authorities in Montpellier, 4, 41.
  • defends Maimonides, 4, 42.
  • emigrates to Perpignan, 4, 50.
  • Tiberias, built by Herod Antipas, capital of his tetrarchy, 2, 137.
  • pious Judæans refuse to live in, 2, 137–8.
  • conference at, called by Agrippa I, 2, 195–6.
  • given to Agrippa II by Nero, 2, 246.
  • a focus of insurrection in Galilee, 2, 272.
  • population of, Zealots, 2, 273–4.
  • partisans of Rome in, 2, 274.
  • jealous of Sepphoris, 2, 276.
  • men of, meet with Josephus at Bethmaon, 2, 279.
  • ordered by the Synhedrion not to protect Josephus, 2, 281.
  • rebellion in, fomented by Josephus, 2, 283.
  • seat of Agrippa II’s Jewish governors of Galilee, 2, 333.
  • declared clean by Simon ben Jochai, 2, 448–9.
  • the seat of the Patriarch, 2, 480.
  • the new-moon announced in, 2, 480.
  • meeting place of disciples, 2, 493–4.
  • sinks into insignificance, 2, 560.
  • the first church at, built by Joseph, the apostate, 2, 565.
  • partially destroyed, 2, 570.
  • the birthplace of the Jerusalem Talmud, 2, 612.
  • the text of the Bible studied at, 2, 623.
  • seat of authority for the Jews in the sixth century, 3, 12.
  • seat of a bishopric, 3, 12.
  • Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, 3, 369.
  • burial place of Maimonides, 3, 493.
  • rebuilt by Joseph Nassi, 4, 610–11.
  • grave of Luzzatto at, 5, 244.
  • Tiberias, the Jews of, flee to escape taxation, 2, 463.
  • join Sharbarza, 3, 19.
  • join an expedition against the Christians of Tyre, 3, 20.
  • driven out by Omar, 3, 87.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Tiberias, the school of, 2, 148.
  • loses prestige, 2, 532, 537.
  • end of, under Constantius, 2, 567.
  • gives religious instruction to the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
  • Tiberias, lake, description of, 1, 42.
  • district about, subjugated by Ben-hadad I, 1, 191.
  • tract near, given to Joseph Nassi, 4, 596, 610.
  • Tiberinus, Matthias, physician, testifies to Simon of Trent’s violent death, 4, 298.
  • Tiberius, emperor, lightens the taxes of Judæa, 2, 135.
  • antipathy of, towards Judæans, 2, 135–6.
  • instrumental in banishing Judæans from Rome, 2, 136–7.
  • friendly to Judæans, 2, 172–3.
  • helps Herod Antipas against the Nabathæans, 2, 173.
  • death of, 2, 174.
  • kindness of, to Agrippa I, 2, 176.
  • imprisons Agrippa I, 2, 176.
  • Tiberius, emperor of the East, the Jews under, 3, 18.
  • Tiberius Julius Alexander, son of the Alabarch Alexander Lysimachus, renegade from Judaism, 2, 184, 235.
  • procurator of Judæa, 2, 198.
  • unpopularity of, 2, 198–9.
  • governor of Egypt, 2, 199.
  • orders a massacre of Judæans, 2, 263–4.
  • won over to Vespasian’s side, 2, 300.
  • aids Titus in the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 302.
  • Tibni, king of Israel, chosen by the opponents of Omri, 1, 192.
  • Ticini, Bernardinus of Feltre preaches against the Jews in, 4, 296.
  • Tiflis, a Karaite center, 3, 158.
  • Tiflisites, a Karaite sect, 3, 158.
  • Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, designs of, on Palestine, 1, 258–9.
  • captures Damascus, 1, 259.
  • invades the kingdom of Israel, 1, 259–60.
  • Tigranes, king of Armenia, threatens to invade Judæa, 2, 55–6.
  • attacked by Lucullus, 2, 56.
  • Tigranes, son of Alexander and Glaphyra, king of Armenia, 2, 128.
  • Tigris, the district of, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 428–33.
  • Tikkunim, Sabbatian prayer books, 5, 139.
  • Tilly, general, plunders the Jews, 4, 701.
  • Timnath-Serah, seat of Joshua 1, 41.
  • Timotheus, Ammonite leader, defeated by Judas Maccabæus, 1, 474.
  • attacks the trans-Jordanic provinces, 1, 475, 476.
  • Tiphsah (Tapuach), refuses to admit Menahem, the murderer of Shallum, 1, 244.
  • Tirado, Jacob, leader of the Portuguese Marranos emigrating to the Netherlands, 4, 664, 665.
  • saves the Marranos of Amsterdam, 4, 666.
  • builds the first synagogue in Amsterdam, 4, 667.
  • Tirhakah, king of Egypt, at war with Sennacherib, 1, 276.
  • Tirzah, capital of the kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam, 1, 189.
  • under Baasha, 1, 190.
  • revolution in, 1, 191.
  • abandoned as the capital of Israel, 1, 192–3.
  • Tithes, collected under Ezra and Nehemiah, 1, 382.
  • the laws of, moderated by Judah I, 2, 458–9.
  • Tithes, exacted from Jews, by Innocent III, 3, 499.
  • by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510.
  • by the Council of Oxford, 3, 516.
  • Titus, brings Vespasian two legions from Alexandria, 2, 285.
  • captivated by Berenice, 2, 285.
  • kindly disposed to Josephus, 2, 288.
  • takes Gischala, 2, 290.
  • goes to Rome to do homage to Galba, 2, 299.
  • urges his father to proclaim himself emperor, 2, 299.
  • wins Licinius Mucianus to his father’s side, 2, 300.
  • in Egypt, 2, 300.
  • prepares to besiege Jerusalem, 2, 301–2.
  • three Judæan traitors help, 2, 302.
  • summons Jerusalem to surrender, 2, 302.
  • begins the siege, 2, 303.
  • cruelty of, to Judæan prisoners, 2, 304.
  • again summons the besieged to surrender, 2, 305.
  • hesitates to destroy the Temple, 2, 307.
  • enters the Holy of Holies, 2, 308.
  • saluted as emperor, 2, 308.
  • besieges the upper city, 2, 309.
  • treatment of Judæans by, 2, 312–13.
  • celebrates his triumph over Judæa, 2, 313–15.
  • arch of, 2, 314.
  • rewards Josephus, 2, 317.
  • protects Josephus from calumny, 2, 318.
  • permits the establishment of a school at Jamnia, 2, 324.
  • kindly treatment of the Jews by, after the fall of Jerusalem, 2, 331.
  • and Berenice, 2, 332–3.
  • abandons Berenice and Agrippa II, 2, 388.
  • said to have settled Jews in Spain, 3, 43.
  • Titus Aurelius Antoninus Pius. See Antoninus Pius.
  • Tlemçen, a refuge for persecuted Spanish Jews, 4, 197.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 390.
  • To my Co-religionists in Hamburg,” by Lazarus Riesser, 5, 570–1.
  • To the Confusion of the Jews,” polemic work by Samuel Ibn-Abbas, 3, 442.
  • To the Friends of Lessing,” by Jacobi, 5, 372.
  • Tobba, name of the Himyarite kings, 3, 62.
  • Tobiades, the, partisans of Antiochus the Great, 1, 432.
  • opposed to Onias III, 1, 437.
  • banished by Onias III, 1, 438.
  • Tobiah, Ammonite leader, marries a Judæan, 1, 362.
  • son of, marries a Judæan, 1, 362.
  • hostility of, to the Judæans, 1, 369–70.
  • vexed at Nehemiah’s appointment, 1, 374.
  • disturbs Nehemiah’s work, 1, 375.
  • intrigues against Nehemiah, 1, 376.
  • a Temple court assigned to, 1, 383.
  • expelled from the Temple, 1, 385.
  • Tobiah, son-in-law of Simon the Just, son of, 1, 423–5.
  • Tobias, Jewish physician in Trent, on friendly terms with Christians, 4, 297.
  • Tobiene, the Judæans in, slaughtered, 1, 475.
  • Tobit, the Book of, composed under Hadrian, 2, 430.
  • admitted into the canon by the Christians, 2, 488.
  • Toble Shacharith, 2, 26. See Essenes, the.
  • Toda, queen of Navarre, concludes a treaty with Abdul-Rahman III, 3, 216.
  • Todros of Beaucaire, ally of Abba-Mari, 4, 31.
  • Todros ben Joseph Halevi Abulafia (1234–1304), Kabbalist, 4, 1, 2–3.
  • prominent at the court of Sancho IV, 4, 2, 52.
  • opponent of philosophy, 4, 2.
  • Kabbalistic work dedicated to, 4, 3.
  • Tôi, king of Hamath, congratulates David on his Ammonite victory, 1, 127.
  • Tokat, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • the Jews of, accused of murder, 4, 553.
  • Toland, John, favors the emancipation of the Jews in England, 5, 197–8.
  • Toldoth Jesho,” a Hebrew parody of the gospels, 5, 185–6.
  • Toledano, Daniel, adviser of Muley Ismail, 5, 168.
  • Toledo, early settlement of Jews in the environs of, 3, 43.
  • played into the hands of Tarik by the Jews, 3, 109.
  • Cordova Jews emigrate to, 3, 255.
  • the Mahometan court of, cultured, 3, 291.
  • taken by Alfonso VI of Castile, 3, 294.
  • made Alfonso VI’s capital, 3, 295.
  • Jehuda Halevi in, 3, 324.
  • college at, presided over by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 338.
  • Jews of Lucena emigrate to, 3, 361.
  • center of Jewish science in the twelfth century, 3, 361, 362.
  • scene of a civil war, 3, 363.
  • synagogue in, erected by Joseph Ibn-Shoshan, 3, 384.
  • study of the Talmud at, 3, 386.
  • the center of the supposed well poisoners, 4, 101.
  • synagogue built in, by Samuel Abulafia, 4, 119–20.
  • lost by Pedro, 4, 124.
  • cortes of, disapprove of the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • tribunals of the Inquisition in, 4, 325.
  • cortes of, enforce Jew quarters, 4, 335.
  • rabbis of, ordered to inform against Judaizing Marranos, 4, 335.
  • refuge of the Abrabanels, 4, 341.
  • synagogue of, turned into a church, 4, 354.
