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.