1160(about). _David Alrui_ pretends to be divinely appointed to lead the Jews of the Bagdad Caliphate to Jerusalem. 1164(about). =Moses ben Maimun= (Rambam, Maimonides, 1135-1204), philosopher, writes his “Letter of Consolation.” 1165. _Benjamin of Tudela_ begins his travels in the East. Serachya Halevi Gerundi (1125-1186), Talmudist. 1168. _Maimonides finishes his Arabic commentary on the Mishna._ 1170(about). Meshullam ben Jacob, Provençal patron of Jewish learning. _Judah ben Saul Ibn-Tibbon_ (1120-1190), physician and translator. DAVID KIMCHI, grammarian and exegete. _Abraham ben David_ of Posquières (Rabed II, 1125-1198), Talmudist, Maimonides’ opponent. 1170(about). Jonathan Cohen of Lünel, Talmudist. Jacob ben Meshullam, first promoter of THE KABBALA. 1171. The Jews of Blois burnt ON THE CHARGE OF HAVING USED HUMAN BLOOD IN THE PASSOVER. The =blood accusation=, or charge of ritual murder, preferred for the first time. Death of Jacob Tam. Isaac ben Samuel (Ri) of Dampierre, Tossafist. 1172. Persecution of the Jews of Yemen. Messianic excitement. 1175(about). Petachya of Ratisbon, traveler. Samuel ben Ali Halevi, Gaon of Bagdad, opponent of Maimonides. 1177. _Maimonides rabbi of Cairo._ 1179. The Third Lateran Council passes decrees protecting the religious liberty of the Jews. 1180. Maimonides finishes his MISHNE TORAH, or YAD HA-CHAZAKA. 1181. _Philip II Augustus of France banishes the Jews from his hereditary province._ 1187. Saladin _permits Jews to enter Jerusalem_. 1189. _Attack on the Jews of London_ at Richard I’s coronation. The excitement spreads to Lynn, Norwich, Stamford, York, and Bury St. Edmund’s. 1190(about). Maimonides issues the “=Guide of the Perplexed=,” dedicating it to Joseph Ibn-Aknin. Abraham Ibn-Alfachar (1160-1223), diplomat under Alfonso VIII of Castile. Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn (1132-1200), liturgical poet and author of a martyrology. Massacre of the Jews of Germany from the Rhine to Vienna under Emperor Henry VI. _Samuel Ibn-Tibbon_ (1160-1239), translator.