AB-The 9th, why considered an unlucky day, 126.
ABIGAIL'S-Child resembled David, 57. ACCOMPLICE-Equally guilty with the crimi- nal, 57.
ADAM and EVE-Four interpretations of their history, 269. ADDENDA-TO Biographical Notices, 128,
ADDRESS-Of the Author, ii.-Another, 129.
ADONIJAH-Resembled Absalom, 57. ADULTRESS-Cannot marry the adulterer,
AGE-How depicted by Solomon, 313. AMOS-Commences, 225. ANECDOTES-Of a king of Portugal, 281.-
A spice merchant of Sipori, 116.-A rustic with R. Ismael and R. Akiba, 118.-A regal feast, 310.-David's death illus- trated, 117.-The Emperor Adrian and R. Joshua, 316.-The Emperor Antoni- nus and R. a Kadosh, 227.-R. Akiba and Raban Gamliel, 139.-R. Hiya bar Aba, 256.-R. Hiya Raba and R. Jona- than, 317.-R. Johanan ben Zachai, 117. -Rab Johanan ben Zachai, 259.-R. Joshua and an Emperor's daughter, 145. -Simeon ben Satah, 154.-Rab with a madman, 287.-Ribi, 296.-R. Tanhuma, 296.-R. Zachai at a marriage feast, 304. -Two highwaymen, 321.-Two philoso- phers, 319.
ANGELS-How seen when awake, 6.-The six that destroyed the city, 211.-Those seen by Isaiah and Ezekiel, 132.-Whether inferior to man or not, 248.-Why ap- peared to Joshua with a drawn sword, 6. ARK-A cave to secrete it made by Solomon, 75.-Miraculously transported over the Jordan, 5.-Why secreted by Josiah, 75. ASTROLOGERS--Often predict events, 102. ASTROLOGY, JUDICIARY-Maimonides' opi- nion of, 102.-Opinions in favour of, 102.
BATHSHEBA-Whether an adulteress or not,
BENJAMITES-Considered as part of Judah,
CONFESSION-Or prayer, when at the point of death, 121.
CONSOLATION-In trouble, David an example of, 66.
CONVERTS-are generally Atheists. DANIEL-326.
DAVID-Although descended from a Moab- itess, married Saul's daughter, 50.-Cause- lessly hated, 51.-His tabernacle will rise again, 225.-Missed a step, and died, 117. -Palliation of his conduct, 64.-Whether committed adultery or not with Bathsheba, and whether guilty of homicide to Uriah, 63. Would have sinned greatly had he executed his designs against Nabal, 10.- Why he sang when fleeing from Absalom, 66.-Why his son by Abigail was named Chilhab, 57.-Why of three evils he chose pestilence, 71.
DEAD-The, should be mourned with modera-
DEMON-Whether one appeared to Saul as Samuel, 54.
DISEASES-Why the Hebrews reckon them to be, 903, 113.
DIVINE HELP-Of two descriptions, 215. DIVORCE-Given to wives on going to war, 63.-Never given by God to Israel, 165.
ECCLESIASTES-Introduction and explana- tion of, 299.
ELI-The crimes of his sons, 41. ENEMIES-The good and righteous generally have, 51.
EPHRAIM-A name applied to the Ten Tribes, 204.
EVIL MERODACH-Why he abused his father's corpse, 128. EZEKIEL-Commences, 209. EZRA Commences, 327. FASTS-Effect of, 121.
FATE-The Jews' opinion of, 104.
FORTUNE OF LUCK-How considered by the Jews, 111.
GEOGRAPHY-Ancient ideas of, 256. GOD-Alone can condemn children for their ancestor's crimes, 9.-The approximate cause of miracles, 14.-Being angry, how explained, 154.-Cannot have another, 159.
His name accompanied every bless. ing, 164.-His name given to the families of Israel, 185.-Never mentioned with a malediction, 164.-His omnipresence, 87. -His particular providence to Israel, 254. -His providence in protecting his flock, 263.-How being far or near is to be un- derstood, 253.-How consulted by dreams, 52. How defined by Trismegistus, 159. -How the heathen gained the knowledge of Him, 193.-Is not with the passionate, 89.-Known wherever Jews reside, 195. —Of Israel known to the heathen, 194.- The existence of, proved, 193.-Reckons equally with the righteous, 301.-Reckons exactly the years of the righteous, 114. GRIEF-Always accompanies joy, 304.- Examples of it in Scripture, 304. HABAKKUK, 229. HAGGAI, 230.
HANDSOME-People generally vain, 145. HEBREWS-Their customs in severe illness, 117.-Why called Jews, 83. HEBRON-Belonged to four parties, 21. HEZEKIAH-Hid the book of cures, 119. HOSEA, 224.
