Merbal, a Phœnician, rules his own country, 1, 342.
Merida, early settlement of Jews in, 3, 43.
home of Samuel Ibn-Nagrela’s father, 3, 255.
Mérilhou, French minister of education, proposes the complete emancipation of the Jews, 5, 597.
Merinos, the, a powerful family of Fez, 4, 390.
Merkel, Christian, member of the Westphalian Jewish consistory, 5, 502.
Merlato, Austrian consul at Damascus, protects Picciotto, 5, 639.
abused, 5, 639, 646.
issues a report on the Damascus affair, 5, 646.
thanked by the London meeting, 5, 653.
thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
Merlo, Diego de, commissioner to frame the statute of the Inquisition, 4, 312.
Merodach-baladan, king of Babylon, embassy of, to Hezekiah, 1, 278–9.
Merom, lake, battle of, 1, 57.
Merovingians, the, the Jews under, 3, 36–40, 143.
Merseburg, Jews in, in the ninth century, 3, 144.
the Jews of, presented to the bishop, 3, 243.
Merv, a scientific center in the ninth century, 3, 146.
Mervan II, last of the Ommiyyade caliphs, rebellion against, 3, 125.
Merwan, father of the poetess Asma, 3, 76.
Mesa (Mesha), king of Moab, defeated, 1, 208–9.
Meshershaya bar Pacod, Amora, executed by Firuz, 2, 629.
Meshullam of Béziers, denounces the Bahir as a forgery, 3, 556.
Meshullam of Rome, announces Innocent VII’s opposition to the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 346–7.
Meshullam ben Jacob (1170), patron of Jewish learning in Lünel, 3, 396.
sons of, 3, 396–7.
encourages Judah Ibn-Tibbon to make translations into Hebrew, 3, 397.
encourages Abraham ben David to write a Mishna commentary, 3, 399.
descendant of, 4, 30.
Meshullam, son of Berechiah, marries his daughter to an Ammonite, 1, 362.
Meshullam En-Vidas Dafiera, poet, on Nachmani, 3, 557.
Mesopotamia, Judæans own large tracts in, 2, 202.
laid waste by Severus, 2, 464.
Mesopotamia, northern, a synagogue in, burnt by monks, 2, 614.
Mesopotamia, southern, Jewish Babylonia, 2, 504.
Mesquito, David Bueno de, millionaire in Amsterdam, 5, 205.
Messer-Jawaih, of Bassora, physician, translates a medical work into Arabic, 3, 111.
Мессер Леон. См. Иуда бен Иехиэль.
Messiah, the, a descendant of David, 1, 528.
the coming of, foretold by a Judæo-Greek writer, 2, 95, 143.
longing for, in the post-exilic period, 2, 142–3.
as conceived by various parties in Judæa, 2, 144–5.
Jesus declares himself, 2, 158.
necessity of a precursor to, 2, 158.
expected to come from Bethlehem, 2, 161.
suffering, objections to, 2, 166.
warrants in Holy Writ for Jesus as, 2, 166–7.
expectation of, after the death of Jesus, 2, 167–8.
Jesus believed by the apostle Paul to be, 2, 225–6.
expectation of, in the Roman period, 2, 240–1.
belief in Bar-Cochba as, 2, 409, 412.
the advent of, dependent on the extinction of the Patriarchate and the Exilarchate, 2, 457.
to appear in Rome, 2, 498.
Mar-Samuel’s view on, 2, 519.
appearance of, a condition of the restoration of the Jewish state, 2, 600.
hope of, suppressed by Ashi, 2, 610.
expectation of, among the Arabian Jews, 3, 58.
expected by the Jews of the Caliphate of the East, 3, 145.
expected by the Chazars, 3, 222.
expected by the Karaites, 3, 247.
expectation of, in Germany and France in the eleventh century, 3, 298.
the appearance of, calculated by Abraham Albargeloni, 3, 313.
hoped for by the Jews of northern Africa under Abdulmumen, 3, 360.
forerunner of, among the Yemen Jews, 3, 462, 464.
doctrine of the soul of, in the Kabbala, 3, 555.
