Pumbeditha, capital of Jewish Babylonia, [506].
center of North Babylonia, [549].
rise of its school, [575] ff.

Purim, celebration of, [620] f.

Quietus, Lucius, general under Trajan in the revolt of Mesopotamia, [397][9].
in Judæa, [399] f.

Quirinus, governor of Syria, takes a census in Judæa, [129] ff.

Rab (Abba-Areka), [470], [484].
Agoranomos in Babylonia, [512] f.
and Artabanus IV, king of Parthia, [513].
career, [511] ff.
compared to Hillel, [517].
descendants, [518].
establishes the school of Sora, [513] ff.
humility, [517] f.
method of teaching, [515].
reforms introduced by him, [516] f.
strictness, [513], [515] f., [526].

Raba, principal of the school of Machuza, [584][93].
character, [586][8].
method, [590].

Rabba bar Nachmani and his brothers, [575][81].

Rabban, title, [325], [335].

Rabbana, title, [544], [606].

Rabbi, title, [335], [357].
of Judah I, [453].
of Judah II, [480].