=Wertheimer, Joseph=, founder of the “Israelitische Allianz,”
=5=, 703.
=Wessely, Moses=, aids Lessing, =5=, 326.
=Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig=, (1725-1805), poet, assists in
Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, =5=, 334.
inspired by Mendelssohn, =5=, 366.
youth and education of, =5=, 366-7.
interested in the Bible, =5=, 367.
piety of, =5=, 367.
poetic gifts of, =5=, 367-8.
composes a hymn to Joseph II, =5=, 368.
on general culture for the Jews, =5=, 368, 370-1.
in negotiation with the Jews of Trieste, =5=, 369.
censured by the pious, =5=, 369, 370.
encouraged by Italian rabbis, =5=, 371.
contributor to the Meassef, =5=, 399.
permits the study of the sciences, =5=, 402.
last poem by, =5=, 404.
poetry of, compared with Luzzatto’s, =5=, 623.
compared with Munk, =5=, 663.
=West India Company=, the, Jews interested in, =4=, 677.
=West, the, the empire of=, the Jews of, under Honorius, =2=,
616-17, 622.
forbidden to enter military service, =2=, 617.
=Westphalia=, the kingdom of, created by Napoleon, =5=, 500.
constitution of, =5=, 500.
the Jews of, emancipated, =5=, 500.
Jewish consistory in, =5=, 501-2.
functions of the consistory in, =5=, 502.
added to Prussia, =5=, 525.
reforms of Judaism in, =5=, 562.
=Wetterau, the, the Jews of=, emigrate to Syria, =3=, 637.
“=White Company=,” the, troops of Henry de Trastamare, =4=, 123.
=Widmannstadt=, prosecutes Hebrew studies, =4=, 434.
=William I=, of England (the Conqueror), forbids Jews to keep
Christian slaves and nurses, =3=, 294.
=William III=, of England, addressed by Oliger Pauli on the
Jews, =5=, 177.
assisted by Suasso, =5=, 205.
=William VIII=, of Montpellier, unfriendly to the Jews, =3=, 395.
=William of Orange=, appeals to Joseph Nassi, =4=, 601.
tolerance of, =4=, 663.
well disposed towards Jews, =4=, 678.
=William II=, of Sicily, permits the Jews to have their own
jurisdiction, =3=, 422-3.
=William=, bishop of Béziers, discontinues the Easter persecution of
the Jews, =3=, 394.
=William=, bishop of Paris, entrusted with the persecution of the
Talmud, =3=, 575.
=William the Carpenter=, leader of the first crusade, and the Jews,
=3=, 299-301.
=Wilna=, the Jews of, slaughtered by the Russians, =5=, 14.
the Chassidim in, =5=, 388, 391.
rabbis of, excommunicate the Chassidim, =5=, 391-2.
=Wimpfen, Süsskind Alexander=, ransoms the body of Meïr of
Rothenburg, =3=, 640.
=Wine=, on the Sabbath and the Passover, =1=, 398.
=Wintzenheim=, the consistory of, rabbis of, oppose the Reform
movement, =5=, 571.
“=Wisdom and Wealth=,” dialogue by Jehuda ben Sabbataï, =3=, 559.
=Wisdom, the Book of.= _See_ Ecclesiasticus.
=Witiga=, Visigothic king, =3=, 109.
=Witnesses=, Christian, against Jews recognized by the Fourth Lateran
Council, =3=, 422.
Samaritan, testimony of, admissible, =2=, 457.
baptized Jews, evidence of, valid, =4=, 36-7.
=Witnesses, Jewish=, competent only in Jewish cases, under Justinian,
=3=, 12-13.
cannot testify against Christians, =3=, 102, 520; =4=, 250.
the oath of, under Charlemagne, =3=, 144.
not recognized in the Visigothic code, =3=, 292.
_See also_ Jurisdiction, Jewish, autonomous.
=Witold=, duke of Lithuania, grants privileges to the Karaites, =4=,
265.
