ohen, 217.

"History of the Jewish Kings," by Justus, 34.

"History of the Ottoman Empire," by Elijah Kapsali, 216.

Holland, a Jewish centre, 243.

Homiletics, in the Midrash, 57.
in Sheeltoth, 70.

"Hope of Israel, The," by Manasseh ben Israel, 208-209, 248.

Hosannas, the Day of, hymn for, 89.

Huet, friend of Manasseh ben Israel, 245.

Huna, Amora, 49-50.

Ibn Roshd. _See_ Averroes.

Icabo, character in Samuel Usque's poem, 218.

Iggaron, dictionary by David, 79.

Ikkarim, by Joseph Albo, 141.

Immanuel, the son of Solomon, Italian Jewish poet, 179, 180.
life of, 180-181.
works of, 182-185.

Isaac the Elder, Tossafist, 161.

Isaac, the son of Asher, Tossafist, 161.

Isaac Abarbanel, in Portugal, 225-226.
writes commentaries, 226, 227.
in Castile, 226.
in Naples and Corfu, 226-227.
in Venice, 227.
as a writer, 227-228.
as an exegete, 228, 229.
as a philosopher, 229.

Isaac Aboab, ethical writer, 192.

Isaac Alfassi, Talmudist, 121-122.

Isaac Lurya, Kabbalist, 176.

Isaac Troki, Karaite author, 81.

Isaiah Hurwitz, Kabbalist, 176.

Isaiah, the Book of, Abraham Ibn Ezra on, 116.

Islam, sects of, 75-76.

Israel Baalshem, Kabbalist, 176-177.

Israel Isserlein, author of "Responses," 237.

"It was at Midnight," by Jannai, 86.

Italian Jewish literature, 178-180, 187.

Italy, the Kalirian Piyut in, 85.

"Itinera Mundi," by Abraham Farissol, 206.

"Itinerary," by Benjamin of Tudela, 203.

Jabneh. _See_ Jamnia.

Jacob Ibn Chabib, writer, 192.

Jacob Anatoli, translator, 148.
patron and friend of, 149.

Jacob Asheri, compiler of the Turim, 234, 239.

Jacob Weil, author of "Responses," 237.

Jacobs, Mr. Joseph, quoted, 65, 66, 156, 158-159.

Jair Chayim Bacharach, author of "Responses," 238.

Jamnia, centre of Jewish learning, 19-22.

Jannai, originator of the Piyut, 86.
date of, 87.

Japhet, the son of Ali, Karaite author, 78, 79.

Jayme I of Aragon, orders a public disputation, 164.

Jehuda Halevi, models of, 107.
subjects of, 109.
prominence of, 126.
youth of, 126-127.
as a philosopher and physician, 127-128, 139.
longs for Jerusalem, 128.
on his journey, 128-129.
quotation from, 129-130.
works of, translated, 148.

Jerome, under Jewish influence, 48.

"Jerusalem," by Mendelssohn, 256.

"Jewish War, The," by Justus, 34.

"Jews, The," by Lessing, 256.

Jochanan, the son of Napacha, Amora, 46, 47, 51.