Jewish Literature and Other Essays
Chapter 25
Kisch, teacher of Moses Mendelssohn, 297
_Klesmer_, musician, 377
Kley, Edward, preacher, 49, 322
Kohen, Sabbatai, Talmudist, 46
Kompert, Leopold, Ghetto novelist, 50
Korbi, character in "The Gift of Judah," 214
Krochmal, scholar, 49
Kuh, M. E., poet, 49
Kulke, Ghetto novelist, 50
Kunth, tutor of the Humboldts, 311
_La Doctrina Christiana_, attributed to Santob, 174
La Fontaine, and Hebrew fable translations, 34, 88
Landau, Ezekiel, Talmudist, 47
Laura (Petrarch's) in "Praise of Women," 223
_Layesharim Tehillah_ by Luzzatto, 240-241
"Lay of Zion" by Yehuda Halevi, 28-31, 210
Lazarus ben David, philosopher, 310, 350
Lazarus, Emma, poetess, 140
Lazarus, M., scholar, 49
_Lecho Dodi_, Sabbath song, 43
Legend-making, 288-289
Legends, value of, 289-292
Lehmann, M., Ghetto novelist, 50
Leibnitz and Maimonides, 146
_Leibzoll_, tax, 294
Lemech, sons of, inventions of, 372
Leo de Modena, rabbi, 45, 128
Leo Hebraeus. See Judah Abrabanel
Leon di Bannolas. See Levi ben Gerson
Lessing, alluded to, 246 and Mendelssohn, 299, 300, 314 as fabulist, 88 on Yedaya Penini, 40
Letteris, M. E., dramatist, 248
"Letters to a Christian Friend on the Fundamental Truths of Judaism," by Clementine Rothschild, 141
Levi ben Abraham, philosopher, 40
Levi ben Gerson, philosopher, 42, 90-91
Levi (Henle), Elise, writer, 139
Levi of Mayence, founder of German synagogue music, 376
Levin (Varnhagen), Rahel, alluded to, 131, 346 and Judaism, 132 and the emancipation movement, 132-133
Levita, Elias. See Elias Levita
Lewandowski, musician, work of, 370-371, 377-378
"Light of God" by Chasdai Crescas, 42
Lindo, Abigail, writer, 137
Lithuania, Jews in, 282, 285
Litte of Ratisbon, historian, 119
_Litteraturbriefe_ by Mendelssohn, 301
_Litteraturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie_ by Zunz, 336
Lokman's fables translated into Hebrew, 34
Lonsano, Menahem, writer on music, 376
Lope de Vega, alluded to, 239
Love in Hebrew poetry, 122-123, 225
Love in Jewish and German poetry, 186
Lucian, alluded to, 18
"Lucinde" by Friedrich von Schlegel, 306
Luis de Torres accompanies Columbus, 96
Luria, Solomon, Talmudist, 46, 286
Luther, Martin, and Rashi, 84 quoted, 377 under Jewish influences, 98
Luzzatto, Moses Chayyim, dramatist, 45, 239-241
Luzzatto, S. D., scholar, 49, 137
Maffei, dramatist, 240
_Maggidim_, itinerant preachers, 227
"Magic Flute, The," first performance of, 247-248
"Magic Wreath, The," by Grace Aguilar, 134
Maharil, founder of German synagogue music, 376
Maimon, Solomon, and Mendelssohn, 310
Maimonides, Moses, philosopher, 34, 35, 84 and Aristotle, 156 and Averroes, 163-164 and Ibn Sina, 156 and modern philosophy, 164 and scholasticism, 85, 156, 164 as astronomer, 93 career of, 147-150 in France, 145-146 medical works of, 153-154 on man's attributes, 160-161 on prophecy, 161-162 on resurrection, 164-165 on revelation, 162 on the attributes of God, 157-158 on the Mosaic legislation, 163 philosophic work of, 154 ff. quoted, 152, 167 religious works of, 150-153
Maimunists, 39-40
Makamat, a form of Arabic poetry, 34 (note)
Malabar, the Ten Tribes in, 259
