=Boniface VIII=, pope, at odds with Philip IV of France, =4=, 44. =Boniface IX=, pope, forbids the forcible baptism of Jews, =4=, 173. =Bonnet, Caspar=, work of, translated by Lavater, =5=, 309. works of, criticised by Mendelssohn, =5=, 312-13, 314-15. disclaims connection with Lavater, =5=, 313-14. =Bonosus=, governor of the East, subdues the Jews of Antioch, =3=, 18. “=Book of Creation=, The,” commentary on, =3=, 197. “=Book of Riches=, The,” work by Samuel Ibn-Nagrela, =3=, 261. “=Book of the Pious=, The,” by Judah Sir Leon ben Isaac, =3=, 408. =Book of the Wars of God=, early Hebrew poetry, =1=, 29. “=Book of Wisdom=, The,” against paganism, =2=, 205-8. =Boppard=, the blood accusation in, =3=, 418, 637, 639. =Boraïta=, an apocryphal Mishna, =2=, 470. =Boraïtas=, explained by Abba-Areka, =2=, 515. by Rabba bar Nachmani, =2=, 578. =Bordeaux=, the Marranos in, =5=, 341. German Jews in, =5=, 342. struggle in, between German and Portuguese Jews, =5=, 342-3. foreign Jews ejected from, =5=, 343-4. =Bordeaux, the Jews of=, maltreated by crusaders, =3=, 570. perish during the Pastoureaux massacres, =4=, 56. addressed in behalf of the Moravian and Bohemian Jews, =5=, 253. in Malesherbes’ commission, =5=, 432. number of, =5=, 435. prosperity of, =5=, 436. join the National Guard, =5=, 438. on the Jewish question, =5=, 442. emancipated, =5=, 442-3. not affected by Napoleon’s restrictive laws, =5=, 499. =Borgia=, cardinal. _See_ Alexander VI, pope. =Börne, Ludwig= (1786-1837), employed in the Frankfort ducal police, =5=, 505, 541. defends the German Jews, =5=, 533. as a Jew, =5=, 536. as a German, =5=, 536-7. apostle of liberty, =5=, 537, 538-9. resemblance of, to Mendelssohn, =5=, 538. despises the Jews of his time, =5=, 538, 540. sobriety of, =5=, 538. life of, in Frankfort, =5=, 539. style of, =5=, 539. feeling of, for Jews, =5=, 539-40. insults offered to, as a Jew, =5=, 540-1. defends the Jews, =5=, 541-2. publishes a journal, =5=, 542. becomes a Christian, =5=, 542. wit of, =5=, 542. on the “hep, hep!” persecutions, =5=, 542-3. answers Dr. Holst, =5=, 543-4. compared with Heine, =5=, 544. early home-life of, =5=, 545. debt of the Jews to, =5=, 556. debt of Germany to, =5=, 556. compared with Erter, =5=, 615. =Boso=, king of Burgundy, and the Jews, =3=, 175. =Bosporus=, the, Jews settle on, =3=, 123. a Karaite community on, =3=, 182. =Bosporus= (Kertch), capital of the Crimea, =3=, 222. =Bossuet=, bishop, applauds Richard Simon’s exegesis, =5=, 179.