David Alrui poses as, 3, 431, 432.
characterized by Nachmani, 3, 600.
the coming of, supposed to be heralded by Hulagu’s devastation of Jerusalem, 3, 606.
abrogates the Law according to Raymund Martin, 3, 622.
the appearance of, rumored in Syria, 3, 637.
speculations on, in the Zohar, 4, 18.
belief in, set aside by Chayim ben Gallipapa, 4, 149.
the expectation of, the center of the Kabbala, 4, 482.
the advent of, predicted by Isaac Abrabanel and Asher Lämmlein, 4, 482–3.
hope in, aroused by the Kabbalists, 4, 483.
expectation of, aroused by David Reubeni, 4, 494, 497–8.
expectation of, nursed by Solomon Molcho, 4, 495–7, 529–30.
hope of, cherished by Joseph Karo, 4, 538–9.
hope of, aroused by Isaac Lurya, 4, 622.
references to, expunged from the Talmud by the censors, 4, 660.
hope of, awakened by the Thirty Years’ War, 5, 23.
of the Jews, as defined by the Fifth Monarchy believers, 5, 23.
hopes of, entertained by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 24, 28, 31, 33.
the advent of, connected with the re-settlement of the Jews in England, 5, 28, 40.
hoped for, by Felgenhauer, 5, 35–6.
hopes of, entertained by Christians, 5, 37.
the hopes of, entertained by Jews, expounded by Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 37–8.
Cromwell said to be, 5, 45.
speculations on, in the Kabbala, 5, 120–1.
Sabbataï Zevi reveals himself as, 5, 122.
connected with the idea of suffering, 5, 122–3.
Nathan Ghazati on, 5, 131–2.
according to Sabbatian conceptions, 5, 142–3.
announced by Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 152.
Mordecai of Eisenstadt proclaims himself, 5, 209.
Jacob Querido reverenced as, 5, 210.
Berachya regarded as, 5, 211.
doctrine of, by Chayon, 5, 219–20.
Moses Meïr Kamenker regarded as, 5, 230.
Luzzatto proclaimed as, 5, 245.
Jacob Frank the incarnation of, 5, 273, 274.
expectation of, in Poland, 5, 377.
belief in, abandoned by the Hamburg Reform Temple Union, 5, 565.
doctrine of, given up by the “Friends of Reform,” 5, 675, 676.
Holdheim on, 5, 680.
attitude of the Berlin Reform Association towards, 5, 683.
Messiah, the, of the branch of Joseph, Isaac Lurya considers himself, 4, 622, 624.
Chayim Vital considers himself, 4, 625; 5, 52.
discussed by Sabbataï Zevi and Nehemiah Cohen, 5, 153.
Cardoso declares himself, 5, 207.
Messiahs, numbers of, appear during Roman sovereignty in Judæa, 2, 144.
Мессии, список:
Авраам бен Самуил Абулафия,
Авила, мессия из
Айллон, мессия из
Бар-Кохба,
Берахья,
Франк, Яков
Яков Керидо,
Иисус,
Луццатто, Моше Хаим
Мордехай из Айзенштадта,
Моисей с Крита,
Моисей Ботарель,
Моисей Меир Каменкер,
Обадия Абу-Иса бен Исаак,
Саббатай Цеви,
Серен,
Февда.
Messianic age, the, as conceived by the educated classes, 2, 144–5.
believed to be dawning under Vespasian, 2, 291–2.
tokens of, according to Abraham of Granada, 4, 197.
preparation for, according to Maimonides, 4, 530.
as described by Isaac Lurya, 4, 620.
Messianic year, the, set for 1358, 4, 120.
fixed at 1648 by the Zohar, 5, 6, 121–2.
fixed by the Fifth Monarchy believers at 1666, 5, 120.