_Malchuth_, Kabbalistic term, 41
Manasseh ben Israel, author, 47, 99-100 and Rembrandt, 102 on the Ten Tribes, 259
Manesse, Ruediger, compiler, 183-184
Mannheimer, N., preacher, 49
Manoello. See Immanuel ben Solomon
Mantino, Jacob, physician, 95
Manuel, of Portugal, alluded to, 97
Margoles, Jacob, Kabbalist, 95
Maria de Padilla, mistress of Pedro I, 169
Marie de France, fabulist, 88
Mar Sutra on the Ten Tribes, 253
_Mashal_, parable, 227
_Massichtoth_, Talmudic treatises, 59
_Mauscheln_, Jewish slang, 310-311
Maximilian, of Austria, candidate for the Polish crown, 278
_Mechabberoth_ by Immanuel Romi, 219-220
Medicine, origin of, 81
Meier, Ernest, Bible critic, 12 quoted, 14
Meir, rabbi, fabulist, 19, 111-112
Meir ben Baruch, Talmudist, 36
Meir ben Todros ha-Levi, quoted, 164-165
Meissner, Alfred, recollections of, of Heine, 362-364
_Mekirath Yoseph_ by Beermann, 241-244
Melo, David Abenator, translator, 47
_Mendel Gibbor_, quoted, 272
Mendels, Edel, historian, 120
Mendelssohn, Abraham, son of Moses Mendelssohn, 307, 308
Mendelssohn, Dorothea, daughter of Moses Mendelssohn, 131, 305-306
Mendelssohn, Henriette, daughter of Moses Mendelssohn, 306-308
Mendelssohn, Joseph, son of Moses Mendelssohn, 305, 307
Mendelssohn, Moses, philosopher, 48 and Lessing, 299, 300, 314 and Maimonides, 164 as critic, 301-302 as reformer, 316 as translator, 40 children of, 304 disciples of, 309 friends of, 299, 314-315 in Berlin, 293, 296 ff marriage of, 303-304 quoted, 300, 301
Mendelssohn, Nathan, son of Moses Mendelssohn, 307
Mendelssohn, Recha, daughter of Moses Mendelssohn, 307
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 307, 308
Mendez, David Franco, dramatist, 244
_Meneketh Ribka_, by Rebekah Tiktiner, 119
Menelek, son of the Queen of Sheba, 262
_Merope_ by Maffei, 240
_Mesgid_, Falasha synagogue, 265
Mesopotamia, the Ten Tribes in, 259
Messer Leon, poet, 223
Meyer, Marianne, alluded to, 132
Meyer, Rachel, writer, 139
Meyer, Sarah, alluded to, 132
Meyerbeer, alluded to, 245
Midrash, commentary, 20, 53-54
Midrash Rabba, a Talmudic work, 21
_Migdal Oz_ by Luzzatto, 239
_Minchath Yehuda Soneh ha-Nashim_, by Judah ibn Sabbatai, 214-216
_Minnedienst_ absent from Jewish poetry, 122
Minnesingers, 182
Miriam, as poetess, 106
Miriam, Rashi's granddaughter, 118
_Mishle Sandabar_, romance, 88
Mishna, the, commentary on, 60 compilation of, 58 in poetry, 201
_Mishneh Torah_ by Maimonides, 152-153
Missionaries in Abyssinia, 263-267
Mohammedanism, rise of, 77-78
Montefiore, Charlotte, writer, 133
Montefiore, Judith, philanthropist, 133
Montpellier, "Guide of the Perplexed" burnt at, 155 Jews at academy of, 86, 92
_Moreh Nebuchim_ by Maimonides, 146, 154, 161-162
Morgenstern, Lina, writer, 139
_Morgenstunden_ by Mendelssohn, 305
Moritz, friend of Henriette Herz, 313, 314
Morpurgo, Rachel, poetess, 137-138
Mosaic legislation, the, Maimonides on, 163
"Mosaic" style in Hebrew poetry, 201-202
Mosenthal, S. H., Ghetto novelist, 49, 50 Dingelstedt on, 319
Moser, Moses, friend of Heine, 324, 346 letters to, 350, 352
Moses, prophet, characterized by Heine, 365-366 in Africa, 255
