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1. Eagle JE The rendering in the English Bible versions of the Hebrew "nesher." The nesher, however, was bald; nested on high rocks; and...
2. Earnest-money JE Part payment of the price by the buyer of a commodity as a guaranty that he will stand by the bargain.Wherever the payment...
3. Earnings JE ...
4. Earring JE A ring or hook passed through the lobe of the ear. Earrings, so widely used by Eastern peoples, have no particular designation...
5. Earth JE The Hebrew expression for "earth" means primarily earth or soil as an element, and also the surface of the earth and plowed...
6. Earthquake JE The Hebrew word "ra'ash," as well as its Assyrian and Arabic equivalents designating an earthquake, is indicative of a...
7. Easement JE An incorporeal, right, existing distinct from the ownership of the soil, consisting of a liberty, privilege, or use of another&#39...
8. East JE Worshipers of the sun turned toward the east, with their backs to the Holy of Holies (Ezek. viii. 16; comp. Suk. v. 4), whereas...
9. East Indies JE ...
10. Easter JE Name given by Anglo-Saxons to the Christian Passover as the Feast of Resurrection, and rather incorrectly used for the Jewish...
11. Eating JE ...
12. Ebal JE 1. A bare mountain 2,900 feet high, north of Sichem, opposite Mt. Gerizim. At the base toward the north are several tombs...
13. Ebed-melech JE A Cushite officer at the court of King Zedekiah, who interceded in behalf of Jeremiah, and was sent by the king with thirty...
14. Ebed Ṭob JE ...
15. Ebel Rabbati JE ...
16. Eben-ezer JE Scene of two battles in which the Israelites were defeated by the Philistines. In the first engagement they lost 4,000 men...
17. Eber JE The eponymous ancestor of the Hebrews; grandson of Arphaxad and great-grandson of Shem; father of Joktan, the ancestor of...
18. Eber Ben Pethahiah JE Moravian scholar; lived in Ungarisch-Brod at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Steinschneider indicates the possibility...
19. Abraham Ben Judah Eberlen JE German mathematician; lived at Frankfort-on-the-Main in the first half of the sixteenth century. He was the author of a work...
20. George Friedrich Felix Eberty JE German jurist and author; born in Berlin Jan. 26,1812; died at Arnsdorf (Riesengebirge) July 7, 1884. He was educated at the...
21. Ebiasaph JE A Levite, descendant of Kohath, and one of the ancestors of the prophet Samuel and of Heman, the singer. In Exodus vi. 24...
22. Ebionites JE Sect of Judæo-Christians of the second to the fourth century. They believed in the Messianic character of Jesus, but...
23. Ebony JE This word is mentioned only once in the Old Testament, namely, Ezek. xxvii. 15, where it is stated that the Arabian merchant...
24. Ebron JE See Abdon, of which it is a variant form. This article is Rated: 2...
25. Wilhelm Ebstein JE German physician; born in Jauer, Prussian Silesia, Nov. 27, 1836. He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau and Berlin...
26. Book Of Ecclesiastes JE The name "Ecclesiastes"—literally, "Member of an Assembly," often thought to mean (after Jerome) "Preacher"—is...
27. Ecclesiasticus JE ...
28. Echo Des Judenthums JE ...
29. Ecija JE Spanish city in the province of Seville. A charge of ritual murder occurred in the time of the "great king" Alfonso (Alfonso...
30. Joseph De Ecija JE See Benveniste, Joseph ben Ephraim Ha-Levi. This article is Rated:&nbsp...
31. Johann Maier Von Eck JE Catholic theologian; born at Eck, Bavaria, Nov. 13, 1486; died in Ingolstadt Feb. 10, 1543. One of the most active antagonists...
32. Ed JE Name supplied by the English versions for the altar erected by the tribes on the east of the Jordan (Joshua xxii. 34). The...
33. 'edah Kedoshah JE Two Hebrew appellations signifying respectively "holy congregation" and "sacred college"; the former being peculiar to the...
34. Eddinus JE One of the three "holy singers . . . , the sons of Asaph" (I Esd. i. 15), at Josiah's Passover. He alone belonged to the...
35. Judah LÖw Ben Moses Ha-levi Edel JE Russian preacher; born at Zamoscz, government of Lublin, Poland; died at Slonim 1827. He was a pupil of Elijah Wilna, and...
36. Hirsch Edelmann (hen-Ṭob) JE Author and editor; born in Swislocz, Russia, 1805; died at Berlin, Nov. 20, 1858. He was the son of a rabbinical scholar,...
37. Simhah Reuben Edelmann JE Russian grammarian and commentator; born in Wilna Jan., 1821; died in Warsaw Dec., 1892. He received a good Talmudical education...
38. Samuel Eliezer Ben Judah Edels JE Polish rabbi; born in Posen, 1555; died at Ostrog Nov. 30, 1631. He was a son-in-law of Rabbi Moses Ashkenazi, author of "Zikron...
39. Garden Of Eden JE Name given to the "earthly paradise" occupied by Adam and Eve before their fall through sin. The word "Eden," perhaps an Assyrian...
40. Edar Eder JE A place near Ephrath, i.e., Bethlehem. Jacob, while journeying from Bethlehem to Hebron, encamped "beyond the tower of Eder"...
41. Alfred Edersheim JE Christian theologian and missionary to the Jews; born at Vienna, of Jewish parents, March 7, 1825; died at Menton March 16...
42. Edessa JE The present Urfa, a city in the vilayet of Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey. No mention of the name is found in Jewish writings, except...
43. Edinburgh JE Capital of Scotland. When the Jews began to settle in Scotland early in the nineteenth century, they appear to have been attracted...
44. Markus Edinger JE German deputy; born at Worms Jan. 14, 1808; died at Mannheim Feb. 9, 1879. He was the first Jew summoned by the government...
45. Idumea Edox JE Edom is the name which was given to Esau, the first-born son of Isaac, on the day he sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess...
46. Moses Edrehi JE Moroccan cabalist and teacher of modern and Oriental languages of the earlier part of the nineteenth century; born in Morocco...
47. Edrei JE Ancient city in the Jordan valley, at present Der'at, southeast of Muzerib. The city is apparently mentioned as "Otara"...
48. Edris JE ...
49. Education JE The moral and religious training of the people from childhood up was regarded by the Jews from the very beginning of their...
50. Educational Alliance JE ...
51. Educatore Israelita JE Monthly periodical founded by Giuseppe Levi, and published by him, in conjunction with Esdra Pontremoli, at Vercelli (1853-74)...
52. 'eduyot JE Following is a synopsis of the longer portions of the treatise:Chapter i.: In 1-3 a matter of dispute between Hillel and Shammai...
53. 'efa JE Rabbinic scholar of the fourth century. He was a native of Babylonia, who, although but few halakot and fewer haggadot are...
54. Efes JE Scholar of the third century; secretary to the patriarch Judah I. (Gen. R. lxxv. 5), and one of the last tannaim. After Judah&#39...
55. Efodi JE ...
56. Amram Ben Nathan Efrati JE Rabbi of Valencia in the second half of the fourteenth century. He was a contemporary of Nissim b. Reuben, rabbi of Barcelona...
57. Eger JE Bohemian town, on the right bank of the River Eger. The population of Eger in 1890 was 17,148, including 508 Jews. The oldest...
58. Eger JE A family established for a long time at Halberstadt, Germany. It appears to have been originally known by the name of "Gins"...
59. Egesippus JE ...
60. Eggs JE The Old Testament refers to eggs of birds (Deut. xxii. 6) and of vipers (Isa. lix. 5, A. V., "cockatrice"), and to the well-known...
61. Eglah JE Mother of Ithream, David's sixth son (I Chron. iii. 3). The expression "wife of David" (II Sam. iii. 5) probably means...
62. Eglath-shelishiyah JE A place mentioned in ancient oracles against Moab (Isa. xv. 5, R. V.; Jer. xlviii. 34, R. V.), together with Zoar, Luhith...
63. Eglon JE A king of Moab, who overcame the Israelites and captured the "city of palm-trees," by which is probably meant Jericho (Judges...
64. Menahem Ben Moses Egozi JE Turkish Talmudist; lived at Constantinople during the sixteenth century. He was the author of "Gal shel Egozim," expositions...
65. Egotism JE ...
66. Meshullam Ben Samson Egra JE Austrian rabbi; born in Galicia 1733; died at Presburg Sept. 21, 1785. Egra's father was of Buczacz, Galicia, but Meshullam...
67. Egypt JE The valley of the Nile north of the first cataract, having an area of 9,000-12,000 square miles of arable ground. Almost rainless...
68. Ehad Mi Yodea' JE Initial words of a Hebrew nursery-rime which, with ḥad Gadya, is recited at the close of the Seder on Passover eve....
69. Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkranz JE Galician Yiddish poet; born in Zbaraz, Galicia, about 1812; died about 1882. He spent many years in Rumania and southern Russia...
70. Moses Levi Ehrenreich JE Italian rabbi; born at Brody, Galicia, 1818; died at Rome Dec. 27, 1899. Having graduated from the gymnasium of his native...
71. Moritz Ehrentheil JE Hungarian educator and writer; born at Szilágy-Nagyfalu in 1825; died at Budapest Dec. 27, 1894. After teaching in various...
72. Adolph (abraham Abele) Ehrlich JE Russian educator and rabbi; born in Mitau, Courland, Sept. 20, 1837. In 1858 he became teacher of the Hebrew language and...
73. Arnold Ehrlich JE Bible critic; born in Volodovka, near Brest-Litovsk, Russia, Jan. 15, 1848. Educated at the universities of Leipsic and Berlin...
74. Heinrich Ehrlich JE German composer, pianist, and musical critic; born at Vienna Oct. 5, 1822; died Dec. 20, 1899. He began his musical career...
