INDEX
273
- Rashi, continued.
- descendants of, 124, 161.
- Rava, Amora, 51.
- Rembrandt, friend of Manasseh ben Israel, 245.
- Renaissance, the, and Italian Jewish literature, 178, 182, 184, 187.
- Renan, on the students of Averroes, 148.
- "Responses," on religious subjects, 234-235, 237-238.
- Reuchlin, Johann, and the Kabbala, 174.
- Rhyme, in Hebrew poetry, 84.
- "Rod of Judah, The," by the Ibn Vergas, 218-219.
- Rokeach, by Eleazar of Worms, 191.
- "Royal Crown, The," by Solomon Ibn Gebirol, 110.
- quotation from, 111-112.
- Saadiah, Gaon, 70, 91-97.
- activities of, 91, 95.
- opposes Karaism, 92, 94.
- translates the Scriptures, 93, 94.
- style of, 93.
- conflict of, with the Exilarch, 95.
- arranges a prayer-book, 95.
- as a philosopher, 95-96, 139.
- works of, translated, 148.
- Sabbatai Zevi, and the Kabbala, 175.
- opponents of, 238.
- Sacred Letter, The," by Nachmanides, 165.
- Safed, Kabbalist centre, 175.
- Sahal, the son of Mazliach, 77-78.
- Salman, the son of Yerucham, Karaite author, 78.
- Salonica, Kabbalist centre, 175.
- "Salvation of his Anointed," by Abarbanel, 229.
- "Samson," by Luzzatto, 246.
- Samuel, Amora, 47-48, 51.
- astronomer, 48.
- Samuel, the son of Chofni, Gaon and author, 71.
- Samuel ben Meir, exegete, 124.
- Samuel Ibn Nagdela, Nagid and minister, 103.
- as a scholar, 104.
- as a poet, 104-105.
- Samuel Ibn Tibbon, translator, 147, 148.
- son-in-law of, 148.
- Samuel Usque, poet, 217-218.
- Scientific activity of the Jews, 151.
- Scot, Michael, friend of Anatoli, 149, 151.
- Scriptures, the, translated into Greek, 26.
- commentaries on, 77, 79, 128, 229.
- translated into Arabic, 91, 93, 94.
- translations of, in the synagogues, 94.
- and new-Hebrew poetry, 107-108.
- characteristics of the poetry of, 108.
- addresses of parents to children in, 194.
- See also Pentateuch, the.
- Scroll of Fasting, The," contents, character, and purpose of, 40-41.
- Sedarim, order of the Mishnah, 31.
- Seder ha-Doroth, by Yechiel Heilprin, 220.
- Sefer Dikduk, by Sahal, the son of Mazliach, 79.
- Sefer ha-Chassidim, ethical work, 191.
- Sefer ha-Galui, by Saadiah, 93.
- Sefer ha-Kabbalah, by Abraham ihn Daud, 213-214.
- Sefer Yetsirah, by Saadiah, 95.
- Kabbalistic, 175.
- Seleucid era, the, abolished, 238.
- Selichoth, elegies, Zunz on, 215-216.
- Sepphoris, centre of Jewish learning, 20.
- Septuagint, the, style of, 26.
- Seville, Jewish literary centre, 112.
- Shaaloth u-Teshuboth, decisions, 73.
- Shalsheleth ha-Kabbalah, by Gedaliah Ibn Yachya, 220.
- Shebet Jehudah, by the Ibn Vergas, 218-219.
- Sheeltoth, by Achai, 69-70.
- Sheloh, by Isaiah Hurwitz 176.
- Shelomo Izchaki, See Rashi.