Moses de Coucy, Talmudist, 36
Moses ibn Ezra, poet, 24, 32, 202-206, 207
Moses, Israel, teacher of Mendelssohn, 297-298
Moses of Narbonne, philosopher, 42
Moses Rieti, the Hebrew Dante, 35, 124
Moses Sephardi. See Petrus Alphonsus
Mosessohn, Miriam, writer, 138
Munk, Solomon, scholar, 49 and Gabirol, 26, 83 translates _Moreh Nebuchim_, 146, 155
Muenster, Sebastian, Hebrew scholar, 44, 95
Muscato, Judah, preacher, 376
Music among Jews, 372-376
Mussafia, Benjamin, author, 47
Nachmanides, exegete, 39
Nagara, Israel, poet, 43
"Names of the Jews, The," by Zunz, 335
Nasi, Joseph, statesman, 99 and the Polish election, 287
"Nathan the Wise" and tolerance, 185, 310-311
Nazarenes, defined by Heine, 359
_Nefesh_, Kabbalistic term, 41
_Neilah_ prayer, A, 104
Neo-Hebraic literature. See Jewish literature
Nero, alluded to, 232
_Neshama_, Kabbalistic term, 41
_Nesirim_, Falasha monks, 265
Nestorians and the Ten Tribes, 259
Neto, David, philosopher, 47
Neuda, Fanny, writer, 140
Neunzig, Joseph, on Heine, 343
"New Song," anonymous poem, 224
_Nezach_, Kabbalistic term, 41
Nicolai, friend of Mendelssohn, 299, 300, 313, 314
Nicolas de Lyra, exegete, 84
Noah, Mordecai, and the Ten Tribes, 259
Noeldeke, Theodor, Bible critic, 12
_Nomologia_, by Isaac Aboab, 45
Numbers, book of, quoted, 71
Nunes, Manuela, de Almeida, poetess, 130
Obadiah Bertinoro, Talmudist, 43
Obadiah Sforno, teacher of Reuchlin, 95
Offenbach, J., alluded to, 245
Old Testament, the, Africa in, 255 document hypothesis of, 13 humor in, 191, 193 in poetry, 201 interpretation of, 54 literary value of, 14-16, 73-74 quoted by Jesus, 13 study of, 12-13, 18 time of compilation of, 16 time of composition of, 13-14 translations of, 16, 47, 48, 80
Oliver y Fullano, de, Nicolas, author, 129
"On Rabbinical Literature" by Zunz, 328
_Ophir_, Hebrew name for Africa, 255
Ophra in Yehuda Halevi's poems, 207
Oppenheim, David, rabbi at Prague, 244
Ormus, island, explored by Jews, 96
Ottenheimer, Henriette, poetess, 49, 138-139
Otto von Botenlaube, minnesinger, 182
Owl, character in "The Gift of Judah," 214
Padua, University of, and Elias del Medigo, 94
Palestine described, 93
Palquera, Shemtob, philosopher, 40
Pan, Taube, poetess, 120
"Paradise, The" by Moses Rieti, 35
Parallax computed by Isaac Israeli, 93
_Parzival_, by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 185 Jewish contributions to, 35, 87
_Pastor Fido_ by Guarini, 129, 240
Paul III, pope, alluded to, 95
Paula dei Mansi, Talmudist, 116-117
Pedro I, of Castile, and Santob de Carrion, 87, 169, 170
Pedro di Carvallho, navigator, 96
Pekah, king, alluded to, 250
Pensa, Joseph, de la Vega, dramatist, 237-238
Pentateuch, the Jewish German translation of, 100 Mendelssohn's commentary on, 309
_Peregrinatio Hierosolymitana_ by Radziwill, 280
Persia, Jewish literature in, 90
Pesikta, a Talmudic work, 21
Petachya of Ratisbon, traveller, 37, 117
Petrarch, translated into Spanish, 98
Petrus Alphonsus, writer, 89, 171
Peurbach, humanist, 100
Philipson, L., journalist, 49
Philo, philosopher, 17
Philo the Elder, writer, 17
Phokylides (pseudo-), Neoplatonist, 17
Physicians, Jewish, 81, 95, 97, 179
