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