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Aaron 56 125n2, 127, 129n19, 13(}--132, 136, ben (the Younger) 7n13, 142-143, 147n36, 148n37, 149- 150, 9n18, I(}--II, 14,23-27,28, 33n23, 152n60, 168n51, 172, 184n.l02, 190, 42, 43n9, 47n32, 49n41, 55nn74, 194n21, 197n35, 231- 232, 253 77, 57n88, 60-62, 68-95, 97-98, Ananites 5, 41n3, 125n2, 127nll, 100nn16, 19, IOln22, 103n31, 190n2, 231, 253 104n35, 105, 107- 110, 115, 116n98, 6n6, 30, 51, 54-56, 63, 65-66, 117, 145n19, 156n4, I 69n54, 145, 164, 166, 167n50, 169, 177, 175nn74-75, 177- 178, 180, I 84n103, 195n25, 217, 219, 225, 234, 269 185, 187, 18~ 213- 215, 222-22~ Ankori, Zvi 60, 237 228, 241 - 242, 244n59, 251, 254-255, Antigonos Ish Sokho 159 257-259, 268-270 ,Judaeo-Arabic 6,8-9, 21n29, Aaron ben (the Elder) 10, 22, 33n22, 38, 42, 51n51, 52n57, 22-23,60- 68,69,87,91,94,99nI4, 68n38, 142n3, 143nll, 147, 152n62, 101n22, I 56n4, 176-177, 178, 188, 165n38, 166n42, 175, 186n107, 213, 215, 221-222, 223n34, 226n46, 195n24, 203nl, 206, 208n23, 215, 257n48 240, 241n42, 244n58, 250nll Aaron ben Judah of Troki 68n40 Aristotelians, Aristotelianism 6n 7, II, 'Abbad, 'Abbadites 214, 254 14, 22- 25, 26, 28, 38, 49, 62, 63, 68, Abbasids 235 69-73, 75, 78- 85,92,94-97, 108, Abner of Burgos/Alfonso de Valladolid 122,135,137,152-153,175n76, 125n2, 133n40, 193, 196 177, 181, 188, 192n9, 213, 222, 228, the 13, 24-25, 246n63, 260, 268-269 53n60, 70, 151n59, 217- 228, 243, Aristotle 26, 70n6, 83, 107, 152n60 of 217- 228 Ash'an, Abu al-I:Iasan al- 6n7 Abraham bar I:Iiyya 93,165, 251n17, Ash'arites 6n7, 34, 37, 50, 57, 77, 79, 258-259 90 Abraham son of 161 n25, Astrology 63n16, 107, 113n82, 265 217-228,243 Astronomy 26, 107-108, 263 Abravanel, lOOn 16 Atoms, Atomic theory 21, 22, 25, Abu al-Hudhayl 250 26-27,32-33,47-49,59,63, 73- 84, Abu'l Faraj Hamn 5, 128- 129, 269n23 135n52, 139n 71 Attributes, divine 19, 21 - 22, 32, Abu'l Taras 127, 140, 146 34-35, 5(}--53, 59, 62nlO, 64-65, 72, 53,58, 62n13, 170, 222, 84-87, 90n83, 104-106, 137, 139, 226-227 158, 227 Afendopolo, 11-12, 41n2, 42n8, Averroes 80, 84, 92, 263 44nI9,96, 107n50, 120, 144n12, Avicenna 80, 84-85 182n99, 191n4, 226, 248n2, 263- 264 Agobard of Lyons 194, 199 Babovitch, Nahamu 245n62 Albo, Joseph II, 228n35, 263 Baer, Yitzhak (Fritz) 193 AlfarabI, Abu 6n7, 165n37 167 Alfonsi, Petrus 126n9, 195 Bali, Abraham ben 264n7 Algamil, Yosef 217, 263n2 Baron, Salo W 155n2, 193 Altmann, Alexander 54n70, 55n74, Bashyatchi, Elijah II, 14, 26, 42n8, 165n18 43n12, 51n51, 68, 69, 96-122,143, Anan ben 4-5, 14, 36, 41, 156n4, 158n14, 163, 175n74, 178, 292 INDEX

