=Eben ha-Ezer=, scene of battles between Israelites and Philistines, =1=, 70, 78. =Eberard=, Magister Judæorum, under Louis the Pious, =3=, 161. and the bishop of Lyons, =3=, 164, 166. =Eberhard von Cleve=, Dominican provincial, complains of the treatment of his order, =4=, 465-6. =Ebionim= (Dallim), disciples of Isaiah, =1=, 254. =Ebionites= (Ebionim), the, followers of Jesus, =2=, 168, 366. communists, =2=, 220. disappearance of, =2=, 373. use Akylas’ Scripture translation, =2=, 387. merged into the Catholic Church, =2=, 500. _See under_ Jewish Christians, the; Judæan Christians, the. =Ecbatana=, taken by Cyrus, =1=, 342. the goddess of love worshiped in, =1=, 408. =Ecclesiastes, the Book of=, holiness of, discussed in the Synhedrion, =2=, 343-4. exposition of, by Samuel Ibn-Tibbon, =3=, 398. commentary on, by Nathaniel of Bagdad, =3=, 442. =Ecclesiasticus, the Book of=, by Jesus Sirach, =1=, 439-41. considered apocryphal, =2=, 344. translated into Greek, =2=, 359. =Ecija=, the Jews of, persecuted, =4=, 170. =Eck, Dr. John=, writes against the Jews, =4=, 546-7. accusations of, repeated by Luther, =4=, 548, 549, 550. =Eden=, garden of, name applied to Paradise, =1=, 404. =Edessa=, destroyed, =2=, 398. the Christians of, persecuted, =2=, 524. the Jews of, massacred, =2=, 599. taken by Nureddin, =3=, 349. =Edict=, banishing the Jews from Spain, =4=, 347-8. =Edict of Grace=, the, for Marranos, =4=, 315. =Edles, Samuel=, Talmudist, =4=, 703. =Edom.= _See_ Idumæans, the. =Education= among the Jews. _See under_ Academies; Colleges; Law, the; Schools; Talmud, the; Talmud Torah. =Edward I=, of England, Jews under, =3=, 640-6. stops the denunciations of coin counterfeiters, =3=, 643. and the charge of blasphemy against the Jews, =3=, 643. permits the Dominicans to preach to the Jews, =3=, 643-4. erects a house for Jewish converts, =3=, 644. banishes the Jews, =3=, 645. =Edward=, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), aids Pedro the Cruel, =4=, 124, 125. =Edzardus, Esdras=, Hamburg preacher, and David de Lara, =5=, 115. and the Sabbatian movement, =5=, 151. =Efodi.= _See_ Profiat Duran. =Eger, Akiba=, reverence paid to, =5=, 567. =Eger, Samuel=, protests against reforms, =5=, 562. =Egica=, Visigothic king, forbids Jews to hold real estate, =3=, 107-8. =Egidio de Viterbo=, cardinal, sides with Reuchlin, =4=, 457. patron of Elias Levita, =4=, 472, 564. interested in the Kabbala, =4=, 481, 583. opposes the Portuguese Inquisition, =4=, 507. =Egilbert=, bishop of Treves, forcibly baptizes Jews, =3=, 300, 306. =Eglon=, king of Moab, killed by Ehud, =1=, 60. =Eglon=, king of, defeated by Joshua, =1=, 34-5.