Messina, the Jewish community in, in the sixth century, 3, 28.
the clerk at the mint of, a Jew, 3, 567.
Jews from, form a congregation in Constantinople, 4, 402.
Messina, the Jews of, enjoy equal rights with the Christians, 3, 423.
in the twelfth century, 3, 424.
Месви. См. Моисей из Баальбека; Муса из Акбара.
Метемпсихоз. См. Переселение душ.
Meter, introduced into Hebrew by Dunash ben Labrat, 3, 223, 226.
Metibta, a session of the schools in Babylonia, 2, 547.
Metilius, commander of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, 2, 255.
spared by the Zealots, 2, 261.
Metternich, reactionary leader, 5, 512.
disapproves of the oppression of the Jews in the Hanse Towns, 5, 514.
accepts Humboldt’s constitution as a basis for discussion, 5, 514.
carelessness of, 5, 519–20.
the Jews of Austria under, 5, 523.
on the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 527.
intolerant of Jews, 5, 579.
intervention of, in the Damascus affair, 5, 646, 647.
writes to Mehmet Ali, 5, 647.
thanked by the London meeting, 5, 653.
thanked by the Jews of Alexandria, 5, 660.
Meturgeman, the, duty of, in the Synhedrion, 2, 361.
office of, in the time of the Amoraim, 2, 541.
employed by Samuel ben Ali, 3, 438.
Metz, rabbis of, Poles, 5, 17.
the Royal Society of, offers a prize on the Jewish question, 5, 434–5.
the Talmud school of, closed, 5, 567.
a rabbinical college at, 5, 700.
Metz, the Jews of, privileges of, renewed by Louis XIV, 5, 174.
the blood accusation against, 5, 174–5.
elect Eibeschütz rabbi, 5, 251.
limited in number, 5, 347–8.
income from, given away by Louis XIV, 5, 348, 446.
restrictions against, 5, 348–9.
number of, 5, 435.
petition for the removal of oppressive taxes, 5, 438.
relieved of taxes, 5, 446.
hindered in the celebration of the Passover, 5, 452.
suffering of, 5, 452.
Мец, Моисей. См. Энсхайм, Моисей.
Metz, Moses, follower of Joseph Delmedigo, 5, 77.
Meyer, a Jew of Breslau, charged with host desecration, 4, 261.
Meyer, Edward, opponent of the Jews, 5, 602.
Meyer, Peter, pastor in Frankfort, permits Pfefferkorn to preach, 4, 449.
Meyerbeer, father of, 5, 563.
composes songs for the Leipsic Reform service, 5, 573.
Meyuchas, Mordecai Joseph, rabbi of Jerusalem, encourages opposition to Napoleon, 5, 459.
Mezuzzoth, the use of, prohibited under Hadrian, 2, 424.
Миаса. См. Меир.
Михей (I), пророк. См. Михей.
Micah (II), prophet, prophecies of, 1, 261–2.
encourages the people of Judah under Hezekiah, 1, 273.
Michael, name of an angel, 1, 403.
Michael of Frankfort, merchant, the ruin of, urged by Luther, 4, 551.
Michael the Old, Karaite, permits lights on the Sabbath, 4, 269.
Michael ben Kaleb, Jewish poet in Thebes, 3, 426.
Michael Scotus, friend of Jacob Anatoli, 3, 566.
translator of philosophical works, 3, 567.
Michaelis, John David, professor at Göttingen, hostility of, to the Jews, 5, 359–60.
criticised by Mendelssohn, 5, 361.
об «Иерусалиме», 5, 365–6.
on “The Gatherer,” 5, 404.
on the Jews, 5, 414.
refuted by Mirabeau, 5, 433.
Michaelis, John Henry, exonerates the Alenu prayer, 5, 191.
Michaiah, son of Gemariah, reports Baruch’s reading of Jeremiah’s scroll, 1, 305.