  • exiles from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
  • Toledo, the Council of (589), passes anti-Jewish decrees, 3, 46.
  • (633), decrees of, against back-sliding converts, 3, 49–50, 51.
  • (the eighth) confirms the anti-Jewish laws of the fourth Council, 3, 102.
  • cited by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 511.
  • Toledo, the Jews of, give a written assurance of their acceptance of Christianity, 3, 103–4.
  • well treated by Alfonso VI, 3, 295.
  • prosperity and culture of, in the twelfth century, 3, 384.
  • assist Alfonso VIII against the Almohades, 3, 386–7.
  • attacked by foreign crusaders, 3, 507.
  • try to prevent the enforcement of Jew badges, 3, 513.
  • in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 537–8, 540–1.
  • under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • supposed to be opposed to the study of science, 4, 38.
  • ravages of the Black Death among, 4, 113.
  • suffer during the civil war between Pedro and Henry II, 4, 118–19, 124, 126, 136–7.
  • efforts to reorganize, 4, 140.
  • decadence of, 4, 140, 142.
  • persecuted in 1391, 4, 169–70.
  • Toletum. See Toledo.
  • Tomaso, Father, in Damascus, disappearance of, 5, 634–5.
  • Jews suspected to be the murderers of, 5, 635.
  • reward for the murderer of, 5, 652.
  • inscription on the tomb of, 5, 668.
  • Tongern, Arnold of, Dominican professor of theology, 4, 424.
  • tool of Hoogstraten, 4, 450.
  • satirized in the “Letters of Obscurantists,” 4, 461.
  • Torah, the. See Law, the; Pentateuch, the.
  • Toro, fortress of, Pedro decoyed into, 4, 118.
  • the cortes of, petition that restrictions be laid on the Jews, 4, 138–9.
  • the Jews of, accept baptism, 4, 205.
  • Toron de los Caballeros, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Torquemada, Thomas de, confessor of Isabella of Castile, 4, 310.
  • refutes the work of a Marrano, 4, 312.
  • appointed inquisitor, 4, 319.
  • appointed inquisitor-general of Spain, 4, 324.
  • appoints Inquisition tribunals in different parts of Spain, 4, 324.
  • appoints inquisitors for Aragon, 4, 326.
  • publishes the “Constitutions” for inquisitors, 4, 326–7.
  • has two Marrano bishops burned, 4, 333.
  • bids the rabbis of Toledo inform against Judaizing Marranos, 4, 335–6.
  • condemns Jews to the stake on the blood accusation, 4, 343.
  • urges the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 346, 348.
  • forbids intercourse between Christians and the exiled Jews, 4, 350.
  • tries to convert the Jews, 4, 350.
  • complains of the Marranos, 4, 355.
  • victims delivered to the Inquisition by, 4, 356.
  • in fear of assassination, 4, 356.
  • Torre de Montcorvo, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • Tortosa, traces of early Jewish settlements near, 3, 42–3.
  • birthplace of Menachem ben Saruk, 3, 225.
  • the Jews of, converted, 4, 206.
  • Tortosa, the religious disputation at, 4, 207–15.
  • Jewish delegates to, not firm, 4, 208, 210.
  • Jewish delegates to, unfairly treated, 4, 212.
  • Vincent Ferrer’s converts brought to, 4, 215.
  • Tossafists, the, disciples of Rashi, 3, 344, 345.
  • acumen of, 3, 344–5.
  • divide the study of the Talmud into two branches, 3, 345.
  • as Bible exegetes, 3, 345.
  • in Champagne, 3, 403–4.
  • in England, 3, 409.
  • in Germany, 3, 419.
  • leniency of, 3, 470.
  • methods of, transplanted to the East, 3, 506.
  • of northern France, anti-Maimunists, 3, 529.
  • activity of, during Louis IX’s persecutions, 3, 586–7.
  • compilers in the thirteenth century, 3, 587.
  • See in the list of Talmudists.
  • Tossafoth, supplements to Rashi’s commentary on the Talmud, 3, 344.
  • on the Pentateuch, 3, 345.
  • “the Old,” collected by Isaac ben Samuel, 3, 404.
  • “Sens,” compiled by Samson ben Abraham, 3, 408.
  • new collection of, by Samuel ben Solomon Sir Morel, 3, 586.
  • Tossafoth Yom-Tob, commentary on the Mishna, by Lipmann Heller, 4, 704.
  • Tou. See Tôi.
  • Touchstone, The,” satire by Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, 4, 63.
  • Toulouse, Jews remain in, after the banishment by Charles VI, 4, 176.
  • the Talmud burnt at, 4, 55.
  • Toulouse, the Jews of, attacked at Easter, 3, 174.
  • persecuted by Alice of Montmorency, 3, 514.
  • protected by Simon de Montfort, 3, 514.
  • not forced to wear the Jew badge, 3, 514.
  • converted under Philip IV, 4, 48.
  • during the Pastoureaux massacre, 4, 56.
  • Touraine, the Jews of, under Henry II, 3, 409.
  • Tours, the Council of, re-enacts the anti-Jewish decrees of the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 520.
  • Elias Montalto dies at, 4, 673.
  • Tovey, on the treatment of Jews under Edward I, 3, 642.
  • Tower of Strength, The,” Sabbataï Zevi’s prison at Abydos, 5, 148.
  • Trachonites, the, conquered and converted by Aristobulus I, 2, 37.
  • Trachonitis, given to Philip, son of Cleopatra, by Herod’s will, 2, 119.
  • under Philip, 2, 137.
  • given to Agrippa II as a royal province, 2, 245.
  • cavalry from, assists the Peace party, 2, 259, 260.
  • Trade. See Commerce.
  • Trades, among the Jews of the Frankish and Burgundian kingdoms, 3, 35.
  • pursued by the German and French Jews in the eleventh century, 3, 281.
  • pursued by the Jews of Poland, 4, 419.
  • forbidden to the Jews of Alsace, 5, 348.
  • opened to the Jews of Austria, 5, 357.
  • See also Artisans; Handicrafts.
  • Tradition, rejected by the Sadducees, 2, 22.
  • among the Karaites, 3, 159.
  • See also Halacha; Law, the oral; Mishna, the; Talmud, the; Rabbinical Judaism; Talmudical Judaism.
  • Trajan, emperor, hostility of, to the Jews, 2, 350.
  • conquest of Parthia by, 2, 393.
  • opposed by the Jews, 2, 393–7.
  • conquers Adiabene, 2, 393–4.
  • fails to make Parthia a Roman province, 2, 399.
  • death of, 2, 399.
  • Trani, the Jews of, ransom Sabbataï Donnolo, 3, 213.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • Translation of the Pentateuch, into Chaldaic, 2, 581–2.
  • into Syriac, 2, 582.
  • into Persian, 4, 401.
  • by Mendelssohn, 5, 328–35.
  • Translation of the Scriptures, into Arabic by Saadiah, 3, 189–90.
  • into German by Luther, 4, 469, 475.
  • into the European languages, 4, 475.
  • into Spanish by Abraham Usque, 4, 475.
  • during the Reformation, 4, 540.
  • into Polish by Simon Budny, 4, 647.
  • by Sachs, 5, 693.
  • See also Akylas; Septuagint, the; Vulgate, the.
  • Translations of the Scriptures, various, 2, 489, 581–2.
  • ordered to be read in Jewish congregations, 3, 14–15.
  • not authoritative, 4, 237.
  • Transmigration of souls (Metempsychosis), the, the doctrine of, adopted by Isaac the Blind, 3, 547–8.
  • in the Kabbala, 3, 554.
  • as explained by Isaac Lurya, 4, 620.
  • Leo Modena on, 5, 67.
  • Transubstantiation, the dogma of, expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • refuted by Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 188.
  • Travelers, Jewish, list of:
  • Abraham de Beya,
  • Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela,
  • Joseph Zapateiro de Lamego,
  • Petachya of Ratisbon.
  • Treatise on the Immortality of the Soul, A,” by Samuel da Silva, 5, 59.
  • Treatise on the Position of the Hebrews, A,” by Simone Luzzatto, 5, 81–4.
  • Treatises of the Righteous Brethren,” adapted by Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, 4, 62.
  • Tree of Life, The,” by Aaron (II) ben Elia Nicomedi, 4, 95.
  • Trent, the Council of, to deal with the Protestants, 4, 525.
  • Paul III abused at, 4, 525–6.
  • the Marranos’ right of emigration defended at, 4, 526.
  • deals with the Talmud, 4, 589.
  • Trent, the Jews of, Bernardinus of Feltre preaches against, 4, 297.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 4, 297–9.
  • burnt, 4, 298.
  • Treves, Israel, disciple of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 237.
  • Treves, pilgrimage to the holy coat of, 5, 682.
  • Treves, the Jews of, kill their children in the first crusade, 3, 300.
  • baptized, 3, 300.
  • Tria, the Spanish exiles in, 4, 405.
  • Trial of the World, The,” by Yedaya Bedaresi, 4, 49.
  • Triana, castle in, the first house occupied by the Inquisition, 4, 314.
  • Tribal government, under David, 1, 122.
  • Trier, Solomon, invites opinions on the obligation of circumcision, 5, 677.
  • Trieste, the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Trieste, the Jews of, address Mendelssohn in behalf of their normal school, 5, 369.
  • letter addressed to, by Wessely, 5, 370–1.
  • Trietsch, the rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Trigland, Jacob, inquires into Karaism, 5, 183–4.
  • Trimberg, castle in which Süsskind sang his poems, 3, 420.
  • Trinity, the, the doctrine of, introduced into Christianity, 2, 500–1.
  • derived from the Old Testament, 2, 501.
  • attacked by Simlaï, 2, 501–2.
  • supposed protests against, in Jewish literature, 3, 15.
  • discussed by the French Jews in the twelfth century, 3, 343.
  • refuted by Nachmani, 3, 601.
  • in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • refuted by Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, 4, 141.
  • expounded by Astruc Raimuch, 4, 182.
  • refuted by Solomon Bonfed, 4, 182.
  • attacked by Chasdaï Crescas, 4, 187.
  • found in the Kabbala by Pico di Mirandola, 4, 292.
  • inculcated by Nehemiah Chayon, 5, 216–17, 220.
  • in the Frankist confession of faith, 5, 280, 281, 285, 287.
