A.

AARON, the brother of Moses, i. 57.
appears before Pharaoh, i. 57.
his rod transformed into a ser-
pent, i. 58.

and his sons, designated for the
priesthood, i. 87.

death, and burial on Mount Hor,
i. 126.

Abimelech kills his brethren, i. 165.
is made king, i. 165.
Abraham, the "Father of the
Faithful," i. 7.

early life of, i. 8.

(Agrippa,)

returns to his kingdom, ii. 162.
his magnificence, ii. 163.
puts St. James to death, ii. 164.
imprisons St. Peter, ii. 164.
his death, ii. 165.
Ahasuerus, ii. 16.
Ahaz, king of Judah, i. 245.
Ahitophel, i. 197.

Akiba, Rabbi, iii. 98.
Albinus, governor of Judea, ii. 177.
Alexander the Great, before Jeru-
salem, ii. 28.

Alexander Jannæus, ii. 64.
Alexander Severus, iii. 132.

i. 8.

migration of, i. 9.

in Egypt, i. 10.

in Canaan, i. 10.

rescues Lot, i. 12.

Divine promise to him, i. 13.
birth of his son Ishmael, i. 14.
birth of his son Isaac, i. 17.
trial of his faith, i. 18.
offers up his son Isaac, i. 18.
his death, i. 22.

the seed of, i. 35.
Absalom, his beauty, i. 196.

ebels against David, i. 197.
takes possession of Jerusalem,
i. 198.

nis death, i. 198.
Adultery, Jewish law of, i. 108.
Alia Capitolina, founded by Ha-

drian on the site of Jerusalem,
iii. 106.

Agoba, bishop of Lyons, his
edicts against the Jews, iii. 230.
Agrippa, early life of, ii. 137.

n prison at Rome, ii. 140.
liberated by Caligula, ii. 141.
made king of Palestine, ii. 141.
before Caligula, ii. 156.

Alexandria, persecution of Jews
in, ii. 144.

deputation of the Jews of, before
Caligula, ii. 198.

feuds between the Christians and
Jews in, iii. 164.

Alexandrian Jews, ii. 31. 56.
Altar of Sacrifice, i. 85.

Ambrose, bishop of Milan, iii. 157.
Ammon, tribe of, i. 17.
Amos, the prophet, i. 244.
Antiochus Epiphanes, ii. 34, iii.
37.

Antipater, ii. 76.

Antonia, fortress of, iii. 21.

taken by the Romans, iii. 45.
Antoninus, treatment of the Jews
by, iii. 109.

Archelaus, king of Judea, ii. 110.
his visit to Rome, ii. 112.

deposed and banished, ii. 119.
Arians, the faction of, iii. 150.

favourable to the Jews, iii. 158,
Aristobulus the First, ii. 63.
Aristobulus the Second, ii. 70.
Aristotle, quoted, i. 47.
Ark, the, i. 87
capture of, i. 179.

rebuilt, ii. 22.

Ascalon, battle near, ii. 231.
Athaliah, her usurpation, i. 239.
Athanasians, iii. 150.

Aurelius, treatment of the Jews
by, iii. 112.

Azariah, his prosperous reign, i.

212.

B

Babylon, captivity of the ten tribes
at, ii. 5.

Babylonian Jews, their history, ii.
158.

massacre of, ii. 161.
Talmud, iii, 143.
Balaam, the prophet, i. 128.
Balshazzar, ii. 8.

Barchochab, the pretended Mes-
siah, iii. 100.

Basnage, M., quoted, iii. 225, 226.
Bathsheba, i. 195.

Belzoni, M., quoted, i. 46. 62. 257.
Benjamin, birth of, i. 29.

destruction of the tribe of, i. 157.
of Tudela, his travels, iii. 239.
Berenice, sister of Agrippa, iii 77.
Bither, siege and fall of, iii. 105.
Bristol, the Jew of, iii. 276.
Brussels, story of the Host in, iii.

266.

Buckingham, Mr., quoted, i. 146.
Buonaparte, treatment of the Jews
by, iii. 327.

summons the Sanhedrin, iii. 328.
Burckhardt, M., quoted, i. 70. 74,
75, 76. 124. 126.
Byzantine empire, state of the Jews
under, iii. 180. 226.

C.

Cabala, the, iii. 90.
Caligula, accession of, ii. 137.

his design to profane the Tem-
ple of Jerusalem, ii. 150.
his assassination, ii, 161.
Canon of Jewish Scripture, ii. 25.
Captivity of the ten tribes, i. 245,
ii. 5.9.
Caracalla, iii. 132.

Cestius Gallus, advances against
Jerusalem, ii, 202.

attacks the Temple, ii. 205.
his retreat, ii. 206.

Champollion, M., quoted, 1. 40. 50,

51.

Charlemagne, state of the Jews
under, iii. 228.

Chaucer, quoted, iii. 282.
Cherubim, i. 87.

Chilperic, compels the Jews to be
baptized, iii. 178.

