=Israel of Miedziboz= (Baal Shem, Besht, 1698-1759), founder of the new Chassidism, =5=, 375. early life of, =5=, 376. intense devoutness of, =5=, 376-7. visions of, =5=, 377. occupation of, =5=, 378. miracles done by, =5=, 378. followers of, =5=, 378-9. successor of, =5=, 379. introduces pilgrimages, =5=, 380. sayings by, =5=, 393. =Israel Bruna= (1400-1480), rabbi of Ratisbon, =4=, 300, 302. calumniated by an apostate, =4=, 302, 303. misfortunes of, =4=, 302. opposition to, in Ratisbon, =4=, 302-3. imprisoned, =4=, 303. protected by Frederick III, =4=, 303-4. released, =4=, 304. =Israel Isserlein=, defends Israel Bruna, =4=, 302. death of, =4=, 303. =Israel Najara=, Damascus poet, =4=, 609. =Israel Saruk=, teaches Lurya’s principles in Italy, =4=, 625. =Israel Zamosc=, teaches Mendelssohn, =5=, 295. =Israel, Abraham.= _See_ Abraham Israel. =Israeli I.= _See_ Isaac ben Suleiman Israeli I. =Israeli II.= _See_ Isaac ben Joseph Israeli II. =Israelites=, the (whole nation), entry of, into the Holy Land, =1=, 1, 32. claim Canaan, =1=, 4-5. in Egypt, =1=, 7-18. influenced by the Egyptians, =1=, 8-9, 10. Egyptian bondmen, =1=, 11. degenerate in slavery, =1=, 11-12. liberation of, =1=, 16-18. pass through the Red Sea, =1=, 18-19. at Mount Sinai, =1=, 20-1. influence of the Sinaitic revelation on, =1=, 22. worship idols in the desert, =1=, 23-4. wanderings of, in the desert, =1=, 25-31. elect judges in the desert, =1=, 26. wars of, in the desert, =1=, 26-9. opposed by the Idumæans, =1=, 27. defeat Sihon, =1=, 27. practice idolatry at Baal-Peor, =1=, 28. cross the Jordan, =1=, 31. defeated at Ai, =1=, 33. defeat the five kings of Canaan, =1=, 34-5. conquest of Canaan by, =1=, 39-40. and the heathen practices of the Canaanites, =1=, 51, 57-9. relation of, to the neighboring nations, =1=, 53-9. intermarriages of, with the heathen, =1=, 56-7. oppressed by the Moabites, =1=, 60. oppressed by the Philistines, =1=, 61. oppressed by Jabin, =1=, 61. oppressed by the Midianites, =1=, 61-3. attacked by the Philistines, =1=, 70-2. idolatry of, under Samuel, =1=, 75. warfare of, with the Philistines and Ammonites, =1=, 80. demand a king, =1=, 80. choose a king, =1=, 82-3. condition of, at the beginning of Saul’s reign, =1=, 84. defeat the Philistines at Michmash, =1=, 86-9. defeat the Amalekites, =1=, 91-2. wage war with Achish, =1=, 102-4. divided into two kingdoms, =1=, 109. David king of, =1=, 112. wage war with the Philistines, =1=, 115-18. champions of, in the Philistine war, =1=, 117. at war with Moabites, Ammonites, etc., =1=, 125-9. enlargement of the territory of, =1=, 129-30. _See also_ Jews, the; Judæans, the.