=Wittenberg=, the theological faculty of, forbids the employment of
Jewish physicians, =4=, 692.
=Wolf, Aaron Benjamin=, rabbi of Berlin, and Chayon, =5=, 219, 220.
=Wolf, John Christopher=, supplements Basnage’s work, =5=, 197.
=Wolf, Levi=, apostate, Sabbatian, =5=, 213.
=Wolfkan of Ratisbon=, apostate, charges the Jews with the blood
accusation, =4=, 298, 304.
=Wolfram of Eschenbach=, style of, adopted by Süsskind of
Trimberg, =3=, 420.
=Wolfssohn, Aaron=, editor of the Meassef, =5=, 400.
founder of the “Society of Friends,” =5=, 418.
=Wolkenburg=, the castle of, refuge of the Cologne Jews, =3=, 352.
=Wolowski=, Frankist family, =5=, 289.
“=Woman-Hater=, The,” satire by Jehuda ben Sabbataï, =3=, 559-60.
“=Wonderful Word=, The,” panegyric on the Hebrew language by Reuchlin,
=4=, 433-4.
“=Wonderworker= by Means of Invocation in the Name of God.” _See_
Israel of Miedziboz.
=Wood-festival=, the, as celebrated in the second Temple, =2=, 52.
=Worcester=, the Jewish Parliament meets in, =3=, 590.
“=Word= to the Impartial, A,” philo-Jewish pamphlet, =5=, 470.
“=Words of Peace= and Truth,” by Wessely, =5=, 368-9.
=Worms=, founders of the Jewish community of, =3=, 41.
Rashi studies Talmud at, =3=, 286.
congregation of, one of the oldest in Germany, =3=, 518.
decisions of, =4=, 135.
rabbinical synod at, =4=, 452-3.
deputies from, consider the Jewish question, =4=, 463.
Luther at the diet of, =4=, 469.
Jews tolerated in, =4=, 686.
Joseph Delmedigo at, =5=, 80.
=Worms, the Jews of=, faithful to Henry IV, =3=, 293.
during the first crusade, =3=, 301-2.
defend the city, =3=, 417.
emigrate to Syria, =3=, 637.
burn themselves to escape the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 108-9.
threatened with expulsion, =4=, 417.
the extermination of, suggested by Pfefferkorn, =4=, 463.
number of, =4=, 694.
antipathy to, =4=, 694-5.
the expulsion of, urged, =4=, 698.
ordered to leave, =4=, 699.
suffering of, =4=, 699.
re-admitted, =4=, 699.
restrictions upon, =4=, 700.
protected by Ferdinand II, =4=, 701.
=Wratislaw II=, duke of Bohemia, =3=, 305.
prevents the emigration of the Jews, =3=, 307.
=Writers= (Historians, Pamphleteers, Scholars, etc.), non-Jewish, on
Jewish subjects, list of:
Abdel-latif,
Abu Ishak al-Elviri,
Abul-Ala,
Abul-Arab Ibn-Moïsha,
Adams, Hannah
Agobard,
Alexander Polyhistor,
Alfonso de Spina,
Alfonso Burgensis,
Alsaid Ibn-Sina Almulk,
Alvarez, Alfonso, de Villasandino
Apion,
Apollonius Malo,
Apollonius Molo,
Appian,
Aristides,
Augustine,
Bail,
Barlæus, Caspar
Basnage, Jacob
Buchholz,
Buxtorfs, the
Cassiodorus,
Ceba, Ansaldo
Chateaubriand,
Cicero,
Closener of Strasburg,
Collier, Thomas
Czechowic, Martin
Delitzsch, Franz
Diebitsch, von
Diego de Valencia,
Diez,
Dio Cassius,
Dohm, Christian William
Duns Scotus,
Dury, John
Eck, John
Erasmus,
Eusebius,
Ewald, Heinrich
Ewald, Johann Ludwig
Felgenhauer, Paul
Ferrajo, Lucio
Fichte,
Frankenberg, Abraham
Fries, J. F.