75. Meshullam Ehrlich JE Polish philologist; born at Lublin 1818; died at Paris 1861. He was one of the leading Talmudic scholars of his time, as well...
76. Paul Ehrlich JE German physician; born at Strehlen, Prussian Silesia, March 14, 1854. He studied medicine at the universities of Breslau,...
77. Daniel Ehrmann JE Austrian rabbi; born at Muttersdorf, Bohemia, in 1816; died at Brünn Nov. 15, 1882. After studying at Budapest and Prague...
78. Ehud JE Second judge of Israel; a Benjamite, the son of Gera. Concealing under his garment a two-edged sword, he carried a present...
79. Albert EibenschÜtz JE German pianist; born in Berlin April 15, 1857; studied pianoforte under Reinecke and composition under Paul at the Leipsic...
80. David Solomon EibenschÜtz JE Russian rabbi and author; died in Safed, Palestine, 1812. He was a pupil of Rabbi Moses Ẓebi Heller, author of "Geon...
81. Ilona EibenschÜtz JE Hungarian pianist; born at Budapest May 8, 1872. She received her first instruction in music from her cousin Albert Eibensch&#252...
82. Jonathan EibenschÜtz JE ...
83. Simon Aaron EibeschÜtz JE Danish philanthropist; born Nov. 14, 1786 in Copenhagen; died there Nov. 25, 1856. He left a fortune amounting to about 1...
84. Julia Eichberg JE ...
85. Julius Eichberg JE Violinist, director of music, and composer; born in Düsseldorf, Germany, June 13, 1824; died at Boston, Mass., Jan. 18...
86. Pauline Eichberg JE ...
87. Jacob Eichenbaum JE Russian educator, poet, and mathematician; one of the pioneers of modern education among the Russian Jews; born in Krasnopolie...
88. Johann Gottfried Eichhorn JE Orientalist and Biblical scholar; born at Dörrenzimmern, in the principality of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, Oct. 16, 1752; died...
89. Gustave D' Eichthal JE French publicist and Hellenist; born at Nancy March 22, 1804; died at Paris April 9, 1882. At the age of thirteen he became...
90. Moses Zarah Eidlitz JE Austrian Talmudist; born before 1725; died May 17, 1786, at Prague. Following the custom of the time, he conducted a Talmud...
91. Eighteen Benedictions JE ...
92. Issachar Baer Ben Israel Leyser Eilenburg JE Polish rabbi; born in Posen about 1570; died in Austerlitz, Moravia, in 1623. His father gave him a thorough training in the...
93. Einbeck JE Town in the province of Hanover, Prussia. That Jews lived there at a very early date is shown by the fact that some Einbeck...
94. David Einhorn JE German rabbi, preacher, and theological writer; leader of the Reform movement in America; born at Dispeck, Bavaria, Nov. 10...
95. Ignatz (eduard Horn) Einhorn JE Hungarian preacher and political economist; born at Vágh-Ujhely Sept. 25, 1825; died at Budapest Nov. 2, 1875. He was...
96. Max Einhorn JE Physician; born Jan. 10, 1862, at Grodno, Russia; studied medicine at the universities of Kiev and Berlin, graduating as M...
97. Edwin Einstein JE Born at Cincinnati Nov. 18, 1842; educated in New York city; received the degree of master of arts at Union College, Schenectady...
98. Eiragoly JE ...
99. Johann Andreas Eisenmenger JE Anti-Jewish author; born in Mannheim 1654; died in Heidelberg Dec. 20, 1704. The son of an official in the service of the...
100. Eisenstadt JE City in the county of Oedenburg (Sopron), Hungary. The Jewish community of Eisenstadt is the only community of Hungary that...
101. Eisenstadt JE Polish family which, when the Jews were compelled to adopt family names, selected the name of Eisenstadt, a town in Hungary...
102. Julius (judah David) Eisenstein JE Russian-American writer; born in Meseritz, government of Siedlec, Russian Poland, Nov. 21, 1855. He emigrated in 1872 to the...
103. Eishishki JE ...
104. Leopold Eisler JE Austrian rabbi; born Feb. 11, 1825, at Boskowitz, Moravia; studied Talmud under Rabbi Abraham Placzek, and Oriental languages...
105. Moritz Eisler JE Austrian educator and philosophical writer; born at Prossnitz, Moravia, Jan. 20, 1823; died at Troppau, Silesia, Dec. 21,...
106. Rudolph Eisler JE Austrian writer; born in Vienna Jan. 7, 1873. He was educated at the universities of Berlin, Vienna, and Leipsic, graduating...
107. Eiss, Alexander, Ritter Von JE Austrian colonel; born at Piesling, Moravia, 1832. He entered the Austrian army at the age of fifteen, and took part in the...
108. Ejectment JE An action to recover the immediate possession of real property, with damages for wrongful withholding.The general principle...
109. Ekah (lamentations) Rabbati JE The Midrash on Lamentations, like Bereshit Rabbah and the Pesiḳta ascribed to Rab Kahana, belongs to the oldest works...
110. Ekaterinoslav JE ...
111. Ekron JE One of the five cities belonging to the Philistines (Josh. xiii. 3), situated in the maritime plain. It is mentioned in connection...
112. El 'elyon JE The most high God (Gen. xix. 18-20, 22, A. V.; R. V. "God most high"), as whose priest Melchizedek blesses Abraham (compare...
113. El Male Rahamin JE ...
114. El Nora 'alilah JE Ahymn attributed to Moses ibn Ezra, and chanted, in the Sephardic liturgy, before the commencement of the "Ne'ilah" or...
115. El Shaddai JE ...
116. Ela (hela, Ilaa, Ilai, Ili, La, Leia, Yela) JE Palestinian scholar of the third amoraic generation (third and fourth centuries). In one form or another, his name frequently...
117. Eladah JE Son of Tahath and father of Tahath, found in the genealogical list of Ephraim in I Chron. vii. 20, but not mentioned in the...
118. Elah JE King of Israel; son of Baasha, who seized the throne of northern Israel after the murder of Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, its...
119. The Valley Of Elah JE Scene of the combat between David and Goliath (I Sam. xvii. 2, xxi. 9). It is identified with the fertile Wadi al-San&#7789...
120. Elam JE The great plain north of the Persian Gulf and east of the lower Tigris and the mountainous districts by which it is enclosed...
121. El'asah JE Amora, whose epoch is uncertain; known chiefly on account of a controversy which he had with a certain Philippus (or a philosopher)...
122. Elath JE Idumean port at the northern end of the Ælanitic Gulf, the later Aila. According to the Old Testament, the name of the...
123. Ismar Elbogen JE German scholar; born at Schildberg Sept. 1, 1874. Educated by his uncle, Jacob Levy, author of the "Neuhebräisches W&#246...
124. Elcesaites JE A Judæo-Christian sect of Gnostic tendencies, whose period of influence extended from about 100 to 400. The Church Fathers...
125. Elche JE City in the former kingdom of Valencia. When Don Jaime I. of Aragon took the city from the Moors, he gave houses and land...
126. Eldad Ben Mahli Ha-dani JE Merchant and traveler of the ninth century. He professed to have been a citizen of an independent Jewish state in eastern...
127. Eldad And Medad JE Two men who prophesied in the camp during the wanderings in the wilderness (Num. xi. 26-29). According to an old rabbinical...
128. Elder JE In primitive times age was a necessary condition of authority. Not only among the ancient Jews, but also among other nations...
129. Rebellious Elder JE An elder who defies the authoritative rabbinic interpretation of the Mosaic Law. In the period when the Sanhedrin flourished...
130. Elead JE A descendant of Ephraim, found in the genealogical list in I Chron. vii. 21. He joined a party of raiders to take away the...
131. Elealah JE Town of the Moabite plateau, conquered by Gad and Reuben and rebuilt by the latter (Num. xxx ii. 3, 37). It is mentioned,...
132. Eleazar JE High priest; third son of Aaron. After his two elder brothers, Nadab and Abihu, had suffered death for offering strange fire...
133. Eleazar I (lazar) (eleazar b Shammua') JE Mishnaic teacher of the fourth generation, frequently cited in rabbinic writings without his patronymic (Ab. iv. 12; Gi&#7789...
134. Eleazar Ii (lazar) JE Palestinian amora of the third century (second and third generations). In the Midrashim he is frequently cited with his patronymic...
135. Eleazar B Abina JE Palestinian haggadist of the fourth amoraic generation (fourth century C. E.); junior contemporary of Aḥa III., in whose...
136. Abraham Eleazar JE Fictitious author of an ancient work on alchemy published in Leipsic in 1760, and bearing the title "R. Abrahami Eleazaris...
137. Eleazar Ben Ahwai (ahbai) JE Probably identical, according to Bacher ("Ag. Tan." ii. 553), with Eleazar b. Mahbai or Maḥbai, a tanna of the second...
138. Eleazar Ben 'arak JE Tanna of the second generation (first century C.E.). Being first among the disciples of R. Johanan ben Zakkai (Ab. ii. 8;...
139. Eleazar B Azariah JE Mishnaic scholar of the second generation (first century C.E.); junior contemporary of Gamaliel II., Eliezer b. Hyrcanus,...
140. Eleazar Of Bartota JE ...
141. Eleazar B Dama JE ...
142. Eleazar B Dinai JE Leader of the Zealots (35-60, C.E.). When the Jews of Peræea had boundary disputes with the pagan population of Philadelphia...
143. Eleazar B Durdaia JE A famous penitent, quoted both as a warning against debauchery, which leads to death, and as an encouragement to repentance...
144. Eleazar B Eleazar Ha-kappar JE ...
145. Eleazar (eliezer) B Enoch JE A scholarly contemporary of 'Aḳabia b. Mahalalel and Gamaliel II. According to the statement of Judahb. 'Illai...
146. Eleazar Of Hagronia JE Babylonian scholar of the fourth amoraic generation (fifth century); junior of Aḥa b. Jacob and Raba (b. Joseph). He...