  • belief in, threatened, 5, 682.
  • Tripoli, Spanish exiles in, 4, 389.
  • Triumvirate, the first, divides the Roman possessions, 2, 73–4.
  • Triumvirate, the second, formation of, 2, 81.
  • purpose of, 2, 143.
  • Trok (Troki), Karaite center, 4, 265; 5, 182.
  • Troyes, the birthplace of Rashi, 3, 286.
  • Rashi the rabbi of, 3, 287.
  • rabbinical synods meet at, 3, 377, 378.
  • college of, sold, 4, 48.
  • the Jews of, compelled to violate the Sabbath, 5, 451.
  • True Shepherd, The,” translated by Isabel Correa, 5, 114.
  • Tryphon. See Diodotus Tryphon.
  • Tryphon, Judæan envoy to Claudius, 2, 197–8.
  • Tsiruf, Kabbalistic term, 4, 5.
  • Tuch, exegete, 5, 695.
  • Tucker, Josiah, favors the naturalization of the Jews in England, 5, 338.
  • Tudela, protects Marranos concerned in the murder of Arbues, 4, 357.
  • Tudela, the Jews of, enjoy equality with Christians and Mahometans, 3, 388.
  • attacked at the instigation of Pedro Olligoyen, 4, 78.
  • baptized, 4, 358.
  • Tugaï Bey, Tartar chieftain, defeats the Polish troops, 5, 11.
  • Tugendbund, the, founded by Berlin Jewesses, 5, 423, 425.
  • Tulczyn, the Jews of, betrayed by the Poles to the Cossacks, 5, 9–10.
  • Tunis, Louis IX dies at, 3, 612.
  • forced converts emigrate to, 4, 179.
  • Spanish exiles in, 4, 391–2.
  • Turbo, Martius, Trajan’s general, in Egypt, 2, 397–8.
  • cruelty of, 2, 398.
  • Ture Zahab. See Levi, David.
  • Turim (Tur), religious code compiled by Jacob ben Asheri, 4, 88.
  • based on Maimonides’ code, 4, 88.
  • treats of religious practice, 4, 88.
  • compared with Maimonides’ code, 4, 89.
  • Kabbalistic elements in, 4, 89.
  • reception of, 4, 89–90.
  • Turkey, the beginnings of, 4, 267.
  • hospitable to Jews, 4, 268.
  • the Karaites in, 4, 269–71.
  • tolerance of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • Spanish exiles go to, 4, 358.
  • treatment of the Spanish exiles in, 4, 364.
  • the chief refuge of the Spanish exiles, 4, 383, 400.
  • the Spanish exiles in, 4, 400–5.
  • the Jewish fugitives in, dispose themselves in national groups, 4, 478.
  • the Kabbala in, 4, 481.
  • Portuguese Marranos emigrate to, 4, 485.
  • Solomon Molcho in, 4, 496.
  • Messianic enthusiasm in, 4, 497.
  • Marranos in, 4, 529.
  • refuge of the Neapolitan and Bohemian Jews, 4, 544.
  • refuge of the exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • war of, with Venice, enriches Smyrna, 5, 119.
  • refuge of the Ancona Marranos, 4, 570.
  • victorious over Ferdinand I, 4, 597.
  • victorious over Venice, 4, 601.
  • peace of, with Venice, 4, 605–6.
  • supported by Russia, 5, 634.
  • Turkey, the Jews of, happy condition of, 4, 271–3.
  • granted liberties, 4, 400.
  • occupations of, 4, 401.
  • linguists, 4, 402.
  • molested by the Greek Catholics, 4, 552–3.
  • trade with Pesaro instead of Ancona, 4, 578–9.
  • prosperity of, 4, 593.
  • under Selim II, 4, 602, 607.
  • interested in the choice of a king for Poland, 4, 604.
  • culture of, 4, 607–10.
  • mediocrity of, 4, 611–12.
  • religious stagnation among, 4, 627.
  • submit questions to the Polish Talmudists, 4, 639.
  • ransom Polish Jews from the Tartars, 5, 8.
  • free from persecution, 5, 168.
  • join Jacob Frank, 5, 273.
  • emancipated, 5, 641.
  • hated, 5, 641.
  • praised by Delaborde, 5, 649.
  • secured against the blood accusation, 5, 662.
  • urged to use Turkish, 5, 664.
  • Tur-Simon, stronghold fortified by Bar-Cochba, 2, 415.
  • fall of, 2, 416.
  • Tus. See Jacob Tus.
  • Tuscany, the Jews of, protected against Bernardinus of Feltre, 4, 297.
  • Tuster. See Susa.
  • Tusti, Father, suspects the Damascus Jews of Tomaso’s murder, 5, 635.
  • Tyre (Zor), built by the Canaanites, 1, 3.
  • founded, 1, 80.
  • subdued by Shalmaneser, 1, 263.
  • surrenders to Shalmaneser, 1, 264.
  • besieged by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 306, 307.
  • messengers from, urge Zedekiah to revolt from Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 310.
  • merchants from, desecrate the Sabbath in Jerusalem, 1, 387.
  • taken by Alexander the Great, 1, 412.
  • Olympian games celebrated at, 1, 446.
  • court held at, to try Menelaus, 1, 449.
  • inhabitants of, threaten the Galilean Judæans, 1, 475.
  • inhabitants of, meditate the massacre of the Christians, 3, 20.
  • Jehuda Halevi at, 3, 342.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 426.
  • Tyrol, the Jews of, persecuted, 4, 297–9.
  • excludes Jews, 5, 523.
  • U
  • Ubaid-Allah, founder of the Fatimide dynasty, patron of Isaac Israeli, 3, 180–1.
  • Ubaid-Allah Ibn-Suleiman, vizir, appoints Jews to state offices, 3, 183.
  • Ucles, the battle of, Mahometans victorious at, 3, 312.
  • Ueberlingen, the Jews of, charged with well poisoning, 4, 105.
  • burnt on the blood accusation, 4, 227.
  • Ukba. See Mar-Ukba.
  • Ukban. See Mar-Ukban.
  • Ukraine, the Cossacks enjoy independence in, 5, 2.
  • Jews banished from, 5, 12.
  • Jews permitted to live in, 5, 14.
  • devastated by the Cossacks, 5, 388.
  • Ulam, an open vestibule in the Temple, 1, 165.
  • Ulamma, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 427.
  • Ulla, friend of Judah ben Ezekiel, on the purity of the Jewish race, 2, 551.
  • insulted by Yalta, 2, 556.
  • Ulla bar Kosher, political offender against Zenobia, 2, 530.
  • Ulm, conference at, to transfer the claims of Jews upon Christians to Emperor Wenceslaus, 4, 166.
  • the Jews of, banished, 4, 416.
  • Ulpianus Trajan. See Trajan.
  • Ultramontanes. See Caorsini, the.
  • Unger, Christian Theophilus, supplements Basnage’s work, 5, 197.
  • Union of American Hebrew Congregations, The,” the objects of, 5, 702.
  • Unitarians, the, a Christian sect of the Reformation period, 4, 541.
  • meetings of, the model of the Synod of the Four Countries, 4, 645.
  • influence of, in Poland, 4, 647.
  • United States, the, espouse the cause of the Damascus Jews, 5, 633, 657.
  • early Jewish immigrants in, 5, 702.
  • Unity of God, the, ceases to be a doctrine of Christianity, 2, 500.
  • defended by Simlaï, 2, 501–2.
  • University degrees, Jews forbidden by the Council of Basle to take, 4, 245.
  • Upon Ecclesiastical Power and Judaism.” See “Jerusalem.”
  • Upon Mendelssohn and the Political Reform of the Jews,” by Mirabeau, 5, 432.
  • Upon the Aim of Jesus and his disciples,” one of the “Fragments” published by Lessing, 5, 321.
  • Upon the Civil Amelioration of the Condition of the Jews,” by Dohm, 5, 352–62.
  • emphasizes political advantages, 5, 352–3.
  • describes the condition of the Jews, 5, 353.
  • reviews the history of the Jews in Europe, 5, 354.
  • programme outlined in, 5, 355–6.
  • effect of, 5, 356–7.
  • discussion of, 5, 358–62.
  • appendix to, 5, 362.
  • spread in Alsace by Cerf Berr, 5, 431.
  • Upon the Inutility of the Jews in the Kingdoms of Bohemia and Moravia,” called forth by Dohm’s apology, 5, 359.
  • Uranso, Vidal de, assassin hired against Arbues, 4, 330.
  • Urban V, pope, enemy of Pedro the Cruel, 4, 122, 126.
  • Urbib, of Alexandria, generosity of, 3, 23.
  • Urbino, Abraham Abulafia in, 4, 6.
  • refuge of Jewish exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
  • Uriah, high priest, summoned as witness against Ahaz, 1, 259.
  • Uriah, the Hittite, betrayed by David, 1, 131–2.
  • Uriah of Mayence, apostate, sets fire to the synagogue, 3, 303.
  • Uriah, son of Shemaiah, prophet, slain by Jehoiakim, 1, 301.
  • Uriel, name of an angel, 1, 403.
  • Urim and Thummim, in the Zohar, 4, 23.
  • Urraca, queen of Castile, marries Alfonso I of Aragon, 3, 316.
  • Ursicinus, legate of Gallus, oppresses the Jews of Judæa, 2, 568–9.
  • punishes the inhabitants of Sepphoris, 2, 570–1.
  • falls into disfavor with Constantius, 2, 572.
  • Usal. See Sanaa.
  • Usha, school of, 2, 148.
  • a center for the teaching of the Law, 2, 356.
  • the Synhedrion removed to, 2, 405.
  • a second time the meeting place of the teachers of the Law, 2, 433–4.
  • home of Judah ben Ilai, 2, 433, 442.
  • See Synhedrion, the, of Usha.
  • Ushaya, the Elder, adds supplements to the Mishna, 2, 470.
  • compilation of, authoritative, 2, 471.
  • establishes an academy at Cæsarea, 2, 543.
  • Ushaya, the Younger, brother of Rabba bar Nachmani, Agadist, 2, 575–6.
  • Usque, Abraham (Duarte de Pinel), Marrano, translates the Bible into Spanish, 4, 475.
  • editor of the Ferrara Spanish Bible, 4, 576.
  • printing press of, closed, 4, 581.
