=David Kimchi= (1160-1235), grammarian and lexicographer, =3=, 393-4, 561. grammatical and exegetical work of, =3=, 394. Maimunist, =3=, 530-1, 540-1. denounces Solomon of Montpellier, =3=, 544. works of, used by Raymund Martin, =3=, 622. commentary of, in the Bomberg Bible, =4=, 476. =David Maimuni= (1223-1300), grandson of Maimonides, aided by Solomon ben Adret, =3=, 620. Nagid of Egypt, friend of the Exilarch Yishaï, =3=, 627. appealed to by Hillel of Verona, =3=, 631. in the Maimunist controversy, =3=, 632-3. =David Negro Ibn-Yachya=, counselor of Ferdinand I of Portugal, =4=, 159-60. leaves Lisbon, =4=, 160. chief rabbi of Castile, =4=, 161, 162. =David Rafan=, discovers the Zohar to be a forgery, =4=, 20-1. =David Reubeni=, travels of, in the East, =4=, 491. description of, =4=, 491-2. at Rome, =4=, 492, 493. honored by the Jews, =4=, 493. received by João III of Portugal, =4=, 493, 498. considered the forerunner of the Messiah, =4=, 494, 497-8. repulses the Marranos and Solomon Molcho, =4=, 495-6. opposed by Miguel de Silva, =4=, 498-9. leaves Portugal, =4=, 499. prisoner in Spain, =4=, 499. in Avignon, =4=, 499. and Molcho, =4=, 504. and the Venetian senate, =4=, 504. petitions Charles V, =4=, 509-10. confined by the Spanish Inquisition, =4=, 511. =David’s chapel=, Franciscan church on Mount Zion, =4=, 274. =Daya=, character in “Nathan the Wise,” =5=, 324. =Dayan=, title of the judges in Jewish Babylonia, =3=, 98. title of Moses ben Chanoch, =3=, 229. =Dayane-di-Baba=, judges of the gate, in Babylonia, =2=, 547. =Dayanim=, assistants of the rabbis, =5=, 566, 569. =Dead Sea=, the, description of, =1=, 43. =Debir=, the, the Holy of Holies, =1=, 165. =Debir= (Kirjath-Sepher), taken by the tribe of Judah, =1=, 38. =Deborah=, judge, inspires resistance to Jabin, =1=, 61. =Debts owing to Jews=, the interest on, repudiated by Eugenius III, =3=, 349, 351. the repudiation of, not permitted by Maria de Molina, =4=, 52. the repudiation of, urged by Louis the Rich, =4=, 254. =Decapolis=, league of towns, freed from Judæan rule, =2=, 67. =Deckendorf= (Deggendorf), the Jews of, massacred, =4=, 98. “=Declaration=,” by Manasseh ben Israel, concerning the admission of Jews into England, =5=, 39-42. “=Defense= of the Rational Worshipers of God,” by Reimarus, =5=, 320. “=Definitions= and Descriptions,” by Isaac Israeli, =3=, 181. =Deï Rossi.= _See_ Azarya ben Moses deï Rossi. =Deity=, the, Israelitish conception of, =1=, 24, 402. =Delaborde=, Count, on the Turkish Jews, =5=, 649-50. “=Delight= of all Mankind,” epithet of Titus, =2=, 304. =Delitzsch, Franz=, admires neo-Hebraic poetry, =5=, 628-9. =Della Ruvere, Marco=, nuncio in Portugal, =4=, 514. =Della Volta, Samuel Vita=, physician and scholar, =5=, 622.