=Ezekias=, leads the revolt in Galilee against Rome, =2=, 77. executed, =2=, 77-8. son of, =2=, 125.
=Ezekiel=, prophet, encourages and rebukes the Babylonian exiles, =1=, 332-4. prophecy of, leads to theosophic speculations, =2=, 380-1. pilgrimages to the grave of, =3=, 440-1. in Immanuel Romi’s work, =4=, 67.
=Ezer ha-Emuna=, work by Moses Cohen de Tordesillas, =4=, 141.
=Eziongeber=, port on the Red Sea, =1=, 170.
=Ezobi= (Esobi). _See_ Joseph Ezobi ben Chanan.
=Ezra=, descent of, =1=, 365. studies the Law, =1=, 365. leads a company of Judæans to Palestine, =1=, 366. opinion of, on intermarriages, =1=, 367-8. induces the Judæans to repudiate their heathen wives, =1=, 368-9. opposition to the severity of, =1=, 370. reads the Law in Jerusalem, =1=, 378-80. subordinates the priesthood to the Scriptures, =1=, 379. exacts an oath from the Judæans to observe the Law, =1=, 380-1, 387-8. at the consecration of the walls of Jerusalem, =1=, 381. guardian of the Temple, =1=, 382. regulations ascribed to, =1=, 395. the chief of the Scribes, =2=, 19. Mahomet on, =3=, 76. pilgrimages to the supposed grave of, =3=, 441.
=Ezra=, Kabbalist, reduces the Kabbala to a system, =3=, 548.
=Ezra Gatiño=, commentator on Ibn-Ezra’s Pentateuch commentary, =4=, 144.
“=Fables= of Ancient Times,” by Ibn-Sahula, =3=, 560.
=Fabulists=, list of: Berachya ben Natronaï Nakdan, Ibn-Sahula, Meïr.
=Fadus, Cuspius=, procurator, strengthens Rome in Judæa, =2=, 197. rising of Theudas under, =2=, 198. deposed, =2=, 198.
=Fagius, Paulus=, disciple of Reuchlin, and Elias Levita, =4=, 474.
“=Faith= and Creed,” by Saadiah, =3=, 197-8.
=Falcos=, the Jews of, attacked, =4=, 78.
=Falero, Abraham Aboab=, builds the second synagogue at Hamburg, =4=, 691.
=Falk, Jacob Joshua=, rabbi of Metz and Frankfort, =5=, 251. against Eibeschütz, =5=, 262, 263, 268, 269. disciple of, =5=, 263.
=Fall, the, of the Angels=, dogma of, in the Kabbala, =4=, 292.
=Famagusta=, besieged by the Turks, =4=, 600. taken, =4=, 601.
“=Familianten=,” privileged Jews, =5=, 253.
=Famine=, in Israel under Ahab, =1=, 203. in Judah under Uzziah, =1=, 229-30. in Jerusalem during the siege of Titus, =2=, 304, 305-6. under Marcus Aurelius, =2=, 451.
=Farchi, Chayim Maalem=, Jewish minister at Accho, =5=, 460.