Abraham, transcending merits of, i. 271,
272. See Gehenna

Abtalion, saying of, i. 128

Academies, subjects of study in, i. 232;
classes of lectures in, and students, 247
Acco, or Ptolemais, fair at, i. 117
Acher. See Elisha ben Abujah
Acra, Fort, i. 113

Adam, Fall of, to what ascribed, i. 165;
things lost through it, 166
Aegina, Jewish inscriptions at, i. 70
Aenon, near Salim, site of, i. 393, 657, 658
Agrippa I., money dealings with Alexan-
drian Jews, i. 63
Agrippion built, i. 119

Akiba, R., i. 15; vindicates canonicity of
Canticles, 35

Akylas, or Aquila, version of, i. 30
Alexandra, the Asmonæan, sends por-
traits to Antony, i. 89, 90; a devotee
to Pharisaism, 97; descent, and chil-
dren of, 124; her intrigues, 125; mur-
der of, 126

Alexander, the Great, division of his
empire, i. 121

Alexander, son of Herod, history of, i.
126, 127

Alexandreion, built, i. 119

Alexandria, Jewish students in, i. 24;
Sanhedrin of, 26, 61; position, harbour,
and buildings of, 58, 59; trade and
luxury in, 60, 61; Canobus, 61; Lake
Mareotis, 61; privileges enjoyed by
Jews in, 61; their Synagogue, 61;
ethnarch and alabarch, 63; rich Jewish
firms in, 63; gifts to the Temple, 63,
64; hatred of Alexandrians towards
the Jews, 64; Jewish homes in, 250
Alexandrianism. See Hellenists
Am ha-arez, contempt for, i. 85; who
reckoned such, 230

Ananias, high-priest, Palace of, i. 112
Ananos, or Annas, appointed high-priest,

i. 242; character of his house, 263;
President of the Sanhedrin, 264; ba-

zaars of his sons, 371, 372; their con-
duct, 372, ii. 546; Christ before him,
ii. 545-547

Andrew, first call of, i. 345, 346; calls

Peter, 347, 348; final call of, 474-477;
tells Christ about the enquiring Greeks,
ii. 390

Angels, one appears to Zacharias, i. 138-

140; their names, whence derived, 141,
142; N. T. angelology not from Jewish
sources, 142; Fall of man ascribed to
their envy, 165, 292; appear to shep-
herds of Bethlehem, 187, 188; minis-
ter to Christ after Temptation, 306;
Essene intercourse with, 330; refer-
ence to in Pseudepigrapha, 330, 331;
derivation of doctrine of, 331, 332 ;
Christ's teaching about the Angels in
heaven, ii. 122; Christ strengthened by
one in Gethsemane, 539

Anna, meets Holy Family in Temple, i.
200, 201

Annius Rufus, the Procurator, i. 242
Antigonus, of Socho, sayings of, i. 95, 315
Antigonus, the Maccabee, made high-
priest by Parthians, i. 124; executed,

124

Antigonus, the Syrian, conquers Samaria,
i. 397

Antioch, Jews in, their rights and Syna-
gogue, controversies with Christians in,
i. 74

Antiochus III. (Great), ruler of Samaria,
i. 397

Antiochus IV. (Epiphanes), persecutions
of, i. 4, 5, 95, 121

Antipater, history of, i. 122, 123
Antipater, son of Herod, history of, i.
126, 127, 219; executed, 218
Antipatris, built, i. 119

Antonia, ancient Baris, i. 112, 113, 118,
244

Antony, gives Judæa to Herod, i. 124;
summons him, 125

Anzur, Synagogue at, i. 70

Apion, incites Alexandrians against the
Jews, i. 64, 65

Apocryphal Literature, origin of, i. 31;
influence of, 33

Apostles, the Twelve, calling of, i. 521–

523; mission of, 640; Christ's discourse
to them on it, 640-653; eat the ears of
corn on the Sabbath, ii. 53-56; their
question about feeding the 4000, 66; the
miraculous always new to them, 66, 67;
the leaven of the Pharisees and Saddu-
cees, 70, 71; effect on them of the
challenge of a sign, 76, 77; Christ's
question to them at Cæsarea Philippi,
78-80; His teaching as to His death,
86, 92, 110, 111, 345; the high point in
their faith, 91, 92; fail to cure the luna-
tic, 106, 109; dispute on the way to Ca-
pernaum, and Christ's teaching thereon,
115-125; the betrayal would not finally
break up their circle, 504; the question
as to the betrayer, 505; persecutions
predicted, 523; perplexity about Christ's
departure and coming again, 525–527;
Christ's prayer for them, 528-531;
breaking up and reforming of their
circle, 533, 534; they flee on Christ's
arrest, 534; power delegated to them,
643; Christ's last commission, 649;
they witness the Ascension, 649, 650
Arabia, Jews in, i. 12

