=Geiger, Abraham= (1810-1874), scholar, characteristics of, =5=, 626. attitude of, towards the Talmud, =5=, 626, 669. devoted to the reform of Judaism, =5=, 626. journal of, =5=, 626, 632. at the Frankfort rabbinical conference, =5=, 685. =Gelasius=, pope, kind to Jews, =3=, 29. =Geldern, Betty von=, Heine’s mother, =5=, 545. =Gelil Haggoyim=, =1=, 164. _See_ Galilee. =Gelimer=, grandson of Genseric, in the triumph of Belisarius, =3=, 26. =Gemara.= _See_ Talmud, the Babylonian. =Gemara di Bene Ma’araba.= _See_ Talmud, the Jerusalem. =Gematria=, Kabbalistic term, =4=, 5. =Gemmingen, Uriel von=, archbishop of Mayence, the Frankfort Jews appeal to, =4=, 430. not friendly to Pfefferkorn, =4=, 430, 431. appointed commissary, =4=, 437. and the confiscation of Hebrew books, =4=, 437, 441. favors the Jews, =4=, 438. delays the execution of the judgment against Reuchlin, =4=, 452. “=General Privilege=” for the Jews, issued by Frederick the Great, =5=, 304. =Genesareth.= _See_ Tiberias, lake. =Genesis=, treatise on, by Samuel Ibn-Tibbon, =3=, 398. =Geneva=, the lake of, scene of Black Death persecutions, =4=, 103-4. =Genoa=, commerce of, in the fifteenth century, =4=, 285. suffering of the Spanish exiles in, =4=, 362-3. Judah Leon Abrabanel in, =4=, 384. =Genoa, the Jews of=, under the Ostrogoths, =3=, 28. seek permission to repair the synagogue, =3=, 30. in the twelfth century, =3=, 424. banished, =4=, 553-4. =Genseric=, the Vandal, carries the Temple vessels to Africa, =2=, 611. =Gentz, Frederick von=, on Jewish women, =5=, 413. immorality of, =5=, 423. reactionary leader, =5=, 477, 512. =Geonim=, the, beginning of the epoch of, =3=, 90-1. history of, dark, =3=, 92. duties of, =3=, 93. power of, as viewed by the Jews of distant lands, =3=, 100. decisions of, binding, =3=, 118-19. opposed to the Exilarchs, =3=, 137. literary works of, in the ninth century, =3=, 178-9. favor scientific pursuits, =3=, 187. responses of, criticised, =3=, 198. chronicle of, by Sherira, =3=, 233. Talmudic work of, surpassed by Spanish Talmudists, =3=, 282. _See also_ Gaon; Gaonate, the; Pumbeditha, the academy of, principals of; Sora, the academy of, principals of. =George II=, of England, ratifies the naturalization of the Jews, =5=, 337-8. =George=, of Hesse, forbids the use of a sentence in the Alenu prayer, =5=, 185. =George=, bishop of Speyer, tries the Reuchlin-Hoogstraten case, =4=, 454-5. =Gepidæ=, the, overrun Rome, =3=, 27. =Gerasa=, besieged by Alexander Jannæus, =2=, 45. =Gere ha-Zedek=, true proselytes, in the daily prayers, =2=, 384. =Gerizim, Mount=, description of, =1=, 45. the Samaritan Temple on, =1=, 390. Temple of, destroyed, =2=, 8. temple to Jupiter on, =2=, 422.