Explanatory Notes.

For the complete index of references to Jews, see under Israelites until 586 B. C. E. (the Babylonian Captivity) and under Judæans until 70 C. E. (the Dispersion), as well as under Jews and the Jews of and the Judæans of the various cities and countries.

Persons living before 1600 will be found under their forenames. The rule has been violated by indexing certain Spanish Rabbis and Marranos living before this date under their surnames, and certain Germans and Poles living after it under their forenames. In these cases cross-references have been made.

Persons with the same descriptive cognomen, as Gerundi, Ibn-Ezra, Abrabanel, Abulafia, are enumerated under it, but the references are indexed as above.

Persons bearing the same forename, as Abraham, Jacob, etc., are arranged in the order adopted by Joseph Zedner in his “Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum” (1867):

“1. Those distinguished by an epithet only, derived from their birthplace, rank, or occupation, arranged after the alphabetical order of the epithets.

“2. Those followed by the word ben (son of) [in our Index preceded by those with the Aramaic form bar, and followed by those with the Arabic form ibn and the English son of], arranged according to the name of the father.

“3. Compound names of first and family names, as Jacob Berab, or two first names, as Jacob Zeeb, [or of first name and birthplace when the latter follows without a preposition, or is modified to include of, as Jacob Tus, Abraham Bedaresi].

“4. Family names, as Jacob (Henry).”

This arrangement of Zedner’s is, however, subordinate to the class-divisions adopted by indexers and cataloguers in general, namely: 1. Popes, according to numbers; 2. Emperors; 3. Kings and Sovereign Princes, by countries and by number in each country; 4. Others by appellatives, neglecting prepositions and articles.

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The subjoined Table will enable the student approximately to refer from the index of the American Edition of the “History” to the German, when it is desirable to consult the notes and other additional matter contained in the original.

American Edition. German.
Volume I,P. 1–178=Volume I.
Volume I,P. 179–487=Volume II.
Volume I,P. 487–531=Volume III.
Volume II,P. 1–320
Volume II,P. 321–635=Volume IV.
Volume III,P. 1–250=Volume V.
Volume III,P. 250–493=Volume VI.
Volume III,P. 494–650=Volume VII.
Volume IV,P. 1–126
Volume IV,P. 127–381=Volume VIII.
Volume IV,P. 382–675=Volume IX.
Volume IV,P. 676–708=Volume X.
Volume V,P. 1–290
Volume V,P. 291–703=Volume XI.