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.