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Ab bet din—58
Abahu—146
Abaye—155
Abtalyon—41
Aelia Capitalina—65
Aesop—162
Agrippa—47
Akhnai Stove—59
Akiba—54, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 71, 90, 128, 129, 142
Alexander Jannai—24, 38, 39, 145
Alexander of Macedon—26
Alexander Severus—71
Amoraim—71
Anan ben David—x
Antonius Pius—67
Aquila—56
Aristobulus—39
Assi—24
Babylonia, as a center of Judaism—21, 22, 23, 74–83
Bacchus—65
Bar Kokba—64
Baraita—21
Beillis—xv
Ben Azzai—91
Beruria—163
Bet Shearim—69
Bible and Talmud—ix
Biblical Supplementation, sanction for—5–9
Bloch, Joseph S.—xiii
Body—132
Boethus—37
Briman, Aaron—xiv
Cabbala—xiv
Cohen, A—xix
Commandments, purpose of—97, 98
Constantine—73
Cyrus—74
Danby, Herbert—xviii
Dirksen, A. H.—xvi
Donin, Nicholas—xii
Divorce—112
Dosa—62
Ecker, Jacob—xiv
Edels, Samuel—x
Education—113, 114, 115, 157, 158, 159, 160
Eighteen Benedictions—56
Elazar ben Azariah—25, 63, 143
Elazar bar Zimra—13
Eleazar ben Shammua—67
Eliezer—16, 20, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 144, 148
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus—54
Elijah ben Solomon—x
Elisha ben Abuyah—65
Envy—122
Epstein, I.—xviii
Equity—143
Evil Impulse—93
Excommunication—59
Fables—161
Finkelstein, Louis—xiv
Florus—46
Forstat, Walter—xvi
Free Will—98
Freedom—109
Gamaliel III—78
Gamaliel VI—74
Gemara—xvii, 23–26, 27, 74, 83—Palestinian, 23
Gezera—10
God, attributes of—86, 87, 88; existence of—85; imitation of—127
Goldin, Judah—xix
Goldschmidt, Lazarus—xviii
Gratus, Valerius—44
Gregory IX—xii
Habit—153
Hakam—69
Hanina ben Dosa—90
Hanukkah—10
Hasid—141
Hellas—64
Heller, Yom Tob Lippman—x
Herford, I. Trevers—xviii
Herod the Great—44
Hillel—11, 41, 54, 58, 68, 76, 124, 125, 126, 132
Hillel II—74
Humanitarianism—111
Huna—14
Hyrcan II—39
Idolatry—137
Ilai—154
Innocent IV—xv
Interpretation, judicial—143
Iserles, Moses—x
Jabneh—51, 54, 55, 63, 64, 67, 71
Jaffe, Mordecai—x
Jannai (Rabbi)—7
Jealousy—122
Jeremiah (Rabbi)—8
Jews, under Rome—40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 53, 65, 66, 67, 73, 76, 116, 117
Johanan ben Zaccai—41, 49, 50, 51, 58, 62
John Hyrcanus—38
Jonathan ben Joseph—12
Jose ben Halafa—67
Jose ben Kisma—66
Jose the Galilean—66
Joseph (Rabbi)—24
Joshua (Rabbi)—8, 56, 61, 62, 63
Joshua ben Gamala—24
Joshua ben Hananiah—54, 58, 76, 151
Judah ben Baba—67
Judah ben Ilai—67
Judah Loew (Rabbi)—xii
Judas—46
Judas Maccabeus—33
Dr. Justus—xiv
Kalla—81
Karo, Joseph—x
Katzya—26
Kybises—162
Labor, dignity of—106
Law and Life—12
Law and Justice—140, 141, 142, 143; and the State—145, 146
Law, authority of—57, 58; circumvention of—11; codification of,—x; content of—135, 136; flexibility of—139; growth of—143; values of—135, 136
Legislation—10
Levi ha-Saddar—25
Luria, Solomon—x
Makshaah, Ephraim—166
Man, nature of—92, 93, 103, 104; purpose of—90; sanctity of—104, 105, 106, 117
Marriage—111
Martha—24
Mattathias—32
Meir—20, 67, 71, 162, 163, 166
Metuentes—119
Mishnah—xvii, 19–21, 27, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79, 81, 83
Mithridates I—75
Moody, Joseph N.—xvii
Moore, George Foote—118
Nation, attitude toward—116
Nebuchadnezzer—74
Noeldeke, Theodor—xiv
Non—Jews, attitude toward—105, 118, 119
Oral Torah—27
Palestine, under Persian rule—31
Papa—166
Patience—125
Patriarch—27
Patriarchate, abolition of—74
Peace—126
Phanias ben Samuel—46
Pharisees—33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 57, 117, 145
Poor relief—110
Property, status of—110
Proselytes—96
Rabban—51
Rabbi, title of—52
Rebellion against Rome—46, 47, 48
Rebellion against Rome, renewal of—63–65, 73
Revolt, Maccabean—12
Reuchlin, Johann von—xvi
Rufus—28
Sadducees—36, 37, 38, 137, 138, 139, 140, 145
Salome, Alexandra—39
Samuel the Modest—5
Sanhedrin—34, 35, 39, 42, 45, 51, 54, 57, 58, 62, 64, 68, 69, 73, 76, 77
Schwab, M.—xviii
Sedarim—19
Septuagint—56
Serapis—65
Seven Noahite laws—96
Shapur—152
Shemaya—42
Shila—78
Simeon—69
Simean ben Gamaliel III—76, 126
Simeon ben Gamaliel III—76, 126, 129
Simeon ben Johai—67
Simeon ben Menasyah—25
Simeon the Just—31
Simlai—91
Speculation—86
State, attitude toward—145, 146
Strack, Hermann—xviii
Subconscious—151
Syrian—Greeks—12
Takanna—10
Talmud and anti-semitism—xiii–xvii censorship of—xii; controversy in—144; criticism of—xi;
definition of—5; defense of—xii, xvi–xvii; development of—xvii; final edition of—27; Palestinian and Babylonian contrasted—xvii–xviii, 23, 27; public burning of—xii; studies on—xvii–xix; translations of—xviii
Tannaim—71
Torah—97
Truth—129
Val, Merry del—xv
Venus—65
Wine—131
Wisdom—151
Wuensche, August—xiv
Yezdegerd—27
Yezdegerd II—82
Zaderecki, Thadeus—xvii
Zera—163
Zscholk, Hofrat—xiii