Pickelhering, a character in _Mekirath Yoseph_, 241
Pico della Mirandola alluded to, 94 and Levi ben Gerson, 91 and the Kabbala, 44
_Pilpul_, Talmudic method, 46
Pinchas, rabbi, chronicler of the Saul Wahl story, 273, 277, 280
_Piut_, a form of liturgic Hebrew poetry, 24, 198
"Plant Lore" by Dioscorides, 82
Pliny, alluded to, 250
Pnie, Samson, contributes to _Parzival_, 35, 87
_Poesies diverses_ by Frederick the Great, 301
Poland, election of king in, 278-279 Jews in, 286-288
Pollak, Jacob, Talmudist, 46
Popert, Meyer Samson, ancestor of Heine, 341
Popiel, of Poland, alluded to, 285
Poppaea, empress, alluded to, 232
"Praise of Women," anonymous work, 34
"Praise of Women," by David ben Yehuda, 223
"Praise unto the Righteous," by Luzzatto, 240-241
"Prince and the Dervish, The," by Ibn Chasdai, 35
Printing, influence of, on Jewish literature, 94
"Prisoners of Hope, The," by Joseph Pensa, 237-238
Prophecy defined by Maimonides, 161-162
Proudhon anticipated by Judah ibn Tibbon, 39
Psalm cxxxiii., 71-72
Psalms, the, translated into Jewish German, 120 into Persian, 90
Ptolemy Philadelphus and the Septuagint, 16
Ptolemy's "Almagest" translated, 79
Rab, rabbi, 19
Rabbinical literature. See Jewish literature
Rabbinowicz, Bertha, 138
_Rabbi von Bacharach_ by Heine, 50, 348, 349
Rachel (Bellejeune), Talmudist, 118
Radziwill, Nicholas Christopher, and Saul Wahl, 274-276, 279-280
"Radziwill Bible, The," 280
Rambam, Jewish name for Maimonides, 146
Ramler and Jews, 311, 313
Rappaport, Moritz, poet, 49
Rappaport, S., scholar, 49
Rashi. See Solomon ben Isaac
Rausnitz, Rachel, historian, 121
Ravenna and Jewish financiers, 101-102
"Recapitulation of the Law" by Maimonides, 152-153
Recke, von der, Elise, and Mendelssohn, 215
Red Sea, coasts of, explored by Jews, 96
Reichardt, musician, 313
Reinmar von Brennenberg, minnesinger, 182
_Reisebilder_ by Heine, 353
Rembrandt illustrates a Jewish book, 102
Renaissance, the, and the Jews, 43-44, 74-75, 94-95, 223, 224
Renaissance, the Jewish, 101, 227, 293-295
Renan, Ernest, alluded to, 163, 191
_Respublika Babinska_, a Polish society, 281-282
_Respuestas_ by Antonio di Montoro, 180
Resurrection, Maimonides on, 164-165
Reuchlin, John, and Jewish scholars, 91, 94-95 and the Talmud, 44 quoted, 89
Revelation defined by Maimonides, 162
Richard I, of England, and Maimonides, 149
Riemer quoted, 358
Riesser, Gabriel, journalist, 49, 291
"Righteous Brethren, The" an Arabic order, 79
Rintelsohn, teacher of Heine, 344
Ritter, Heinrich, on Maimonides, 146
"Ritual of the Synagogue, The," by Zunz, 336
_Ritus des synagogalen Gottesdienstes_ by Zunz, 336
Robert of Anjou, patron of Hebrew learning, 92
Robert of Naples, patron of Hebrew learning, 89
Rodenberg, Julius, quoted, 144
Romanelli, Samuel L., dramatist, 244, 248
_Romanzero_ by Heine, 9, 27, 365
Rossi, Solomon, musician, 376
Rothschild, Anna, historian, 142 Charlotte, philanthropist, 141 Clementine, writer, 141-142 Constance, historian, 142
Rothschild family, women of the, 140-142
_Ruach_, Kabbalistic term, 41
Rueckert, poet, alluded to, 139
"Rules for the Shoeing and Care of Horses in Royal Stables," translated, 91
