brew poetry.

Spanish Piyut, the, 85.

Speyer, Rashi at, 122.

Spinoza, Baruch, influenced by Chasdai Crescas, 141.
philosopher, 243, 244, 249-251.
life of, 250-251.
works of, 251.

Steinschneider, Dr., on Jewish translators, 144.

"Stone of Help, The," part of the Shulchan Aruch, 240.

Strabo, used in "Josippon," 214.

"Strengthening of Faith, The," by Isaac Troki, 81.

"Strong Hand, The," by Moses Maimonides, 136-137, 139, 232.

"Strong Tower, The," by Luzzatto, 246.

Sunnites, the, Mohammedan sect, 75.

Sura, centre of Jewish learning, 44, 72.
Saadiah at, 91, 96.

Synhedrion, the, at Jamnia, 19-20.

"Table Prepared." _See_ Shulchan Aruch, the.

Tables of Alfonso, in Hebrew, 221.

Tachkemoni, by Charizi, 131-132, 183.

Talmud, the, commentary on the Mishnah, 43.
language of, 44.
two works, 44.
the teachers of, 44.
character of, 45, 50, 53.
the two aspects of, 47.
and Rab and Samuel, 47-48, 51.
influences traceable in, 50-51.
compilation of, 51-52.
beast fables in, 64-67.
lexicon of, 70.
and the Piyut, 86.
commentary on, by Rashi, 120.
geographical notes in, 200.
Notes on, 234.

Talmud, the Babylonian, 44.
the larger work, 44.

Talmud, the Jerusalem, 44.

Tam of Rameru, Tossafist, 161.

Tanchuma, a Midrashic work, 58.

Tannaim, the, teachers of the Mishnah, 22.
four generations of, 23.

Targum Onkelos, Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch, 27.

Tarshish, by Moses Ibn Ezra, 114.

"Teacher of Knowledge, The," part of the Shulchan Aruch, 239-240.

Teharoth, order of the Mishnah, 31.

Teshuboth. _See_ "Letters," the; "Responses," the.

"Theologico-Political Tractate," by Spinoza, 244, 251.

Tiberias, centre of Jewish learning, 20.

Todros Abulafia, Kabbalist, 171.

Toledo, Jewish literary centre, 112.
cosmopolitanism of, 126.

"Topaz, The," by Moses Ibn Ezra, 114.

Torah, the. _See_ Pentateuch, the.

Tossafists, the, French Talmudists, 160-161.

Tossafoth, Additions, 161.

"Touchstone, The," by Kalonymos, 185.

Tractates of the Mishnah, 31.

Tradition, the Jewish, investigated at Jamnia, 21.
Sherira on, 70.
reaction against, 76.
_See_ Mishnah, the.

Translations, value of, 144.
made by Jews, 144-145, 146, 149-151, 153-154, 155-156.

"Travels," by Petachiah of Ratisbon, 204.

Troyes, Rashi at, 122.

"Two Tables of the Covenant, The," by Isaiah Hurwitz, 176.

Tyre, Jehuda Halevi in, 129.

Usha, cen