Gesenius,
Goethe,
Graes, Ortuin de
Grattenauer,
Grégoire,
Grund, Christian
Hartmann, Frederick Traugott
Hengstenberg,
Herder,
Holmes, Nathaniel
Holst, Ludwig
Hooghe, Romein de
Hoornbeck, John
Hosiander,
Hundt, Hartwig
Hutten, Ulrich von
Ibn-Alfara,
Isidore, arch-bishop of Seville,
Jerome,
Jesse, Henry
Jurieu, Pierre
Klonowicz,
Kölbele, John Balthasar
Kosmann,
Krämer, August
Lamartine,
La Peyrère, Isaac
Lavater, John Caspar
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
Longinus,
Lopez, Pedro, de Ayala
Luther, Martin
Manetho,
Martin, Harry
Martin, Raymund
Martinet, Adam
Matthew Paris,
Megerlin, David Frederick
Meyer, Edward
Michaelis, John David
Miller, John
Mirabeau,
Münster, Sebastian
Nicholas, Edward
Nicolaus of Damascus,
Paalzow,
Porphyry,
Posidonius,
Procopius,
Prynne, William
Ramson,
Reuchlin, John
Rhabanus Maurus,
Rohrer, Joseph
Rubianus, Crotus
Rühs, Friedrich
Scaliger, Joseph
Schleiermacher,
Schmidt of Hildburghausen,
Schudt,
Schwager,
Simon, Richard
Speeth, John Peter
Strabo,
Streckfuss,
Surenhuysius, William
Swieden, van
Tacitus,
Tovey,
Unger, Christian Theophilus
Varnhagen van Ense,
Voss, Julius von
Vossius, Dionysius
Wagenseil, John Christopher
Wülfer, John.
=Wülfer, John=, Hebraist, attacks the Alenu prayer, =5=, 185.
denounces the blood accusation, =5=, 185.
=Würtemberg=, the liturgy of, introduced into
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, =5=, 679.
=Würzburg, the Jews of=, suffer martyrdom during the second
crusade, =3=, 354.
blotted out during the Rindfleisch persecution, =4=, 35.
perish during the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 110.
the “hep, hep!” persecution of, =5=, 528-9.
=Wycliffe=, denounces the Church, =4=, 202.
inspires Huss, =4=, 221.
=X=
=Xeres=, battle of, gives the Mahometans possession of Visigothic
Spain, =3=, 109.
=Xerifs=, the, a powerful family of Fez, =4=, 390.
=Xerxes= (Ahasuerus), king of Persia, the Judæans under, accused of
disloyalty, =1=, 361.
=Ximenes de Cisneros=, third inquisitor-general, forbids Charles V to
tolerate the Jews, =4=, 484.
=Xystum=, colonnade before the Hasmonæan palace, =2=, 14.
=Y=
=Yachini, Abraham=, preacher at Constantinople, confirms Sabbataï
Zevi’s Messiahship, =5=, 123, 131.
rewarded by Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 145.
=Yachya Ibn-Mondhir=, patron of Yekutiel Ibn-Hassan, =3=, 266.
=Yachya Alkader=, last Mahometan king of Toledo, =3=, 295.
=Yalkut=, the, a Midrash collection by Simon Kara, =3=, 346.
=Yalta=, wife of Nachman ben Jacob, =2=, 554-5.
pride of, =2=, 556.
=Yarche Kalla=, months of assembly at Sora, =2=, 514-15.
=Yarchinaï.= _See_ Samuel, son of Abba.
=Yarob=, ancestor of the Arabs, =3=, 61.
=Yathrib.= _See_ Medina.
=Yazates=, Persian good spirits, =1=, 403.
“=Year of Flying=,” the, era for the Jews of Bagdad, =3=, 433.
“=Year of Penitence=,” the, inaugurated by Asher Lämmlein, =4=, 483.