Aramaan, language spoken, i. 10, 130
Archelaus, son of Herod, i. 126; acces-
sion of, 219; mission to Rome, 220;
made ethnarch, 220; banished to Gaul,
220, 236; wealth confiscated, 236;
changes high-priests, 240
Archisynagogos, i. 63

Aristaas, letter of, i. 25; symbolism in,
34, 36

Aristobulus, of Alexandria, commentary
of, i. 36

Aristobulus II., disputes of, with Hyr-
canus, i. 123

Aristobulus, brother of Mariamme, i. 124;

made high-priest, and murdered, 125
Aristobulus, son of Herod, history of, i.
126, 127

Artapanus, i. 36
Arzareth, i. 14

Ascension of Christ, ii. 649, 650

Asia Minor, privileges of Jews in, i. 73
Astrology among the Jews, i. 209-211
Athens, Jewish inscriptions at, i. 70
Atonement, Day of, i. 229

Baba ben Buta, advises Herod, i. 120;
brings sacrificial animals into the
Temple, 370, 372

Babas, sons of, murdered, i. 126
Babylonian Jews, how esteemed, i. 7, 9;

seats of, 7, 8; genealogies, 9; relations

to Palestinians, 10-12; academies of,
12; trade and commerce of, 13, 14
Bankers, Jewish and Roman, ii. 463;
interest charged by, 463, 464
Baptism, difference between the Baptist's
and Christian, i. 272; Levitical and
proselyte baptism, 273; the Baptist's
rite, 274; the Baptism of Christ, 283,
284; not expected for Jews in Rabbinic
writings, 285

Bar-Abas, released, ii. 574, 575
Bar-Cochab, coinage of, ii. 385
Bar-Timaeus, healing of, ii. 355, 356
Baruch, Apocalypse of, i. 31; age and
contents of, 81, 82; the Messiah in,
175

Bath-Kol, declares for Hillel, i. 128; was
such at Christ's Baptism? 285, 286;
declares for Elieser, ii. 69
Batlanim. See Synagogues
Beelzebul and Beelzibbul, i. 648
Bel and the Dragon, i. 31
Ben Dama, i. 22

Ben-Lakish, saying of, i. 141, 142
Bethabara, or Bethany, i. 264; John the
Baptist at, 278

Bethany, Christ at, ii. 144-147; journeys
to raise Lazarus, 314, 315; leaves it,
326; the journey and supper there,
358, 359; Mary anoints Christ, 358-
360 leaves it for Jerusalem, 364;
returns at night, 373; leaves it next
morning, 374; ecclesiastically included
in Jerusalem, 480; place of Christ's
Ascension, 649

Bethesda, Pool of, name, i. 462; the
troubling of the water, 463, 464; the
miracle there, 467-469
Beth ha Midrash, i. 23

Bethlehem, Messiah's birthplace, i. 181,
206; description of place, 184; the
Birth in the stable, 184, 185; the shep-
herds in the plains, 186, 187; the ado-
ration of the shepherds, 189
Bethphage, identification of, ii. 364; the
colt loosed at, 365; ecclesiastically in-
cluded in Jerusalem, 480

Bethsaida, of Galilee, probable situation
of, ii. 3; house of Peter and Andrew,
4; Christ lands there, 6; woe on,
138, 139
Bethsaida-Julias, built, i. 88, 262, 676;
the feeding of the 5000 there, 677–685;
the multitude sent away, 687; healing
of one blind at, ii. 47, 48
Betrothal. See Marriage.
Biccurim, i. 9

Binding and Loosing, power of, ii. 84, 85;
Church's power of, 643

Boraithas, i. 103; in the Babylon Talmud,
104, 105

Botnah, fair at, i. 117

279-281; invocation of Abraham after,
ii. 279, 281, 282

Debtors, bonds or writings of, ii. 268, 271,

272; various kinds of such legal docu-
ments, 272, 273

Decapolis, cities of the, i. 87; Christ
heals one deaf and dumb there, ii. 44-
47; Sabbath controversies in, 52-62;
feeding of 4000 in, 63-67; Christ
journeys through it towards Jerusalem,
132; certain there who would follow
Him, 132-134