179n88, 18(}--189, 215, 228, 241- 245, Constantinople 55n75, 61, 163, 191n4, 246n63, 247n64, 248n2, 251-253, 251n16,264 256, 259-260, 263 Creation of the world 6n6, 13, 16-17, Bashyatchi, Menal:lem 11, 187nl13 21, 31-33, 43-48, 49, 53-57, 59, Bashyatchi, II, 187nl13 63-64, 72, 74, 77-84, 90, 1O(}--104, Ba~Ir, Yusuf al- 5-6, 9n18, 14, 17, 110, Illn73, 119, 120, 122, 139, 2(}--22, 29n4, 30, 32- 38, 41, 44n15, 222, 224, 263, 268-269 47- 48, 49n41, 51, 52n57, 53n58, Crescas, I:Iasdai 43nll, 72, 105n41 54n70, 57nn88, 90, 59, 60, 62, 65, Crimea 13, 60n3, 61, 68n38, 96, 215, 74--75, 87n76, 94, 100n19, 128, 21,227,244--246,264--265,268 137- 139,146-147, 158n14, 159, Crusades, Crusaders 6, 60, 146, 230, 209-211, 213n42, 214, 216n51, 238, 237 254 Cutheans 161 Ba~rI, Abu 1-I:Iusayn al- 30 ben Elijah 128n13, 167, 190,233, Ha-Yerushalmi 121n114, 244 234--235, 239n38, 240, 252 Ben-Shammai, 18nI4,42n7, David 15,56, 119, 167, 169, 176, 75, 80n55, 127nll, 218, 232, 218-219, 242 253n24 David ben Boaz 29n4 Ben Zuta 136 5, 144, 233, 248n2 Beghi, Joseph ben Moses 248n2, Delmedigo, Joseph (Yashar of 264n7 Candia) 267 Blidstein, Gerald J. I 64n34 Dietary laws 3, 134 Boaz 169 Donin, Nicholas 193-194, 196-199 Boethus, 142n3, 156, 159, Dream (level of prophecy) 56, 65n28, 161, 173, 264n7 66,91,164--166,174--175,178- 179, Byzantium 7-9, 14, 22- 23, 42n6, 60, 217,222,225 68n38,94, 113n82, 128n18, 186n107, Dunash ibn Tamim 165 191n7, 219, 221, 237-238, 241-244, 246, 251n16, 263 Eden, Garden of 58, 75n30, 82n60, 93, 117n 10 I, 222, 239, 249, 251, Calendar 3,96, 129nI9- 20, 131, 134, 258 136, 153, 156-158, 161, 164, 188, , Egyptian 3nl, 7, 12, 30nlO, 195n25, 227, 237, 241, 243, 246, 96nl, 126n6, 142-143, 156-157, 162, 256n43, 266 I 64n34, 187n114, 215, 240, 270 Charles XII (Sweden) 268 Elijah 168, 234 Christian, 8- 9, 12, 19, 23, Elijah ben Barukh Yerushalmi 264 27, 29nl, 34--45, 47n35, 52, 55n74, 168 57, 58n9~ 71, 125- 127, 133n3~ Empedocles 152n60 141, 149n47, 151n54, 171, 174n73, Ephraim 245 179, 19(}--199, 211n29, 223, 233-236, Eschatology 13,58n99, 143nll, 167, 239, 251, 267-268 192n8, 230, 233-234, 236, 248-260 Chronicles 15-16, 24n41, 203 183 Chufut-Kale 227, 244, 268 Euclidean geometry 26, 107 Circumcision 110,134, 145, 151n54, 62nl3 153, 161, 169, 203, 207-212, 214, Evil 35-36,53,87-89, 113, 115,209, 238, 240, 241, 266 213-214,236,239, 258 Cohen, Gerson 125n2, 128nl8 55n75, 56, 58, 66, 177, Cohen,Jeremy 193, 199n42 184nI03,218-219 Commandments, rational 9(}--91, 169, 183, 188n114 109-110 Commandments, revelational II(}--III, Fasi, David ben Abraham al- 5 145 Firkovitch, Abraham 61n7,64nI8, Comtino, 7-8nI3, 107n48, 268n21 121 Firkovitch Collections 42n 7, 21On27