Rueppell, explorer, quoted, 263
Sa'adia, philosopher, 22, 80-81
Sachs, M., scholar, 49
Saisset, E., on Maimonides, 146
"Sale of Joseph, The" by Beermann, 241-244
Salerno, Jews at academy of, 86, 92
Salomon, Annette, writer, 137
Salomon, G., preacher, 49
Salomon, Leah, wife of Abraham Mendelssohn, 308
_Salon_, the German, established by Jews, 312
Salonica, Spanish exiles in, 43
Sambation, fabled stream, 249, 258
Samson, history of, dramatized, 236 humor in the, 191, 192
"Samson and the Philistines" by Luzzatto, 239
"Samsonschool" at Wolfenbuettel, 321
Samuel, astronomer, 76
Samuel, physician, 19
Samuel ben Ali, Talmudist, 117
Samuel ben Meir, exegete, 36, 172
Samuel ibn Nagdela, grand vizir, 98
Samuel Judah, father of Saul Wahl, 273, 274
Samuel the Pious, hymnologist, 36
Santillana, de, on Santob de Carrion, 173
Santo. See Santob de Carrion
Santob de Carrion, troubadour, 34, 87, 169-170, 174-175, 188 characterized, 173 character of, 178 quoted, 169, 175-176, 177-178 relation of, to Judaism, 176-177
Saphir, M. G., quoted, 355
Sarah, a character in _Rabbi von Bacharach_, 348
Sarastro, played by a Jew, 247
Satirists, 213-223
Saul Juditsch. See Saul Wahl
Saul Wahl, in the Russian archives, 282-284 relics of, 278 story of, 273-277 why so named, 276
Savasorda. See Abraham ben Chiya
Schadow, sculptor, 313
Schallmeier, teacher of Heine, 342
Schlegel, von, Friedrich, husband of Dorothea Mendelssohn, 306
Schleiden, M. J., quoted, 28, 74-75
Schleiermacher and the Jews, 313, 314, 323
Schopenhauer, Arthur, anticipated by Gabirol, 27 on Heine, 357-358
_Schutzjude_, a privileged Jew, 302-403
Scotists and Gabirol, 26
Scotus, Duns, philosopher, 82
Scotus, Michael, scholar, 40, 85
Scribes, the compilers of the Old Testament, 16
"Seal of Perfection, The," by Abraham Bedersi, 171
_Sechel Hapoel_, Active Intellect, 159
_Seder_ described by Heine, 345
_Sefer Asaf_, medical fragment, 81
_Sefer ha-Hechal_ by Moses Rieti, 124
_Sefer Sha'ashuim_ by Joseph ibn Sabara, 214
_Sefiroth_, Kabbalistic term, 41
Selicha, a character in "The Sale of Joseph," 241
_Selicha_, a form of Hebrew liturgical poetry, 24, 25, 198
Septuagint, contents of the, 16
Serach, hero of "The Gift of Judah," 214-216
"Seven Wise Masters, The," romance, 88
Seynensis, Henricus, quoted, 52
Shachna, Solomon, Talmudist, alluded to, 286
_Shalet_, a Jewish dish, 360-361
Shalmaneser, conquers Israel, 250 obelisk of, 261
Shammai, rabbi, 18
Shapiro, Miriam, Talmudist, 117
_Shebach Nashim_ by David ben Yehuda, 223
Shem-Tob. See Santob de Carrion
Sherira, Talmudist, 22
"Shields of Heroes," by Jacob ben Elias, 224
"Shulammith," Jewish German drama, 247
_Shulchan Aruch_, code, 43
Sigismund I, Jews under, 285, 286
Sigismund III, and Saul Wahl, 283-284
Simon ben Yochai, supposed author of the Kabbala, 19
Sirkes, Joel, Talmudist, 46
"Society for Jewish Culture and Science," in Berlin, 324, 346
_Soferim_, Scribes, 56
Solomon, king, alluded to, 250 and Africa, 255
Solomon Ashkenazi, diplomat, 96, 286-287
Solomon ben Aderet, Talmudist, 40
Solomon ben Isaac (Rashi), exegete, 36, 84, 137 essay on, by Zunz, 329 family of, 118