  • Usque, Samuel, poet, on the Inquisition, 4, 324–5, 522.
  • on the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 380.
  • on Salonica, 4, 404–5.
  • on Samuel II Abrabanel, 4, 409.
  • Jewish historical subjects of, 4, 588.
  • historico-poetical dialogue of, 4, 558–61.
  • describes Gracia Mendesia, 4, 575–6.
  • Usque, Solomon (Duarte Gomez), poet and historian, 4, 555, 558.
  • tragedy by, on Esther, translated, 5, 90.
  • Usques, the three, protected by Gracia Mendesia, 4, 576.
  • Usury, the laws of, as enforced by Meïr, 2, 439.
  • taken by Jews from Christians, 3, 376, 393.
  • practiced in France in the twelfth century, 3, 400.
  • restrictions of, by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 510.
  • prohibited by the Council of Narbonne, 3, 518.
  • in England and France in the thirteenth century, 3, 571.
  • practiced by Jews in England under Henry III, 3, 591.
  • prohibited by the Statute of Judaism, 3, 642.
  • among the Jews of Castile, 4, 80.
  • in France in the fourteenth century, 4, 174.
  • legalized in Mantua, 4, 286.
  • charged against the Jews of Nuremberg, 4, 415.
  • Manasseh ben Israel exonerates the Jews from the charge of, 5, 41.
  • practiced by Christian capitalists, 5, 205.
  • practiced by the Jews of Alsace, 5, 349, 350–1.
  • charged against the Jews of France, 5, 481, 482.
  • discussed in the Assembly of Jewish Notables, 5, 489, 492.
  • discussed by the Synhedrion, 5, 497.
  • Utrera, the Marranos of, adopt means of defense against the Inquisition, 4, 313.
  • Uzza, the garden of, burial place of Manasseh, 1, 285.
  • Uzzah, son of Abinadab, sudden death of, 1, 119.
  • Uzziah, son of Amaziah of Judah, 1, 226.
  • king of Judah, character and ability of, 1, 228–9.
  • the earthquake under, 1, 229.
  • drouth under, 1, 229–30.
  • conquests of, 1, 230–1.
  • fortifies Jerusalem, 1, 231.
  • friendly relations of, with Jeroboam II, 1, 231, 232.
  • models his kingdom after Solomon’s, 1, 231.
  • warlike spirit of, 1, 244.
  • attempts to sacrifice in the Temple, 1, 245.
  • attacked by leprosy, 1, 245.
  • last years of, passed in solitude, 1, 246.
  • death of, 1, 248.
  • Uziel, Isaac, preacher at Amsterdam, influence of, 4, 672.
  • scourges the immorality of the Amsterdam Jews, 4, 680.
  • disciples of, 4, 682, 683, 689.
  • threatens Uriel da Costa with excommunication, 5, 58.
  • V
  • Vaad Arba Arazoth. See Four Countries, the, the Synod of.
  • Valavigny, surgeon, suspected of poisoning wells, 4, 104.
  • Vale of Weeping,” by Joseph Cohen, 4, 590, 608.
  • Valencia, quarrel about the chief rabbinate of, 4, 162.
  • Marranos from, in Algiers, 4, 199.
  • opposition to the Inquisition in, 4, 328.
  • refuge of the last king of Toledo, 3, 295.
  • Valencia, the Jews of, possess penal jurisdiction, 4, 155.
  • exterminated in 1391, 4, 170–1.
  • accept baptism, 4, 205, 206.
  • charged with the blood accusation, 4, 344.
  • possessions of, sequestrated by Ferdinand the Catholic, 4, 350.
  • Valencia de Alcantara, Gonzalo Martinez besieged in, 4, 86.
  • Valens, Emperor of the East, tolerance of, 2, 603.
  • Valensino, Alexandrian Jew, seconds Munk’s efforts to establish schools, 5, 663.
  • Valentinian I, Emperor of the West, tolerance of, 2, 603.
  • Valerianus, emperor, taken prisoner, 2, 527.
  • Valladolid, besieged by Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 79.
  • the Marranos of, attacked, 4, 280–1.
  • Valladolid, the cortes of, petition Alfonso XI against usury, 4, 80.
  • petition for the curtailment of Jewish privileges, 4, 116.
  • pass anti-Jewish regulations, 4, 158.
  • Valladolid, the Jews of, under Sancho, 3, 617.
  • deny the charges of Alfonso Burgensis, 4, 83.
  • despoiled, 4, 125.
  • accept baptism, 4, 205.
  • Van den Enden, Dr. Franz, philologist, Spinoza’s teacher, 5, 88–9.
  • Vandals, the, the empire of, conquered by Belisarius, 3, 26.
  • antagonistic to the Catholics, 3, 44.
  • Vangioni, the, marry Jewish women, 3, 41.
  • Vannes, the Council of, forbids the clergy to take part in Jewish banquets, 3, 36.
  • Vanni, mufti, proposes the conversion of Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 153.
  • instructs Sabbatian converts, 5, 154.
  • teaches Sabbataï Zevi Mahometan customs, 5, 162.
  • Van Oven, Bernard, English Jew, interested in the Damascus affair, 5, 653.
  • Van Swieden. See Swieden, van.
  • Vantabiet, Armenian bishop, incites a crusade against the Damascus Jews, 5, 662.
  • Varnhagen von Ense, husband of Rachel Levin, 5, 443.
  • attitude of, towards the Jews, 5, 533.
  • Varus, representative of Agrippa II, treachery of, 2, 275.
  • dismissed, 2, 275.
  • Varus, Quintilius, governor of Syria, convicts Antipater of attempted parricide, 2, 114.
  • given charge of Jerusalem, 2, 122–3.
  • orders out Roman troops against the Judæan insurgents, 2, 125–6.
  • subdues the Judæan insurgents, 2, 126.
  • Vayol, Hans, calumniates Israel Bruna, 4, 302, 303.
  • retracts his calumnies, 4, 304.
  • Vaz, Diego, Marrano, murders Henrique Nunes, 4, 490.
  • Vecinho, Joseph, physician and astronomer, at the congress summoned by João II, 4, 367.
  • Vega brothers, the, found an academy at Jerusalem, 5, 126.
  • Vega Enriques, Rachel de, marriage of, 5, 242.
  • Vega, Judah, rabbi in Amsterdam, indulgent towards the weaknesses of the Jews, 4, 680.
  • Veit, in the Prussian Landtag, 5, 697.
  • Veit, Simon, husband of Dorothea Mendelssohn, 5, 424.
  • Veitel, Ephraim, Voltaire’s agent, 5, 339.
  • school founded by, 5, 405.
  • Velasquez de Tordesillas, bishop of Segovia, accuses the Jews of host desecration, 4, 195–6.
  • Venaissin, Jews in, after the banishment by Charles VI, 4, 177.
  • the Jews of, expelled by Pius V, 4, 592.
  • Venice, commerce of, in the fifteenth century, 4, 285.
  • the Abrabanel family at, 4, 385–6.
  • Spanish spoken at, by the exiles, 4, 388.
  • exiled Jews settle in, 4, 408.
  • the Marranos of, unmolested, 4, 500.
  • Molcho and Reubeni at, 4, 504–5.
  • Marranos well treated at, 4, 526.
  • the Talmud burnt in, 4, 565.
  • the rulers of, prosecute Gracia Mendesia, 4, 574.
  • ordered by Turkey to liberate Gracia Mendesia, 4, 575.
  • ambassador of, denounces Joseph Nassi, 4, 595.
  • hostility of, to Joseph Nassi, 4, 600.
  • war of, with Turkey, 4, 600.
  • imprisons the Levantine merchants, 4, 600.
  • peace of, with Turkey, 4, 605–6.
  • Elias Montalto in, 4, 673.
  • the war of, with Turkey enriches Smyrna, 5, 119.
  • the Sabbatian movement in, 5, 138, 150.
  • Nathan Ghazati in, 5, 161.
  • Jewish exiles from Vienna settle in, 5, 173.
  • Nehemiah Chayon at, 5, 216–17.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Venice, the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 600–1.
  • depart, 4, 606.
  • position of, secured by Solomon Ashkenazi, 4, 606–7.
  • number of, in the sixteenth century, 4, 650.
  • in the time of Leo Modena, 5, 68.
  • order Luzzatto to justify himself, 5, 238.
  • Venice, the rabbis of, exact a promise from Luzzatto not to teach the Kabbala, 5, 239.
  • offended by Luzzatto, 5, 239–40.
  • excommunicate Luzzatto, 5, 240, 242.
  • excommunicate the writer of Sabbatian amulets, 5, 263, 264.
  • Venus, temple to, on Golgotha, 2, 422.
  • Vera y Alarcon, Lope de, martyr, celebrated by Enriquez de Paz, 5, 111.
  • Verdun, fortress of, refuge of the Jews, 4, 56.
  • Verona, Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
  • Vesoul family, the, privileges of, 4, 150.
  • extinction of, 4, 152.
  • Vespasian, general of the Roman army in Judæa, 2, 284.
  • met at Ptolemais by Judæan partisans of Rome, 2, 285.
  • army of, 2, 285.
  • defeats Josephus, 2, 285.
  • defeated at Jotapata, 2, 285–6.
  • takes Gabara, 2, 286.
  • takes Jotapata, 2, 287.
  • kindly disposed to Josephus, 2, 288.
  • takes Gamala, 2, 289–90.
  • truce declared by, 2, 290.
  • hesitates to attack Jerusalem, 2, 297, 298.
  • in fear of Licinius Mucianus, 2, 300.
  • fealty sworn to, in Syria and Egypt, 2, 300.
  • declares Judæa his property, 2, 312.
  • celebration of the birthday of, 2, 312.
  • celebrates his triumph over Judæa, 2, 314–15.
  • appoints Bassus governor of Judæa, 2, 315.
  • institutes the fiscus Judaicus, 2, 316.
  • rewards the Judæans friendly to Rome, 2, 316–17.
  • closes the Temple of Onias, 2, 318.
  • treats the Jews kindly after the fall of Jerusalem, 2, 331.
  • gives Galilee to Agrippa II, 2, 333.
  • Viana, the Jews of, attacked at the instigation of Pedro Olligoyen, 4, 78.
  • Victoria, of England, congratulates Montefiore upon his success in the East, 5, 669.
