=Chiskiya=, prince of the Cairo Karaites, =3=, 444. =Chiskiya ben Chiya=, offends Judah ha-Nassi, =2=, 457. adds supplements to the Mishna, =2=, 470. disciple of Judah I, =2=, 511. =Chiskiya ben Reuben=, member of the Mayence synod, =3=, 517. =Chivi Albalchi=, the first rationalistic Bible critic, =3=, 199. =Chiya=, a Babylonian buried in Palestine, =2=, 548. =Chiya (Achiya) bar Abba=, Amora, characterization of, =2=, 454, 531. punished by Judah I, =2=, 455. sons of, =2=, 457, 470, 511. announces the new-moon at Ain-tab, =2=, 458. adds supplements to the Mishna, =2=, 470. Mishnic compilation of, authoritative, =2=, 471. intercedes for Abba-Areka, =2=, 512. investigates the Judæan educational institutions, =2=, 532. collects the Patriarch’s tax, =2=, 536. supported by Beth-Silvani, =2=, 536. leaves Judæa, =2=, 536. ignorant of the Bible, =2=, 536. rigor of, =2=, 536-7. appeals to Abbahu, =2=, 538. Agadist, =2=, 540. =Chiya=, son of Abba-Areka, learned in the Law, =2=, 518. =Chmielniecki, Bogdan= (1595-1657), grievances of, against Jews, =5=, 7. organizes the Haidamak troops, =5=, 8. conditions of peace, proposed by, =5=, 12, 14. =Chochmoth=, the sciences, studied under Measfim influence, =5=, 402-3. =Chocim=, Jacob Frank at, =5=, 27. =Chodar-Warda=, son of Jezdijird III, at war with his brother, =2=, 628. =Choics.= _See_ Gnosticism. =Chorazin=, Jesus in, =2=, 157. =Choreas=, Caligula’s murderer, =2=, 189. =Chorin, Aaron=, aids the Reform movement, =5=, 571. recalls his approval of the movement, =5=, 571. =Chosru (Chosroes) I Nushirvan=, of Persia, imposes a poll-tax upon the Jews, =3=, 5. son of, =3=, 7. protects his dominions against the Chazars, =3=, 138. =Chosru II= (590-628), of Persia, supplanted, =3=, 8-9. protected by Mauritius, =3=, 9. prosperity of the Jews under, =3=, 9-10. at war with the Byzantine empire, =3=, 19. incapacity of, =3=, 22. death of, =3=, 22. =Chozari= (Chosari), philosophical work by Jehuda Halevi, =3=, 327-36, 338. translated into Hebrew, =3=, 397. =Chrestus=, apostle at Rome, =2=, 202, 231. =Christ=, the. _See_ Messiah, the. =Christian IV=, of Denmark, invites Jews to settle there, =4=, 675. employs a Jewish physician, =4=, 692; =5=, 115. =Christian VII=, of Denmark, subscribes to Mendelssohn’s Pentateuch translation, =5=, 334. “=Christian Denunciation, The=,” by Wagenseil, =5=, 186. =Christian dogmas=, in the Zohar, =4=, 23. debated at Avila, =4=, 141. expounded by Astruc Raimuch, =4=, 182. in the Kabbala, =4=, 292. belief in, threatened, =5=, 682.