=Year of Release=, the. _See_ Sabbatical year, the.
=Year, the Jewish=, character of, =2=, 362-3. _See_ Calendar, the.
=Yechiel (Vivo) of Paris=, Talmudist, invited to defend the Talmud
against Donin, =3=, 576.
refuses to answer questions, =3=, 576.
refuses to take an oath, =3=, 577.
disproves the charge of immorality and blasphemy, =3=, 577.
maintains that there are no references to Jesus in the Talmud, =3=,
577.
disciples of, =3=, 586.
obtains supplies from Palestine, =3=, 586.
emigrates to Palestine, =3=, 587.
buried at Chaifa, =3=, 608.
=Yechiel of Pisa=, financier and patron of Hebrew literature, =4=,
286.
friend of Isaac Abrabanel, =4=, 286.
ransoms Jewish prisoners, =4=, 287.
on Jewish physicians in Italy, =4=, 287.
accused of protecting the Jews by means of bribery, =4=, 297.
instructed how to receive the Portuguese embassy, =4=, 340.
sons of, help the Spanish exiles, =4=, 360.
=Yechiel ben Abraham=, manages the finances of Pope Alexander
III, =3=, 421.
=Yedaya En-Bonet Bedaresi= (Penini, 1280-1340), poet, bombastic style
of, =4=, 26, 42-3.
works of, =4=, 43.
defends the study of science, =4=, 43-4.
on the expulsion of the French Jews, =4=, 49.
=Yekum Purkan=, blessing for the Exilarchs and Geonim, =3=, 95.
=Yekutiel (Kussiel) of Wilna=, disciple of Moses Chayim Luzzatto, =5=,
237, 245.
spreads Luzzatto’s Kabbala, =5=, 238.
=Yekutiel Ibn-Hassan=, protector of Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, =3=, 266.
=Yemen=, a part of southern Arabia, =3=, 54.
king of, converted to Judaism, =3=, 62-3.
under the jurisdiction of the Exilarch, =3=, 429.
=Yemen, the Jews of=, numerous, =3=, 56.
prevent the spread of Christianity, =3=, 56.
in the twelfth century, =3=, 436.
benevolence of, =3=, 436.
forced into Islam, =3=, 461-2.
consoled by Maimonides, =3=, 462-4.
devoted to Maimonides, =3=, 464.
rescued from persecution by Maimonides, =3=, 474.
_See also_ Himyarite kingdom, the.
=Yezid I=, Ommiyyade Caliph, tolerance of, =3=, 110.
patron of learning, =3=, 110.
cross-questions the false Messiah Serene, =3=, 121.
=Yishaï ben Chiskiya=, of Damascus, Exilarch, in the Maimunist
controversy, =3=, 627.
excommunicates Solomon Petit, =3=, 632-3.
reports the condemnation of the Anti-Maimunists of Accho, =3=, 633.
=Yizchaki.= _See_ Abraham; Abu Ibraham Isaac Ibn-Kastar ben
Yasus; Solomon.
=Yoktan=, ancestor of the Himyarites, =3=, 60.
=Yom bar Gerizim=, anniversary of the destruction of the Samaritan
Temple, =2=, 8.
=Yom Tob=, of Joigny, counsels the Jews of York to slay one another,
=3=, 414-15.
=Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob= (926-928), Gaon of Sora, =3=, 192.
=Yom Trajanus=, a half-holiday, =2=, 401.
=York=, the governor of, deposed, =3=, 416.
=York, the Jews of=, persecuted under Richard I, =3=, 413-15.
take refuge in the citadel, =3=, 413.
refuse to admit the governor, =3=, 414.
besieged, =3=, 414-15.
kill each other, =3=, 415.
=Yotabe=, island, a Jewish free state on, =3=, 56.
“=Youth=,” drama by Mendel Bresselau, =5=, 398.
=Yussuf Ibn-Teshufin=, Almoravide prince, aids the Mahometans against
Alfonso VI of Castile, =3=, 296.
forces Islam upon the Jews of Lucena, =3=, 311-12.