HOLY LAND-How divided by lot, 22. HUMOUR-Natural, how increased, 116. IDOL Of Micah, what it was, and how long it lasted, 36.
ISAAC-The gage or sign he gave Abime. lech, 61.
ISAIAH-Commences, 131.-Chap. 7, 8 and 9 explained, 136.-Chap. 53 paraphrased and explained, 168.
ISRAEL-Future welfare infallible, 232.-- Historical account of what has been suf- fered by their persecutors, 187.-How the kingdom flourished when Egypt was conquered, 217.-Never can be annihi- lated, however sinful, 226.-Never num- bered, 224.-Never repudiated by God, 165. Not as zealous as the heathen, 209. -Now barren, will become fruitful, 40. -Six reasons for being holy, 185.—Their selection by God immutable, 165.-Why termed the tribes of Jah, 185. ISRAELITES-Imitated the Ammonites, 212. -When under planetary influence and when not, 103.
JEPHTHA-Opinions respecting the sacrifice of his daughter, 38.
JEREMIAH-Commences, 189.-How often imprisoned, 206.
JERICHO-Taken on Sabbath, 9. JERUSALEM-Measurement of the New, 223. JEWS-Converted have no religion, 210.- Naturally merciful and benevolent, 12.- Meaning of the term, 325. JOB-Commences, 288.-Opinions of his Friends, 41.-Supposed to have been writ- ten by Moses, 41. JOSHUA-Commences, 1.-How punished for his delay, 18.-The figure of the Sun erected on his grave, 27.-The place of his interment, 27. JUDGES-Commences, 28.-May not con-
demn children for the crimes of their fa- thers, 9.-Their time of government, 30. KINGS Commences, 73.-All Israel will be under one, 225.-Have many names, 97. LABYRINTH-Made under ground by Solo. mon, 75.-Why Josiah hid the book of the Law in it, 76.
LAMENTATIONS-Commences, 296. LAW-Represented by the word garden,
269.-Why compared to the tree of life, 116. Why compared to water, milk, and wine, 144.
LEARNED MEN-Causes of their anger, 302. LETTERS-Sometimes changed and how, 63. LIFE-According to the age, 106.-Attri-
buted to the Planets by Astrologers, 101. -By physicians to the constitutions, 105. -Author's decision, 124.-Causes that shorten it, 110.-Causes that prolong it, 115.-David specifies three terminations to it, 108.-Its duration if fixed or varia- ble, 100.
LONGEVITY-Remarkable instances of, 106. MAN-Changes in figure on acquiring the
Divine Spirit, 50.-Has 248 members and 365 nerves, 115.-His day like grass, why, 118. His disposition learnt by three things, 301.-The earth given to him, 255. -Whether superior to angels or not,248. MESSIAH-All the world will see the mira- cles of his advent, 151.-His titles, 235.- How springs from Bethlehem, 228.-Ten things will happen when he comes, 148.— The kingdom of David and priesthood of
Phinehas will be restored, 141.-There will be no alteration, except Israel having uni- versal empire, 150.-To reign over the Twelve Tribes, 143.-Will have the Tetra- grammatonic name, 158.-Will purify the priesthood, 84.
MINERVA-Why the goddess of learning, 303.
NAMES-Hebrew, always significative, 121. NEHEMIAH, 330.
NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR ON-Ancient
style of writing, 117.-Astrology, 104.- The amount given to build the Second Temple, 329.-The ancient writings re- specting women, 324.-The creation of woman, 320.-The Crusades and Shep- herds, 189.-The contents of the work, 236.-Banes, 291.-The Hebrew term Epicurean, 337.-Extraordinary longevity, 38.-The heathen destinies, 110.-A Hebrew Text, 138.-Geography by the Ancient Jews, 257.-The Hallel not being said completely during the week of Pass- over, 285.-The mark on the houses in Egypt, 221.-An omission of the Author's, 262.-A mistranslation, 137.-The phi- losophical construction of the Hebrew language, 27.-Michael's last appearance on earth, 249.-Proverbs, 321.-Solo- mon's praise of woman, 287.-The virtue of Jewish wives, 187.-The word wy, 87. -A word in Psalm 9:14, 252.-The words, My father, my mother, 139.-A reference,
OPINIONS RESPECTING-If angels can be seen while awake, 6.-If David was guilty of adultery or not, 64.-The death of Achan's children, 8.-The death of Jeph- tha's daughter, 38.-The duration of human life, 100.- Duration of the world, 272.-The efficacy of repentance, 42.- God's Omnipresence, 87.-If Solomon committed idolatry, 82.-The stoppage of the sun by Joshua, 10.-Predestination and Reprobation, 237.-Prescience and Volition, 122, 241.- The raising of Samuel by the witch, 53.-Of what the heavens are formed, 273.