  • honors Montefiore, 5, 670.
  • approves of the abolition of the form of oath, 5, 698.
  • Vidal. See Bonafoux Vidal; Crescas Vidal.
  • Vidal, Maëstro. See Moses ben Joshua Narboni.
  • Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi (Ferrer), champion of Judaism at the Tortosa disputation, 4, 207, 211.
  • holds the Agada to be authoritative, 4, 214.
  • refuses to accept Christianity, 4, 215.
  • relations of, become converts, 4, 215.
  • neo-Hebraic poet, 4, 230.
  • defends the Talmud, 4, 233–4.
  • Vidal Menachem ben Solomon Meïri (1249–1306), rabbi of Perpignan, style of, 4, 26–7.
  • Vieira, Antonio, Jesuit, characterizes Isaac Aboab and Manasseh ben Israel, 4, 683.
  • Vienna, the Council of, confirms the anti-Jewish decrees of Innocent III, 3, 611–12.
  • court Jews appointed in, 4, 702.
  • Jews re-admitted into, 5, 189.
  • Judah Chassid at, 5, 213.
  • Chayon at, 5, 218, 230.
  • Jews allowed to live in, under certain conditions, 5, 358.
  • a Jewish salon in, 5, 413–14.
  • intercourse with, awakens a desire for culture in Galicia, 5, 611.
  • honor shown to Crémieux at, 5, 668.
  • Vienna, the Congress of, and the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 513, 518–20.
  • statesmen of, favor the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 514.
  • Vienna, the Jews of, declared ineligible to office, 3, 635.
  • protected from the Deggenburg persecution, 4, 99.
  • kill themselves to escape the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • number of, 4, 694.
  • importance of, during the Thirty Years’ War, 4, 702.
  • privileges of, 4, 702–3.
  • build a synagogue, 4, 702.
  • tax paid by, 5, 170.
  • banished at the instigation of Empress Margaret, 5, 170.
  • call upon outsiders to have the decree revoked, 5, 171.
  • go into exile, 5, 171–2.
  • dispersion of, 5, 172–4.
  • suppress “Judaism Unmasked,” 5, 189–90.
  • join the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • heterogeneous character of, 5, 579–80.
  • reforms of, 5, 580.
  • the Temple service of, 5, 581.
  • importance of, 5, 582.
  • Viennet, French deputy, proposes the abolition of a state religion, 5, 597.
  • Villadiego, the Jews of, exterminated by Pedro’s English allies, 4, 125.
  • Villafranca, Oran Jews settle at, 5, 169.
  • Villareal, tribunals of the Inquisition established in, 4, 325.
  • Villaris, treasurer, insists upon the payment of taxes by the Jews of Spain, 4, 344.
  • Ville-Neuve, the Jews of, suspected of well poisoning, 4, 104.
  • Vindiciæ Judæorum,” by Manasseh ben Israel, translated by Marcus Herz, 5, 362.
  • fundamental idea of, 5, 363.
  • Virgin Mary, the, doctrine of, discussed by the Jews of France, 3, 343.
  • refuted by Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, 4, 141.
  • Viseu. See Vecinho.
  • Vishnioviecki, prince, Polish general, protects the Polish Jews against Cossack cruelty, 5, 10.
  • retreats before the Cossacks, 5, 10–11.
  • Vishnioviecki, the house of, controls Cossack colonization, 5, 3.
  • Visigothic code, the, the Jews under, 3, 292.
  • translation of, 3, 594–5.
  • Visigoths, the, the kings of, dependent on the Church, 3, 37.
  • antagonistic to the Catholics, 3, 44–5.
  • treat the Jews kindly until Catholic times, 3, 45–6.
  • the anti-Jewish decrees of, revived by the Council of Meaux, 3, 171.
  • Vismes, the secretary of, shows the injustice done the Jews of Metz, 5, 446.
  • Vital. See Chayim; Samuel.
  • Vitellius, proclaimed emperor in Lower Germany, 2, 299.
  • drives Otho to suicide, 2, 299.
  • death of, 2, 300.
  • Vitellius, governor of Syria, appealed to, against Pontius Pilate, 2, 172.
  • befriends the Judæans, 2, 172–3.
  • offers sacrifices in the Temple, 2, 173.
  • Vitoria, the Jews of, deed their cemetery to the town, 4, 352.
  • left without physicians by the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 353.
  • Vivo. See Yechiel of Paris.
  • Vizeu, Jewish center in Portugal, 4, 159.
  • Vladislav, of Poland, death of, 5, 8.
  • Volga (Itil, Atel), the, Jews settle at the mouth of, 3, 123.
  • kingdom of the Chazars founded on, 3, 138.
  • Volhynia, rabbinical schools established in, 4, 420.
  • Haidamaks in, 5, 11.
  • Vologeses, king of Parthia, and Izates of Adiabene, 2, 218.
  • Vologeses, king of Parthia, defeats Atidius Cornelianus, 2, 447.
  • Voltaggio, Joseph Cohen at, 4, 555.
  • Voltaire, Arouet de, compared with Lessing, 5, 296.
  • hostility of, to Jews, 5, 338–9.
  • financial losses of, through Medina, 5, 339.
  • quarrel of, with Hirsch, 5, 339.
  • Frederick the Great enraged at, 5, 339.
  • slanders the Jews, 5, 340.
  • answered by Pinto, 5, 345.
  • compliments Portuguese Jews, 5, 345.
  • “Jewish Letters” addressed to, 5, 346–7.
  • admired by Jews, 5, 411.
  • Von Bohlen, exegete, 5, 695.
  • Von der Recke, countess, and David Friedländer, 5, 534.
  • Voss, Julius von, defends the Jews, 5, 533.
  • Vossius, Dionysius, translates a work by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Vossius, Isaac, recommends Manasseh ben Israel to Christine of Sweden, 5, 22.
  • Manasseh ben Israel dedicates a work to, 5, 37.
  • Vossius, John Gerard, friendly to Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 22.
  • Vowel-points, added to the Hebrew consonants, 3, 112.
  • Vries, Simon de, friend of Spinoza, 5, 107.
  • Vulgate, the, Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome, 2, 625.
  • placed above the Hebrew Bible, 4, 444–5.
  • W
  • Waage, Die,” journal published by Börne, 5, 542.
  • Wadil-Kora, inhabited by Jews, 3, 55–6.
  • submits to Mahomet, 3, 83.
  • the Jews of, driven away by Omar, 3, 85.
  • the Jews of, bring love of the Arabic to Babylonia, 3, 111.
  • Wagenseil, John Christopher, Hebraist, accuses the Jews of blaspheming Jesus, 5, 185–6.
  • interested in the conversion of Jews, 5, 186.
  • tolerance of, 5, 186–7.
  • denounces the blood accusation, 5, 187.
  • Wala, incites the sons of Louis the Pious against their step-mother, 3, 166.
  • Waldenses, the, crusades against, begin with massacres of the Jews, 4, 222.
  • Wales, the Jumpers in, 5, 378.
  • Wallachia, the Jews of, join Frank, 5, 273.
  • Wallenstein, general, plunders the Jews, 4, 701.
  • Walter Cornutus, archbishop of Sens, and the burning of the Talmud, 3, 578.
  • Walther von der Vogelweide, the style of, adopted by Süsskind von Trimberg, 3, 420.
  • Wamba, Visigothic king, revolt against, 3, 104–5.
  • expels the Jews from Narbonne, 3, 105.
  • Jews enjoy religious freedom under, 3, 105, 106.
  • forced by Erwig to become a monk, 3, 106.
  • War for God,” defense of Maimonides by his son, 3, 545.
  • War of the Fosse,” between Mahomet and an alliance of tribes, 3, 80.
  • Waragi, the, wage war with the Chazars in the tenth century, 3, 221.
  • Waraka Ibn-Naufal, convert to Judaism, influences Mahomet, 3, 71.
  • Wars of God, the, book of, early Hebrew poetry, 1, 29.
  • Warsaw, Frank’s baptism at, 5, 288.
  • the duchy of, created by Napoleon, 5, 500.
  • Wartburg, the, Luther on, 4, 469, 475.
  • Wasit, under the jurisdiction of the Sora academy, 3, 98.
  • the Jews of, in the twelfth century, 3, 437.
  • Water-gate, the, Ezra reads the Law near, 1, 378.
  • Water libation, the, mocked at by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 43.
  • re-introduced under Salome Alexandra, 2, 51.
  • as celebrated on the Feast of Tabernacles, 2, 51.
  • Water-Town, the. See Rabbath-Ammon.
  • Way, Lewis, addresses the Congress of Aix on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 525–7.
  • Wecelinus, chaplain, proselyte, lampoons Christianity, 3, 245.
  • Weil, Jacob, teacher of Israel Bruna, defends him, 4, 302.
  • death of, 4, 303.
  • Weil, Moses, rabbi of the German Jews of Amsterdam, 4, 681.
  • Weissenburg, the Jews of, persecuted in the thirteenth century, 3, 611.
  • indifferent to the confiscation of Hebrew books, 4, 438.
  • Weissenfels, rabbinical synod at, 4, 163.
  • Well poisoning. See Black Death, the.
  • Wenceslaus, emperor, punishes the priests, 4, 164.
  • appealed to, by the Bohemian Jews, 4, 165–6.
  • exacts a poll-tax from the Jews, 4, 166.
  • friend of the rabbi of Prague, 4, 166.
  • deposed, 4, 178.
  • Wenzel, Francis, apostate, tries to arouse prejudice against the Jews, 5, 191.
  • Werner, archbishop of Mayence, protects the Jews, 3, 636.
  • Werner, the good,” supposed to have been murdered for ritual purposes, 3, 637.
  • Werry, English consul at Damascus, abets Ratti Menton, 5, 639.
  • Wertheimer, Joseph, founder of the “Israelitische Allianz,” 5, 703.
  • Wessely, Moses, aids Lessing, 5, 326.
  • Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig, (1725–1805), poet, assists in Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, 5, 334.
  • inspired by Mendelssohn, 5, 366.
  • youth and education of, 5, 366–7.
  • interested in the Bible, 5, 367.
  • piety of, 5, 367.
  • poetic gifts of, 5, 367–8.
  • composes a hymn to Joseph II, 5, 368.
