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.