=Z=
=Zab=, the, Antiochus Sidetes defeats the Parthians at, =2=, 5.
=Zaba=, tribal contingent to David’s army, =1=, 122.
=Zabir Ibn-Bata=, survivor of the Benu-Kuraiza, =3=, 81.
=Zaccaï=, head of the Jewish congregation at Mosul, =3=, 429-30.
tries to influence David Alrui, =3=, 433.
=Zaccaï ben Achunaï=, pretender to the Exilarchate, confirmed in the
office, =3=, 137.
=Zachariah ben Jehoiada=, high priest, stoned, =1=, 220.
=Zachariah.= _See also_ Zechariah.
=Zacharias=, founder of a Judaizing sect in Poland, =4=, 633.
=Zachib as-Schorta=, minister of police, =3=, 313.
=Zachot=, grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, =3=, 371.
=Zacuto.= _See_ Abraham; Moses; Samuel.
=Zaddik=, the, in the Kabbala, =5=, 121.
=Zaddik=, the, Chassidean leader, requirements of, =5=, 380, 381.
importance of, magnified by Beer of Mizricz, =5=, 381-2.
pilgrimages to, =5=, 382, 384.
gifts to, =5=, 382-3, 384.
superior to the Rebbe, =5=, 393.
=Zadok=, high priest, at Gibeon, =1=, 120.
faithful to David, =1=, 141.
urges the recall of David, =1=, 146.
ranked above Abiathar, =1=, 152.
anoints Solomon king, =1=, 153.
of the house of Eleazar, =1=, 155.
made sole high priest, =1=, 160.
=Zadok=, leader of the Sadduceans, =2=, 21.
=Zadok=, Talmudist of Accho, =3=, 427.
=Zadok=, teacher of the Law, follower of Shammai, =2=, 133, 330, 338.
leader of the Zealots, =2=, 133.
resists the Roman census, =2=, 133.
maxim of, =2=, 338-9.
=Zadukim.= _See_ Sadducees.
=Zafara= (Thafar), falls into the hands of the Ethiopian king, =3=,
66.
=Zag.= _See_ Isaac Benveniste.
=Zag (Isaac) ben Meïr de Malea=, Almoxarif under Alfonso X, =3=,
593, 615-16.
=Zag (Isaac) Ibn-Said=, compiler of the Alfonsine Tables, =3=, 593-4.
=Zähringen=, the Jews of, accused of well poisoning, =4=, 108.
=Zainab=, sister of Marhab, tries to poison Mahomet, =3=, 83-4.
=Zain-Eddin=, commander of Amadia, patron of David Alrui, =3=, 430.
brings about the death of David Alrui, =3=, 433.
=Zaken=, title of the ordained, =2=, 361.
=Zalmunna=, Midianite king, punished by Gideon, =1=, 63.
=Zamaris=, founder of the colony of Babylonian Judæans in
Batanæa, =2=, 274.
=Zamora=, the Council of, renews anti-Jewish laws, =4=, 52.
the Jews of, accept baptism, =4=, 205.
=Zamosc, Israel.= _See_ Israel Zamosc.
=Zapateiro, Joseph.= _See_ Joseph Zapateiro.
=Zaporogians=, the. _See_ Cossacks, the.
=Zarak Barfat=, poet, =4=, 140.
=Zarephath= (Sarepta), Elijah lives in, =1=, 203.
=Zarfati.= _See_ Simon; Solomon ben Abraham.
=Zarko, Jehuda=, poet, =4=, 609.
=Zarzal.= _See_ Abraham Ibn-Zarzal.
=Zarzel.= _See_ Moses Zarzel.
=Zaslaw=, the fair of, the Polish Talmudists meet at, =4=, 640.
=Zealand=, admission of Jews into, opposed, =4=, 663.
