Elias Levita, grammarian, 229.

Elijah Kapsali, historian, 216.

Elisha, the son of Abuya, and Meir, 28.

Emden, Jacob, author of “Responses,” 238.

Emek ha-Bacha, by Joseph Cohen, 218, 219.

Emunoth ve-Deoth, by Saadiah, 95.

En Yaakob, by Jacob Ibn Chabib, 192.

Enan, giant in “The Book of Delight,” 157-158.

England, the Kalirian Piyut in, 85. 
  Jews re-admitted into, 244. 
  “Ennoblement of Character, The,” by Solomon Ibn Gebirol, 110.

Eshkol ha-Kopher, by Judah Hadassi, 80.

Esthori Parchi, explorer of Palestine, 204-205.

Ethical Wills, prevalence and character of, 193-194.
  examples of, and quotations from, 194-198.

“Ethics, the,” by Spinoza, 251.

Euclid, works of, translated, 149.

Eusebius, used in “Josippon,” 214.

“Examination of the World,” by Yedaiah Bedaressi, 191-192.

Exilarchs, the, official heads of the Persian Jews, 72.

“Eye of Jacob, The,” by Jacob Ibn Chabib, 192.

Ezra, Kabbalist, 171.

Fables. See Beast Fables; Fox Fables.

“Faith and Philosophy,” by Saadiah, 95.

Fathers, the Christian, and Simlai, 47.

Fayum, birthplace of Saadiah, 91.

Ferdinand and Isabella, Abarbanel with, 226.

Fez, the Maimon family at, 135.

Fiesco, rebellion of, 217.

Folk-tales, diffusion of, 153.

Fostat, Maimonides at, 135.

“Foundation of the World, The,” by Moses Zacut, 246.

“Fountain of Life, The,” by Solomon Ibn Gebirol, 110.

“Four Rows, The,” code by Jacob Asheri, 234, 239.

“Fox and the Fishes, The,” fable, 65.

“Fox as Singer, The,” fable, 66.

Fox Fables, by Meir, 64.
  by Berachya ha-Nakdan, 156-157.

France, the Kalirian Piyut in, 85.
  a Jewish centre, 116, 119, 124. 
  Jewish schools of, destroyed, 124.

Fraenkel, teacher of Mendelssohn, 253.

Frederick II, emperor, patron of Anatoli, 149.

Frederick the Great, the Berlin of, 254.

Galen, works of, translated, 150, 185.

Galilee, centre of Jewish learning, 20.
  explored by Esthori Parchi, 205.

Gaonim, the, heads of the Babylonian schools, 68.
  work of, 68-69.
  literary productions of, 69-71.
  language used by, 71. 
  “Letters” of, 71-74.
  religious heads of the Jews of Persia, 72.
  as writers, 74. 
  Karaite controversies with, 78.
  works of, collected, 104.
  analyze the Talmud, 121.

Gedaliah Ibn Yachya, historian, 222-223.

Gemara. See Talmud, the.

Genesis, commentary on, by Saadiah, 94.

Geographical literature among the Jews, 200.

German Jews, stagnation among, 254.

Germany, the Kalirian Piyut in, 85.