History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole WorkGraetz, Heinrich
History
History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6): Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work
Graetz, Heinrich
Jews -- History
=Babylon=, inhabitants of, colonized in Samaria, =1=, 285.
description of, =1=, 330.
fall of, =1=, 349-50.
the goddess of love worshiped in, =1=, 408.
the Judæans of, aid Judæa against Rome, =2=, 264.
study of the Law in, =2=, 358.
=Babylonia=, the scene of Jewish activity, =2=, 503-4, 531, 537; =3=,
160; =5=, 726.
three meanings of, in Jewish history, =2=, 504-5.
resembles the Holy Land, =2=, 544.
Jewish public life in, =2=, 547.
independent of Judæa, =2=, 548.
rise of, =2=, 557.
the study of the Law flourishes in, =2=, 574-5.
called Irak by the Arabs, =3=, 89.
loses intellectual supremacy, =3=, 193, 210, 228.
Jewish communal life in, in the tenth century, =3=, 194.
visited by Petachya, =3=, 421.
=Babylonia, Jewish=, described, =2=, 504.
compared with Judæa, =2=, 505.
districts of, =2=, 505.
towns of, =2=, 505-8.
fertility of, =2=, 507-8.
scene of the war between Julian and Shabur II, =2=, 601.
Sora the center of, =2=, 607.
constitution of, =3=, 93-101.
communal constitution of, =3=, 98-100.
power of, =3=, 100-1.
mystic doctrines flourish in, =3=, 154.
=Babylonia, the Jews of=, resist Trajan, =2=, 393, 397.
favorable position of, =2=, 508.
political chief of, =2=, 508-11.
needs of, produce a new development of the Law, =2=, 511.
resort to the academies of Galilee, =2=, 511, 531.
religious ignorance of, =2=, 513.
immorality of, =2=, 516-17, 579.
establish the sanctity of the law of the land, =2=, 520.
suffer under Magian supremacy, =2=, 524-5.
on friendly terms with the Magi, =2=, 525-6.
injured by Odenathus, =2=, 527.
luxurious habits of, =2=, 588.
oppressed by Shabur II, =2=, 591-2.
favor Julian the Apostate, =2=, 597.
well treated by Jezdijird, =2=, 609-10.
persecuted, =2=, 626, 627-8; =3=, 8.
suffer under Zendik communism, =3=, 2-3.
rebel under Mar-Zutra II, =3=, 3-4.
independence of, =3=, 3-4.
kindly treated by Bahram Tshubin, =3=, 8-9.
prosperous under Chosru II, =3=, 9-10.
help the Arabs, =3=, 89.
form a separate community under the Exilarch, =3=, 89.
oppose Moawiyah, =3=, 90, 92.
ill-treated by the caliphs of the East, =3=, 176-7.
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