=Eliashib=, high priest, countenances marriages between Judæans and Samaritans, =1=, 362. in friendly communication with the Samaritans, =1=, 383. dismissed by Nehemiah, =1=, 385. =Eliezer ben Hyrcanus=, disciple of Jochanan ben Zakkai, =2=, 326. teacher of the Law at Lydda, =2=, 335. opposes decisions by the Bath-Kol, =2=, 338. brother-in-law of Gamaliel II, =2=, 339. excommunicated, =2=, 339-40, 347-8. devotion of, to tradition, =2=, 346-7, 356. called Sinai, =2=, 347. opposed to Gamaliel II, =2=, 347. end of, =2=, 348. ban removed from, =2=, 350. supposed teacher of Akiba, =2=, 351. and the Jewish Christians, =2=, 370. on the admission of proselytes, =2=, 384. and Akylas, =2=, 385. mourns for Gamaliel II, =2=, 404. condemns the instruction of women in the Law, =2=, 474. compared with Chanina bar Chama, =2=, 491. =Eliezer Kapsali=, Rabbanite teacher of Karaites, =4=, 270. =Eliezer.= _See also under_ Eleazar and Eleazer. =Elijah=, the Tishbite, prophet, character of, =1=, 199. a Nazarite, =1=, 200. disciples of, =1=, 200. rebukes Ahab, =1=, 202-3. announces a famine, =1=, 203. assembles the priests of Baal, =1=, 203-4. flees from Jezebel, =1=, 204. instructed to anoint Jehu, =1=, 204. chooses Elisha as his successor, =1=, 207. prophesies the death of Ahaziah, =1=, 207. disappears, =1=, 207. result of the activity of, =1=, 208. precursor of the Messiah, =2=, 143. in the Zohar, =4=, 12, 16. =Elijah, disciples of=, Nazarites, =1=, 200. persecuted by Jezebel, =1=, 201. saved by Obadiah, =1=, 201. on Mount Carmel, =1=, 203. =Elijah Wilna= (1720-1797), draws attention to the Scriptures, =5=, 329, 390. disinterestedness of, =5=, 389. critical powers of, =5=, 389-90. simple exegetical method of, =5=, 390. fondness of, for the Kabbala, =5=, 390-1. slandered by the Chassidim, =5=, 391. excommunicates the Chassidim, =5=, 392, 393. persecutes the Chassidim, =5=, 394. =Elijah Zevi=, brother of Sabbataï, =5=, 145. =Elionai=, high priest, under Agrippa I, =2=, 198. =Elisha=, Essene, punished for the use of Tephillin, =2=, 424. =Elisha=, father of Ishmael, =2=, 427. =Elisha=, prophet, successor to Elijah, =1=, 207. accompanies Elijah, =1=, 208. lives on Mount Carmel, =1=, 208. hates Jehoram, =1=, 208-9. disciple of, appoints Jehu king of Israel, =1=, 210. position of, compared with Elijah’s, =1=, 217-18. in Samaria, =1=, 218. respected by Jehoash of Israel, =1=, 223-4. influence of, on Jehoash, =1=, 225. =Elisha ben Abuya= (Acher), teacher of the Law, apostate, =2=, 358, 377. theosophist, =2=, 381. assists Hadrian in persecuting the Law, =2=, 426. and Meïr, =2=, 437. daughters of, =2=, 452. =Elisha Gallaico=, member of Karo’s rabbinical college, =4=, 616.