=Ferrara=, Hillel of Verona in, =3=, 629. Jewish printing house in, =4=, 289. Jewish exiles in, =4=, 412-13. Marranos well treated at, =4=, 526. refuge of the Neapolitan Jews, =4=, 544. Samuel Usque at, =4=, 558. the Talmud burnt in, =4=, 565. a refuge for Marranos, =4=, 568, 569. refuge of Gracia Mendesia, =4=, 575. Marranos of, in distress, =4=, 581. refuge of the Jewish exiles from the Papal States, =4=, 592. becomes part of the Papal States, =4=, 660. no longer a refuge for Marranos, =4=, 661. earthquake in, =4=, 615. =Ferrara, the Jews of=, liberties of, =3=, 628. appeal for permission to own the Talmud, =4=, 658. attached to the house of Este, =4=, 660. =Ferrer.= _See_ Vidal ben Benveniste Ibn-Labi. =Ferrer, Vincent=, humility of, =4=, 200-1. revives flagellation, =4=, 201. as an orator, =4=, 201. fanaticism of, =4=, 201-2. crusade of, against the Jews, =4=, 202. extorts Christian confession from the Marranos, =4=, 202-3. influences Jews to accept Christianity, =4=, 204-5, 206, 214. procures the crown of Aragon for Ferdinand of Castile, =4=, 205, 206. denounces Benedict XIII, =4=, 216. death of, =4=, 217. refused aid by João I of Portugal, =4=, 218. in Savoy, =4=, 218. terror of, spreads to Germany and Italy, =4=, 218. policy of, adopted by the Council of Basle, =4=, 246. compared with John of Capistrano, =4=, 257. compared with Bernardinus of Feltre, =4=, 296. =Ferrus, Pero=, apostate, satirist, =4=, 181. =Festus=, procurator of Judæa, administration of, =2=, 247-8. =Fettmilch, Vincent=, leader of the Frankfort guilds against the Jews, =4=, 696-7. attacks the Jew quarter, =4=, 697. hanged, =4=, 699-700. =Fez=, Dunash ben Labrat in, =3=, 226. Maimun’s family in, =3=, 451-6. forced converts emigrate to, =4=, 179. suffering of Spanish exiles in, =4=, 361-2. the Spanish exiles in, =4=, 390. =Fez, the Jews of=, consult Haï Gaon, =3=, 252. persecuted, =3=, 360. fortunes of, =5=, 168. =Fezara=, the, Arab tribe, promise assistance to the Jews of Chaibar, =3=, 82. =Fichte=, classes Jews with the nobility and clergy, =5=, 461. opposes the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 462, 468. Saul Asher refutes, =5=, 463. =Fields=, the blessing of, by Jews, forbidden, =2=, 620; =3=, 44. =Fifth Monarchy=, the, believers in, regard the Jews favorably, =5=, 23, 27. view of, held by Christians, =5=, 37. as interpreted by Manasseh ben Israel, =5=, 38. believers in, fix the Messianic year, =5=, 120. =Firme-Fé.= _See_ Nuñes, Henrique. =First-born=, the, Mosaic law of, as interpreted under Ahaz, =1=, 261.