=Dio Cassius=, historian, on the revolt under Bar Cochba, =2=, 411. on the fall of Bethar, =2=, 418-19.
=Dio Kart=, birthplace of Huna, =2=, 545.
=Diocletian=, emperor, tolerant, =2=, 533. accuses Judah III of disloyalty, =2=, 533-4. and Abbahu, =2=, 538. persecutes Christianity, =2=, 539.
=Diodorus=, ambassador to Rome, =2=, 4-5.
=Diodotus Tryphon=, general of Alexander Balas, puts the latter’s son on the throne, =1=, 497-8. friendly to Jonathan Haphus, =1=, 498. seeks to make himself king, =1=, 498-9. takes Jonathan Haphus prisoner, =1=, 499. negotiates with Simon Tharsi for tribute, =1=, 500-1. has Jonathan Haphus executed, =1=, 501. Simon Tharsi hostile to, =1=, 521. at odds with Antiochus Sidetes, =1=, 525, 528, 529.
=Diogenes=, Sadducee, favorite of Alexander Jannæus, =2=, 42. advises the crucifixion of Pharisees, =2=, 45. put to death by the Pharisees, =2=, 55.
=Diokna Kadisha=, Kabbalistic term, =4=, 538.
=Dionysus=, worshiped in Alexandria, =1=, 428. festival of, in Judæa, =1=, 428, 456-7.
=Dioscorides=, work of, translated, =3=, 218.
=Disciples=, meaning of, =2=, 357. _See_ Law, the, the teachers of.
=Dispersion=, the, of Judæans under Uzziah, =1=, 227. after the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 317-18. in the lands of the Seleucidæ and the Ptolemies, =1=, 420-1. value of, =2=, 200-1.
=Disputation=, between Judæans and Samaritans in Alexandria, =1=, 516-17. between Donin and four rabbis, =3=, 576-8. between Pablo Christiani and Nachmani, =3=, 598-604. at Burgos, =4=, 140. at Avila, =4=, 140-2. at Pampeluna, =4=, 142. at Tortosa, =4=, 207-15. at Kamieniec, =5=, 280-1. at Lemberg, =5=, 285-7.
=Disputations=, between Jews and Christians, under Basilius, =3=, 175-6. in France in the twelfth century, =3=, 343. _See under_ Polemical works against Christianity.
“=Distinction=,” anti-Karaite work by Saadiah, =3=, 192.
“=Diversions=,” satire by Joseph ben Sabara, =3=, 559.
=Divine Service=, the. _See_ Liturgy, the.
=Divorce=, abolished by Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, =3=, 124. bills of, criticised after delivery to the wife, =3=, 378. discussed by the Assembly of Jewish Notables, =5=, 489, 491. discussed by the French Synhedrion, =5=, 497.
=Divorce law=, the, as formulated by the Pharisees, =2=, 50. according to the school of Shammai, =2=, 132. as interpreted by Meïr, =2=, 439. alleviations of, proposed by Judah II, =2=, 484. regulated by Abba Areka, =2=, 516-17. reformed by Hunaï and Mar-Raba, =3=, 92. changed by Gershom, =3=, 244. modified by the Troyes synod, =3=, 378. changed by Menachem of Merseburg, =4=, 228.