=Dionysus=, worshiped in Alexandria, =1=, 428. festival of, in Judæa, =1=, 428, 456-7. =Dios-Carne.= _See_ Astruc Raimuch. =Dioscorides=, work of, translated, =3=, 218. =Diospolis.= _See_ Lydda. =Dioterich.= _See_ Theodoric. =Disciples=, meaning of, =2=, 357. _See_ Law, the, the teachers of. =Dispersion=, the, of Judæans under Uzziah, =1=, 227. after the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 317-18. in the lands of the Seleucidæ and the Ptolemies, =1=, 420-1. value of, =2=, 200-1. =Disputation=, between Judæans and Samaritans in Alexandria, =1=, 516-17. between Donin and four rabbis, =3=, 576-8. between Pablo Christiani and Nachmani, =3=, 598-604. at Burgos, =4=, 140. at Avila, =4=, 140-2. at Pampeluna, =4=, 142. at Tortosa, =4=, 207-15. at Kamieniec, =5=, 280-1. at Lemberg, =5=, 285-7. =Disputations=, between Jews and Christians, under Basilius, =3=, 175-6. in France in the twelfth century, =3=, 343. _See under_ Polemical works against Christianity. “=Distinction=,” anti-Karaite work by Saadiah, =3=, 192. “=Diversions=,” satire by Joseph ben Sabara, =3=, 559. =Divine Service=, the. _See_ Liturgy, the. =Divorce=, abolished by Obaiah Abu-Isa ben Ishak, =3=, 124. bills of, criticised after delivery to the wife, =3=, 378. discussed by the Assembly of Jewish Notables, =5=, 489, 491. discussed by the French Synhedrion, =5=, 497. =Divorce law=, the, as formulated by the Pharisees, =2=, 50. according to the school of Shammai, =2=, 132. as interpreted by Meïr, =2=, 439. alleviations of, proposed by Judah II, =2=, 484. regulated by Abba Areka, =2=, 516-17. reformed by Hunaï and Mar-Raba, =3=, 92. changed by Gershom, =3=, 244. modified by the Troyes synod, =3=, 378. changed by Menachem of Merseburg, =4=, 228. =Divorces=, frequent among Kabbalists, =4=, 627; =5=, 210. =Djabar, the Jews of=, pillaged, =5=, 641. =Dnieper=, the, colonies of serfs on, =5=, 2. =Doag=, captain of the guard under Saul, =1=, 91. =Dob Beer.= _See_ Beer of Mizricz. =Dohm, Christian William= (1751-1820), friend of Mendelssohn, =5=, 351-2. plea by, for the amelioration of the condition of the Jews, =5=, 352-62. inspired by Mendelssohn, =5=, 356, 361, 366. admits the depravity of the Jews, =5=, 361. criticised by Mendelssohn, =5=, 361-2. enlists Mirabeau’s sympathies for the Jews, =5=, 366. fails to impress Frederick the Great, =5=, 414. helps to frame the Westphalian constitution, =5=, 500. entertains a distorted view of Jewish history, =5=, 593. =Dok=, fortress, Simon Tharsi assassinated in, =1=, 530. Ptolemy ben Habub shut up in, =1=, 531. =Dolmäh.= _See_ Donmäh. =Domingo=, founder of the Dominican order, =3=, 519.