=Amaziah=, of Judah, reconquers Edom, =1=, 222-3. respects the Law, =1=, 223. at war with Jehoash of Israel, =1=, 224-5. taken prisoner, =1=, 225. conspiracy against, =1=, 226. murder of, =1=, 226. interred in Jerusalem, =1=, 228. =Amaziah=, high priest of the bull-worship under Jeroboam II, =1=, 233. opposes Amos, =1=, 236-7. =Ambivius, Marcus=, second procurator of Judæa, =2=, 135. =Ambrosius of Milan=, bishop, incites persecutions of Arians and Jews, =2=, 612-13. rebukes mild treatment of Jews, =2=, 614. accuses the Jews, =2=, 614. =Amemar= (390-420), Amora, opens an academy at Nahardea, =2=, 606. subordinates himself to Ashi, =2=, 606. at the court of Jezdijird, =2=, 610. =Amemar bar Mar-Janka= (469-70?), Amora, executed, =2=, 629. =Am-ha-Arez=, the ignorant, addressed by Jesus, =2=, 152. =Ami=, Amora, defends a political offender, =2=, 529-30. subordinates himself to the Babylonian authorities, =2=, 531, 537. investigates the educational institutions of Judæa, =2=, 532. investigates the observance of the Law in Samaria, =2=, 534. appeals to Abbahu, =2=, 538. meets the corpse of Huna, =2=, 548. disciples of, =2=, 560. =Amigo, Abraham=, Talmudist and Kabbalist, =5=, 126. =Ammon=, an Egyptian god, =1=, 9. =Ammonite district=, the, governed by Aretas, =1=, 447. =Ammonites=, the, idolatry of, =1=, 55. attack Ephraim and Judah, =1=, 64. defeated by Jephthah, =1=, 64-5. invade the territory of Gad and Manasseh, =1=, 80. besiege Jabesh-Gilead, =1=, 89-90. at war with David, =1=, 126-7. subdued by David, =1=, 128-9. declared bondmen by Solomon, =1=, 163. attracted to Palestine, =1=, 173. regain independence, =1=, 185. urge Zedekiah to revolt, =1=, 310. in friendly relations with the Judæans, =1=, 362. hostile to the Judæans during the Syrian invasion, =1=, 474. defeated by Judas Maccabæus, =1=, 474. as proselytes, =2=, 343, 383-4. =Amnon=, eldest son of David, killed, =1=, 134. =Amolo=, bishop of Lyons, adversary of the Jews, =3=, 171, 172-3. =Amon=, of Judah, idolatry under, =1=, 285-6. murdered, =1=, 286. =Amoraim=, the, connection of, with the Tanaites, =2=, 479. expounders of the Mishna, =2=, 489. compared with the Tanaites, =2=, 490, 590. decisions of, =2=, 515. of Galilee, methods of, =2=, 557. last, in Judæa, compile the Jerusalem Talmud, =2=, 612. Babylonian, create Talmudic dialectics, =2=, 635. loss of creative power in the disciples of (_See_ Sabureans, the), =3=, 5. _See also_ Law, the, the teachers of.