Nestorians and the Ten Tribes, 259 Neto, David, philosopher, 47 Neuda, Fanny, writer, 140 Neunzig, Joseph, on Heine, 343 "New Song," anonymous poem, 224 _Nezach_, Kabbalistic term, 41 Nicolai, friend of Mendelssohn, 299, 300, 313, 314 Nicolas de Lyra, exegete, 84 Noah, Mordecai, and the Ten Tribes, 259 Nöldeke, Theodor, Bible critic, 12 _Nomologia_, by Isaac Aboab, 45 Numbers, book of, quoted, 71 Nunes, Manuela, de Almeida, poetess, 130 Obadiah Bertinoro, Talmudist, 43 Obadiah Sforno, teacher of Reuchlin, 95 Offenbach, J., alluded to, 245 Old Testament, the, Africa in, 255 document hypothesis of, 13 humor in, 191, 193 in poetry, 201 interpretation of, 54 literary value of, 14-16, 73-74 quoted by Jesus, 13 study of, 12-13, 18 time of compilation of, 16 time of composition of, 13-14 translations of, 16, 47, 48, 80 Oliver y Fullano, de, Nicolas, author, 129 "On Rabbinical Literature" by Zunz, 328 _Ophir_, Hebrew name for Africa, 255 Ophra in Yehuda Halevi's poems, 207 Oppenheim, David, rabbi at Prague, 244 Ormus, island, explored by Jews, 96 Ottenheimer, Henriette, poetess, 49, 138-139 Otto von Botenlaube, minnesinger, 182 Owl, character in "The Gift of Judah," 214 Padua, University of, and Elias del Medigo, 94 Palestine described, 93 Palquera, Shemtob, philosopher, 40 Pan, Taube, poetess, 120 "Paradise, The" by Moses Rieti, 35 Parallax computed by Isaac Israeli, 93 _Parzival_, by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 185 Jewish contributions to, 35, 87 _Pastor Fido_ by Guarini, 129, 240 Paul III, pope, alluded to, 95 Paula deï Mansi, Talmudist, 116-117 Pedro I, of Castile, and Santob de Carrion, 87, 169, 170 Pedro di Carvallho, navigator, 96 Pekah, king, alluded to, 250 Pensa, Joseph, de la Vega, dramatist, 237-238 Pentateuch, the Jewish German translation of, 100 Mendelssohn's commentary on, 309 _Peregrinatio Hierosolymitana_ by Radziwill, 280 Persia, Jewish literature in, 90 Pesikta, a Talmudic work, 21 Petachya of Ratisbon, traveller, 37, 117 Petrarch, translated into Spanish, 98 Petrus Alphonsus, writer, 89, 171 Peurbach, humanist, 100 Philipson, L., journalist, 49 Philo, philosopher, 17 Philo the Elder, writer, 17 Phokylides (pseudo-), Neoplatonist, 17 Physicians, Jewish, 81, 95, 97, 179 Pickelhering, a character in _Mekirath Yoseph_, 241 Pico della Mirandola alluded to, 94 and Levi ben Gerson, 91 and the Kabbala, 44 _Pilpul_, Talmudic method, 46 Pinchas, rabbi, chronicler of the Saul Wahl story, 273, 277, 280 _Piut_, a form of liturgic Hebrew poetry, 24, 198 "Plant Lore" by Dioscorides, 82 Pliny, alluded to, 250 Pnie, Samson, contributes to _Parzival_, 35, 87 _Poésies diverses_ by Frederick the Great, 301 Poland, election of king in, 278-279 Jews in, 286-288 Pollak, Jacob, Talmudist, 46 Popert, Meyer Samson, ancestor of Heine, 341 Popiel, of Poland, alluded to, 285 Poppæa, empress, alluded to, 232 "Praise of Women," anonymous work, 34