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.