Sherira, Gaon and historian, 70-71.

Sheshet family, writers of “Responses,” 237.

“Shields of the Mighty, The,” by Abraham de Porta Leone, 220.

Shiites, the, Mohammedan sect, 75.

Shilte ha-Gibborim, by Abraham de Porta Leone, 220.

Shulchan Aruch, the, publication of, 232.
  scope of, 232-233.
  sources of, 233-234.
  parts of, 239-240.
  value of, 241.

Sibylline books, the Jewish, 38-40.
  on the Jewish religion, 38-39.
  language of, 39.
  quotations from, 39, 40.

Siddur, the, compiled by Amram, 70.

Sifra, a Midrashic work, 57.

Sifre, a Midrashic work, 57.

Simlai, Amora, 47, 48.

Simon, the son of Lakish, Amora, 46.

Simon, the son of Yochai, alleged author of the Zohar, 172.

Solomon, the son of Adereth, writer of “Responses,” 235.

Solomon Ibn Gebirol, and the Scriptures, 107.
  subjects of, 109.
  life of, 109-110.
  works of, 110.
  quotations from, 111-112.
  works of, translated, 148.

Solomon Ibn Verga, chronicler, 218.

Solomon Alami, ethical writer, 197-198.

Solomon Alkabets, poet, 239.

Solomon Molcho, and the Kabbala, 175, 207.

Song of Songs, the, and new-Hebrew poetry, 107.

Spain, Moorish, the centre of Jewish learning, 96-97.

Spanish-Jewish poetry. See New-Hebrew poetry.

Spanish Piyut, the, 85.

Speyer, Rashi at, 122.

Spinoza, Baruch, influenced by Chasdai Crescas, 141.
  philosopher, 243, 244, 249-251.
  life of, 250-251.
  works of, 251.

Steinschneider, Dr., on Jewish translators, 144.

“Stone of Help, The,” part of the Shulchan Aruch, 240.

Strabo, used in “Josippon,” 214.

“Strengthening of Faith, The,” by Isaac Troki, 81.

“Strong Hand, The,” by Moses Maimonides, 136-137, 139, 232.

“Strong Tower, The,” by Luzzatto, 246.

Sunnites, the, Mohammedan sect, 75.

Sura, centre of Jewish learning, 44, 72. 
  Saadiah at, 91, 96.

Synhedrion, the, at Jamnia, 19-20.

“Table Prepared.” See Shulchan Aruch, the.

Tables of Alfonso, in Hebrew, 221.

Tachkemoni, by Charizi, 131-132, 183.

Talmud, the, commentary on the Mishnah, 43.
  language of, 44.
  two works, 44.
  the teachers of, 44.
  character of, 45, 50, 53.
  the two aspects of, 47.
  and Rab and Samuel, 47-48, 51.
  influences traceable in, 50-51.
  compilation of, 51-52.
  beast fables in, 64-67.
  lexicon of, 70.
  and the Piyut, 86.
  commentary on, by Rashi, 120.
  geographical notes in, 200. 
  Notes on, 234.

Talmud, the Babylonian, 44.
  the larger work, 44.

Talmud, the Jerusalem, 44.

Tam of Rameru, Tossafist, 161.