Chivalry, its effects on the condi
tion of the Jews, iii. 243.
Christianity, becomes under Con-

stantine the established reli-
gion of the Roman world, iii
144.
Christians, persecutions of the
early, by the Jews, iii. 120.
the New, in Spain, iii. 290.
Cicero, quoted, iii. 116.
Circumcision, i. 14.
Claudius Felix, governor of Judea,
ii. 171.

Cleopatra, ii. 84. 86.

Clergy, power of the, its effects on
the condition of the Jews, iii.
245.

Constantine, Christianity under,
becomes the established reli-
gion of the Roman world, iii.
144.

his laws relating to the Jews, iii.
149.

his severe treatment of the Jews,
iii. 150.

Constitution, religious, of the Jews,
i. 89.

civil, of the Jews, i. 102.
Cromwell, negotiation of the Jews
with, iii. 306.

Crusaders, massacre of the Jews
by the, iii. 248.

Cuspius Fadus, governor of Judea,
ii. 166.

Cyril, archbishop of Alexandria,
iii. 166.

Cyrus, permits the Jews to return
to the Holy Land, ii. 20.

D.

Daniel, the prophet, ii. 7.
refuses to worship the golden
image, ii. 7.

(Daniel,)

cast into fiery furnace, ii. 7.
cast into den of lions, ii. 7.
interprets the king's dreams, ii. 8.
and handwriting on the wall,
ii. E.

promoted by Darius, ii. 10.
David, youthful days of, i. 182.
anointed by Samuel, f. 182.
slays Goliah of Gath, i. 182.
friendship for Jonathan, i. 182.
envied by Saul, i. 182.
his flight to Nob, i. 184.
spares the life of Saul, i. 185.
laments over the death of Saul
and Jonathan, i. 188.
declared king of Judah, i. 189.
takes Zion, i. 191.
makes Jerusalem his capital, i.
191.

dances before the Ark, i. 192.
designs to build a temple, i. 192.
commits adultery with Bathshe-
ba, i. 195.

flight from Jerusalem, i. 197.
laments death of Absalom, i. 198.
returns to Jerusalem, i. 199.
takes census of his dominions, i.
200.

appoints Solomon his successor,
i. 201.

his death, i. 202.

review of his reign, i. 202.
his personal character, i. 203.
character of his hymns, i. 203.
Deborah, stirs up Barak to the de-
liverance of the Israelites, i.

159.

ner hymn of triumph, i. 160.
Decalogue, the, i. 80.
Desert, march of the Israelites
through, i. 74.

Des Guignes, M., quoted, iii. 225.
Dial of Ahaz, i. 252.

Dio Cassius, quoted, iii. 105.
Diodorus Siculus, quoted, i. 72.
Domestic law of the Jews, i. 107.

E.

Education, Jewish course of, iii.
124.
Egypt, state of, before the settle-
ment of the Israelites in, i. 38.
famine in, i. 42.

(Egypt,)

357

Joseph's government in, i. 45.
its prolific soil, i. 46.

the plagues of, i. 59.
Egyptian government and people,
i. 39.

priesthood, i. 39.

Egyptians, their hatred of the pro

fession of a shepherd, i. 40, 41.
drowned in the Red Sea, i. 69.
Eleazar, martyrdom of, ii. 39.
Elijah, the prophet, i. 228.
Elisha, the prophet, i. 234.
Elvira, council of, decree against
the Jews, iii. 150.

Endor, the woman of, Saul con-
sults, i. 187.
Esau, birth of, i. 23.

sells his birthright, i. 24.

his meeting with Jacob, i. 27.
Essenes, history of the, ii. 124.
Esther, ii. 17.

Eusebius, quoted, i. 124.
Excommunication, among
Jews, iii. 122.
Ezekiel, the prophet, ii. 6.
Ezra, ii. 21. 24.

F.

the

Faber, Mr., his theory respecting
the pyramids, i. 49, note.
Feast of the Pentecost, i. 98.
of Tabernacles, i. 98, 99.
of Trumpets, i. 97.
Festivals, Jewish, i. 97.
Festus, governor of Judea, ii. 176
Feudal system, its effect on the
condition of the Jews, iii. 241.
First Fruits, i. 151.
Flaccus Aquilius, persecutes the
Jews in Alexandria, ii. 143.
his arrest and banishment, ii. 149.
put to death, ii. 149.

Florus, governor of Judea, ii. 179.
France, persecuting laws against
the Jews in, iii. 217.
Frederick the Great, his edict for the
regulation of the Jews, iii. 322.

G.

Gamala, siege and capture of, by
Vespasian, ii. 268.
Gamaliel, school of, iii. 84.

Gibbon, Mr., his prejudices against

the Jews, iii. 92. 107. 322.
Gideon, delivers the Israelites, i.
163.

destroys the altar of Baal, i. 163.
refuses to be king, i. 164.
his death, i. 165.

Gischala, siege and capture of, by
Titus, ii. 274.