Dedication of the Temple, Feast of, i. 121;
how celebrated, 229, ii. 227, 228;
names for it, ii. 226, 227; Christ's
teaching at, 229-232
Defilement, Rabbinic, degrees of, i. 493, 494;
from entering a heathen house, ii. 565
Demetrius, Hellenist historian, i. 36
Demetrius Phalereus, i. 24, 25
Demonised, in N. T., i. 479; views of
Christ and of His contemporaries on,
480; character and probable rationale
of the phenomenon, 480-485, 607–612;
Jewish remedies for, 482; cure of the
demonised at Capernaum, 484-485; at
Gerasa, 607-614

Demonology of N. T., whence derived?
i. 142; Jewish idea of Beelzebul, ii.
200, 201

Derush, i. 21

Dispersion, the, union with Jerusalem in
worship and hope, i. 5, 6, 77, 78, 82,
83; in all lands, 70; persecutions suf-
fered by them of the, 75; places of
worship, 76; Palestinian views of their
present and future, 78-82

Dispersion, Eastern, or Trans-Euphratic,

nations of, i. 6; political and religious
standing, 7-12

Dispersion, Western. See Hellenists
Divorce, Christ's teaching to the Pharisees
on, ii. 331, 332,334-336; Rabbinic views
on the subject, 332-334

Dorshé Reshumoth, allegoric interpreta-
tions of the, i. 35

Dreams, how regarded, i. 155

Dress, etiquette in, i. 620; articles of
clothing, 621-623; probable dress of
Christ, 624-626; byssus and purple, ii.
278

Eden, Gan, ii. 280, 281. See Death
Egypt, Holy Family in, i. 214, 215, 217
Eleazar, high-priest, letter to, i. 25;
Aristaeas' account of, 34, 35

Eleazar, son of Boethos, High-Priest, i. 241
Eleazar, son of Judas the Nationalist,
i. 241, 242

Eleazar the Mede, i. 12

Elieser ben Hyrcanos, R., i. 15; his stone,
106; signs in confirmation of his

teaching, ii. 69; questioned as to the
shepherd and sheep, 193, 194
Elijah, Jewish ideas concerning, i. 142,
143; at the Transfiguration, ii. 97, 98;
the disciples' question about his
coming, 104, 105

Elisabeth, character and home of, i. 135-
137; her retirement, 143; greets the
Virgin, 152, 153; gives the name John,
158

Elisha ben Abujah, R., the apostate, i. 23
Emmaus, Moza, or Colonia, ii. 157; the

walk to Emmaus on Easter Day, 635-640
Emora, part of, in Synagogue services, i.
445, 449, 450

Enoch, Book of, date and character, i. 38;
restoration of Israel according to, 79;
presentation of Messiah in, 173; angel.
ology of, 330

En-Soph. See Kabbalah

Ephraim, city of, ii. 127; Christ there,
326, 327

Esdras, Fourth, age and character of, i.
80, 81; Messiah in, 175
Esebonitis built, i. 88, 119
Essenes, dress of, i. 119; manner of life,
237; number and separation of, 324,
325, 328, 329; was John the Baptist
one? 325, 334; customs and grades in
the order, 326-328; angelology of, 330;
derivation of the name Essene, 331-
333; Rabbinic views of the sect, 334
Eupolemus, i. 36

Excommunication, Jewish, kinds of, ii.
183, 184; what involved in, 184
Execution, Jewish modes of, ii. 582
Ezekias, rising of, i. 238, 241
Ezekiel, Hellenist poet, i. 36

Ezra, return under, i. 8; activity of, 9,
10, 12

Fasting, Jewish views on, i. 662, 663
days of, ii. 291

Fathers, Jewish, duties of, i. 230
Feasts, attendance at, when obligatory,
i. 235

Fig-tree, value of, ii. 246, 247; parable
of, 246-248; Christ curses the barren
tree, 374-377

Flocks at Bethlehem, for what purpose
there, i. 187

Gaba, i. 88

Gabinius, rebuilds Samaria, i. 398
Gabriel, angel, how regarded by the Jews,
i. 142; sent to Nazareth, 150, &c.
Galileans, character and dialect of, i.
225; despised by Rabbis, 225, 226;
slaughter of some by Pilate, ii. 221,
Galilee, country of, exports and character
of, i. 117, 223, 224; the stronghold of
the Nationalists, 238; Christ withdraws