=Zealots=, the, republican party in Judæa, principles and leaders
of, =2=, 133.
resist the Roman census, =2=, 133-4.
object to the use of the Roman era, =2=, 134.
conception of the Messiah held by, =2=, 144.
disapprove of Jesus, =2=, 162.
depredations of, =2=, 238-9.
a band of, called Sicarii, =2=, 239.
kill the Samaritan inhabitants of Acrabatene, =2=, 243.
in favor of war with Rome, =2=, 256.
allied with the royal house of Adiabene, =2=, 256.
leader of, =2=, 256.
supported by Shammai’s followers, =2=, 256.
hold the Temple mount, =2=, 259.
keep the Peace party out of the Temple, =2=, 260.
increased by the masses of the people and the Sicarii, =2=, 260.
force the Roman garrison to capitulate, =2=, 260.
disagree with the Sicarii, =2=, 260-1.
disinterestedness of, =2=, 261.
defeat Cestius Gallus, =2=, 265.
occupy the inner town, =2=, 265.
force Cestius to retreat, =2=, 266-7.
exaltation of, =2=, 267-8.
coins of, =2=, 268.
avenge the massacre of Judæans, =2=, 269-70.
forbid the purchase of certain articles of food from the
heathen, =2=, 270.
in Galilee, =2=, 272-4.
in Jerusalem after the conquest of Galilee, =2=, 291, 292.
treatment by, of those suspected of Roman proclivities, =2=, 294.
besieged in the Temple by Anan, =2=, 295.
dissolve the aristocratic Synhedrion, =2=, 296.
reign of terror under, =2=, 296-7.
at war with Simon bar Giora, =2=, 297-8.
split up into factions, =2=, 301.
heroism of, =2=, 306, 316.
massacred by the Romans, =2=, 315.
flee to Arabia, Egypt, etc., =2=, 317-18; =3=, 54.
end of the movement of, =2=, 318-19.
and Jochanan ben Zakkai, =2=, 323.
war of, immortalized by Josephus, =2=, 415.
=Zebah=, Midianite king, punished by Gideon, =1=, 63.
=Zebaoth, Adonai=, meaning of, =1=, 130-1.
=Zebedee, the sons of=, disciples of Jesus, =2=, 153.
suggest the necessity of a precursor to the Messiah, =2=, 158.
=Zebulon, the tribe of=, settles north of Mount Tabor, =1=, 37.
relation of, to the Phœnicians, =1=, 53.
extends its territory, =1=, 67.
descendants of, around Nishabur, =3=, 433.
=Zebulon, tribesmen of=, join Gideon, =1=, 62.
join Solomon’s fleet, =1=, 170.
=Zechariah=, king of Israel, murder of, =1=, 243.
=Zechariah (I)=, prophet, son of Berechiah, prophecies of, =1=,
254-6.
summoned as witness against Ahaz, =1=, 259.
=Zechariah (II)=, prophet, urges the completion of the second
Temple, =1=, 359.
extols the high priest Joshua, =1=, 360.
=Zechariah.= _See also_ Zachariah.
“=Zeda la-Derech=,” by Menachem ben Aaron ben Zerach, =4=, 145.
=Zedekiah= (Mattaniah), made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, =1=,
308.
swears fealty to Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 308.
character of, =1=, 309.
urged to revolt from Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 309-10.
refuses tribute to Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 310-11.
flight of, =1=, 314.
blinded and taken to Babylon, =1=, 315.
=Zedekiah, the daughters of=, in Gedaliah’s care, =1=, 319.
taken prisoners by Ishmael, =1=, 322.
rescued by Johanan, =1=, 323.
=Zedekiah=, Jewish physician of Charles the Bald, =3=, 170.
=Zeïra I=, Amora, a Babylonian, =2=, 531.
emigrates to Judæa, =2=, 557.
method of, =2=, 557-8, 590.
modesty of, =2=, 558.
death of, =2=, 558.
=Zeïra II=, Amora, proposed as principal of Pumbeditha, =2=, 583.
and the Machuzan marriages, =2=, 586-7.