  • on general culture for the Jews, 5, 368, 370–1.
  • in negotiation with the Jews of Trieste, 5, 369.
  • censured by the pious, 5, 369, 370.
  • encouraged by Italian rabbis, 5, 371.
  • contributor to the Meassef, 5, 399.
  • permits the study of the sciences, 5, 402.
  • last poem by, 5, 404.
  • poetry of, compared with Luzzatto’s, 5, 623.
  • compared with Munk, 5, 663.
  • West India Company, the, Jews interested in, 4, 677.
  • West, the, the empire of, the Jews of, under Honorius, 2, 616–17, 622.
  • forbidden to enter military service, 2, 617.
  • Westphalia, the kingdom of, created by Napoleon, 5, 500.
  • constitution of, 5, 500.
  • the Jews of, emancipated, 5, 500.
  • Jewish consistory in, 5, 501–2.
  • functions of the consistory in, 5, 502.
  • added to Prussia, 5, 525.
  • reforms of Judaism in, 5, 562.
  • Wetterau, the, the Jews of, emigrate to Syria, 3, 637.
  • White Company,” the, troops of Henry de Trastamare, 4, 123.
  • Widmannstadt, prosecutes Hebrew studies, 4, 434.
  • William I, of England (the Conqueror), forbids Jews to keep Christian slaves and nurses, 3, 294.
  • William III, of England, addressed by Oliger Pauli on the Jews, 5, 177.
  • assisted by Suasso, 5, 205.
  • William VIII, of Montpellier, unfriendly to the Jews, 3, 395.
  • William of Orange, appeals to Joseph Nassi, 4, 601.
  • tolerance of, 4, 663.
  • well disposed towards Jews, 4, 678.
  • William II, of Sicily, permits the Jews to have their own jurisdiction, 3, 422–3.
  • William, bishop of Béziers, discontinues the Easter persecution of the Jews, 3, 394.
  • William, bishop of Paris, entrusted with the persecution of the Talmud, 3, 575.
  • William the Carpenter, leader of the first crusade, and the Jews, 3, 299–301.
  • Wilna, the Jews of, slaughtered by the Russians, 5, 14.
  • the Chassidim in, 5, 388, 391.
  • rabbis of, excommunicate the Chassidim, 5, 391–2.
  • Wimpfen, Süsskind Alexander, ransoms the body of Meïr of Rothenburg, 3, 640.
  • Wine, on the Sabbath and the Passover, 1, 398.
  • Wintzenheim, the consistory of, rabbis of, oppose the Reform movement, 5, 571.
  • Wisdom and Wealth,” dialogue by Jehuda ben Sabbataï, 3, 559.
  • Wisdom, the Book of. See Ecclesiasticus.
  • Witiga, Visigothic king, 3, 109.
  • Witnesses, Christian, against Jews recognized by the Fourth Lateran Council, 3, 422.
  • Samaritan, testimony of, admissible, 2, 457.
  • baptized Jews, evidence of, valid, 4, 36–7.
  • Witnesses, Jewish, competent only in Jewish cases, under Justinian, 3, 12–13.
  • cannot testify against Christians, 3, 102, 520; 4, 250.
  • the oath of, under Charlemagne, 3, 144.
  • not recognized in the Visigothic code, 3, 292.
  • See also Jurisdiction, Jewish, autonomous.
  • Witold, duke of Lithuania, grants privileges to the Karaites, 4, 265.
  • Wittenberg, the theological faculty of, forbids the employment of Jewish physicians, 4, 692.
  • Wolf, Aaron Benjamin, rabbi of Berlin, and Chayon, 5, 219, 220.
  • Wolf, John Christopher, supplements Basnage’s work, 5, 197.
  • Wolf, Levi, apostate, Sabbatian, 5, 213.
  • Wolfkan of Ratisbon, apostate, charges the Jews with the blood accusation, 4, 298, 304.
  • Wolfram of Eschenbach, style of, adopted by Süsskind of Trimberg, 3, 420.
  • Wolfssohn, Aaron, editor of the Meassef, 5, 400.
  • founder of the “Society of Friends,” 5, 418.
  • Wolkenburg, the castle of, refuge of the Cologne Jews, 3, 352.
  • Wolowski, Frankist family, 5, 289.
  • Woman-Hater, The,” satire by Jehuda ben Sabbataï, 3, 559–60.
  • Wonderful Word, The,” panegyric on the Hebrew language by Reuchlin, 4, 433–4.
  • Wonderworker by Means of Invocation in the Name of God.” See Israel of Miedziboz.
  • Wood-festival, the, as celebrated in the second Temple, 2, 52.
  • Worcester, the Jewish Parliament meets in, 3, 590.
  • Word to the Impartial, A,” philo-Jewish pamphlet, 5, 470.
  • Words of Peace and Truth,” by Wessely, 5, 368–9.
  • Worms, founders of the Jewish community of, 3, 41.
  • Rashi studies Talmud at, 3, 286.
  • congregation of, one of the oldest in Germany, 3, 518.
  • decisions of, 4, 135.
  • rabbinical synod at, 4, 452–3.
  • deputies from, consider the Jewish question, 4, 463.
  • Luther at the diet of, 4, 469.
  • Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
  • Joseph Delmedigo at, 5, 80.
  • Worms, the Jews of, faithful to Henry IV, 3, 293.
  • during the first crusade, 3, 301–2.
  • defend the city, 3, 417.
  • emigrate to Syria, 3, 637.
  • burn themselves to escape the Black Death persecutions, 4, 108–9.
  • threatened with expulsion, 4, 417.
  • the extermination of, suggested by Pfefferkorn, 4, 463.
  • number of, 4, 694.
  • antipathy to, 4, 694–5.
  • the expulsion of, urged, 4, 698.
  • ordered to leave, 4, 699.
  • suffering of, 4, 699.
  • re-admitted, 4, 699.
  • restrictions upon, 4, 700.
  • protected by Ferdinand II, 4, 701.
  • Wratislaw II, duke of Bohemia, 3, 305.
  • prevents the emigration of the Jews, 3, 307.
  • Writers (Historians, Pamphleteers, Scholars, etc.), non-Jewish, on Jewish subjects, list of:
  • Abdel-latif,
  • Abu Ishak al-Elviri,
  • Abul-Ala,
  • Abul-Arab Ibn-Moïsha,
  • Adams, Hannah
  • Agobard,
  • Alexander Polyhistor,
  • Alfonso de Spina,
  • Alfonso Burgensis,
  • Alsaid Ibn-Sina Almulk,
  • Alvarez, Alfonso, de Villasandino
  • Apion,
  • Apollonius Malo,
  • Apollonius Molo,
  • Appian,
  • Aristides,
  • Augustine,
  • Bail,
  • Barlæus, Caspar
  • Basnage, Jacob
  • Buchholz,
  • Buxtorfs, the
  • Cassiodorus,
  • Ceba, Ansaldo
  • Chateaubriand,
  • Cicero,
  • Closener of Strasburg,
  • Collier, Thomas
  • Czechowic, Martin
  • Delitzsch, Franz
  • Diebitsch, von
  • Diego de Valencia,
  • Diez,
  • Dio Cassius,
  • Dohm, Christian William
  • Duns Scotus,
  • Dury, John
  • Eck, John
  • Erasmus,
  • Eusebius,
  • Ewald, Heinrich
  • Ewald, Johann Ludwig
  • Felgenhauer, Paul
  • Ferrajo, Lucio
  • Fichte,
  • Frankenberg, Abraham
  • Fries, J. F.
  • Gesenius,
  • Goethe,
  • Graes, Ortuin de
  • Grattenauer,
  • Grégoire,
  • Grund, Christian
  • Hartmann, Frederick Traugott
  • Hengstenberg,
  • Herder,
  • Holmes, Nathaniel
  • Holst, Ludwig
  • Hooghe, Romein de
  • Hoornbeck, John
  • Hosiander,
  • Hundt, Hartwig
  • Hutten, Ulrich von
  • Ibn-Alfara,
  • Isidore, arch-bishop of Seville,
  • Jerome,
  • Jesse, Henry
  • Jurieu, Pierre
  • Klonowicz,
  • Kölbele, John Balthasar
  • Kosmann,
  • Krämer, August
  • Lamartine,
  • La Peyrère, Isaac
  • Lavater, John Caspar
  • Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
  • Longinus,
  • Lopez, Pedro, de Ayala
  • Luther, Martin
  • Manetho,
  • Martin, Harry
  • Martin, Raymund
  • Martinet, Adam
  • Matthew Paris,
  • Megerlin, David Frederick
  • Meyer, Edward
  • Michaelis, John David
  • Miller, John
  • Mirabeau,
  • Münster, Sebastian
  • Nicholas, Edward
  • Nicolaus of Damascus,
  • Paalzow,
  • Porphyry,
  • Posidonius,
  • Procopius,
  • Prynne, William
  • Ramson,
  • Reuchlin, John
  • Rhabanus Maurus,
  • Rohrer, Joseph
  • Rubianus, Crotus
  • Rühs, Friedrich
  • Scaliger, Joseph
  • Schleiermacher,
  • Schmidt of Hildburghausen,
  • Schudt,
  • Schwager,
  • Simon, Richard
  • Speeth, John Peter
  • Strabo,
  • Streckfuss,
  • Surenhuysius, William
  • Swieden, van
  • Tacitus,
  • Tovey,
  • Unger, Christian Theophilus
  • Varnhagen van Ense,
  • Voss, Julius von
  • Vossius, Dionysius
  • Wagenseil, John Christopher
  • Wülfer, John.
  • Wülfer, John, Hebraist, attacks the Alenu prayer, 5, 185.
  • denounces the blood accusation, 5, 185.
  • Würtemberg, the liturgy of, introduced into Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 5, 679.
  • Würzburg, the Jews of, suffer martyrdom during the second crusade, 3, 354.
  • blotted out during the Rindfleisch persecution, 4, 35.
  • perish during the Black Death persecutions, 4, 110.
  • the “hep, hep!” persecution of, 5, 528–9.
  • Wycliffe, denounces the Church, 4, 202.
  • inspires Huss, 4, 221.
  • X
  • Xeres, battle of, gives the Mahometans possession of Visigothic Spain, 3, 109.
  • Xerifs, the, a powerful family of Fez, 4, 390.
