=Avila, the Jews of=, under Sancho, =3=, 617. converted by Vincent Ferrer, =4=, 205.
=Avitus=, bishop, presides over the council of Epaone, =3=, 37. forcibly converts the Jews of Clermont, =3=, 38-9. celebrated in a poem, =3=, 39.
=Avran=, commander under Lysimachus the Benjamite, =1=, 449.
=Ayllon, Solomon= (1667-1728), Sabbatian, profligacy of, =5=, 210. youth of, =5=, 214. rabbi of London, =5=, 214. rabbi of Amsterdam, =5=, 215. on Chacham Zevi, =5=, 221. mistrusted by the Portuguese community, =5=, 222. supports Chayon’s cause, =5=, 222-3. refuses reconciliation with Chacham Zevi, =5=, 224. acquits Chayon of heresy, =5=, 224-5. Brieli writes to, =5=, 225. summons Chacham Zevi before the Council, =5=, 226. abandons Chayon, =5=, 231.
=Azariah=, general of Judas Maccabæus, =1=, 476.
=Azariah=, high priest, contest of, with Uzziah, =1=, 245.
=Azariah ben Zadok=, high priest under Solomon, =1=, 167.
=Azarya ben Moses deï Rossi= (1514-1578), attainments of, =4=, 614. connects the Talmud with other ancient writings, =4=, 614. works by, =4=, 615. as a critic, =4=, 615. declared a heretic, =4=, 616.
=Azeka=, offers opposition to Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 311.
“=Azharoth=,” composed by Isaac ben Reuben Albergeloni, =3=, 284.
=Aziz=, of Emesa, husband of Drusilla, =2=, 235.
=Azriel=, Kabbalist, reduces the Kabbala to a system, =3=, 548; =4=, 14. history of, unknown, =3=, 548. clothes the Kabbala in philosophical language, =3=, 549, 556.
=Azzel Ibn-Samuel=, one of the Benu-Kuraiza, =3=, 81.
=Baal=, altar to, in Samaria, =1=, 197. priests of, assemble by order of Elijah, =1=, 203-4.
=Baal, the worship of=, among the Canaanites, =1=, 54. by Ammonites and Moabites, =1=, 55. at Ophrah, =1=, 62. in Samuel’s time, =1=, 75. under Omri, =1=, 195. under Athaliah, =1=, 212, 214. removed from Jerusalem, =1=, 216-17. under Jeroboam II, =1=, 233. abolished by Menahem, =1=, 244. _See also_ Astarte; Idolatry.
=Baal-Perazim=, mount, scene of a Philistine defeat, =1=, 116.
=Baal-Zebub=, idol, consulted by Ahaziah, =1=, 207.
=Baalbek=, a Karaite center, =3=, 158. captured by Hulagu, =3=, 606.
=Baalis=, king of Ammon, protects Judæan fugitives, =1=, 318. instigates Gedaliah’s murder, =1=, 322.
=Baasha=, of Israel, kills Nadab, =1=, 189. ascends the throne, =1=, 190. allied with the king of Egypt, =1=, 190. at war with Asa, =1=, 190-1. allied with Ben-hadad I, =1=, 191. takes Ramah, =1=, 191. death of, =1=, 191.