=Fettmilch, Vincent=, leader of the Frankfort guilds against the Jews, =4=, 696-7. attacks the Jew quarter, =4=, 697. hanged, =4=, 699-700.
=Fez=, Dunash ben Labrat in, =3=, 226. Maimun’s family in, =3=, 451-6. forced converts emigrate to, =4=, 179. suffering of Spanish exiles in, =4=, 361-2. the Spanish exiles in, =4=, 390.
=Fez, the Jews of=, consult Haï Gaon, =3=, 252. persecuted, =3=, 360. fortunes of, =5=, 168.
=Fezara=, the, Arab tribe, promise assistance to the Jews of Chaibar, =3=, 82.
=Fichte=, classes Jews with the nobility and clergy, =5=, 461. opposes the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 462, 468. Saul Asher refutes, =5=, 463.
=Fields=, the blessing of, by Jews, forbidden, =2=, 620; =3=, 44.
=Fifth Monarchy=, the, believers in, regard the Jews favorably, =5=, 23, 27. view of, held by Christians, =5=, 37. as interpreted by Manasseh ben Israel, =5=, 38. believers in, fix the Messianic year, =5=, 120.
=First-born=, the, Mosaic law of, as interpreted under Ahaz, =1=, 261.
=Firuz= (Pheroces, 457-484), Sassanian king, persecutes the Jews, =2=, 628-30; =3=, 1. persecutes the Jews of Ispahan, =2=, 629. closes the Jewish schools, =2=, 629. forces Magianism upon Jews, =2=, 629. death of, =2=, 630.
=Firuz-Shabur= (Anbar), important Babylonian town, =2=, 505. the Jews of, in the war between Julian the Apostate and Shabur II, =2=, 601. academy opened at, =3=, 8, 9. taken by Ali, =3=, 90.
=Fiscus Judaicus=, tax instituted by Vespasian, =2=, 316. extorted from the Jews, =2=, 332. _See_ Tax.
“=Five Evidences= of the Faith,” Sabbatian work, =5=, 162.
=Flaccus=, prætor in Asia Minor, seizes upon the votive offerings in the Temple, =2=, 68. defended by Cicero, =2=, 68-70.
=Flaccus, Pomponius=, governor of Syria, Agrippa I courtier of, =2=, 175. tool of the Alexandrians, =2=, 181. deprives Judæans of Alexandrian citizenship, =1=, 182. deposed, =2=, 183.
=Flagellants=, the, in Hanover, =4=, 111. under Vincent Ferrer, =4=, 201. condemned by the Council of Constance, =4=, 217.
=Flanders=, Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, =4=, 387. Portuguese Marranos imprisoned in, =4=, 509.
=Flavian house=, the, and the Jews, =2=, 388.
=Flavio Jacopo de Evora=, on Amatus Lusitanus, =4=, 610.
=Flavius Josephus.= _See_ Joseph ben Matthias.