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*Rashi, continued.
 * descendants of, 124, 161.
 * Rava, Amora, 51.
 * Rembrandt, friend of Manasseh ben Israel, 245.
 * Renaissance, the, and Italian Jewish literature, 178, 182, 184, 187.
 * Renan, on the students of Averroes, 148.
 * "Responses," on religious subjects, 234-235, 237-238.
 * Reuchlin, Johann, and the Kabbala, 174.
 * Rhyme, in Hebrew poetry, 84.
 * "Rod of Judah, The," by the Ibn Vergas, 218-219.
 * Rokeach, by Eleazar of Worms, 191.
 * "Royal Crown, The," by Solomon Ibn Gebirol, 110.
 * quotation from, 111-112.


 * Saadiah, Gaon, 70, 91-97.
 * activities of, 91, 95.
 * opposes Karaism, 92, 94.
 * translates the Scriptures, 93, 94.
 * style of, 93.
 * conflict of, with the Exilarch, 95.
 * arranges a prayer-book, 95.
 * as a philosopher, 95-96, 139.
 * works of, translated, 148.
 * Sabbatai Zevi, and the Kabbala, 175.
 * opponents of, 238.
 * Sacred Letter, The," by Nachmanides, 165.
 * Safed, Kabbalist centre, 175.
 * Sahal, the son of Mazliach, 77-78.
 * Salman, the son of Yerucham, Karaite author, 78.
 * Salonica, Kabbalist centre, 175.
 * "Salvation of his Anointed," by Abarbanel, 229.
 * "Samson," by Luzzatto, 246.
 * Samuel, Amora, 47-48, 51.
 * astronomer, 48.
 * Samuel, the son of Chofni, Gaon and author, 71.
 * Samuel ben Meir, exegete, 124.
 * Samuel Ibn Nagdela, Nagid and minister, 103.
 * as a scholar, 104.
 * as a poet, 104-105.
 * Samuel Ibn Tibbon, translator, 147, 148.
 * son-in-law of, 148.
 * Samuel Usque, poet, 217-218.
 * Scientific activity of the Jews, 151.
 * Scot, Michael, friend of Anatoli, 149, 151.
 * Scriptures, the, translated into Greek, 26.
 * commentaries on, 77, 79, 128, 229.
 * translated into Arabic, 91, 93, 94.
 * translations of, in the synagogues, 94.
 * and new-Hebrew poetry, 107-108.
 * characteristics of the poetry of, 108.
 * addresses of parents to children in, 194.
 * See also Pentateuch, the.
 * Scroll of Fasting, The," contents, character, and purpose of, 40-41.
 * Sedarim, order of the Mishnah, 31.
 * Seder ha-Doroth, by Yechiel Heilprin, 220.
 * Sefer Dikduk, by Sahal, the son of Mazliach, 79.
 * Sefer ha-Chassidim, ethical work, 191.
 * Sefer ha-Galui, by Saadiah, 93.
 * Sefer ha-Kabbalah, by Abraham ihn Daud, 213-214.
 * Sefer Yetsirah, by Saadiah, 95.
 * Kabbalistic, 175.
 * Seleucid era, the, abolished, 238.
 * Selichoth, elegies, Zunz on, 215-216.
 * Sepphoris, centre of Jewish learning, 20.
 * Septuagint, the, style of, 26.
 * Seville, Jewish literary centre, 112.
 * Shaaloth u-Teshuboth, decisions, 73.
 * Shalsheleth ha-Kabbalah, by Gedaliah Ibn Yachya, 220.
 * Shebet Jehudah, by the Ibn Vergas, 218-219.
 * Sheeltoth, by Achai, 69-70.
 * Sheloh, by Isaiah Hurwitz 176.
 * Shelomo Izchaki, See Rashi.