Michaiah (Micah I), son of Imlah, prophet, hostile to Ahab, 1, 205.
Michal, daughter of Saul, devoted to David, 1, 98.
marries David, 1, 100.
returns to David, 1, 110.
rebukes David, 1, 120.
Michlol, grammatical work by David Kimchi, 3, 394.
Michmash, Philistine camp at, 1, 86–8.
Jonathan Haphus invests the fortress of, 1, 494.
Microcosmos, religio-philosophical work by Abu-Amr Joseph Ibn-Zadik, 3, 314–15.
Middelburg, admission of Jews into, proposed, 4, 663.
Middlesex, Lord, and Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 33.
Middoth, the seven, of Hillel, for testing the oral Law, 2, 98.
Midian, Moses in, 1, 14.
Midianites, the, seduce the Israelites to idolatry, 1, 28.
routed by Gideon, 1, 61–3.
Midoth, Mishna of Rabbi Akiba, 2, 354.
Midras, academy among the Arabian Jews, 3, 59.
Midrash, method of deducing the oral Law from Scripture, 2, 328, 329.
Мидраш Симона бар Йохая. См. Зогар.
Midrash Rabba, the, laid under the ban, 5, 195.
“Migdal Oz,” Sabbataï Zevi’s prison at Abydos, 5, 148.
Migration, the, of the nations, 2, 604–5.
Mikulski, de, Canon, favors the conversion of Frankists, 5, 285.
arranges for a disputation between Frankists and Talmudists, 5, 285.
Milan, the Jewish community in, under the Ostrogoths, 3, 28.
refuge of the exiles from the Papal States, 4, 592.
Milan, the Jews of, letter to, from Theodoric, 3, 30.
appeal for permission to own the Talmud, 4, 658.
Milan district, the, the Jews of, expelled, 4, 660.
Milchamoth, work by Abraham Maimuni, 3, 545.
Milchamoth Adonaï, work by Levi ben Gerson, 4, 92.
Milcom, Baal of the Ammonites, 1, 55.
worshiped on the Mount of Olives, 1, 175.
Military service, Jews admitted to, 3, 36, 293, 384, 592.
Military service, Jews excluded from, by Honorius, 2, 617.
by Theodosius, 3, 28.
under Clotaire II, 3, 40.
in the Byzantine empire, 3, 425.
Miller, John, describes the Hamburg Jews, 4, 690.
objections of, to the Jews, 4, 691.
attacks Judaism, 4, 692.
Millionaires, Jewish, at Amsterdam, 5, 205.
in Berlin, 5, 397, 414.
Millo, the, northern elevation of Jerusalem, 1, 118.
Solomon’s palace in, 1, 168.
Milo, papal legate, humbles Raymund VI of Toulouse, 3, 501–2.
presides over the Council of Avignon, 3, 503.
Milo, Joseph Nassi made duke of, 4, 596.
Minæans (Minim), the, sectaries, 2, 369.
the writings of, influence Elisha ben Abuya, 2, 377.
influence of, on Judaism deprecated by Tarphon, 2, 378.
term for informers, 2, 379.
curse of, attributed to Gamaliel II, 2, 379–80.
curse of, subject of a charge before Alfonso XI of Castile, 4, 83.
Minden, Jews tolerated in, 4, 686.
Minhagim, compiled by the Austrian school of rabbis, 4, 134–5.
Миним. См. Минеи.
Minna of Speyer, tortured during the second crusade, 3, 352.
Менорка. См. Магона.
Минориты. См. Францисканцы.
Минуй. См. Ординация.
Minyan Yavanim (Shetaroth), the Seleucidæan era, abolished, 4, 394–5.
Микес, Жуан. См. Наси, Иосиф.