PARAPHRASE-Of Isaiah liii., 169.-Psalm lxxiii., 198.
PEACE-Encomiums of, 288.
PERSECUTORS OF ISRAEL-Instances of their punishment, 187.
PHINEHAS-Lived above 300 years, 37. PHYSICIANS-A Talmudical sentence on some, 119.-Should be consulted in ill- ness, 118.-Should be respected, 119.-
PROVERBS-The book of, commences, 282.- Meaning of them, 282.-Perverted by fools, 283.
PSALMS-Commences, 237.-Psa. xxii. ex- pounded, 254.-Psa. lxxiii. paraphrased, 198.-Psa. cx. explained, 275. QUESTIONS-List of those contained in the work, 236.-On David's marriage with Michal, 49.-If David committed adultery, 63.-On Judiciary astrology, 102.-When repentance is of no avail, 42.-On the sacrifice of Jephtha's daughter, 38.-If Solomon became an idolater, 82.- If Phinehas was Elijah or not, 37.-On the stoppage of the sun by Joshua, 12.- Whether Samuel was raised or not, 53.- If the term of life is variable or not, 100. -Propounded by a prefect to three sages, 131. Whether an angel is visible, 6. REBELLIONS-The ten of Israel, 189. REDEMPTION-Five circumstances will con- cur in it the same as in that from Egypt, 181. From Babylon, how differed from it, 143.-The future to be like that from Egypt, 143.
RELIGION-An erroneous one better than none, 210.
REPROBATION-Its definition, 238. RESURRECTION-Adam consoled with it, 152. Every one will not be resuscitated, 243.-Incessantly proved, 152.-The re- suscitated will be recognised, 155.-The righteous and wicked will be separated, 243.
RIGHTEOUS-Of every faith have a portion in the next world, 180.-Seek that holy gifts should be costly, 72.-Strictly ex- amined by God, 301.-Will not be resus- citated with the wicked, 244.-They fear the day of Judgment, 55.
ROMANS-Proved to be Edomites, 218.- How punished for their treatment of Israel, 187.
ROME-Founder of it, 218. RUTH, 295.
SAMUEL Commences, 39.-How raised by the witch, and appearance, 53. SAUL-How he sought to learn futurity, 52. SHEBNA'S-Treason, 147.
SIN-Against a fellow creature, reparation
must be made, 43.-Of an individual, in- jures a community, 8.- Pardonable by God only, 48.-Various descriptions of, and their quality, 253. SINNERS-Only punished for their own sins, 213.-Termed Ethiopians in Scripture, 45.-The gates of repentance sometimes closed against them, 43.
SOLOMON-Praises of a virtuous woman, 287.-Sinned in augmenting horses, wives, and treasures, punished accord- ingly, 74-Whether he sinned in idolatry or not, 82.
SONG OF SOLOMON- Commences, 292.- When supposed to have been written, 292.
SOULS-Ascend and descend to the grave, during a year, 55.-A direct creation from God, 213.-For a year after death preserve their attachment to the body, 55.- Its im- mortality proved, 312.-Not received from progenitors, 213.-Of Naboth made the prophets speak falsely, 91.-Subject to necromancers, 55.
STARS-May incite, but do not force Free- will, 103.
SUN-An image of, placed on Joshua's
grave, 27.-Acts on the elements, 105.- Has no declination at noon, 13.-Opinions on its standing still, 13.-Why its retro- gradation was a sign to Hezekiah, 115. TEMPLE -Division and measurement of the first, 75.-The duration of both, 115.- Foreign sovereigns and princes who paid respect to the second, 231.-How the site was bought, 72.- Novelties that the third will have, 222.-The third prophesied by Haggai, 232.-When the building of the
second commenced, 230.-When the news of the destruction of the first arrived at Babylon, 216.
TRIBES-Of Judah and Benjamin reckoned as one, 83.-The Ten, where carried, 83. VOLITION-Not opposed to Prescience, 122, 241.
WICKED-Alone punished for their sins, 213.-Will not be resuscitated with the righteous, 243.-Why they sometimes prosper, 194. WIDOWS-Why cannot marry within 90 days of the husband's death, 65. WIFE-A bad one worse than death, 320.- How should be appreciated, 311.-Solo- mon's praises of a virtuous, 287.
WISDOM IS food for the soul, 306.-How it causes disgust, 302. WORLD-Philosophical opinion of its dura- tion refuted, 272. ZECHARIAH, 233.
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