  • Xerxes (Ahasuerus), king of Persia, the Judæans under, accused of disloyalty, 1, 361.
  • Ximenes de Cisneros, third inquisitor-general, forbids Charles V to tolerate the Jews, 4, 484.
  • Xystum, colonnade before the Hasmonæan palace, 2, 14.
  • Y
  • Yachini, Abraham, preacher at Constantinople, confirms Sabbataï Zevi’s Messiahship, 5, 123, 131.
  • rewarded by Sabbataï Zevi, 5, 145.
  • Yachya Ibn-Mondhir, patron of Yekutiel Ibn-Hassan, 3, 266.
  • Yachya Alkader, last Mahometan king of Toledo, 3, 295.
  • Yalkut, the, a Midrash collection by Simon Kara, 3, 346.
  • Yalta, wife of Nachman ben Jacob, 2, 554–5.
  • pride of, 2, 556.
  • Yarche Kalla, months of assembly at Sora, 2, 514–15.
  • Yarchinaï. See Samuel, son of Abba.
  • Yarob, ancestor of the Arabs, 3, 61.
  • Yathrib. See Medina.
  • Yazates, Persian good spirits, 1, 403.
  • Year of Flying,” the, era for the Jews of Bagdad, 3, 433.
  • Year of Penitence,” the, inaugurated by Asher Lämmlein, 4, 483.
  • Year of Release, the. See Sabbatical year, the.
  • Year, the Jewish, character of, 2, 362–3. See Calendar, the.
  • Yechiel (Vivo) of Paris, Talmudist, invited to defend the Talmud against Donin, 3, 576.
  • refuses to answer questions, 3, 576.
  • refuses to take an oath, 3, 577.
  • disproves the charge of immorality and blasphemy, 3, 577.
  • maintains that there are no references to Jesus in the Talmud, 3, 577.
  • disciples of, 3, 586.
  • obtains supplies from Palestine, 3, 586.
  • emigrates to Palestine, 3, 587.
  • buried at Chaifa, 3, 608.
  • Yechiel of Pisa, financier and patron of Hebrew literature, 4, 286.
  • friend of Isaac Abrabanel, 4, 286.
  • ransoms Jewish prisoners, 4, 287.
  • on Jewish physicians in Italy, 4, 287.
  • accused of protecting the Jews by means of bribery, 4, 297.
  • instructed how to receive the Portuguese embassy, 4, 340.
  • sons of, help the Spanish exiles, 4, 360.
  • Yechiel ben Abraham, manages the finances of Pope Alexander III, 3, 421.
  • Yedaya En-Bonet Bedaresi (Penini, 1280–1340), poet, bombastic style of, 4, 26, 42–3.
  • works of, 4, 43.
  • defends the study of science, 4, 43–4.
  • on the expulsion of the French Jews, 4, 49.
  • Yekum Purkan, blessing for the Exilarchs and Geonim, 3, 95.
  • Yekutiel (Kussiel) of Wilna, disciple of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 237, 245.
  • spreads Luzzatto’s Kabbala, 5, 238.
  • Yekutiel Ibn-Hassan, protector of Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, 3, 266.
  • Yemen, a part of southern Arabia, 3, 54.
  • king of, converted to Judaism, 3, 62–3.
  • under the jurisdiction of the Exilarch, 3, 429.
  • Yemen, the Jews of, numerous, 3, 56.
  • prevent the spread of Christianity, 3, 56.
  • in the twelfth century, 3, 436.
  • benevolence of, 3, 436.
  • forced into Islam, 3, 461–2.
  • consoled by Maimonides, 3, 462–4.
  • devoted to Maimonides, 3, 464.
  • rescued from persecution by Maimonides, 3, 474.
  • See also Himyarite kingdom, the.
  • Yezid I, Ommiyyade Caliph, tolerance of, 3, 110.
  • patron of learning, 3, 110.
  • cross-questions the false Messiah Serene, 3, 121.
  • Yishaï ben Chiskiya, of Damascus, Exilarch, in the Maimunist controversy, 3, 627.
  • excommunicates Solomon Petit, 3, 632–3.
  • reports the condemnation of the Anti-Maimunists of Accho, 3, 633.
  • Yizchaki. See Abraham; Abu Ibraham Isaac Ibn-Kastar ben Yasus; Solomon.
  • Yoktan, ancestor of the Himyarites, 3, 60.
  • Yom bar Gerizim, anniversary of the destruction of the Samaritan Temple, 2, 8.
  • Yom Tob, of Joigny, counsels the Jews of York to slay one another, 3, 414–15.
  • Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob (926–928), Gaon of Sora, 3, 192.
  • Yom Trajanus, a half-holiday, 2, 401.
  • York, the governor of, deposed, 3, 416.
  • York, the Jews of, persecuted under Richard I, 3, 413–15.
  • take refuge in the citadel, 3, 413.
  • refuse to admit the governor, 3, 414.
  • besieged, 3, 414–15.
  • kill each other, 3, 415.
  • Yotabe, island, a Jewish free state on, 3, 56.
  • Youth,” drama by Mendel Bresselau, 5, 398.
  • Yussuf Ibn-Teshufin, Almoravide prince, aids the Mahometans against Alfonso VI of Castile, 3, 296.
  • forces Islam upon the Jews of Lucena, 3, 311–12.
  • Z
  • Zab, the, Antiochus Sidetes defeats the Parthians at, 2, 5.
  • Zaba, tribal contingent to David’s army, 1, 122.
  • Zabir Ibn-Bata, survivor of the Benu-Kuraiza, 3, 81.
  • Zaccaï, head of the Jewish congregation at Mosul, 3, 429–30.
  • tries to influence David Alrui, 3, 433.
  • Zaccaï ben Achunaï, pretender to the Exilarchate, confirmed in the office, 3, 137.
  • Zachariah ben Jehoiada, high priest, stoned, 1, 220.
  • Zachariah. See also Zechariah.
  • Zacharias, founder of a Judaizing sect in Poland, 4, 633.
  • Zachib as-Schorta, minister of police, 3, 313.
  • Zachot, grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, 3, 371.
  • Zacuto. See Abraham; Moses; Samuel.
  • Zaddik, the, in the Kabbala, 5, 121.
  • Zaddik, the, Chassidean leader, requirements of, 5, 380, 381.
  • importance of, magnified by Beer of Mizricz, 5, 381–2.
  • pilgrimages to, 5, 382, 384.
  • gifts to, 5, 382–3, 384.
  • superior to the Rebbe, 5, 393.
  • Zadok, high priest, at Gibeon, 1, 120.
  • faithful to David, 1, 141.
  • urges the recall of David, 1, 146.
  • ranked above Abiathar, 1, 152.
  • anoints Solomon king, 1, 153.
  • of the house of Eleazar, 1, 155.
  • made sole high priest, 1, 160.
  • Zadok, leader of the Sadduceans, 2, 21.
  • Zadok, Talmudist of Accho, 3, 427.
  • Zadok, teacher of the Law, follower of Shammai, 2, 133, 330, 338.
  • leader of the Zealots, 2, 133.
  • resists the Roman census, 2, 133.
  • maxim of, 2, 338–9.
  • Zadukim. See Sadducees.
  • Zafara (Thafar), falls into the hands of the Ethiopian king, 3, 66.
  • Zag. See Isaac Benveniste.
  • Zag (Isaac) ben Meïr de Malea, Almoxarif under Alfonso X, 3, 593, 615–16.
  • Zag (Isaac) Ibn-Said, compiler of the Alfonsine Tables, 3, 593–4.
  • Zähringen, the Jews of, accused of well poisoning, 4, 108.
  • Zainab, sister of Marhab, tries to poison Mahomet, 3, 83–4.
  • Zain-Eddin, commander of Amadia, patron of David Alrui, 3, 430.
  • brings about the death of David Alrui, 3, 433.
  • Zaken, title of the ordained, 2, 361.
  • Zalmunna, Midianite king, punished by Gideon, 1, 63.
  • Zamaris, founder of the colony of Babylonian Judæans in Batanæa, 2, 274.
  • Zamora, the Council of, renews anti-Jewish laws, 4, 52.
  • the Jews of, accept baptism, 4, 205.
  • Zamosc, Israel. See Israel Zamosc.
  • Zapateiro, Joseph. See Joseph Zapateiro.
  • Zaporogians, the. See Cossacks, the.
  • Zarak Barfat, poet, 4, 140.
  • Zarephath (Sarepta), Elijah lives in, 1, 203.
  • Zarfati. See Simon; Solomon ben Abraham.
  • Zarko, Jehuda, poet, 4, 609.
  • Zarzal. See Abraham Ibn-Zarzal.
  • Zarzel. See Moses Zarzel.
  • Zaslaw, the fair of, the Polish Talmudists meet at, 4, 640.
  • Zealand, admission of Jews into, opposed, 4, 663.
  • Zealots, the, republican party in Judæa, principles and leaders of, 2, 133.
  • resist the Roman census, 2, 133–4.
  • object to the use of the Roman era, 2, 134.
  • conception of the Messiah held by, 2, 144.
  • disapprove of Jesus, 2, 162.
  • depredations of, 2, 238–9.
  • a band of, called Sicarii, 2, 239.
  • kill the Samaritan inhabitants of Acrabatene, 2, 243.
  • in favor of war with Rome, 2, 256.
  • allied with the royal house of Adiabene, 2, 256.
  • leader of, 2, 256.
  • supported by Shammai’s followers, 2, 256.
  • hold the Temple mount, 2, 259.
  • keep the Peace party out of the Temple, 2, 260.
  • increased by the masses of the people and the Sicarii, 2, 260.
  • force the Roman garrison to capitulate, 2, 260.
  • disagree with the Sicarii, 2, 260–1.
  • disinterestedness of, 2, 261.
  • defeat Cestius Gallus, 2, 265.
  • occupy the inner town, 2, 265.
  • force Cestius to retreat, 2, 266–7.
  • exaltation of, 2, 267–8.
  • coins of, 2, 268.
  • avenge the massacre of Judæans, 2, 269–70.
  • forbid the purchase of certain articles of food from the heathen, 2, 270.
  • in Galilee, 2, 272–4.
  • in Jerusalem after the conquest of Galilee, 2, 291, 292.
  • treatment by, of those suspected of Roman proclivities, 2, 294.