147. Eleazar (eliezer) B Hisma JE Tanna of the second and third generations (second century); disciple of Joshua b. Hananiah and Gamaliel II. (Ḥag. 3a...
148. Eleazar B Jacob JE ...
149. Eleazar B Jair JE Leader of the Sicarii, the remnant of whom, driven from Jerusalem about 70 by Eleazar b. Ananias, retired to Masada. Eleazar...
150. Eleazar (lazar) Ben Jose I JE Tanna of the fourth and fifth generations (second century). He was second among the five learned sons of Jose b. Ḥalafta...
151. Eleazar (lazar) B Jose Ii JE Palestinian amora of the fifth generation (fifth century); senior of Naḥman II. and Aḥa III. (Pesiḳ. v....
152. Eleazar (eliezer, Lazar) B Judah Of Bartota (biria, Birta, Birtota) JE Scholar and philanthropist of the third tannaitic generation (first and second centuries); disciple of Joshua b. Hananiah...
153. Eleazar Ben Judah Ben Kalonymus Of Worms JE Talmudist and cabalist; born, probably at Mayence, about 1176; died at Worms in 1238. He was a descendant of the great Kalonymus...
154. Eleazar (eliezer) Ha-kappar JE Tanna of the fourth generation (second century); father of Bar Ḳappara, who is sometimes cited by the same name. Eleazar...
155. Eleazar Lasi Ben Joseph JE German Talmudist; born in Berlin Sept. 24, 1740; died at Hamburg Jan. 22, 1814. He studied under Tebele Scheuer, rabbi of...
156. Eleazar B Mahbai JE ...
157. Eleazar B Malai JE Palestinian scholar of the fourth century, whose name is mentioned but once, in the Babylonian Talmud, and then only as the...
158. Eleazar B Mattai (matthias) JE Tanna of the third and fourth generations (second century); contemporary of Hananiah b. Ḥakinai, Ben 'Azzai, and...
159. Eleazar B Menahem JE Palestinian scholar of the fourth amoraic generation (fourth century). No halakot and but few haggadot are connected with...
160. Eleazar Of Modi'im (modaim) JE Scholar of the second tannaitic generation (first and second centuries); disciple of Johanan ben Zakkai (B. B. 10b), and contemporary...
161. Eleazar B Nathan JE ...
162. Eleazar Ben Pedat JE ...
163. Eleazar Ben Perata I JE Tanna of the third generation (second century); junior contemporary of Eleazar of Modi'im (Tosef., Sanh. iv. 8; Yer. Meg...
164. Eleazar Ben Perata Ii JE Tanna of the second and third centuries; grandson of Eleazar ben Perata I.; sometimes designated as "Eleazar b. Perata, the...
165. Eleazar Ben Samuel JE Rabbi; born at Cracow about 1665; died at Safed, Palestine, 1742. On the completion of his studies he became dayyan of Cracow...
166. Eleazar Ben Samuel Of Metz JE French tosafist; died 1198. He was a pupil of R. Tam, and is often quoted in tosafot—sometimes as "RAM," sometimes as...
167. Eleazar B Shammua' JE ...
168. Eleazar Ben Simon JE Tanna of the second century. He was the son of Simon b. Yoḥai, and since he participated in many of his father's...
169. Eleazar B Zadok JE ...
170. Eleazar Ben ZiṬa Abu Al-sari JE Karaite Bible exegete; lived probably in Egypt in the tenth century. He supported the rigid, ascetic, and Sadducean doctrines...
171. Elegy JE ...
172. Elephant JE A pachydermatous mammal of the family of the Elephantidæ. It is now commonly agreed that the elephant (Elephas indicus)...
173. Eleutheropolis JE Greek name of a city called "Bet Gubrin" in the Talmud and "Baitogabra" by Ptolemy. In the Old Testament the name can not...
174. Uzziel Elha'ik JE Rabbi and preacher in Tunis, of which place he was a native; died there 1812. He left two works which were printed long after...
175. Elhanan JE According to II Sam. xxi. 19, R. V., the son of Jaareoregim, the Bethlehemite, who in a battle with the Philistines at Gob...
176. Elhanan Ben Bezalel Uri HefeẒ JE Polish scholar; lived in Posen in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was the author of a work called "Ḳiryat...
177. Elhanan Hendel (haenle) Ben Benjamin Wolf Kirchhan JE Ethical writer; lived at Frankfort-on-the-Main at the end of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth....
178. Elhanan Ben Isaac Of Dampierre JE Tosafist and liturgist; martyred in 1184 (Solomon Luria, Responsa, No. 29; see Azriel). He was on his grandmother's side...
179. Elhanan Ben Issachar Katz JE Religious writer in Hebrew and Judæo-German; lived in the second half of the seventeenth century and at the beginning...
180. Elhanan Ben Samuel (sanwel) Ashkenazi JE Rabbi of Schottland, near Danzig; born in 1713; died Sept. 27, 1780. At the age of eighteen he became rabbi of Fordon, Prussia...
181. Elhanan Ben Shemariah JE Egyptian Talmudist; flourished in the tenth and eleventh centuries. He was the son of Shemariah b. Elhanan of Kairwan, who...
182. Elhanan B Simon JE ...
183. Eli JE High priest at Shiloh and judge over Israel (I Sam. i. 3, iv. 18, xiv. 3; I Kings ii. 27). He was a descendant of Aaron&#39...
184. Eli B Judah JE ...
185. Eli Ẓiyyon JE The alphabetical hymn closing the series of "ḳinot" chanted in the northern rituals on the morning of the Fast of Ab...
186. Eliab JE Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time when the census was taken in the wilderness (Num. i. 9; ii. 7...
187. Eliada JE ...
188. Eliakim JE Name borne by three Biblical personages. 1. Son of Hilkiah; appointed successor of Shebna, the "treasurer" (R. V. "scribe...
189. Eliakim JE A Palestinian scholar of the third century. His name is connected with no halakot, and with a single haggadah only. He construes...
190. Eliakim Ben Abraham JE Cabalist and grammarian; lived at London in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His works are: "'Asarah Ma'amarot...
191. Eliakim Ben Asher Selig JE Polish Talmudic scholar; lived at Yampol in the eighteenth century. He was sent by the Polish Jews (1757) to Rome to defend...
192. Eliakim Gottschalk Of Rothenburg JE German Talmudist; lived in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He was a descendant of Meïr of Rothenburg, and, according...
193. Eliakim (gÖtz) Ben Jacob JE Galician cantor, teacher, and translator; born at Komarno; died at Amsterdam before 1709. He was the author of: "Leshon Limmudim...
194. Eliakim (gÖtz) Ben MeÏr JE Polish Talmudist; flourished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In his youth, at Posen, he devoted himselfto the...
195. Eliakim Ben Meshullam (ha-levi) JE German Talmudist and payyeṭan; born about 1030; died at the end of the eleventh century in Speyer, Rhenish Bavaria....
196. Eliakim Ben Naphtali JE Italian ethical writer; lived in the fifteenth century; author of "Ṭob Shem. Ṭob," selections from the Talmud...
197. Eliam JE One of David's heroes (II Sam. xxiii. 34); son of Ahithophel the Gilonite (comp. I Chron. xi. 36).2. Father of Bath-sheba...
198. Vittorio Eliano JE Jewish convert to Christianity; grandson of Elijah Levita; lived in Italy in the sixteenth century; became priest and canon...
199. Elias Cretensis JE ...
200. Julius Elias JE German author; born at Hoya, Hanover, June 21, 1861. He was educated at Dorotheenstadt industrial school, Friedrich Werder...
201. Elias Levita JE ...
202. Ney Elias JE British consul-general at Meshed, Persia, and explorer; died in London May 31, 1897. At an early age he found his way to China...
203. Elias Pasha JE ...
204. Samuel Elias JE English pugilist, popularly known as "Dutch Sam"; born April 4, 1775, in London; died July 3, 1816. After successful contests...
205. Bezaleel Judah Eliasberg JE Russian Hebraist; born at Ivenitz 1800; died at Minsk 1847. Under the title "Marpe le-'Am," with a supplement entitled...
206. Jonathan B Mordecai Eliasberg JE Russian rabbi; born in Kovno 1850; died in Volkovisk, government of Grodno, Nov. 20, 1898. His first rabbinate was in Pumpian...
207. Mordecai B Joseph Eliasberg JE Russian rabbi; born in Chaikishok, government of Grodno, Feb., 1817; died in Bausk, Courland, Dec. 11, 1889. His father-in-law...
208. Eliezer JE 1. Servant of Abraham; mentioned by name only in Gen. xv. 2, a passage which presents some difficulties. Eliezer is described...
209. Eliezer JE Palestinian amora of the fifth century; contemporary of Abdimi (Yer. 'Er. x. 26a) and of Berechiah II. (Gen. R. lxxvii...
210. Eliezer The Astronomer JE German scholar of the sixteenth century; author of "Ge Ḥizzayon," an astrological compilation fromHebrew, Arabic, and...
211. Eliezer Of Beaugency JE French exegete of the twelfth century; born at Beaugency, capital of a canton in the department of Loiret; pupil of Samuel...
212. Eliezer Of Bourgogne JE French Talmudist of the thirteenth century. Gross identifies him with Eliezer ben Aaron of Bourgogne, one of the six rabbis...
213. Eliezer Ben Faruh JE Jewish mathematician, said by certain Mohammedan authors to have first established the Jewish calendar. He is mentioned by...
214. Eliezer B Hisma JE ...
215. Eliezer (liezer) Ben Hyrcanus JE One of the most prominent tannaim of the first and second centuries; disciple of R. Johanan ben Zakkai (Ab. ii. 8; Ab. R....
216. Eliezer (eleazar) Ben Immanuel Of Tarascon JE Member of a family of scholars established in that city since the first half of the thirteenth century. Although he wrote...