Mirabeau, count (1749–1791), sympathy of, enlisted for the Jews by Dohm, 5, 366.
in intercourse with Henrietta Herz, 5, 413.
on Prussia under Frederick William II, 5, 419.
influenced by Mendelssohn, 5, 432.
on the Jews, 5, 432–3.
favors the emancipation of the Jews, 5, 433–4, 441.
protests against a dominant religion, 5, 439.
Miracles, the nature of, as explained in “The Guide of the Perplexed,” 3, 483, 523.
theory of, by Nachmani, 3, 533.
Мирандола. См. Пико делла Мирандола.
Miriam, mother of Jesus, 2, 148.
Miriam, prophetess, member of the tribe of Levi, 1, 12.
Miriam of Peræa, suffering of, during the siege of Jerusalem, 2, 306.
“Mirror for Admonition, A,” anti-Jewish pamphlet by Ortuin de Graes, 4, 425.
“Mirror of Morals, The,” by Solomon Alami, quotation from, 4, 154–5.
“Mirror of the Jews, The,” anti-Jewish pamphlet by Hundt, 5, 532.
Mises, Jehuda Löb, patron of Jewish students in Lemberg, 5, 612.
exempt from excommunication, 5, 614.
Mishlé Shualim, by Berachya ben Natronaï, 3, 560.
Mishna, the, code of the oral Law, the first, 2, 343, 354.
of Akiba, 2, 354.
treatise of, on proselytes, 2, 384.
of Meïr, 2, 439–40.
completed by Judah I, 2, 460.
divisions of, 2, 460.
style of, 2, 460.
authority of, 2, 461, 462.
not committed to writing, 2, 461, 608.
language of, 2, 461–2.
history of the compilation of, 2, 462.
supplements to, 2, 470.
impresses a legal character upon Judaism, 2, 471.
asserts the equivalence of all religious commands, 2, 472.
reward and punishment according to, 2, 472–3.
on the study of the Law, 2, 473–4.
spirituality of, 2, 474–5.
casuistry in, 2, 475–6.
not hostile to Christianity, 2, 476.
contains laws against intercourse with the heathen, 2, 476–8.
permits the heathen to glean, 2, 478.
completion of, ends the work of the Tanaites, 2, 478.
study of, pursued by the Palestinian Amoraim, 2, 489–90.
not of equal legal force throughout, 2, 493.
expounded by Rabba bar Nachmani, 2, 578.
as studied by Raba bar Joseph bar Chama, 2, 590–1.
amplifications and explanations of, arranged by Ashi, 2, 607–9. See Talmud, the.
translated into Arabic, 3, 237.
explained by Maimonides, 3, 451.
methodology of, by Gersonides, 4, 392.
translated into Latin, 5, 193.
См. также Устный закон; Талмуд; Таннаи.
Mishna, the, commentary on, by Maimonides, 3, 458–60, 492; 4, 60.
by Abraham ben David, 3, 399.
by Lipmann Heller, 4, 704.
by Obadiah di Bertinoro, 4, 704.
Mishna, Acharona, Akiba’s code, 2, 354.
Mishna di Rabbi Judah, the final code, 2, 461. See Mishna, the.
Mishna Rishona, the earliest code, 2, 343, 354.
“Mishne Torah,” the, religious code, by Maimonides, 3, 466–72.
clears the maze of the Talmud, 3, 466, 467, 468–9.
place given to philosophy in, 3, 467–8.
language of, 3, 469.
deviates occasionally from the Talmudic decisions, 3, 469.
on Talmudical Judaism, 3, 470.
helps to ossify Judaism, 3, 470.
spread of, 3, 471.
attacked by Talmudists, 3, 472.
criticised by Abraham ben David, 3, 490.
the basis of Moses of Coucy’s work, 3, 586.
adhered to in Spain, 4, 86.
Turim based on, 4, 88.
compared with Turim, 4, 89.
superseded by Turim, 4, 89–90.
Mishnic rules of interpretation used by Anan ben David, 3, 131.
Миср и Миср, Новый. См. Каир.