  • besieged in the Temple by Anan, 2, 295.
  • dissolve the aristocratic Synhedrion, 2, 296.
  • reign of terror under, 2, 296–7.
  • at war with Simon bar Giora, 2, 297–8.
  • split up into factions, 2, 301.
  • heroism of, 2, 306, 316.
  • massacred by the Romans, 2, 315.
  • flee to Arabia, Egypt, etc., 2, 317–18; 3, 54.
  • end of the movement of, 2, 318–19.
  • and Jochanan ben Zakkai, 2, 323.
  • war of, immortalized by Josephus, 2, 415.
  • Zebah, Midianite king, punished by Gideon, 1, 63.
  • Zebaoth, Adonai, meaning of, 1, 130–1.
  • Zebedee, the sons of, disciples of Jesus, 2, 153.
  • suggest the necessity of a precursor to the Messiah, 2, 158.
  • Zebulon, the tribe of, settles north of Mount Tabor, 1, 37.
  • relation of, to the Phœnicians, 1, 53.
  • extends its territory, 1, 67.
  • descendants of, around Nishabur, 3, 433.
  • Zebulon, tribesmen of, join Gideon, 1, 62.
  • join Solomon’s fleet, 1, 170.
  • Zechariah, king of Israel, murder of, 1, 243.
  • Zechariah (I), prophet, son of Berechiah, prophecies of, 1, 254–6.
  • summoned as witness against Ahaz, 1, 259.
  • Zechariah (II), prophet, urges the completion of the second Temple, 1, 359.
  • extols the high priest Joshua, 1, 360.
  • Zechariah. See also Zachariah.
  • Zeda la-Derech,” by Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach, 4, 145.
  • Zedekiah (Mattaniah), made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 308.
  • swears fealty to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 308.
  • character of, 1, 309.
  • urged to revolt from Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 309–10.
  • refuses tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 310–11.
  • flight of, 1, 314.
  • blinded and taken to Babylon, 1, 315.
  • Zedekiah, the daughters of, in Gedaliah’s care, 1, 319.
  • taken prisoners by Ishmael, 1, 322.
  • rescued by Johanan, 1, 323.
  • Zedekiah, Jewish physician of Charles the Bald, 3, 170.
  • Zeïra I, Amora, a Babylonian, 2, 531.
  • emigrates to Judæa, 2, 557.
  • method of, 2, 557–8, 590.
  • modesty of, 2, 558.
  • death of, 2, 558.
  • Zeïra II, Amora, proposed as principal of Pumbeditha, 2, 583.
  • and the Machuzan marriages, 2, 586–7.
  • Zeïra bar Chanina, political offender against Zenobia, 2, 529–30.
  • Zekenim, elders among the Israelites, 1, 7.
  • Zelah, family tomb of Saul, 1, 124.
  • Zemach. See Mar-Zemach.
  • Zemach ben Kafnaï, Gaon of Pumbeditha, 3, 200.
  • Zemach ben Shahin, candidate for the Sora Gaonate, 3, 192–3.
  • Zemach, Jacob, Marrano physician, Kabbalist, 5, 125–6.
  • Zemach David, history by David Gans, 4, 638–9.
  • Zend-Avesta, Persian code, compiled by Ardashir, 2, 524.
  • Zendiks, the, adherents of the Magian religion reformed by Mazdak, 3, 2.
  • recruited from the lower classes, 3, 2.
  • Zenki, makes Mosul a capital of the Eastern Caliphate, 3, 429.
  • kindly disposed to Jews, 3, 429.
  • Zeno, Emperor of the East, hostile to the Jews, 3, 10–11.
  • Zeno Cotylas, governor of Philadelphia, protects Ptolemy ben Habub, 2, 3.
  • Zenobia, queen of Palmyra, the court of, 2, 529.
  • feeling of the Jews against, 2, 529–30.
  • end of, 2, 530.
  • Zephaniah, captain of the Temple, beheaded, 1, 314.
  • Zephaniah, prophet, prophecy of, 1, 286–7.
  • Zerah, Egyptian general, defeated by Asa, 1, 190.
  • Zerubbabel, grandson of Jehoiachin, intercedes with Cyrus for the return of the Judæans, 1, 351.
  • leader of the exiles returning under Cyrus, 1, 351–2.
  • governor of Judæa, 1, 352.
  • erects an altar on the site of the Temple, 1, 356.
  • refuses the help of the Cuthæans, 1, 357–8.
  • urges the completion of the Temple, 1, 359.
  • returns to Babylon, 1, 360.
  • great-grandson of, accompanies Ezra to Palestine, 1, 366.
  • the Exilarchs descended from, 2, 509.
  • Zevi. See Elijah; Joseph; Mordecai; Sabbataï; Sarah Zevi; Jacob Querido.
  • Zevi Ashkenazi, Chacham, anti-Sabbatian, 5, 221.
  • as a Talmudist, 5, 221.
  • rabbi of Amsterdam, 5, 221.
  • and Solomon Ayllon, 5, 221.
  • denounces Chayon, 5, 221–2.
  • refuses to co-operate with Ayllon, 5, 222.
  • excommunicates Chayon, 5, 224.
  • abused by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam, 5, 224.
  • deserted by the German community, 5, 225.
  • laid under the ban, 5, 226.
  • compelled to leave Amsterdam, 5, 226.
  • cause of, espoused by Jews elsewhere, 5, 227.
  • the son of, 5, 254.
  • Ziadeth-Allah, Aghlabite prince, Isaac Israeli physician to, 3, 180.
  • Ziba, slave of Saul, appointed Mephibosheth’s steward, 1, 124.
  • Zicareo, character in Samuel Usque’s work, 4, 558, 560.
  • Zidon. See Sidon.
  • Ziklag, given to David by Achish, 1, 101.
  • burnt by the Amalekites, 1, 106.
  • Zimra. See David Ibn-Abi Zimra.
  • Zimri, commander of the war-chariots, kills Elah, 1, 192.
  • short reign of, in Israel, 1, 192.
  • Zinzendorf, count, addressed by the Jews of Trieste, 5, 369.
  • Zion, celebrated by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 325–6.
  • Zion, Hebrew journal devoted to Jewish science, 5, 693.
  • Zion, mountain, description of, 1, 45.
  • taken from the Jebusites, 1, 113.
  • on the west side of Jerusalem, 1, 115.
  • the Ark of the Covenant transferred to, 1, 120.
  • permission to build a synagogue on, 4, 273–4.
  • Zion, mourners of, in Babylon, 1, 338.
  • Zion, the songs of, by Jehuda Halevi, 3, 337–8, 342.
  • Zion, upper city of Jerusalem, plundered by Gessius Florus, 2, 254.
  • taken by Titus, 2, 309.
  • Zipporah, wife of Moses, 1, 14.
  • Zisca, Hussite leader, bravery of, 4, 225, 226.
  • Zoar (Tamarah), city of palms, 1, 43.
  • south-eastern limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, 2, 46.
  • Zohar, the, authorship of, 4, 11–12.
  • attributed to Simon bar Yochaï, 4, 12.
  • glorifies Simon bar Yochaï, 4, 12–14.
  • description of, 4, 14.
  • the underlying principle of, 4, 14–15.
  • interpretation of the Scriptures in, 4, 15–16.
  • theory of, on the soul, 3, 16–18.
  • the Messiah in, 4, 18.
  • on the Talmud, 4, 19.
  • spread of, 4, 19.
  • discovery of, attributed to Nachmani, 4, 20.
  • discovered to be a forgery, 4, 20–1.
  • reception of, among the Kabbalists, 4, 21–2.
  • influence of, 4, 22–3.
  • and Christian dogmas, 4, 23.
  • the Kabbalistic authority, 4, 196.
  • denounced as a forgery by Elias del Medigo, 4, 292.
  • affects the liturgy, 4, 481.
  • printed at Mantua, 4, 583.
  • edited by Vittorio Eliano, 4, 584.
  • a canonical book, 4, 584.
  • influence of, on Isaac Lurya, 4, 618–19.
  • a system evolved from, by Isaac Lurya, 4, 619–22.
  • esteemed at Safet, 4, 622.
  • placed above the Bible and the Talmud, 4, 625.
  • fixes the Messianic year, 5, 6, 24, 121–2.
  • the genuineness of, defended by Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 78.
  • annihilates Rabbinical Judaism, 5, 144.
  • opposed by Jehuda Brieli, 5, 200.
  • the style of, imitated by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 235.
  • accepted by the Frankists, 5, 274–5.
  • exposed as a forgery by Emden, 5, 278.
  • teaches the Trinity, 5, 287.
  • Zohar Tinyana, by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 5, 237.
  • Zoharites. See Frankists.
  • Zoilus, governor of Gaza, 2, 40.
  • Zolkiew, home of Krochmal, 5, 608, 614.
  • Zollikofer, approves of Mendelssohn’s views on Church discipline, 5, 363.
  • Zor. See Tyre.
  • Zorah Yussuf Dhu-Nowas (520–530), Jewish king of Yemen, retaliates upon the Byzantine emperors, 3, 64.
  • defeated by Aidug, 3, 64.
  • takes Najaran, 3, 65.
  • levies a tribute upon the Christians of Himyara, 3, 65.
  • enemies of, 3, 65–6.
  • war of, with the Nejus of Ethiopia, 3, 66.
  • end of, 3, 66.
  • Zorba-me-Rabbanan, master of the Law in Babylonia, 2, 544.
  • Zoroaster, the doctrines of, restored by Ardashir, 2, 524.
  • Zosina, Russian metropolitan, joins a Judaizing sect, 4, 633.
  • Zuhara, castle of the Benu-Nadhir, 3, 78.
  • Zunz, Leopold, founder of the Society for Culture, 5, 583.
  • staunchness of, 5, 587–8.
  • uses Rapoport’s methods, 5, 620.
  • issues his first great work, 5, 620–1.
  • contributor to the “Kerem Chemed,” 5, 622.
  • on the blood accusation, 5, 669.
  • on Jewish mediæval poetry, 5, 694.
  • Zurich, the Jews of, charged with poisoning wells, 4, 105.
  • Zütphen, adviser of the Duke of Alva, 4, 662.
  • Zutra. See Mar-Zutra.
  • Zwingli, declares himself against the papacy, 4, 469.