by, 64.

Meir of Rothenburg, poet, 131, 235-237.
writer of "Responses," 235.

"Memorial Books," historical sources, 216.

Menachem, the son of Zaruk, grammarian, 100, 101, 123.

Mendelssohn, Moses, antagonized by Ezekiel Landau, 238.
life of, 253.
objects to the separation of culture and religion, 254.
service of, to Judaism, 254-255.
and Lessing, 255-256.
style of, 257.
and Lavater, 258.
translates the Pentateuch, 258-259.
circle of, 259.
influence of, 259-260.

Menorath ha-Maor, by Isaac Aboab, 192.

Meoer Enayim, by Azariah di Rossi, 220.

Meshullam of Lunel, patron of learning, 146, 147.

Messiah, the, Joshua on, 47.

Messilath Yesharim, by Moses Chayim Luzzatto, 193.

Metre, in Hebrew poetry, 84.

Michlol, by David Kimchi, 117.

Midrash, the, characterized, 55-57.
poetical, 56, 57.
popular homiletics, 57.
works called, 57-58.
style of, 58-59.
proverbs in, 59-60.
parables in, 60-64.
beast fables in, 64-67.
and the Piyut, 86, 88-89.
used by Rashi, 123, 124.

Midrash Haggadol, a Midrashic work, 58.

Midrash Rabbah, a Midrashic work, 58.

Mikdash Meaet, by Moses Rieti, 186.

Minhag, established by the Gaonim, 69.

Miphaloth Elohim, by Abarbanel, 229.

Mishnah, a paragraph of the Mishnah, 31.

Mishnah, the, origin of, 22.
principle of, 24.
compiled by Rabbi, 28.
contents and style of, 29-31.
divisions of, 31.
development of, 43. _See_ Talmud, the.
date of, 52.
Sherira on, 70.
Maimon's commentary on, 135.
commentary on, 206.
personified, 239.

Mishneh Torah. _See_ "Strong Hand, The."

Moed, order of the Mishnah, 31.

Mohammedanism assumed by the Maimon family, 135.

Moreh Nebuchim. _See_ "Guide of the Perplexed, The."

Moses, teachings of, summarized, 140.

Moses of Leon, author of the Zohar, 172, 173.

Moses, the son of Chanoch, founds a school at Cordova, 97.

Moses, the son of Maimon. _See_ Maimonides, Moses.

Moses Ibn Ezra, and the Scriptures, 107, 109.
life of, 112-113.
quotation from, 113-114.
hymns of, 114.
Charizi on, 114.

Moses Ibn Tibbon, translator, 148.

Moses Alshech, homiletical writer, 230.

Moses Kimchi, grammarian, 117.

Moses Minz, author of "Responses," 237.

Moses Rieti, poet, 186-187.

Mysticism, an element of religion, 169-170.
in Judaism, 170.

Nachmanides, Moses, Talmudist, 160-168.
on the French Rabbis, 160, 162.
as a poet, 162.
gentleness of, 163.