=Egypt, the Jews of=, celebrate two days of the new-moon, =2=, 363. rebel against Trajan, =2=, 394, 395-8. hail the Mahometans as liberators, =3=, 88-9. in the twelfth century, =3=, 443-5. governed by a Nagid, =3=, 443. lack of culture of, =3=, 444-5. pilgrimages of, =3=, 445. under Saladin, =3=, 461. liturgy of, changed by Maimonides, =3=, 465-6. exhorted to establish schools, =5=, 663.
=Egypt, the Judæans of=, practice idolatry, =1=, 326-7. neglected under Amasis, =1=, 327. settlement of, encouraged, =1=, 503. equality of, with the Greeks, =1=, 503. alliance of, sought by Syrians and Egyptians, =1=, 503-4. faithful to the Ptolemies, =1=, 504. occupations of, =1=, 504-5. Greek learning of, =1=, 505. espouse the cause of Ptolemy VI, =1=, 507. recognize Onias IV as ethnarch, =1=, 507. sacrifice in the Temple of Onias, =1=, 509. maintain connection with the Temple at Jerusalem, =1=, 509; =2=, 52. pleased with the Septuagint, =1=, 511-12. originate the sermon, =1=, 515. dispute with the Samaritans, =1=, 517. informed of the independence of Judæa, =1=, 522-3. urged to celebrate Chanukah, =2=, 6-7. prosperous under Cleopatra and Ptolemy VIII, =2=, 12. devoted to the cause of Octavius, =2=, 102. control the Nile harbors, =2=, 102. make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, =2=, 220. go to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, =2=, 251.
=Egyptians=, the, culture of, =1=, 8. pantheon of, =1=, 9. enslave the Israelites, =1=, 11. refuse to liberate the Israelites, =1=, 16-17. at the Red Sea, =1=, 18-19.
=Ehud=, judge, routs the Moabites, =1=, 60-1.
=Eibeschütz, Jonathan= (1690-1764), disciple of Nehemiah Chayon, =5=, 218. supposed Sabbatian, =5=, 229, 248. early education of, =5=, 246-7. as a Talmudist, =5=, 247. mysticism of, =5=, 248. weakness of the character of, =5=, 248-9. as teacher in Prague, =5=, 249, 250. excommunicates the Sabbatians, =5=, 249. clemency shown towards, =5=, 249-50. in intercourse with Jesuits, =5=, 250. obtains the right of printing the Talmud, =5=, 250. and the rabbinate of Metz, =5=, 251. accused of treason, =5=, 252. intercedes for the Jews of Moravia and Bohemia, =5=, 253. declared a traitor, =5=, 253. popular in Metz, =5=, 253. rabbi of the “three communities,” =5=, 254, 256. distributes amulets, =5=, 257, 260. called on by Emden to clear himself of the charge of Sabbatianism, =5=, 258. supported by his disciples, =5=, 258, 259. cause of, espoused by the “three communities,” =5=, 260-1. opponents of, excommunicated, =5=, 261. publishes an encyclical, =5=, 261-2. invited to exculpate himself, =5=, 262, 263. excommunicated, =5=, 263-4. cause of, espoused by some rabbis, =5=, 264. case of, submitted to the king of Denmark, =5=, 265, 268, 269. letter to, from Ezekiel Landau, =5=, 265-6. associates himself with an apostate, =5=, 267. protected by the princes of Brunswick, =5=, 267-8. before a rabbinical court, =5=, 268-9. publishes a defense, =5=, 270. supposed to be a secret Christian, =5=, 270. again acknowledged rabbi of the “three communities,” =5=, 271. and the Frankists, =5=, 289. distrust of, =5=, 289.