Jacob ibn Chabib, Talmudist 43 Jason, writer, 17 Jayme, J, of Aragon, patron of Hebrew learning, 92 Jellinek, Adolf, preacher, 49 quoted, 33, 245-246 Jeremiah, prophet, quoted, 251 Jerusalem, friend of Moses Mendelssohn, 314 Jerusalem, Kabbalists in, 43 Jesus, mediator between Judaism and Hellenism, 76 quotes the Old Testament, 13 "Jewish Calderon, The," Antonio Enriquez di Gomez, 236 Jewish drama, the first, 234 "Jewish Faith, The," by Grace Aguilar, 135 Jewish German drama, the, 246-247 Jewish historical writings, lack of, 23-24 Jewish history, spirit of, 269-271 "Jewish Homiletics" by Zunz, 333-335 Jewish literature and Goethe, 103-104 characterized, 11-12 comprehensiveness of, 37 definition of, 328 extent of, 9-10, 22 Hellenic period of, 16-17 in Persia, 90 love in, 122-123 name of, 10 rabbinical period of, 38 Jewish philosophers, 17, 22, 23, 35, 40, 42 Jewish poetry, and Syrian, 80 future of, 50 subjects of, 24-25 Jewish poets, 49 Jewish race, the, liberality of, 33-34 morality of, 36 preservation of, 108-109 subjectivity of, 33, 353-354 versatility of, 79 Jewish scholars, 49 Jewish Sybil, the, 17-18 "Jewish Voltaire, The," Immanuel Romi, 219 Jewish wit, 354-356 Jews, academies of, 75, 79 and Columbus, 96 and commerce, 101-102 and Frederick the Great, 316-317 and the invention of printing, 38 and the national poetry of Germany, 87 and the Renaissance, 43-44, 74-75, 94-95, 223, 224 and troubadour poetry, 171-173 and Vasco da Gama, 96-97 as diplomats, 98-99 as economists, 103 as interpreters of Aristotle, 85 as linguists, 75 as literary mediators, 97-98 as physicians, 19, 37, 44, 45, 81-82, 86, 95, 97 as scientific mediators, 78 as teachers of Christians, 95, 98 as traders, 74-75 as translators, 44, 79, 86-87, 88, 89, 90, 91-92 as travellers, 37-38 as wood engravers, 102 characterized by Heine, 362-363, 365-366 defended by Reuchlin, 95 in Arabia, 256-257 in Holland, 46 in Italy, 45-46, 116 in Poland, 46, 286-288 in the modern drama, 235-237, 245 in the sciences, 102 of Germany, in the middle ages, 186 of Germany, poverty of, 319 of the eighteenth century, 294 relation of, to Arabs, 22 under Arabic influences, 78, 80 under Hellenic influences, 76 under Roman influences, 76, 77 João II, of Portugal, employs Jewish scholars, 96 Jochanan, compiler of the Jerusalem Talmud, 19, 114 Jochanan ben Zakkaï, rabbi, 18, 56-57, 228 John of Seville, mathematician, 91 Josefowicz brothers in Lithuania, 287-288 Joseph ben Jochanan, wife of, 119 Joseph del Medigo, scholar, 45 Joseph Ezobi, poet, 89 Joseph ibn Aknin, disciple of Maimonides, 155 Joseph ibn Nagdela, wife of, 117 Joseph ibn Sabara, satirist, 34, 214 Joseph ibn Verga, historian, 42 Joseph ibn Zaddik, philosopher, 35 Josephus, Flavius, historian, 13, 18, 44 at Rome, 232 quoted, 230 Joshua, astronomer, 77