217. Eliezer B Isaac JE ...
218. Eliezer Ben Isaac Of Bohemia JE See Tosafists. This article is Rated: 2.93 ...
219. Eliezer Isaac Cohen Ben Abraham Ashkenazi Of Viterbo JE Italian physician and Talmudic authority; born at Rome at the beginning of the sixteenth century; died, probably at Sienna...
220. Eliezer Ben Isaac Ha-gadol JE German rabbi of the eleventh century. He was a pupil of his cousin R. Simon ha-Gadol of Mayence and of R. Gershom Me'or...
221. Eliezer D'italia JE Printer of Mantua at the beginning of the seventeenth century; established a printing-office in Mantua in 1612 after an interval...
222. Eliezer (liezer-eleazar) B Jacob JE Tanna of the first century; contemporary of Eleazar b. Ḥisma and Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, and senior of 'Illai (Pes...
223. Eliezer Ben Jacob Bellin Ashkenazi JE German scholar of the seventeenth century. He prepared a calendar ("'Ibronot," Lublin, 1615) based upon the work of Jacob...
224. Eliezer B Jacob Nahum JE ...
225. Eliezer Ben Joel Ha-levi JE German Talmudist; born probably at Bonn 1160-65; died about 1235. He belonged to a German family of scholars; his father,...
226. Eliezer B Jose Ha-gelili JE Tanna of the fourth generation (second century); one of Akiba's later disciples (Ber. 63b; Cant. R. ii. 5; Eccl. R. xi...
227. Eliezer Ben Joseph Of Chinon JE French Talmudist; born about 1255; martyred on the Jewish New-Year, Sept. 25, 1321; a pupil of Perez ben Elijah of Corbeil...
228. Eliezer Ben Judah JE See Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota. This article is Rated: 2.59 ...
229. Eliezer Liepmann Ben Judah LÖb Levi Brody JE Cabalist of Galicia in the eighteenth century; author of two cabalistic commentaries: one on the Psalms, "Migdal Dawid," with...
230. Eliezer Ben MeÏr Ha-levi JE Rabbi of Pinsk, Russia; flourished in the second half of the eighteenth century. He wrote: "Siaḥ ha-Sadeh," Pentateuchal...
231. Eliezer Ben Menahem Mannes Sternburg JE Talmudist of the seventeenth century. He was the author of "Petaḥ 'Enayim," an index to Biblical passages found...
232. Eliezer B Naphtali Of Frankfort JE See Treves, Eliezer b. Naphtali. This article is Rated: 2.68 ...
233. Eliezer B Nathan Of Mayence JE Halakist and liturgical poet; flourished in the first half of the twelfth century. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Eliakim...
234. Eliezer Ben Reuben JE ...
235. Eliezer Ben Samson JE Rabbi and liturgist of Cologne, of the twelfth century; a relative of the tosafist R. Eliezer b. Nathan; studied at Speyer...
236. Eliezer B Samuel JE See Treves, Eliezer b. Samuel. This article is Rated: 2.89 ...
237. Eliezer Ben Samuel Of Verona JE Italian tosafist; lived about the beginning of the thirteenth century. He was a disciple of Rabbi Isaac the elder, of Dampierre...
238. Eliezer B Taddai JE Tanna of the second century; contemporary of Simon b. Eleazar (Tosef., 'Er. vii. [v.] 9); and quoted in some baraitot...
239. Eliezer Of Toledo JE Rabbi in Constantinople in the first half of the nineteenth century and a contemporary of Ḥiyya Pontremoli. He was the...
240. Eliezer Of Toulouse JE French tosafist; died about 1234. In his youth Eliezer was a tutor in the house of the wealthy scholar Hezekiah ben Reuben...
241. Eliezer Of Touques JE French tosafist; lived at Touques in the second half of the thirteenth century. He abridged the tosafot of Samson of Sens...
242. Eliezer (eleazar) B Zadok JE Tanna of the first century; disciple of Johanan the Horonite (Tosef., Suk. ii. 3; Yeb. 15b). He traced his descent from Shinhab...
243. Eliezer Ben Zeeb Wolf JE Russian rabbi; lived about the middle of the eighteenth century. He was the author of two works: (1) "Imre Shefer," containing...
244. Elihu JE Name of several Biblical personages. It has two forms— and —and its meaning is "He is my God," i.e., "He remains...
245. Elijah JE The name means "Yhwh is (my) God," and is a confession that its bearer defended Yhwh against the worshipers of Baal and of...
246. Apocalypse Of Elijah JE ...
247. Elijah's Chair JE At every circumcision Elijah, "the angel of the covenant," as he is called in Malachi (iii. 1), is supposed to be seated at...
248. Elijah Ben Abraham JE Karaite scholar of the twelfth century. He was the author of a work entitled "Ḥaluḳḳot ha-Ḳara&#39...
249. Elijah B Abraham Ha-levi JE ...
250. Elijah Ha-'adeni JE Rabbi and payyeṭan cf Cochin, India; dates of birth and death unknown. He was a native of Aden, and was therefore called...
251. Elijah Alamannus JE Spanish physician and diplomat of the fifteenth century, and court physician of the Duke of Bourbon (probably Louis II. of...
252. Elijah B Azriel Of Wilna JE Grammarian and author, died after 1748. He wrote: "Ma'aneh Eliyahu," rules for Hebrew reading, Frankfort-on-the-Main,...
253. Elijah Ba'al Shem Of Chelm JE Polish rabbi; born in 1550; died at Chelm. About 1565 he entered the yeshibah of Rabbi Solomon Luria of Lublin, and, after...
254. Elijah Ha-babli JE ...
255. Elijah Bahur JE ...
256. Elijah Be'er (fonte) B Shabbethai JE Italian physician; born in Germany at the end of the fourteenth century. He settled in Italy, where the Senate accorded him...
257. Elijah Ben Benjamin Ha-levi JE Turkish rabbi; flourished in Constantinople in the sixteenth century. He succeeded one of his teachers, Elijah Mizra&#7717...
258. Elijah Cohen Ben Moses Ben Nissim JE Oriental scholar of the second half of the thirteenth century. He translated an Arabic maḳamah, similar to the "Assemblies"...
259. Elijah B Eliezer JE See Delmedigo, Elijah B. Eliezer. This article is Rated: 2.84 ...
260. Elijah Ben Ezekiel JE Rabbi of Byelgorai, Poland, in the eighteenth century. His father, Ezekiel, was rabbi of Ostrovtsi, Galicia, and he washimself...
261. Elijah Of Ferrara JE Italian Talmudist and traveler of the earlier part of the fifteenth century. He was engaged in 1437 as lecturer and teacher...
262. Elijah Gaon JE ...
263. Elijah Hayyim B Benjamin JE ...
264. Elijah Ben Isaac Of Carcassonne JE French Talmudist; flourished in the first half of the thirteenth century; progenitor of the De Latas, or Lattes, family. He...
265. Elijah Ben Jacob JE Rabbi and cabalist of Ulianov, Galicia; lived in the eighteenth century. He was a contemporary of Jonathan Eybeschütz...
266. Elijah B Joseph JE ...
267. Elijah Ben Joseph JE Turkish Talmudist and commentator; lived at Salonica in the sixteenth century. He wrote: "Ḳol Teru'ah," homilies...
268. Elijah B Joseph (yoske) JE See Spira, Elijah b. Joseph. This article is Rated: 2.92 ...
269. Elijah B Judah LÖob Of Wischnitz JE Polish rabbi and author; died in 1715. At an early age he left Poland and went to Fulda, Germany, where he became rabbi. He...
270. Elijah Ben Judah Of Paris JE French Talmudist of the twelfth century, often quoted by later Talmudists as an important authority. He became well known...
271. Elijah Ben Kalonymus JE Talmudical scholar; lived at Lublin in the seventeenth century. He was the author of a commentary on the Pentateuch, entitled...
272. Elijah Magistratus JE ...
273. Elijah Ben Menahem Ha-zaken JE French liturgical poet; flourished at Le Mans in the eleventh century. According to Solomon Luria, (Responsa, No. 29), he...
274. Elijah Mizrahi JE ...
275. Elijah Ben Mordecai JE Payyeṭan of the eleventh century, possibly a native of Italy. Of his poetic productions a "ḳerobah" for the Min&#7717...
276. Elijah Ben Moses Gershon JE Eighteenth-century Polish physician, mathematician, and Talmudist; lived at Pinczow, government of Kielce, Russian Poland...
277. Elijah Ben Moses Israel JE Palestinian rabbi; born at Jerusalem; died at Alexandria Jan. 7, 1786. In 1763 he became rabbi of Rhodes, and was later offered...
278. Elijah B Moses De Vidas JE Cabalist at Safed in the sixteenth century; pupil of R. Moses Cordovero. He went to Poland, but returned to Palestine, and...
279. Elijah Of Pesaro JE Italian Talmudist and philosopher of the sixteenth century. After a long residence in Venice as Talmudic teacher, he started...
280. Elijah Rabbenu (ben Judah Tishbi) JE Karaite scholar; died about 1584. He wrote in 1579 at Constantinople a work called "Pe'er" (="Perush Eliyahu Rabbenu")...
281. Elijah B Samuel Of Lublin JE Polish rabbi; died at Hebron, Palestine, 1735. He became rabbi of Byala, and later, after residing for some time at Brest-Litovsk...
282. Elijah Ben Samuel Ben Parnes Of Stephanow JE Bulgarian exegete and poet; lived in the second half of the fifteenth century, probably first at Widdin, and later at Constantinople...
283. Elijah Ben Shemaiah JE Italian rabbi and liturgical poet; lived at Bari in the twelfth century. He was one of the teachers of Samuel b. Na&#7789...
