=Del Medigo.= _See_ Elias del Medigo. =Delmedigo, Joseph Solomon= (1591-1655), sceptic, =5=, 56, 75-6. ancestry and education of, =5=, 75. wanderings of, =5=, 76-80. mathematical attainments of, =5=, 76. among Karaites, =5=, 76-7. as physician, =5=, 76, 80. defends the Kabbala, =5=, 78. at Amsterdam, =5=, 79. preacher, =5=, 79-80. end of, =5=, 80. hypocrisy of, =5=, 84. =Delmedigo, Judah=, son of Elias, rabbi of Canea, =4=, 406. =Dembowski, Nicolas=, bishop of Kamieniec, persecutes the Frankists, =5=, 278. Frankists make a partial confession of Christianity before, =5=, 279. favors the Frankists, =5=, 279-80. consents to disputations between Frankists and Talmudists, =5=, 280, 281-2. confiscates and burns the Talmud, =5=, 282. death of, =5=, 282. =Dembowski=, Frankist family, =5=, 289. =Demetrius I=, of Syria, sent to Rome as hostage, =1=, 443. throne of, usurped by Antiochus IV, =1=, 443. plots to depose Antiochus V, =1=, 481. escapes from Rome, =1=, 482. kills Antiochus V, =1=, 482. appoints Alcimus high priest, =1=, 482. sends Bacchides to Jerusalem, =1=, 482, 486. sends Nicanor to Judæa, =1=, 484. leaves the religious freedom of the Judæans undisturbed, =1=, 488, 491-2. seeks the friendship of Jonathan Haphus, =1=, 494, 495-6. =Demetrius II Nicator=, of Syria, contests the throne with Alexander Balas, =1=, 496. appealed to by the Hellenists, =1=, 497. exempts the Judæans from taxation, =1=, 497. besieged in his palace, =1=, 497. seeks help with Jonathan Haphus, =1=, 497. flees from Antioch, =1=, 498. negotiates with Simon Tharsi, =1=, 521. acknowledges the independence of Judæa, =1=, 521. expedition of, against Persia, =1=, 525. defeated by the Parthians, =2=, 5. deposed by Alexander Zabina, =2=, 6. death of, =2=, 6. =Demetrius=, librarian of Ptolemy II, advises the translation of the Law, =1=, 514. =Demetrius=, son of Antigonus, defeated, =1=, 417. =Demetrius=, son-in-law of Agrippa I, =2=, 235. =Demiurge=, creator of the world, in the Gnostic system, =2=, 375. =Demons, exorcism of=, in Galilee, =2=, 148. by the Essenes, =2=, 151. by Jesus, =2=, 156-7. by the disciples of Jesus, =2=, 170. =Denia=, home of Isaac Albergeloni, =3=, 284. =Denmark=, the Protestant Reformation in, =4=, 469. Jews invited to settle in, =4=, 675. rabbis of, willing to excommunicate Luzzatto, =5=, 241. favors the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 519, 531. =Derasha.= _See_ Agada. =Derbend= (Berdaa), Jews settle in, =3=, 124. refuge of the Chazars, =3=, 222. =Derketades=, royal Assyrian house, last member of, =1=, 258. =Derush.= _See_ Agada. =Descartes=, philosophy of, studied by Spinoza, =5=, 89. characteristics of, =5=, 90. =Desfar, Juan=, governor of Palma, protects the Jews, =4=, 246, 247.