Solomon ben Sakbel, satirist, 34, 213
Solomon Yitschaki. See Solomon ben Isaac
"Song of Joy" by Yehuda Halevi, 207
"Song of Songs," a dramatic idyl, 229 alluded to, 207 characterized, 192-193 epitomized, 223 explained, 172 in later poetry, 202 quoted, 186
Sonnenthal, Adolf, actor, 246
Soudan, the, Moses in, 255
"Source of Life, The" by Gabirol, 82-83
"South, the," Talmud name for Africa, 255
Spalding, friend of Henriette Herz, 313
"Spener's Journal," Zunz editor of, 330
Spinoza, Benedict (Baruch), philosopher, 47, 100 and Maimonides, 145, 146, 164 influenced by Chasdai Crescas, 94 under Kabbalistic influence, 99
"Spirit of Judaism, The," by Grace Aguilar, 134
Stein, L., poet, 49
Steinheim, scholar, 49
Steinschneider, M., scholar, 37, 49
Steinthal, H., scholar, 49
Stephen Bathori, of Poland, 278, 282, 287
_Studie zur Bibelkritik_ by Zunz, 337
Sullam, Sara Copia, poetess, 44, 124-128
Surrenhuys, scholar, 48
Suesskind von Trimberg, minnesinger, 35, 87, 182, 184 and Judaism, 187 character of, 188 poetry of, 185-186 quoted, 182-183, 187-188, 188-189
_Synagogale Poesie des Mittelalters_, by Zunz, 335
"Synagogue Poetry of the Middle Ages" by Zunz, 336
Syria, the Ten Tribes in, 259
Syrian and Jewish poetry, 80
Syrian Christians as scientific mediators, 78
_Tachkemoni_ by Yehuda Charisi, 211
Talmud, the, burnt, 40, 44 character of, 52-53 compilers of, 56, 57-58 composition of, 16 contents of, 59-60, 68-70, 76-77 in poetry, 201 on Africa, 254 on the Ten Tribes, 253 origin of, 53-54 study of, 17-18 translations of, 60 woman in, 110-114 women and children in, 63-64
Talmud, the Babylonian, 54 compiler of, 17
Talmud, the Jerusalem, compiler of, 17
Talmudists, 22, 36, 40, 43, 46, 47, 117, 286
Talmudists (women), 116, 117, 118
Tamar, a character in Immanuel Romi's poem, 221-222
_Tanaim_, Learners, 56, 57
Tanchuma, a Talmudic work, 19
Targum, the, in poetry, 201
Telescope, the, used by Gamaliel, 77
Teller, friend of Henriette Herz, 313
Ten Tribes, the, English views of, 260-262 Irish legend of, 261 the prophets on, 251-252 the Samaritan Hexateuch on, 252 the supposed homes of, 256-262 the Talmud on, 253
Tertullian quoted, 233
Theatre, the, and the rabbis, 230-234
Theodore, Negus of Abyssinia, 263, 267
_Theorica_ by Peurbach, 100
Thomists and Gabirol, 24
"Thoughts suggested by Bible Texts" by Louise Rothschild, 141
_Tifereth_, Kabbalistic term, 41
Tiglath-Pileser conquers Israel, 250
Tiktiner, Rebekah, scholar, 119
"Till Eulenspiegel," the Jewish German, 101
Tolerance in Germany, 185, 189
"Touchstone" by Kalonymos ben Kalonymos, 33, 216-219
"Tower of Victory" by Luzzatto, 239
Tragedy, nature of, 195
Travellers, Jewish, 80
"Tristan and Isolde" compared with the _Mechabberoth_, 220
Troubadour poetry and the Jews, 171-173
Troubadours, 223
"Truth's Campaign," anonymous work, 32
Turkey, Jews in, 98
"Two Tables of the Testimony, The," by Isaiah Hurwitz, 43
Tycho de Brahe and Jewish astronomers, 92
Uhden, von, and Mendelssohn, 302
Uhland, poet, alluded to, 139
Ulla, itinerant preacher, 114
"Upon the Philosophy of Maimonides," prize essay, 145
Usque, Samuel, poet, 44
Usque, Solomon, poet, 98, 235