Mithnagdim, opponents of the Chassidim, 5, 392.
Mithridates, king of Pergamus, aided by Antipater, 2, 75.
Mithridates, king of Pontus, Pompey’s campaign against, 2, 62.
suicide of, 2, 65.
Смешанные браки. См. Межрелигиозные браки.
Mizpah, Samuel holds popular assemblies at, 1, 78.
fortified by Asa, 1, 191.
seat of Gedaliah, 1, 320, 321.
sanctuary at, 1, 321.
Gedaliah murdered at, 1, 322.
the inhabitants of, taken captive, 1, 322.
Judas Maccabæus exhorts his troops at, 1, 467.
Mizpeh, mountain, description of, 1, 45.
Мизрахи. См. Элиас Мизрахи.
Mizriczians, a branch of the Chassidim, 5, 388.
“Mizvoth,” a compendium of religious duties, by Abulsari Sahal ben Mazliach Kohen, 3, 204.
Mnevis, white bull, worshiped by the Egyptians, 1, 9.
Moabites, the, hostile to the Israelites in the desert, 1, 28.
idolatry of, 1, 55.
relations of, to the Israelites, 1, 56–9.
routed by Ehud, 1, 60–1.
subdued by David, 1, 125–6.
attracted to Palestine under Solomon, 1, 173.
regain independence, 1, 185.
tributary to Omri, 1, 194–5.
defeated by Jehoram and Jehoshaphat, 1, 208–9.
conquered by Jeroboam II, 1, 226.
urge revolt from Nebuchadnezzar upon Zedekiah, 1, 300.
allies of Nebuchadnezzar, 1, 314.
desirous of friendly relations with the Judæans, 1, 362.
as proselytes, 2, 343, 384.
Moabitis, invaded by Alexander Jannæus, 2, 44.
Moawiyah, Ommiyyade Caliph, rival of Ali, 3, 90.
tolerance of, 3, 110.
patron of learning, 3, 110.
Mocenigo, Luis, doge of Venice, proposes the expulsion of the Jews, 4, 600–1.
banishes the Jews, 4, 606.
Mocenigo, Pietro, doge of Venice, defends the Jews from the charge of child-murder, 4, 299.
Mochinger, John, mystic, addresses Manasseh ben Israel, 5, 24.
Mocho, John, Dominican, incites the mob against the Portuguese Marranos, 4, 487.
Модена. См. Лео бен Исаак Модена.
Modena, Jews beg for shelter in, 4, 660.
Mordecai of Eisenstadt in, 5, 209.
rabbi of, opposes the Reform movement, 5, 571.
Modestus, Patriarch at Jerusalem, demands the annihilation of the Jews of Palestine, 3, 22–3.
Modin, the home of the Maccabees, 1, 459.
Hasmonæan family mausoleum at, 2, 14.
Mohammed, sultan of Turkey, death of, 5, 634.
Mohammed El-Telli, opponent of the Damascus Jews, 5, 633.
employed as a spy by Ratti Menton, 5, 635, 636, 637–8.
Моиз. См. Меир.
Moisling, the Jews of, trade in Lübeck, 5, 506.
move to Lübeck, 5, 506.
Molcho, Solomon (Diogo Pires, 1501–1532), Marrano, royal secretary, Hebrew education of, 4, 495.
Messianic mysticism of, 4, 495–6.
undergoes circumcision, 4, 496, 499.
goes to Turkey, 4, 496.
among the Kabbalists, 4, 496–7.
longs for martyrdom, 4, 497.
as a preacher, 4, 497.
persecuted at Ancona, 4, 501.
at Pesaro, 4, 501.
appears in Rome in Messianic equipment, 4, 502.
vision of, concerning Rome, 4, 502.
in intercourse with Clement VII and Church dignitaries, 4, 503.
preaches at Rome, 4, 503–4.
announces an earthquake and a flood, 4, 504.
goes to Venice, 4, 504.