284. Elijah Ben Solomon JE Lithuanian Talmudist, cabalist, grammarian, and mathematician; born at Wilna April 23, 1720; died there Oct. 9, 1797. He gave...
285. Elijah Ben Solomon Abraham Ha-kohen JE Dayyan of Smyrna; almoner and preacher; died 1729. Elijah produced over thirty works, of which the principal, according to...
286. Elijah Wilna JE ...
287. Elijah Of York JE Tosafist; supposed to have been killed in the York massacre of 1190. In Tosef., Yoma, 27a, he is called Elijah of , and in...
288. Elim JE The second camping-place of the Israelites on the march from Egypt. It had twelve springs and seventy palm-trees (Ex. xv....
289. Elimelech JE A man of the tribe of Judah, living in Bethlehemjudah at the time of the Judges (Ruth i. 2). Scarcity of food compelled him...
290. Eliphaz JE The first of the three visitors of Job (Job ii. 11), surnamed "the Temanite"; supposed to have come from Teman, an important...
291. Eliphelet JE The last of the eleven sons born to David in Jerusalem (II Sam. v. 16). In I Chron. iii. 6, 8; xiv. 5, 7, two sons of this...
292. Eliseus JE Learned Jew at the court of Murad I. at Brusa and Adrianople during the second half of the fourteenth century. After a time...
293. Elisha JE Successor to the prophet Elijah. The name (in the LXX. Ελισά, Ελισα&#953...
294. Elisha Ben Abraham JE Hebraist and Talmudist; flourished at the end of the fifteenth century. He was the author of "Magen Dawid," a vindication...
295. Elisha Ben Abraham Ben Judah JE Russian rabbi; died at Grodno July 1, 1749. He was rabbi and chief of the yeshibah of Lucicz, Volhynia, Russia. Elisha was...
296. Elisha Ben Abuyah JE Born in Jerusalem before 70; flourished in Palestine at the end of the first century and the beginning of the second. At one...
297. Elishah JE Name occurring in the so-called table of generations, Gen. x. 4 (comp. I Chron. i. 7) and in Ezek. xxvii. 7. In Gen. x. 4...
298. Elizabethgrad JE A Russian city, the name of which is given variously Elisabetgrad, Elizabethgrad, and Yelisa vetgrad. ...
299. Elizaphan JE Son of Uzziel; prince of the Kohathites Who bore the sanc-tuary and its furniture during the wandering in the wilderness (Num...
300. MeÏr Elkan JE See Fürth, Meïr b. Elhanan. This article is Rated: 2.79...
301. Moses Elkan JE Russian physician and Hebrew scholar; born at Tulchin, government of Podolsk; died at St. Petersburg Jan. 31, 1822. He wrote:...
302. Elkanah JE Father of Samuel, living at Ramah (I Sam. i. 19, ii. 11; comp. xxviii. 3), in the district of Zuph. Hence in I Sam. i. 1 his...
303. Benjamin Elkin JE Prominent reformer in the London community; born at Portsea, England, Jan. 9, 1783; died in London Jan., 1848. At the age...
304. Arkadi Danilowich Elkind JE Russian physician and anthropologist; born in Mohilev-on-the-Dnieper in 1869; graduated (M.D.) from Moscow University in 1893...
305. Elkoshite JE Obscure ethnic or patronymic name of the prophet Nahum (Nahum i. 1). According to Jerome, Elkosh, the birthplace of the prophet...
306. Isaac Ben Moses Elles (elis) JE Polish rabbi of the sixteenth century; author of "Yesod Emunah," a treatise on the dogmas of Judaism, Cracow, 1582. He also...
307. Moritz Ellinger JE American journalist; born in Fürth, Bavaria, Oct. 17, 1830. Emigrating to the United States in 1854, he became interested...
308. Nathan ( Ellinger (ellingen) JE German rabbi; born 1772; died July 4, 1839, at Bingen-on-the-Rhine. According to the archives of Mayence, he and his brother...
309. Sir Barrow Helbert Ellis JE Indian statesman; born in London Jan. 24, 1823; died at Savoy June 20, 1887; son of S. H. Ellis, for some time treasurer of...
310. Elloji Shahir JE Beni-Israel poet of the eighteenth century; born and lived at Bombay, British India; his natal name was "Elloji Nagawkar."...
311. Moritz EllstÄtter JE Minister of finance of the grand duchy of Baden; born March 11, 1827, at Carlsruhe, where his father was a furniture-manufacturer...
312. Joseph De Aaron Elmaleh JE Honorary chief rabbi of Mogador, Morocco; born at Rabat in 1809; died in London Jan. 9, 1886. He removed to Mogador at the...
313. Elmira JE City in the state of New York. The first settlement of Jews dates from about 1851. In 1860 twelve families organized a congregation...
314. Elnathan JE An inhabitant of Jerusalem, and the maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin (II Kings xxiv. 8), probably identical with the son...
315. Elohim JE ...
316. Elohist JE Assumed author of those parts of the Hexateuch characterized by the use of the Hebrew word "Elohim" (= "God"). The term is...
317. Elon JE 1.—Biblical Data: The tenth judge of Israel. He was a Zebulonite, and succeeded Ibzan as judge. He judged Israel for...
318. El-paran JE ...
319. Jacob Elsenberg JE Polish teacher; born in 1817; died at Warsaw July 10, 1886. He was educated at the rabbinical seminary of Warsaw. Elsenberg...
320. Eltekeh JE One of the towns allotted to Dan, mentioned twice in Joshua— (xix. 44) and (xxi. 23). Eltekeh with its suburbs was...
321. Elvira JE The ancient Illiberis; capital of the province of the same name, situated on a hill northwest of Granada, Spain, and now in...
322. Elyas Of London JE Presbyter of the Jews of England 1237-1257; died in London 1284. He succeeded Aaron of York, represented London at the so-called...
323. Elymais JE Generally denoting the Persian province of Elam (). It occurs in two places (I Macc. vi. 1; Josephus, "Ant." xii. 9, &#167...
324. 'elyon JE ...
325. Abraham Elzas JE Minister and author; born in Elbergen, Holland, in 1835; died at Hull, England, 1880. He was educated in Holland, and went...
326. Barnett Abraham Elzas JE American rabbi; born at Eydtkuhnen, Germany, 1867; educated at Jews' College (1880-90), University College, London ("Hollier...
327. Emadabun JE A Levite, and one of the overseers at the restoration of the Temple (I Esd. v. 58). Probably a mere doublet of "Eliadun,"...
328. Emanation JE The doctrine that all existing things have been produced not by any creative power, but as successive outflowings from the...
329. Emancipation Of Slaves JE ...
330. Emanu-el JE A weekly journal published in San Francisco, Cal. The first number was issued in May, 1895. Jacob Voorsanger is the editor...
331. Lewis Emanuel JE Secretary and solicitor to the Board of Deputies of British Jews; born at Portsmouth May 14, 1832; died in London June 19...
332. Embden (emden) JE A family deriving its name, perhaps, from Emden, Germany. Carl Adam Emden, privy councilor and high bailiff of Prince Salm-Salm...
333. Charlotte Embden JE ...
334. Eleazar Solomon Von (eliezer Leser Levi) Embden JE German physician and traveler; born at Emrich, near Cleves, between 1770 and 1780; graduated at Frankfort-on-the-Oder in 1800...
335. Embezzlement JE The fraudulent conversion to one's own use of goods or money entrusted to one's care and control. The offense differs...
336. Embroidery JE Ornamental needlework on cloth, more frequently on linen, often executed in variegated colors and designs. Among the Egyptians...
337. The Embron Family JE ...
338. Embryo JE The young of a mammal while still connected with the body of its mother. The child "en ventre sa mere" of English law was...
339. Emden JE Prussian maritime town in the province of Hanover. It is not known when Jews first settled there. In the sixteenth century...
340. Hermann Seligmann Emden JE German engraver and photographer; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main Oct. 18, 1815; died there Sept. 6, 1875. Early evincing a...
341. Jacob Israel Ben Ẓebi Ashkenazi Emden JE German Talmudist and anti-Shabbethaian; born at Altona June 4, 1697; died there April 19, 1776. Until seventeen Emden studied...
342. Emerald JE ...
343. Emet We-yaẒẒib JE The initial words of the morning benediction following the Shema' and closing with the Ge'ullah ("Redemption"). Recited...
344. Emigration JE ...
345. Emim JE A name applied (Deut. ii. 10) to the original inhabitants of Moab, though the Septuagint reads for it Ομμ&#943...
346. Emin Pasha (eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer) JE German explorer; born at Oppeln, Prussian Silesia, March 28, 1840; killed at Kinena Station, Kongo Free State, Oct. 23 or...
347. Emissary JE ...
348. Emmanuel JE ...
349. Emmaus JE Name of three places in Palestine. 1. A town, or place, memorable for the defeat of Gorgias by Judas Maccabeus (I Macc. iii...
350. Emmerich Family JE ...
351. Empedocles Of Agrigentum JE Greek philosopher and disciple of Pythagoras; flourished in the fifth century B.C.Empedocles' system, modified by the...
352. Empereur, Constantin L', Of Oppijck JE Professor of theology and Oriental languages; born at Bremen July, 1591; died at Leyden July 1, 1648. His father, Antonius...
353. Employer And Employee JE ...
354. Solomon Ben Gumpel Emrich JE Dayyan of Prague in the second half of the eighteenth century. He was the author of a work called "Shishshah Zir'one &#39...
355. En Kelohenu JE Ancient hymn, familiar from its occurrence in immediate succession to the Additional Service (Musaf) at festivals, and in...
356. En-mishpat JE Another name for Kadesh (Gen. xiv. 7, R. V.), probably Kadeshbarnea, the place where Chedorlaomer with his three companions...
357. En Sof JE Cabalistic term for the Deity prior to His self-manifestation in the production of the world, probably derived from Ibn Gabirol&#39...