=Zeïra bar Chanina=, political offender against Zenobia, =2=, 529-30.
=Zekenim=, elders among the Israelites, =1=, 7.
=Zelah=, family tomb of Saul, =1=, 124.
=Zemach.= _See_ Mar-Zemach.
=Zemach ben Kafnaï=, Gaon of Pumbeditha, =3=, 200.
=Zemach ben Shahin=, candidate for the Sora Gaonate, =3=, 192-3.
=Zemach, Jacob=, Marrano physician, Kabbalist, =5=, 125-6.
=Zemach David=, history by David Gans, =4=, 638-9.
=Zend-Avesta=, Persian code, compiled by Ardashir, =2=, 524.
=Zendiks=, the, adherents of the Magian religion reformed by
Mazdak, =3=, 2.
recruited from the lower classes, =3=, 2.
=Zenki=, makes Mosul a capital of the Eastern Caliphate, =3=, 429.
kindly disposed to Jews, =3=, 429.
=Zeno=, Emperor of the East, hostile to the Jews, =3=, 10-11.
=Zeno Cotylas=, governor of Philadelphia, protects Ptolemy ben
Habub, =2=, 3.
=Zenobia=, queen of Palmyra, the court of, =2=, 529.
feeling of the Jews against, =2=, 529-30.
end of, =2=, 530.
=Zephaniah=, captain of the Temple, beheaded, =1=, 314.
=Zephaniah=, prophet, prophecy of, =1=, 286-7.
=Zerah=, Egyptian general, defeated by Asa, =1=, 190.
=Zerubbabel=, grandson of Jehoiachin, intercedes with Cyrus for the
return of the Judæans, =1=, 351.
leader of the exiles returning under Cyrus, =1=, 351-2.
governor of Judæa, =1=, 352.
erects an altar on the site of the Temple, =1=, 356.
refuses the help of the Cuthæans, =1=, 357-8.
urges the completion of the Temple, =1=, 359.
returns to Babylon, =1=, 360.
great-grandson of, accompanies Ezra to Palestine, =1=, 366.
the Exilarchs descended from, =2=, 509.
=Zevi.= _See_ Elijah; Joseph; Mordecai; Sabbataï; Sarah Zevi;
Jacob Querido.
=Zevi Ashkenazi=, Chacham, anti-Sabbatian, =5=, 221.
as a Talmudist, =5=, 221.
rabbi of Amsterdam, =5=, 221.
and Solomon Ayllon, =5=, 221.
denounces Chayon, =5=, 221-2.
refuses to co-operate with Ayllon, =5=, 222.
excommunicates Chayon, =5=, 224.
abused by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam, =5=, 224.
deserted by the German community, =5=, 225.
laid under the ban, =5=, 226.
compelled to leave Amsterdam, =5=, 226.
cause of, espoused by Jews elsewhere, =5=, 227.
the son of, =5=, 254.
=Ziadeth-Allah=, Aghlabite prince, Isaac Israeli physician
to, =3=, 180.
=Ziba=, slave of Saul, appointed Mephibosheth’s steward, =1=, 124.
=Zicareo=, character in Samuel Usque’s work, =4=, 558, 560.
=Zidon.= _See_ Sidon.
=Ziklag=, given to David by Achish, =1=, 101.
burnt by the Amalekites, =1=, 106.
=Zimra.= _See_ David Ibn-Abi Zimra.
=Zimri=, commander of the war-chariots, kills Elah, =1=, 192.
short reign of, in Israel, =1=, 192.
=Zinzendorf=, count, addressed by the Jews of Trieste, =5=, 369.
=Zion=, celebrated by Jehuda Halevi, =3=, 325-6.
=Zion=, Hebrew journal devoted to Jewish science, =5=, 693.
