=Isaac Israeli II.= _See_ Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II. =Isaac Lurya Levi= (1534-1572), descent and youth of, =4=, 618. under the influence of the Zohar, =4=, 618-19. evolves a system from the Zohar, =4=, 619-22. considers himself the Messiah of the branch of Joseph, =4=, 622, 624. goes to Safet, =4=, 622. glorified by Chayim Vital Calabrese, =4=, 623-4. disciples of, =4=, 624. glorified after death, =4=, 624-5. principles of, taught in Italy, =4=, 625. harm done by, =4=, 625-7; =5=, 559. lays stress on devotion in prayer, =4=, 626. the Sabbath in the system of, =4=, 626. introduces a second Day of Atonement, =4=, 626. influence of, on the Judaism of the seventeenth century, =5=, 51-2. disciples of, spread his Kabbala, =5=, 52. manuscripts by, =5=, 53-4. Kabbala of, accepted by Sabbataï Zevi, =5=, 118, 119. Messianic speculations in the works of, =5=, 120-1. works of, studied by Chelebi, =5=, 125. Jerusalem Jews adherents of, =5=, 125. writings of, influence Luzzatto, =5=, 236. prayer book of, used by the Chassidim, =5=, 386-7. =Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymos=, polemic works by, =4=, 234. Bible concordance by, =4=, 234-5. =Isaac Pulgar=, refutes the charges of Alfonso Burgensis, =4=, 82. philosopher, =4=, 91. =Isaac Sanjari=, converts Bulan to Judaism, =3=, 140. =Isaac Triest=, Jewish advocate before Maximilian I, =4=, 436-7. =Isaac Tyrnau=, compiles the customs of various communities, =4=, 134. orthodoxy of, =4=, 227. =Isaac Zarfati=, urges the German Jews to emigrate to Turkey, =4=, 271-3. =Isaacs=, the five, =3=, 282. =Isabella I=, the Catholic, of Castile, candidate for the throne, =4=, 279. marriage of, =4=, 280. accession of, =4=, 284. superstition of, =4=, 310. hesitates to sanction the Inquisition for Marranos, =4=, 311. attitude of, towards the Marranos, =4=, 311-12. annoyed by opposition to the Inquisition, =4=, 320. _See also_ Ferdinand and Isabella. =Isabella II=, of Castile, daughter of the preceding, to marry Manoel of Portugal, =4=, 373. hostile to the Jews, =4=, 373, 379-80. demands the banishment of the Jews, =4=, 374. cruelty of, =4=, 376. death of, =4=, 381. =Isabelle=, countess of Chartres, persecutes the Jews of Blois, =3=, 379. =Isaiah, the Babylonian=, prophet, describes the suffering of the exiles, =1=, 344. oratory of, =1=, 344-5. consolation given by, =1=, 345-6. describes Israel as the apostle to the nations, =1=, 346-7. prophesies the fall of Babylon, =1=, 347-8.