The guide for the perplexed

Abraham, 315 sq.

Accidents, 68, 120, 123

Actions, division of, 367

— support of ideas, 218

Actuality—potentiality, 45, 78, 147

Adam, 316, 319

— book of, 318

Admissibility, 127

Alexander Aphrodisiensis, 173

Allegories, 4, 201 sq., 247

Althea, 318

Amalek, 349, 381

Ammonites, 349

Angels, 36, 57, 160 sqq., 167, 169

— prophet, 296, 356

Animals, imagination of, 130, 371

— cruelty to, 371

— Providence to species of, 285

Apparent (ethical) truths, 14 sq.

ʻArabot, 105

Ashʻariya, 108, 125

Astrology, 170, 333

Astronomy, 1, 164, 167, 196

Atoms, 69, 120

Attributes I., ch. lii. sqq.

— the thirteen, 75 sq.

Ba’al Pe’or, 357

Balaam, 235, 237, 242

Baruch, son of Neriyah, 220

Bastard, 379

Bat-Kol, 238

Capital punishment, 345 sq.

Castration, 379

Cattle among idolaters, 320, 359

Cause-agent, 102 sq.

Centaur, 89

Chance, 249, 282

Change, 145

Cherubim, 252, 356

Circumcision, 378 sq.

Cities of refuge, 343

Clepsydra, 295

Comparison, 78 sq.

Compensation, 342 sq.

Courage, 229

Covenant, 321, 335

Creation, 109 sq., 133 sq., 171, 307

— Purpose of, 171, 307

Daniel, 243

Death, 267

Demons, 359

Design in Nature, 184 sq.

Determination, 135, 299 sq.

Dreams, 240

Edomites, 351, 381

ʻEglah ʻAruphah, 343

Egyptians, 352, 359

Elements, 114, 165, 213, 254

Emanation, influence, 288, 289

Epicureans, 120, 173, 282

Eternity of Universe, 148, 154, 171 sq.

Evils, 265, 290, 389

Existence, 59 sq.

Eccentricity, 196 sqq.

Faith, 67

Family, 250, 351, 372

Fear of God, 317, 392

Festivals, 352 sq.

Forces in a body, 146

Form, 13, 103, 148, 261

Free will, 125, 249

Friends, 373

Geonim, 285

Gideon, 241

Glory of God, 34, 29, 96

God, attributes of, 29, 75

— cause of good, not of evil, 266 sq.

— definition of, 49, 70

— enemies of, 50 [413]

God, image of, 13

— immutability of, 78

— throne of, 21

— will of, 140, 310

— wisdom of, 310 sq.

— word of, 97

— work of, 98

Golden calf, 364

Griffin, 89

Hagar, 238

Hagiographa, 242

— Ḥaliẓah, 63, 374

Harmony of the spheres, 163

Hayyot, 67, 252 sq.

Heavens, 23 sq., 148, 192, 212, 259

Hermes, 319

Hezekiah, Book of, 337

Holiness, 327, 368

Holy language, 264

Hosea, 212, 236

Idolatry, 50 sq., 315, 332, 348, 380

Ignorance, the source of evil, 267

Imagination, 64, 130, 225

Impossibility, 139, 141, 279, 328

Indians, 359

Infinite, 131, 135, 149

Influence, 170, 289, 359

Intellect, 100 sq.

— active, 182, 386, 391

— hylic, 101

Intelligences, 65, 156

Intemperance, 47

Isaiah, 203, 259

Isḥak (Sabean), 319

Israelites, science amongst the, 108, 168

Isthimachis, 318

Jacob, 36, 227, 237

Jehaziel son of Zechariah, 142

Jeremiah, 220, 228 sq., 326

Job, 242, 296 sqq.

Joseph, 250, 364

Joseph ibn Aknin 1

Joshua, 221, 224, 383

Jubilee, 340

Judah, 374

Judges, 241

Kalām, 107 sq., 120 sq.

Karet, 345

Ketubah (marriage settlement), 375

Knowledge, 40, 384

Laban, 236

Language, Origin of, 218

Law (of Moses), 232, 310 sq., 351

Laws relating to trustees, 6, 331

— — the bitter waters, 374

— — blood, 352, 371

— — castration, 379

— — cities of refuge, 343

— — cleanness and uncleanness, 366

— — damages, 342

— — dietary l. 330, 370

Laws relating to divorce, 373

— — festivals, 352

— — firstborn, 340

— — fruit of trees in the first three years, 336

— — inheritance, 351

— — intermixture of divers species, 337

— — leprosy, 364

— — Levites, 357

— — loans, 339

— — marriage, 373

— — marriage with the deceased wife’s sister, 376

— — meat and milk, 371

— — murder, 343, 344

— — Noah, 316

— — oath, 331

— — poor, 339

— — priests, 357, 379

— — prostitution, 373

— — red heifer, 378

— — sanctuary, 355

— — shaʻatnez (garments of wool and linen), 310, 335

— — shaving the beard, 310, 335

— — sheḥitah, 311, 370

— — slaves, 341, 379

— — theft, 345

— — tithes, 339

— — trade, 350

— — trustees, 6, 331

— — vows, 373

— — workmen, 351

— — worship (divine), III. ch. xliv., li. sqq.

