=Egypt=, priests of, =1=, 10. allied with Solomon, =1=, 170. hostile to Ben-hadad III, =1=, 221. helps the Idumæans against Uzziah, =1=, 226. allied with Hoshea, =1=, 263. allied with Hezekiah, =1=, 270. counsels resistance to Nebuchadnezzar, =1=, 304, 306, 309. Judæans take refuge in, =1=, 317, 318, 324. rebels against Persia, =1=, 407-8. given to Ptolemy I, =1=, 418. Judæans settle in, =1=, 419. taken by Antiochus III and Philip V of Macedon, =1=, 432. wars of, with Antiochus IV, =1=, 450-1, 452-3. number of Judæans in, =2=, 201. Zealots flee to, =2=, 317-18. study of the Law in, =2=, 359. succumbs to the Arabs, =3=, 86. Rabbanites in, in the ninth century, =3=, 180. Karaites spread to, =3=, 182. schools founded in, by the emissaries from Sora, =3=, 208, 210. part of the Fatimide Caliphate, =3=, 248. Jehuda Halevi in, =3=, 339-41. Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, =3=, 369. Maimonides in, =3=, 445, 457. Louis IX taken prisoner in, =3=, 585. in the Zohar, =4=, 23. Karaites of, inclined to Rabbanism, =4=, 72. the Spanish exiles in, =4=, 392-6. taken by the Turkish sultan, =4=, 393. Isaac Lurya in, =4=, 618, 622. conquered by Napoleon, =5=, 459. Crémieux’s schools in, =5=, 671. =Egypt, the Jews of=, celebrate two days of the new-moon, =2=, 363. rebel against Trajan, =2=, 394, 395-8. hail the Mahometans as liberators, =3=, 88-9. in the twelfth century, =3=, 443-5. governed by a Nagid, =3=, 443. lack of culture of, =3=, 444-5. pilgrimages of, =3=, 445. under Saladin, =3=, 461. liturgy of, changed by Maimonides, =3=, 465-6. exhorted to establish schools, =5=, 663. =Egypt, the Judæans of=, practice idolatry, =1=, 326-7. neglected under Amasis, =1=, 327. settlement of, encouraged, =1=, 503. equality of, with the Greeks, =1=, 503. alliance of, sought by Syrians and Egyptians, =1=, 503-4. faithful to the Ptolemies, =1=, 504. occupations of, =1=, 504-5. Greek learning of, =1=, 505. espouse the cause of Ptolemy VI, =1=, 507. recognize Onias IV as ethnarch, =1=, 507. sacrifice in the Temple of Onias, =1=, 509. maintain connection with the Temple at Jerusalem, =1=, 509; =2=, 52. pleased with the Septuagint, =1=, 511-12. originate the sermon, =1=, 515. dispute with the Samaritans, =1=, 517. informed of the independence of Judæa, =1=, 522-3. urged to celebrate Chanukah, =2=, 6-7. prosperous under Cleopatra and Ptolemy VIII, =2=, 12. devoted to the cause of Octavius, =2=, 102. control the Nile harbors, =2=, 102. make annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem, =2=, 220. go to Jerusalem for the Passover of 66, =2=, 251. =Egyptians=, the, culture of, =1=, 8. pantheon of, =1=, 9. enslave the Israelites, =1=, 11. refuse to liberate the Israelites, =1=, 16-17. at the Red Sea, =1=, 18-19.