=Eleazar.= _See also under_ Eleazer and Eliezer. =Eleazer=, commander of Machærus, =2=, 315. =Eleazer ben Nathan= of Mayence, at the first rabbinical synod, =3=, 377. =Eleazer ben Simon= of Cologne, at the first rabbinical synod, =3=, 377. =Eleazer.= _See also under_ Eleazar and Eliezer. =Elegabalus=, emperor, vices of, =2=, 468. relations of, to the Jews, =2=, 469-70. =Elesbaa= (Atzbaha), king of Ethiopia, at war with the Jewish king of Yemen, =3=, 66. =Elhanan=, of Bethlehem, Israelite champion under David, =1=, 117. =Eli=, judge, characterization of, =1=, 69. inveighs against idolatry, =1=, 70. sons of, =1=, 70. death of, =1=, 71. grandson of, =1=, 79. descendants of, murdered by Saul, =1=, 100. descendants of, inhabit Mamal, =2=, 575. =Elia.= _See_ Mar-Elia. =Eliakim=, in Speyer, Rashi’s Talmud teacher, =3=, 286. =Eliakim=, son of Hilkiah, made Sochen, =1=, 272. =Eliakim.= _See_ Jehoiakim. =Eliam=, father of Bathsheba, =1=, 133. =Eliano, Victor=, grandson of Elias Levita, apostate, =4=, 564. defames the Talmud, =4=, 583. editor of the Cremona Zohar, =4=, 584. =Elias of London=, chief rabbi of England, =3=, 588. asks permission for the Jews to leave England, =3=, 590-1. deposed, =3=, 591. =Elias del Medigo= (Cretensis, 1463-1498), philosopher, =4=, 289, 290-3. classical culture of, =4=, 290. teacher of Pico di Mirandola, =4=, 290-1. umpire chosen by the University of Padua, =4=, 291. public lecturer on philosophy, =4=, 291. denounces the Kabbala, =4=, 292; =5=, 78. views of, on the Talmud and religion, =4=, 292-3. character of the influence of, =4=, 293. hostility to, =4=, 293. and Judah Menz, =4=, 295. disciple of, =4=, 386. sons and relatives of, leaders in Canea, =4=, 406. descendant of, =5=, 75. =Elias ben Elkanah Kapsali= (1490-1555), rabbi at Canea, and Judah Delmedigo, =4=, 406. as an historian, =4=, 406-7. style of, =4=, 557. =Elias Chendali=, husband of Esther Kiera, =4=, 629. =Elias Cretensis.= _See_ Elias Del Medigo. =Elias Halevi=, Rabbanite teacher of Karaites, =4=, 270. =Elias Levita= (1468-1549), grammarian, teacher of Christians, =4=, 471, 507. pupils of, =4=, 472. publishes a Hebrew grammar, =4=, 472. mediocrity of, =4=, 472. on the accents and vowel signs, =4=, 472-3. declines to go to France, =4=, 473-4. establishes a Hebrew press at Isny, =4=, 474. grandchildren of, apostates, =4=, 564. =Elias Mizrachi= (1455-1526), rabbi of Constantinople, character and attainments of, =4=, 402-3. feud of, with the Karaites, =4=, 403. protects the Karaites, =4=, 403-4. =Elias Montalto=, physician, employed by Christians, =4=, 653. dissuades Paul de Pina from becoming a monk, =4=, 670. buried at Ouderkerk, =4=, 672-3. physician to Maria de Medici, =4=, 673.