Leviathan, 303

Logic, 1, 46, 385

Love of God, 54, 314, 386 sq.

Lust, 47, 226, 234, 261, 373

Maʻaseh bereshit, 2, 27, 211, 251

Maʻaseh Mercabah, 2, 44, 48, 107, 211, 251

Magic, 337

Man, definition of, 14

— as microcosmos, 113 sqq.

— object and aim of, 261

— perfections of, III., ch. xxvii., liv.

— position of, in the Universe, 277

— a social being, 232, 312

Manassah, 380

Mandragore, 318

Manna, 277, 305

Manoah, 238, 383

Marcasite, 335

Mathematics, 1, 46, 122

Materia prima, 38, 173, 174

Matter, 7, 27, 38, 113, 148, 184

Mazzal (constellation), 164

Mercury, 164

Metals, 316

Metaphysics, 1, 2, 41, 385

Methuselah, 231

Microcosmos, 11 sq.

Midrashic interpretation, 353

Miracles, 199, 210, 224, 325

Miriam, 390

Moab, 349 [414]

Modesty, 331, 377

Moloch, 164

Moriah, 355

Moses, 17, 18, 53, 83 sq., 93, 229, 244, 356, 390

Motion, 33, 68, 70, 121, 124, 125, 156, 164, 174, 179, 185, 265

Mutakallemim, 1, 167 sq., 120, 174, 178, 265

Muʻtazilah, 108, 124, 284

Mysteries of the Law, 1, 44, 48 sq., 108, 223, 249, 251

Nabathean agriculture, 313

Names of God, 89 sq.

Nature, 98, 116, 189, 328

Nazaritism, 372

Numbers, 137, 146

— four, 166

— seven, 206, 352

Og, 248

On, 318

Omniscience, 280, 290 sq.

Pascal lamb, 361

Passions, 47, 238, 261, 327

Patriarchs, 388

Phineas, 237

Physics, 2, 46, 385

Piyyulim, 86

Politeness, 327

Potentiality, 78, 147

Prayer, 331, 354, 386

Prescience, 292

Priests, 323, 339, 357

Prophets, 3, 26, 60, 219 sq., 305, 355, 385

Proverbs, 7, 262

Providence, 282, 368

Psalm of mishaps, 389

Punishments, 350

Purity, 327

Quality and Quantity, 70 sq.

Quintessence, 113

Reason, 40, 131, 388

Rebellious son, 327, 346

— elder, 348

Relation, 71, 79

Release, Year of, 340

Repentance, 332

Retaliation, 344

Righteousness, 342

Sabbath, 99, 218, 326, 346, 352

Sabeans, 94, 315, 332, 356, 362, 368, 380

Sacrifice, 323, 348, 359, 369

Samael, 217

Samuel, 240

Sheḥitah, 311

Satan, 217, 293 sq.

Scapegoat, 366

Senses, 63, 132, 225

Shemaʻ, 354, 387

Shemoneh-ʻesreh, 354, 387

Simon the Just, 92

Sins, 304

Sinai, Revelation on, 221, 265, 305

Solomon, 5, 202, 243

Sons of the Prophets, 20

Sotah, 364

Soul, 56, 106, 123, 137, 146 sq., 202, 270, 298, 312, 395

Spheres, 156, 164, 167, 186, 192, 196, 253, 277

Spirit, Holy (of the Lord), 242

Spirits (demons), 363

Stars, 164, 196, 277

— worship of, 93, 315

Studies, 1, 44 sq., 385

Substance, 127, 148

Sun, 165

Synhedrion, 347

Synagogue, Great, 85

Tables of stone, 98

Talismans, Book of, 144

Tammuz, 314

Temple, 323, 355, 307

Time, 121, 171, 174, 212

Tomtom, 318

Tree of Knowledge, 217

Tree of Life, 217

Trials, 304 sq.

Trinity, 67

Turcs, 315, 384

Universalia (ideals), 59, 289

Universe, 113, 164

— origin of, 171

— end of, 201

Urim and Tummim, 242

Vacuum, 121

Venus, 164

Vision, 212, 225, 234

Wine, 372

Wisdom, 393

Woman, 333, 350, 364, 369

Zechariah, the prophet, 238, 247

— son of Jehoiada, 242

Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, 233

— son of Maasiah, 234