=Abraham Benveniste Senior=, dignitary at the court of Juan II of Castile, =4=, 228. frames the law of Avila, =4=, 229. promotes the marriage of Isabella of Castile, =4=, 280. friend of Isaac Abrabanel, =4=, 341. accepts baptism, =4=, 351. _See also_ Coronel. =Abraham Bibago=, favorite of John II of Aragon, =4=, 275. =Abraham Farissol= (1451-1525), Bible commentator and geographer, =4=, 411-12. protegé of Hercules d’Este I, =4=, 412-13. polemic writings of, =4=, 413. =Abraham Israel=, excommunicates Eibeschütz’s opponents, =5=, 264. =Abraham Klausner=, compiles the customs of various communities, =4=, 134. =Abraham Levi=, Spanish exile, Kabbalist, =4=, 481. =Abraham (Abulmeni) Maimuni= (1185-1254), son of Maimonides, his successor, =3=, 493. Talmudist and philosopher, =3=, 495. visited by rabbis emigrating to Palestine, =3=, 505. and the attacks upon his father, =3=, 525-6, 545. =Abraham Maimuni II=, great-grandson of Maimonides, converts Karaites to Rabbanism, =4=, 71-2. =Abraham Menz=, director of the Padua college, =4=, 410. =Abraham Saba=, Kabbalist, leaves Portugal, =4=, 381. =Abraham Yizchaki=, anti-Sabbatian, =5=, 220-1. =Abraham Zacuto=, disciple of Isaac Aboab, pronounces his funeral oration, =4=, 366. author of an astronomical calendar, =4=, 367, 372. escapes from Portugal, =4=, 378. at Tunis, =4=, 391. writes the Sefer Yochasin, =4=, 391. flees to Turkey, =4=, 392. compared with Elias Kapsali, =4=, 407. chronicle of, published, =4=, 608, 629. great-grandson of, =4=, 678. =Abraham Zacuto Lusitano= (1576-1642), physician, honor paid to, =4=, 678. =Abrianim=, transgressors of the Law, addressed by Jesus, =2=, 152. =Absalom=, son of David, instigates the murder of Amnon, =1=, 134. seeks refuge with Talmai of Geshur, =1=, 134-5. pardoned, =1=, 136. plots with Ahithophel, =1=, 136, 138-44. description of, =1=, 137. hailed as king in Hebron, =1=, 139. in Jerusalem, =1=, 142-3. accepts Hushai’s advice, =1=, 143. killed, =1=, 144-5. mourned by David, =1=, 145. monument of, =1=, 145. children of, =1=, 145. =Absalom=, son of John Hyrcanus, =2=, 34. in Pompey’s triumph, =2=, 67. =Abt=, friend of Mendelssohn, =5=, 303. =Abtalion= (Pollion), head of the Synhedrion, =2=, 71-2. maxims of, =2=, 72; =3=, 573. disciples of, =2=, 72, 96. opposed to Antigonus, =2=, 85-6. counsels submission to Herod, =2=, 88. spared by Herod, =2=, 89. death of, =2=, 90. =Abu-Abdullah Mahomet Alnasir=, Almohade caliph, invades Andalusia, =3=, 506-7. decrees Jew badges, =3=, 512. =Abu-Afak=, poet, opponent of Mahomet, =3=, 74. =Abu Amr Joseph ben Chasdaï.= _See_ Joseph ben Chasdaï.