Golden Age of Judaism, iii. 219.
Goliah of Gath, slain by David, i.
182.

Gomorrah, destruction of, i. 15.
Goshen, family of Israel in, i. 44.
Gozani, Father, quoted, iii. 138.
Great Charter, its regulations re-

lating to the Jews, iii. 277.
Grégoire, Abbé, his dissertation on
the Amelioration of the Jews,
iii. 327.

Gregory I. his decrees against slave
trade carried on by the Jews,
iii. 174.

116.

religious constitution, i. 89.
civil constitution, i. 102.
system of notation, i. 119, note.
Heliogabalus, iii. 132.

Heraclius, reconquers Jerusalem,
iii. 198.

Herder, Mr., quoted, i. 190.
Herod the Great, takes Jerusalem,
ii. 82.

made king of Judea, ii. 83.
visit to Mark Antony, ii. 85.
visit to Octavius Cæsar, ii. 87.

murders his wife Marianne, ii.
89.

his magnificence, ii. 91.

Jacob, birth of, i. 23.

buys right of primogeniture, i. 24.
vision of the ladder, i. 24, 25.
marries Rachel, i. 25.

in Mesopotamia, i. 25.
meeting with Esau, i. 27.
commanded to assume the name
of Israel, i. 27.
his family, i. 35.

migration into Egypt, i. 44.
his death, i. 47.

his splendid prophecy, i. 47.
Jamnia, school of, iii. 83. 110
Japha, fall of, ii. 249.
Jason, ii. 36.

Idolatry, Jewish, i. 93.
Idumæans, the, ii. 283.
Jehoshaphat, i. 232.

rebuilds Samaria, ii. 92.

builds Cæsarea, ii. 94.

rebuilds the Temple, ii. 96.
his last illness, ii. 105.

bis death, ii. 105.

massacre of the Innocents, ii.
106.

his will, and funeral. ii. 107.

changeable") not pronounced
by the Jews, i. 58.

Jehuda, Patriarch of Tiberias, iil.

132.

Jepthah, chief of the Gileadites, i

166.

defeats the Ammonites, i. 166.
his rash vow, i. 166.

Jeroboam, made king of Israel, i.
223.

his idolatry, i. 224.

fall of the House of, i. 225.
Jerusalem, the seat of the Hebrew
government, 1. 191.

its situation described, i. 191.
hesieged by Rabshakeh, i. 250.
first capture, by Necho, i. 257.
second capture, by Nebuchad-
nezzar, i. 258.
the wall rebuilt, ii. 22.
taken by Ptolemy, ii. 30.
taken by Pompey, ii. 72.
taken by Herod, ii. 82.
tumults in, ii. 183,

surrender of Roman garrison in,
ii. 195.

advance of Cestius Gallus
against, ii. 202.

John of Gischala in, ii. 276.
infested with robbers, ii. 277.
civil war in, ii. 281.
three factions in, iii. 7.
state of, at the commencement

of the siege, (A. C. 69,) iii. 10.
the Romans, under Titus, ad-
vance to the siege of, iii. 11.
the siege formed, iii. 12.
its walls described, iii. 17.
battering ram advanced, iii. 26.
first wall abandoned, iii. 28.
stratagem of Castor, iii. 29.
second wall lost, and retaken,
iii. 31.

second wall taken, iii. 32.
famine in the city, iii. 34.
Titus begins a trench and wall,
iii. 39.

effects of the famine, iii. 40.
fugitives murdered for their gold,
fii. 42.

(Jerusalem,)

359

the Antonia taken, iii. 45.
the Temple besieged, iii. 47.
horrors of famine, iii. 50.
burning of the Temple, iii. 53.
the Romans enter the Temple,
iii. 57.

capture and demolition of, iii. 58.
numbers killed and taken at the
siege of, iii. 63.

Hadrian founds a new city on the
site of, iii. 106.
Constantine adorns the new city,
fii. 147.

the Jews interdicted from enter-
ing the new city, iii. 151.
splendour of the new city, iii.
151.
conquest of, by the Persians, iii.
198.

reconquest of, by Heraclius, iii.
198.

the Jews prohibited from ap-
proaching, iii. 199.

Jesus Christ, led before the Sanhe-
drin, ii. 122.

brought before Pontius Pilate, il
133.

and before Herod, ii. 134.
his crucifixion, ii. 134.

Jewish captivity, in Babylon, i
245, ii. 5.

Cyrus puts an end to, ii. 10.
communities, re-establishment
of, iii. 80. 107.

education, course of, iii. 124.
history, manner in which it
should be written and read,
i. 32.

character of modern, iii.

79.
Law, character of the, i. 116.
dispute about the language
in which it was to be read, iii.
190.

nation, its political existence an-
nihilated, iii. 78.

schools of learning, iii. 84.
worship, edict of Julian for re-
storing, iii. 87.

JEWS, prefatory remarks on their

civil and religious history, i. 5.
religious constitution of the, i
89.