358. Rab 'ena JE Babylonian scholar of the third amoraic generation (third century); contemporary of Rab Judah b. Ezekiel. The two were known...
359. Enchantment JE ...
360. Encyclopedia JE A work containing information on all subjects, or exhaustive of one subject, arranged in systematic, usually alphabetical...
361. Endingen JE Town of Baden, near Freiburg, famous in Jewish history through the blood accusationof 1470. In that year three Jews were burned...
362. Endingen-lengnau JE ...
363. Samuel Benzion Endler JE Talmudist; lived at Prague (?) in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He was the author of "Emunat Yisrael," treating...
364. Endogamy JE ...
365. Endor JE Town in the territory of Issachar, allotted to Manasseh (Josh. xvii. 11). It is identified with the modern Endur, on the northern...
366. The Witch Of Endor JE A necromancer consulted by Saul in his extremity when forsaken by Yhwh, and whose ordinary oracles (dreams, urim, and prophets)...
367. Treatment Of An Enemy JE Hatred of an enemy is a natural impulse of primitive peoples; willingness to forgive an enemy is a mark of advanced moral...
368. Enfranchisement JE ...
369. Engaddi JE ...
370. Engagements JE ...
371. Engedi JE A town in the wilderness of Judah (Josh. xv. 62), on the western shore of the Dead Sea (Ezek. xlvii. 10). It was the hiding-place...
372. GÀbor (gabriel) Engel JE Hungarian physician and surgeon; born at Maros-Vásárhely, Hungary, in 1852. After studying at Budapest and Leipsic...
373. Joseph Engel JE Hungarian sculptor; born 1815; died in Budapest June 29, 1902. His father, a poor merchant, destined him for the rabbinate...
374. Hermann Engelbert JE German rabbi; born in Gudensberg, Hessen, July 29, 1830; died at St. Gall, Switzerland, Feb. 5, 1900. He attended the Talmudic...
375. England JE The southern portion of the island of Great Britain. Owing to the dominance of the capital city in England, most of the episodes...
376. Gabriel Hirsch EnglÄnder JE Austrian scholar; lived at Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century. He wrote: "Emunah Lishene 'Afar," prayers...
377. Sigmund EnglÄnder JE Austrian writer; born at Vienna; died at Turin Nov. 30, 1902. After graduating from the University of Vienna he devoted himself...
378. Berthold Englisch JE Austrian chess-player; born 1851 at Hotzenplotz, Austrian Silesia; died Oct. 19, 1897, in Vienna. In 1879 he gained the first...
379. Engraving And Engravers JE Engraving is the act and art of cutting letters, figures, and the like, on stone, wood, or metal. The account of the equipment...
380. Adolphe Philippe D' Ennery JE French dramatic author; born in Paris June 17, 1811; died there Jan. 26, 1899. By turn a lawyer's clerk, painter, and...
381. Jonas Ennery JE French deputy; born at Nancy Jan. 2, 1801; died at Brussels May 19, 1863. He was for twenty-six years attached to the Jewish...
382. Marchand Ennery JE French rabbi; brother of Jonas Ennery; born at Nancy 1792; died at Paris Aug. 21, 1852; studied Talmud under Baruch Guggenheim...
383. Enoch JE Son of Cain (Gen. iv. 17). A city was named after him.2. Biblical Data: Name of the seventh progenitor of the race in the...
384. Books Of (ethiopic and Slavonic) Enoch JE Apocryphal works attributed to Enoch. From Gen. v. 24 ("Enoch walked with God" and "God took him") a cycle of Jewish legends...
385. Books Of (hebrew) Enoch JE ...
386. Enoch Ben Abraham JE Talmudist and popular preacher; died .after 1662. Enoch belonged to a famous family of scholars of the community of Posen...
387. Enoch Ben Judah LÖb JE German Talmudist and rabbi of Schnaittach; flourished at the beginning of the eighteenth century. He studied with his father...
388. Enoch Ben Moses JE Prominent rabbi of Cordova, 950-1024. His father was one of the four scholars who, according to tradition, were taken prisoners...
389. S Enoch JE German rabbi; born in Hamburg Oct. 8, 1814; died in Fulda Dec. 31, 1876; attended the Johannæum in Hamburg and the Talmudic...
390. Enoch Ben Solomon Al-kusṬan-Ṭini JE Turkish philosopher and cabalist (according to Wolf, "Bibl. Hebr." i., No. 635, also a physician); lived at Constantinople...
391. Enoch Zundel Ben Joseph JE Russian Talmudist; died at Byelostok 1867. He wrote: a commentary on Midr. Rabbah of the five Megillot, in two parts (Wilna...
392. Enos JE Son of Seth, Adam's third son. In his time men began to call upon Yhwh (Gen. iv. 26). At the age of ninety he begat Cainan...
393. Enriquez (henriquez) JE Frequently recurring Spanish surname, often found combined with other surnames, as "Bueno Enriquez," "Gomez Enriquez," "Gabay...
394. Moses Ensheim JE French mathematician and liturgical poet; born at Metz 1750; died at Bayonne April 9, 1839. He was destined for the rabbinate...
395. Enticing JE ...
396. Entre-rios JE ...
397. Baron Joseph EÖtvÖs JE Hungarian statesman; emancipator of the Hungarian Jews; born at Ofen Sept. 13, 1813; died at Budapest Feb. 2, 1871. On the...
398. Karl EÖtvÖs JE ...
399. Ephah JE ...
400. Ephesus JE Capital of Ionia, Asia Minor, and later, under the Romans, capital of Asia Proconsularis. Many Jews lived in this large Greek...
401. Ephod JE In the Old Testament this word has two meanings; in one group of passages it signifies a garment; in another, very probably...
402. Ephor JE An official in Sparta and in other parts of Greece. Officials called "ephori" were employed among the Jews: (1) in the service...
403. Ephraem Syrus JE Church father; born at Nisibis, Syria (whence his surname "Syrus"), or at Edessa, at the beginning of the fourth century....
404. Ephraim JE 1. Son of Joseph. The name is connected with the root ("to be fruitful": Gen. xli. 52). He was the younger of the two sons...
405. Mountain Of Ephraim JE The northern part of the mountain range west of the Jordan, extending from Beer-sheba to the great plain of Esdraelon. Its...
406. Ephraim B Aaron Nabon JE ...
407. Ephraim B Gershon JE Turkish preacher and physician of the middle of the fifteenth century; lived in Negropont and Constantinople. He was a friend...
408. Ephraim B Isaac Of Regensburg JE German tosafist and liturgical poet of the twelfth century; died in Regensburg about 1175, probably at an advanced age. He...
409. Ephraim B Jacob JE German Talmudist, liturgical poet, and chronographer; born in 1133; died after 1196. Ephraim belonged to a prominent family...
410. Ephraim Ben Jacob Ha-kohen JE Lithuanian Talmudist; born at Wilna 1616; died June 3, 1678, at Ofen, Hungary. Driven by the Chmielnicki persecutions from...
411. Ephraim Ben Joseph Of Chelm (jambrower) JE Polish liturgist; born at Chelm, Poland, at the end of the sixteenth century; died at Wreshna, Poland, about 1650. His father...
412. Ephraim Ben Judah JE Liturgical poet of the twelfth century. According to Zunz ("Literaturgesch." p. 348) he lived in the northern part of France...
413. Ephraim Maksha'ah JE Scholar of the second century; disciple of R. Meïr. He is known only for several homiletic remarks in the name of his...
414. Ephraim Moisich JE ...
415. Ephraim B Nathan JE German Talmudist of the thirteenth century; died before 1293. He was a pupil of Simḥah of Speyer and of Isaac b. Moses...
416. Ephraim Safra JE Palestinian scholar of the third century; disciple of Simeon b. Laḳish, in whose name he reports a civil law (B. M....
417. Ephraim Ben Samson JE Bible exegete; flourished in France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. He was the author of "Perush 'al ha-Torah...
418. Ephraim Solomon Ben Aaron Of Lencziza JE Rabbi and popular preacher at Prague; born probably at Lencziza, Poland; died at Prague March 3, 1619. After having filled...
419. Ephraim Of Sudilkov JE Russian rabbi and preacher among the Ḥasidim of the Ukraine; born at Medzhibozh, Podolia, about 1750; died at Sudilkov...
420. Veitel-heine Ephraim JE German financier; died at Berlin in 1775. The name means "Veitel, the son of Heine [German for "Ḥayyim"], the son of...
421. Vidal Ephraim JE Pupil of R. Nissim of Gerona, rabbi in Palma, and teacher of Simeon Duran. He was greatly esteemed by Isaac b. Sheshet, and...
422. Ephrath JE 1. Wife of Caleb (son of Hezron) and mother of Hur (I Chron. ii. 19, 50; iv. 4). 2. Another name for Bethlehem (Gen. xxxv...
423. David (tebele) Ephrati JE Russian Talmudist; born in Vitebsk 1850; died in Frankfort-on-the-Main Oct. 24, 1884. Among his ancestors were: R. Liva b...
424. Ephron JE Son of Zohar the Hittite; possessor of a field called "Machpelah," which he sold to Abraham for 400 shekels (Gen. xxiii. 8...
425. Epic Poetry JE Though an abundance of historical reminiscence and a mass of soul-stirring legend lay in the storehouse of Jewish literature...
426. Epicurus And Epicureanism JE ...
427. Epigrams JE Short poems with an unexpected yet pointed ending; much in favor among Jewish writers because of the play of wit which they...
428. Epigraphy JE ...
429. Epilepsy JE Disease of the nervous system, manifesting itself by attacks of unconsciousness, with or without convulsions. It frequently...
430. Epiphanius JE Bishop of Constantia, Cyprus; born at Bezanduke near Eleutheropolis, Palestine, between 310 and 320 (according to Bartolocci...
