=Hilderic= of Nismes, governor of Septimania, revolts against Wamba, =3=, 104-5. promises the Jews religious liberty, =3=, 105. =Hildesheim=, Jews tolerated in, =4=, 686. the Jews of, deprived of civil rights, =5=, 512. =Hildesheimer=, the Frankfort deputy to the Synhedrion, =5=, 497. =Hilduin=, incites the sons of Louis the Pious against their step-mother, =3=, 166. =Hilkia=, treasurer of the Temple, envoy to Nero, =2=, 248. =Hilkiah=, high priest, charged with the repairs of the Temple, =1=, 289. finds the Book of the Law, =1=, 292. counsels Josiah, =1=, 293. ancestor of Ezra, =1=, 365. =Hillali=, oldest copy of the Bible in Spain, destroyed, =3=, 387. =Hillel I=, appointed president of the Synhedrion, =2=, 96, 99. disciple of Shemaya and Abtalion, =2=, 96. character of, =2=, 96-7. maxims of, =2=, 97-8. justifies the oral law, =2=, 98. justifies new laws, =2=, 99. enacts the Prosbol, =2=, 100. followers of, swear allegiance to Herod, =2=, 108. death of, lamented, =2=, 130. descendants of, presidents of the Synhedrion, =2=, 130, 192. spreads the knowledge of the Law in Judæa, =2=, 149. the model of Jesus, =2=, 149-50. quoted by Philo, =2=, 213. compared with Philo, =2=, 214. followers of, support the Peace party, =2=, 256. the founder of Talmudic Judaism, =2=, 327. laws of interpretation by, =2=, 327, 338. laws of interpretation by, supplemented, =2=, 331, 356. reverence paid to the house of, =2=, 360. compared with Abba Areka, =2=, 517. end of the house of, =2=, 618. =Hillel, disciples of=, distinguished, =2=, 131. conception of the Messiah held by, =2=, 144. morality of, =2=, 151. =Hillel, the school of=, =2=, 101. conciliatory, =2=, 131. disputes with the school of Shammai under Gamaliel II, =2=, 333, 336-8. deductions of, condemned by Joshua ben Chananya, =2=, 350. estimation of, by the Nazarenes, =2=, 372. extends the application of tradition, =2=, 462. =Hillel II=, brother of Judah II, censured for irreligiousness, =2=, 480. Agadist, =2=, 487. maxim of, =2=, 487. consulted by Origen, =2=, 487. versed in the Scriptures, =2=, 487, 488. Patriarch, unselfishness of, =2=, 560. defamed by Joseph the apostate, =2=, 566. adopts a fixed calendar, =2=, 572-4. honored by Julian the Apostate, =2=, 597, 598. =Hillel ben Samuel= of Verona (1220-1295), Talmudist, founder of Italian Jewish culture, =3=, 629; =4=, 59. Maimunist, =3=, 629, 630. accomplishments of, =3=, 629. tries to prevent a renewal of the Maimunist controversy, =3=, 631-2. =Himyar=, ancestor of the Arabs, =3=, 61, 62. =Himyara=, part of southern Arabia, =3=, 54. =Himyarite kingdom=, the Jewish, =3=, 62-7. =Himyarites=, the, conversion of, to Christianity projected, =4=, 298.