=Zion, mountain, description of=, =1=, 45.
taken from the Jebusites, =1=, 113.
on the west side of Jerusalem, =1=, 115.
the Ark of the Covenant transferred to, =1=, 120.
permission to build a synagogue on, =4=, 273-4.
=Zion=, mourners of, in Babylon, =1=, 338.
=Zion=, the songs of, by Jehuda Halevi, =3=, 337-8, 342.
=Zion=, upper city of Jerusalem, plundered by Gessius Florus, =2=,
254.
taken by Titus, =2=, 309.
=Zipporah=, wife of Moses, =1=, 14.
=Zisca=, Hussite leader, bravery of, =4=, 225, 226.
=Zoar= (Tamarah), city of palms, =1=, 43.
south-eastern limit of Judæa under Alexander Jannæus, =2=, 46.
=Zohar=, the, authorship of, =4=, 11-12.
attributed to Simon bar Yochaï, =4=, 12.
glorifies Simon bar Yochaï, =4=, 12-14.
description of, =4=, 14.
the underlying principle of, =4=, 14-15.
interpretation of the Scriptures in, =4=, 15-16.
theory of, on the soul, =3=, 16-18.
the Messiah in, =4=, 18.
on the Talmud, =4=, 19.
spread of, =4=, 19.
discovery of, attributed to Nachmani, =4=, 20.
discovered to be a forgery, =4=, 20-1.
reception of, among the Kabbalists, =4=, 21-2.
influence of, =4=, 22-3.
and Christian dogmas, =4=, 23.
the Kabbalistic authority, =4=, 196.
denounced as a forgery by Elias del Medigo, =4=, 292.
affects the liturgy, =4=, 481.
printed at Mantua, =4=, 583.
edited by Vittorio Eliano, =4=, 584.
a canonical book, =4=, 584.
influence of, on Isaac Lurya, =4=, 618-19.
a system evolved from, by Isaac Lurya, =4=, 619-22.
esteemed at Safet, =4=, 622.
placed above the Bible and the Talmud, =4=, 625.
fixes the Messianic year, =5=, 6, 24, 121-2.
the genuineness of, defended by Joseph Delmedigo, =5=, 78.
annihilates Rabbinical Judaism, =5=, 144.
opposed by Jehuda Brieli, =5=, 200.
the style of, imitated by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, =5=, 235.
accepted by the Frankists, =5=, 274-5.
exposed as a forgery by Emden, =5=, 278.
teaches the Trinity, =5=, 287.
=Zohar Tinyana=, by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, =5=, 237.
=Zoharites.= _See_ Frankists.
=Zoilus=, governor of Gaza, =2=, 40.
=Zolkiew=, home of Krochmal, =5=, 608, 614.
=Zollikofer=, approves of Mendelssohn’s views on Church discipline,
=5=, 363.
=Zor.= _See_ Tyre.
=Zorah Yussuf Dhu-Nowas= (520-530), Jewish king of Yemen, retaliates
upon the Byzantine emperors, =3=, 64.
defeated by Aidug, =3=, 64.
takes Najaran, =3=, 65.
levies a tribute upon the Christians of Himyara, =3=, 65.
enemies of, =3=, 65-6.
war of, with the Nejus of Ethiopia, =3=, 66.
end of, =3=, 66.
=Zorba-me-Rabbanan=, master of the Law in Babylonia, =2=, 544.
=Zoroaster=, the doctrines of, restored by Ardashir, =2=, 524.
=Zosina=, Russian metropolitan, joins a Judaizing sect, =4=, 633.
=Zuhara=, castle of the Benu-Nadhir, =3=, 78.
=Zunz, Leopold=, founder of the Society for Culture, =5=, 583.
staunchness of, =5=, 587-8.
uses Rapoport’s methods, =5=, 620.
issues his first great work, =5=, 620-1.
contributor to the “Kerem Chemed,” =5=, 622.
on the blood accusation, =5=, 669.
on Jewish mediæval poetry, =5=, 694.
=Zurich=, the Jews of, charged with poisoning wells, =4=, 105.