431. Episcopus JudÆorum JE ...
432. Epistolography JE ...
433. Epitaphs JE ...
434. Epithalamia JE ...
435. Epitomists JE ...
436. Epstein JE The surname "Eppstein" is one of the oldest Jewish family names in the Slavic countries. Nathan ha-Levi Eppstein and Solomon...
437. Er JE First son of Judah by Shuah the Canaanite (Gen. xxxviii. 3; Num. xxvi. 19). He died soon after marrying Tamar, because he...
438. Era JE A historical period or reckoning of years, dating from some important event or fixed point of time. A striking event of a...
439. Erach JE A tax on property for communal purposes. The direct taxes which were levied by the Jewish congregations were mostly twofold:...
440. Erech JE The second of the four Babylonian cities founded, according to Gen. x. 10, by Nimrod.The site of the city is now known as...
441. Erfurt JE Chief town of the district of the same name in Prussian Saxony, situated on the Gera. If the dates on the tombstones found...
442. Joseph Ben Immanuel Ergas JE Italian rabbi and cabalist; born in Leghorn 1685; died May 19, 1730. He is frequently mentioned by Meldola in his responsa...
443. Camille Erlanger JE French composer; born at Paris May 25, 1863; studied at the Conservatoire and (1888) obtained the first Prix de Rome in the...
444. Jules Erlanger JE French composer; born at Weissenburg, Alsace, 1830; died at Brussels 1895; son of Israel Süsskind Erlanger, rabbi at...
445. Michel Erlanger JE French communal worker; born in Weissenburg, Alsace, 1828; died in Paris Sept. 27, 1892. Having received a thorough Jewish...
446. Johann August Ernesti JE Protestant theologian; classical scholar; born Aug. 4, 1707, at Tennstädt, Thuringia; died 1781 at Leipsic, in the university...
447. Abrao Errera JE Italian banker and deputy; born Dec. 8, 1791; died at Venice Dec. 25, 1860; father of Jacques Errera. His family traces its...
448. Giorgio Errera JE Italian chemist; born Oct. 26, 1860, at Venice; educated at the universities of Padua and Turin, from which latter place he...
449. Leo-abram Errera JE Belgian botanist; born at Laeken, Belgium, Sept. 4, 1858; died at Brussels, Aug. 1, 1905. He was educated first at the Ath&#233...
450. Paul Joseph Errera JE Belgian barrister; born at Laeken, Belgium, July 23, 1860; educated at the University of Brussels; professor in the law department...
451. Isaac Erter JE Satirist; born 1792 at Janischok, Galicia; died 1851 at Brody. The first part of his life was full of struggles and hardships...
452. 'erub JE Mixture or amalgamation; ideal combination of things separate. There are several kinds of 'erub. 'Erub (par excellence):...
453. 'erubin JE The second treatise of the Mishnah Seder Mo'ed, forming an appendix to the treatise Shabbat. It contains regulations concerning...
454. Erusin JE ...
455. Erwig JE ...
456. Esar-haddon JE King of Assyria from 680 to 668 B.C.; son and successor of Sennacherib and predecessor of Assurbanipal. He was one of the...
457. Esau JE Jacob's elder brother (Gen. xxv. 25-34, and elsewhere; comp. Josh. xxiv. 4). The name alternates with "Edom," though only...
458. Escalona JE City of Castile; said to have been named after Ascalon in Palestine. Jews were living there at a very early date. The fuero...
459. Escapa ( JE Rabbi of Smyrna; flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century; probably born at Uskup, European Turkey, after which...
460. Eschatology JE Gen. xlix. 1; comp. Gen. R. xcviii., "the Messianic end" ; Isa. ii. 1; also "the end," Dent. xxxii. 20; Ps. lxxiii. 17;...
461. LorenÇo Escudero JE Spanish poet; born at Cordova of Marano parentage; died about 1683. After his conversion to Judaism he lived in great poverty...
462. Esdraelon (esrelon) JE The later Greek form of the more ancient Jezreel, and the name of the boundary-plain between the Ephraimitic and the Galilean...
463. Books Of Esdras JE Apocryphal writings ascribed to Ezra. I Esdras: Name and Versions. (see image) Plain of Esdraelon, with Mount Tabor in...
464. Eshcol JE Brother of Mamre and Aner. The three brothers were princes of the Amorites and allies of Abraham (Gen. xiv. 13), whom they...
465. Eshtaol JE A town in the lowland of Judah (Josh. xv. 33), generally mentioned in company with Zoreah, both towns being allotted to Dan...
466. Eshtemoa JE A town in Judah allotted with its suburbs to the priests (Josh. xv. 50, xxi. 14; I Chron. vi. 57). David frequented this place...
467. Eskeles, Bernhard, Freiherr Von JE Austrian financier; born at Vienna 1753; died at Hietzing, near Vienna, Aug. 7, 1839. He was the posthumous son of Rabbi Berush...
468. Gabriel Ben Judah LÖw Eskeles JE Polish rabbi; died at Nikolsburg, Moravia, Feb. 2, 1718. At first dayyan at Cracow during the rabbinate of his teacher, Aaron...
469. Issachar Berush Eskeles JE Austrian rabbi and financier; born 1692; died at Vienna March 2, 1753; son of Gabriel Eskeles and son-in-law of Samson Wertheimer...
470. Gabriel Esperanssa JE Rabbi at Safed contemporaneously with Jonathan Galante (middle of seventeenth century). It is supposed that he was received...
471. Esperanza Israelitica JE ...
472. Samuel Esperial JE Physician of Cordova, Spain. He was the author of a treatise on surgery written for David of Jaen in Spanish, but with Hebrew...
473. Alfonso D' Espina JE ...
474. Benjamin Espinosa JE Italian Hebraist of the eighteenth century; member of the rabbinical college at Leghorn. He published "Peri'Eẓ,...
475. Elia Esra JE Philanthropist; born at Calcutta Feb. 20, 1830; son of David Joseph Esra; died March, 1886. He was one of the wealthiest merchants...
476. Essek JE Fortified town in Austria-Hungary, the second largest of Croatia; situated on the Drave. It has a population of about 18,000...
477. Essen JE City in the Prussian district of Düsseldorf with 96,000 inhabitants (1895), including about 2,000 Jews. It developed...
478. Essenes JE A branch of the Pharisees who conformed to the most rigid rules of Levitical purity while aspiring to the highest degree of...
479. Estella JE Capital of a district of the same name in Navarre. Its Jewish community dates as far back as those of Tudela and Pamplona...
480. France Estelle JE ...
481. Esterhazy JE ...
482. Esterka JE ...
483. Esther JE Name of the chief character in the Book of Esther, derived, according to some authorities, from the Persian "stara" (star)...
484. Apocryphal Book Of Esther JE The canonical Book of Esther undoubtedly presents the oldest extant form of the Esther story. In times of oppression the Jews...
485. Feast Of Esther JE ...
486. Esther Rabbah JE Midrash to the Book of Esther in the current Midrash editions. From its plan and scope it is apparently an incomplete collection...
487. Esthonia JE Government of Russia; one of the three Baltic Provinces. It has a total population (1897) of 404,709, of whom 1,468 are Jews...
488. Estimate JE Estimate differs greatly from Appraisement. The latter is a valuation put upon land or upon some commodity by men acting in...
489. Estrumba JE Oriental Jewish family which has produced several rabbinical authors; takes its name from "Strumnitza" in Macedonia. Daniel...
490. 'et Sha'are RaẒon JE A long poem on the binding of Isaac upon the altar ('AḲedah), written by Judah ben Samuel ibn Abbas, a twelfth-century...
491. Etam JE Village of the tribe of Simeon (I Chron. iv. 32), not found in the parallel list of localities in Joshua.2. Place in Judah...
492. Etampes JE Capital of the arrondissement of the department of Seine-et-Oise, France. The origin of the Jewish community of Etampes seems...
493. Eternal Life JE ...
494. Eternal Punishment JE ...
495. Ethan JE A man famous for his wisdom (I Kings iv. 31); it is said that Solomon was wiser than he, although it is not clear from this...
496. Alexander Ben Moses Ethausen JE German scholar; lived at Fulda in the seventeenth century. He was the author of a Judæo-German work in two parts: the...
497. Ether JE One of the cities in the lowland of Judah allotted to Simeon (Josh. xv. 42, xix. 7).E. G. H. M. Sel. ...
498. Society For Ethical Culture JE A non-sectarian, ethicoreligious society founded at New York by Prof. Felix Adler in 1876. The society assumed the motto "Deed...
499. Ethics JE The science of morals, or of human duty; the systematic presentation of the fundamental principles of human conduct and of...
500. Ethics Of The Fathers JE ...
501. Ethiopia JE The translation in the Authorized Version, following the ancient versions, of a name covering three different countries and...
502. Ethnarch JE In the Greco-Roman world, one that stood at the head of any community, though not an independent ruler. The Hebrew word "rosh"...
503. Ethnology JE ...
504. Etiquette JE Rules governing intercourse in polite society. Such rules are supposed by the Rabbis to have been laid down by the Bible itself...
505. Etoile JE Town in the ancient province of Dauphineá, France. It must not be confounded with Estella (Latin, Stella), Spain. In...
506. Etrog JE The citron (κίτρον, κίτριον); fruit of a tree of the orange...
507. Isaac Seckel Ben Menahem Etthausen JE German rabbi; flourished in the first half of the eighteenth century, officiating as rabbi in various German towns during...
508. Etting JE Name of an American family, prominent in national and civic affairs, whose history is associated with the states of Maryland...
509. Ettinger (oettinger) JE Family name derived from the city of Oettingen in Bavaria, and found all over Europe among Ashkenazim families. The Galician...
510. Jacob Ettlinger JE German rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of modern Orthodoxy; born at Carlsruhe March 17, 1798; died at Altona Dec...
