=Ehud=, judge, routs the Moabites, =1=, 60-1. =Eibeschütz, Jonathan= (1690-1764), disciple of Nehemiah Chayon, =5=, 218. supposed Sabbatian, =5=, 229, 248. early education of, =5=, 246-7. as a Talmudist, =5=, 247. mysticism of, =5=, 248. weakness of the character of, =5=, 248-9. as teacher in Prague, =5=, 249, 250. excommunicates the Sabbatians, =5=, 249. clemency shown towards, =5=, 249-50. in intercourse with Jesuits, =5=, 250. obtains the right of printing the Talmud, =5=, 250. and the rabbinate of Metz, =5=, 251. accused of treason, =5=, 252. intercedes for the Jews of Moravia and Bohemia, =5=, 253. declared a traitor, =5=, 253. popular in Metz, =5=, 253. rabbi of the “three communities,” =5=, 254, 256. distributes amulets, =5=, 257, 260. called on by Emden to clear himself of the charge of Sabbatianism, =5=, 258. supported by his disciples, =5=, 258, 259. cause of, espoused by the “three communities,” =5=, 260-1. opponents of, excommunicated, =5=, 261. publishes an encyclical, =5=, 261-2. invited to exculpate himself, =5=, 262, 263. excommunicated, =5=, 263-4. cause of, espoused by some rabbis, =5=, 264. case of, submitted to the king of Denmark, =5=, 265, 268, 269. letter to, from Ezekiel Landau, =5=, 265-6. associates himself with an apostate, =5=, 267. protected by the princes of Brunswick, =5=, 267-8. before a rabbinical court, =5=, 268-9. publishes a defense, =5=, 270. supposed to be a secret Christian, =5=, 270. again acknowledged rabbi of the “three communities,” =5=, 271. and the Frankists, =5=, 289. distrust of, =5=, 289. =Eichhorn=, exegete, =5=, 623, 695. =Eighteen Benedictions.= _See_ Berachoth. “=Eighteen Things=, The,” decreed by the school of Shammai, =2=, 270. permitted by Judah II, =2=, 483-4. =Eisenach=, the Jews of, during the Black Death persecutions, =4=, 109. =Eisenmenger, John Andrew=, Hebraist, revives the blood accusation, =5=, 187. title of the book by, against the Jews, =5=, 188. charges raised against the Jews by, =5=, 188-9. work of, suppressed, =5=, 190. death of, =5=, 190. _See_ “Judaism Unmasked.” “=Eisenmenger the Second=, an open letter to Fichte,” by Saul Asher, =5=, 463. =Ekron=, Philistine city, =1=, 54. left in the possession of the Philistines, =1=, 117. center of Baal-zebub worship, =1=, 207. given to Jonathan Haphus, =1=, 496. fortified by the Syrians, =1=, 529. =Elah=, king of Israel, dissipation and death of, =1=, 192. =El-Arish=, taken by Napoleon, =5=, 459. =El-Arish=, the river of Egypt, boundary under David, =1=, 129. =Elath=, port on the Red Sea, =1=, 170, 171, 177, 230. =Elchanan ben Isaac=, descendant of Rashi, Tossafist, martyr, =3=, 404.