"Vale of Weeping, The," by Joseph Cohen, 44
Varnhagen, Rahel. See Levin, Rahel
Varnhagen von Ense, German _litterateur_, 312
Vecinho, Joseph, astronomer, 96
Veit, Philip, painter, 308
Veit, Simon, husband of Dorothea Mendelssohn, 306
Venino, alluded to, 302
Venus of Milo and Heine, 362
Vespasian and Jochanan ben Zakkai, 57
Walther von der Vogelweide, minnesinger, 182, 189
Wandering Jew, the, myth of, 350
"War of Wealth and Wisdom, The," satire, 34
"Water Song" by Gabirol, 200-201
Weil, Jacob, Talmudist, 102
Weill, Alexander, and Heine, 363-364
_Weltschmerz_ in Gabirol's poetry, 199 in Heine's poetry, 357
Wesseli, musician, 313
Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig, commentator, 48, 309
Wieland, poet, alluded to, 314
Wihl, poet, 49
Wine, creation of, 197-198
Withold, grandduke, and the Lithuanian Jews, 282, 284
Wohllerner, Yenta, poetess, 138
Wohlwill, Immanuel, friend of Zunz, letter to, 325
Wolfenbuettel, Jews' free school at, 320-321
Wolff, Hebrew scholar, 48
Wolfram von Eschenbach, minnesinger, 182, 185, 189
Woman, creation of, 197 in Jewish annals, 110 in literature, 106-107 in the Talmud, 64, 110-114 mental characteristics of, 121-122 satirized and defended, 223-224 services of, to Judaism, 115-116
"Woman's Friend" by Yedaya Penini, 216
Women, Jewish, in the emancipation movement, 133, 139
"Women of Israel, The" by Grace Aguilar, 134
"Women's Shield," by Judah Tommo, 224
"World as Will and Idea, The," by Schopenhauer, 357
Xemona. See Kasmune
Yaltha, wife of Rabbi Nachman, 113-114
Yechiel ben Abraham, financier, 99
Yechiel dei Mansi, alluded to, 116
Yedaya Penini, poet, 40, 216
Yehuda ben Astruc, scientist, 92
Yehuda ben Zakkai quoted, 68
Yehuda Charisi, poet, 32, 34 (note), 210-213 on Gabirol, 27 quoted, 214 traveller, 37
Yehuda Chayyug, alluded to, 257
Yehuda Hakohen, Talmudist, 36
Yehuda Halevi, as philosopher, 31, 34 as poet, 24, 27-28, 206-210 daughter of, 117
Yehuda Romano, translator, 90
Yehuda Sabbatai, satirist, 34, 214
Yehuda the Prince, Mishna compiler, 19, 58 lament over, 65-66
Yemen, Judaism in, 256
_Yesod_, Kabbalistic term, 41
_Yesod Olam_ by Moses Zacuto, 238-239
_Yezira_, Kabbalistic term, 41
"Yosippon," an historical compilation, 120, 249, 250, 321
Yucatan and the Ten Tribes, 259
Zacuto, Abraham, astronomer, 42, 96-97
Zacuto, Moses, dramatist, 238-239
Zarzal, Moses, physician, 179
_Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlaendischen Gesellschaft_, Zunz contributor to, 337
Zeltner, J. G., on Rebekah Tiktiner, 119
Zerubbabel, alluded to, 253
Zohar, the, astronomy in, 91 authorship of, 39
Zoellner, friend of Henriette Herz, 313
Zunz, Adelheid, wife of Leopold Zunz, 337, 352
Zunz, Leopold, scholar, 25, 48 and religious reform, 335 as journalist, 330 as pedagogue, 324 as politician, 330-332 as preacher, 322-323 characterized by Heine, 327-328 described by Jost, 320 education of, 320-322 friend of Heine, 346 importance of, for Judaism, 338 in Berlin, 318-319 quoted, 11-12, 119, 323, 325-327, 330, 331, 332, 334, 336, 371 style of, 338
"Zur Geschichte und Litteratur" by Zunz, 337
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