511. Isaac Abraham Euchel JE Hebrew author; born at Copenhagen 1758; died at Berlin (June?) 14, 1804. He studied at the University of Königsberg under...
512. Euclid JE Greek geometer; flourished in the fourth century B.C. He is mentioned, perhaps for the first time in Hebrew literature, by...
513. Albert Eulenburg JE German neuropathist and electrotherapist; born Aug. 10, 1840, in Berlin; son of the physician Moritz Michael Eulenburg (1811-87)...
514. Eulogy JE ...
515. Eunuch JE As throughout the Orient in very ancient times, and more especially in Egypt and Assyria, where they seem to have held the...
516. Eupatoria JE Town in the government of Taurida; on the western coast of the Crimea. It was formerly called by the Tatars "Gezelew" (in...
517. Euphemism JE A figure of speech by which a softened, indirect expression is substituted for a word or phrase offensive to delicate ears...
518. Euphrates JE The main river of nearer Asia, often mentioned in the Bible (the fourth river of paradise, Gen. ii. 14), and frequently designated...
519. Eupolemus JE Son of John, son of Accos; envoy of Judas Maccabeus to the Romans. To secure himself against the Syrians Judas sent Eupolemus...
520. Europe JE The first settlements of Jews in Europe are obscure. There is documentary evidence only for the fact that in 163 B.C. Eupolemus...
521. Eurydemus Ben Jose JE One of the sons of Tanna Jose b. Ḥalafta. His name has been transmitted in the most varying forms: "Awradimus" (), "Abirodimus"...
522. Eusebius JE Bishop of Cæsarea and the "father of Church history"; born about 270. Though animated by zeal for the conversion of the...
523. Eutolemus JE Name borne by a number of Palestinian Jews. R. Jose quotes in reference to several halakic questions the testimony of a certain...
524. Samuel Evans JE English pugilist; born in London Jan. 30, 1801; died of consumption Nov. 4, 1843. Evans' first encounter in the prize-ring...
525. Evansville JE ...
526. Evaristus JE The fifth pope; consecrated about 100; died about 109. The breviary of Pope Pius V. reserves Oct. 26 to the memory of "Evaristus...
527. Eve JE The wife of Adam. According to Gen. iii. 20, Eve was so called because she was "the mother of all living" (R. V., margin,...
528. Eve Of Holidays JE Unlike the early Babylonians, whose day began with sunrise, the Jews began theirs with sunset. Some critics, Dillmann among...
529. Eviction JE ...
530. Evidence JE Whenever in proceedings at law an issue arises—that is, in civil cases when a fact is asserted on one side and denied...
531. Evil Eye JE A supposed power of bewitching or harming by spiteful looks, attributed to certain persons as a natural endowment. The belief...
532. Evil-merodach JE Son of Nebuchadnezzar, and third ruler of the New Babylonian empire; reigned from 561 to 560 B.C. His name in Babylonian is...
533. Evil Spirits JE ...
534. Evolution JE The series of steps by which all existing beings have been developed by gradual modification; term generally applied to the...
535. Evora JE City in Portugal, and the seat of the rabbi of the province of Alemtejo. When the bride-elect of Don Alfonso, the only son...
536. Evreux JE Capital of the department of Eure, France. In the Middle Ages it was one of the centers of Jewish learning, and its scholars...
537. Ferdinand Christopher Ewald JE English clergyman; born near Bamberg, Bavaria, 1802; died in Norwood, London, Aug. 9, 1874; baptized at Basel when about 23...
538. Georg Heinrich August Ewald JE Christian Biblical scholar; born at Göttingen Nov. 16, 1803; died there May 4, 1875; educated at the University of G&#246...
539. Johann Ludwig Ewald JE German pedagogue and theologian, and advocate of the Jews; born at Hain-zur-Dreieich, grand duchy of Hesse, Sept. 16, 1747...
540. Ewe JE ...
541. Leopold Ewer JE German physician; born Jan. 4, 1849, at Anklam, Pomerania. He studied from 1868 to 1873 at the University of Berlin (M.D....
542. Bills Of Exchange JE Instruments, generally in duplicate, ordering persons to pay money in distant parts. According to Hallam ("Europe in the Middle...
543. Of The Jews Exchequer JE A division of the Court of Exchequer in England (1200-90) in which the taxes and the law-cases of the Jews were recorded and...
544. Excommunication JE The highest ecclesiastical censure, the exclusion of a person from the religious community, which among the Jews meant a practical...
545. Execution JE Carrying into effect the decision of a court. The word also denotes the writ entrusting some officer of the law with the duty...
546. Executors JE ...
547. Exeter JE County-seat of Devon, England. The first Jew mentioned as living in Exeter, about 1181, paid a fine of 10 marks for the king...
548. Exilarch JE Title given to the head of the Babylonian Jews, who, from the time of the Babylonian exile, were designated by the term "golah"...
549. Exile JE The translation of "goleh" (II Sam. xv. 19) and "ẓo'eh" (Isa. li. 14) in the English versions; it also occurs as...
550. Exodus JE The departure, under the leadership of Moses, of the Israelites from the land of Egypt.—Biblical Data: Having multiplied...
551. Book Of Exodus JE The second book of the Torah or Pentateuch is called by the Jews , from the opening words, or briefly . The Greek name is...
552. Exogamy JE ...
553. Exorcism JE The expulsion of evil spirits by spells; in Greek ἐκβάλλειν (Matt. viii. 16...
554. Expectation Of Life JE The expected duration of life after any given age, estimated according to fixed tables of mortality based on the mean number...
555. Expression JE ...
556. Jonathan EybeschÜtz JE German rabbi and Talmudist; born in Cracow about the year 1690; died in Altona Sept. 18, 1764. His father, Nathan (Nata),...
557. Eye JE This important organ is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible, but is described only in its external appearance and significance...
558. Ezbai JE Father of Naarai, one of David's thirty mighty warriors (I Chron. xi. 37). The parallel list of II Samuel has "Paarai...
559. Ezbon JE 1. Son of Gad, and father of one of the Gadite families (Gen. xlvi. 16). In Num. xxvi. 16 "Ezbon" is replaced by "Ozni" ()...
560. Ezekias JE High priest mentioned by Josephus, who relates that among those who accompanied Ptolemy to Egypt after the battle of Gaza...
561. Ezekiel JE Concerning the life of Ezekiel there are but a few scattered references contained in the book bearing his name. He was the...
562. Ezekiel's Tomb JE The traditional burial-place of the prophet Ezekiel, around which many sagas and legends have gathered, is shown at Kefil...
563. Book Of Ezekiel JE Ezekiel's book is one of the most original in the sacred literature of Israel. Its principal features are its systematic...
564. Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel JE English engraver; born in Exeter 1757; died there 1806. He engraved paintings by Opie, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others, and...
565. Ezekiel Feiwel Ben Ze'eb Wolf JE Russian Talmudist and preacher; born at Polangen 1755; died at Wilna 1833. Early in life he filled the position of preacher...
566. Jacob Ezekiel JE Born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 28, 1812; died May 16, 1899. His parents, Ezekiel Jacob Ezekiel and Rebecca Israel, had come...
567. Jacob Ezekiel JE The third of the Beni-Israel (the first two being Isaac Solomon and Joel Samuel) who visited the Holy Land (1894); he was...
568. Joseph Ezekiel JE Indian Hebraist; one of the heads of the Beni-Israel of Bombay; born in that city 1834. Ezekiel was educated in the school...
569. Moses Jacob Ezekiel JE American sculptor; born in Richmond, Va., Oct. 28, 1844; educated at the Virginia Military Institute, from which, after serving...
570. Ezekiel B Samuel Ha-levi JE See Schlesinger, Ezekiel. This article is Rated: 2.76 ...
571. Ezekielus JE Alexandrine poet; flourished in the second century B.C. He dramatized Biblical episodes in Greek hexameters. Four fragments...
572. Ezer JE Son of Seir, and one of the princes of Edom (Gen. xxxvi. 21, 27, 30; I Chron. i. 38, 42). ...
573. Ezer JE Theophorous name, shortened either from "Eleazar" or from "Azriel," both occurring in the Bible. 1. Son of Ephraim, slain...
574. Ezion - Geber JE A maritime place of Idumæa, situated on the Ælanitic Gulf of the Red Sea, not far from Elath or Eloth (Deut. ii...
575. Eliezer Ben Hanan Ezobi JE Provençal poet; lived at Béziers in the thirteenth century. He was the brother of Joseph EZOBI, and a contemporary...
576. Joseph Ben Hanan Ben Nathan Ezobi JE Liturgical poet; lived at Perpignan in the thirteenth century. He was the author of thefollowing: (1) three liturgical poems...
577. Solomon Ben Judah Ezobi JE Rabbi at Carpentras, Leghorn, and Florence; born at Sofia, Bulgaria, in the sixteenth century; died in Italy about 1650. While...
578. Ezra The Scribe JE A descendant of Seraiah the high priest (Neh. viii. 13; Ezra vii. 1 et seq.; II Kings xxv. 18-21); a member of the priestly...
579. Book Of Ezra JE The contents of the book are as follows: Synopsis of Contents.Ch. i.: Cyrus, inspired by Jehovah, permits the Israelites...
580. Apocryphal Books Of Ezra JE ...
581. Ezra JE Palestinian halakist of the fifth century; disciple of R. Mana the Younger (Yer. Ter. i. 40b, vii. 44d). By a clerical error...
582. Ezra The Cabalist JE ...
583. Ezra The Prophet Of Moncontour JE French tosafist; flourished in the thirteenth century. The title "prophet" is, according to Zunz, an honorific one. It is...
584. Ezra B Solomon Astruc Ibn Gatigno JE ...
585. Ezrahite JE Name occurring in Psalms lxxxviii. and lxxxix. (in the titles); I Kings iv. 31; and I Chronicles ii. 6. In the last-mentioned...