Strabo, favorable representation of Jews and Judaism, [179] f.
Swine, breeding of, why it was forbidden by the Synhedrion, [60].
Swine's head put up in the gate of Jerusalem, [422].
Sylvester, bishop of Rome, hatred of the Jews, [562].
Symmachus, disciple of Meïr, [440].
Synagogues in Jerusalem, [201].
Synhedrion (Great Council):
Synhedrion of Babylonia, [443] f.
Synhedrion of Jabne, [321] ff.
authority and sphere of action, [325], [337], [360].
destroyed by Quietus, [400].
dignitaries, [360] f.
Synhedrion of Jabne, position of the patriarch in it, [361] ff.
procedure of its meetings, [361] f.
Synhedrion of Jerusalem, acquires great importance under Gamaliel I, [192].
letters and mandates, [192] f.
limitation of its authority by the procurator, [71], [129].
overthrow of, by the Zealots, [296].
presidency of, passes over from the high priest to the Pharisees, [48] f.
regains its former supreme authority during the war of revolution, [269].
removal from the Hewn-stone Hall to the Commercial Hall of Bethany, [239].
reorganization, [50].
weakness exhibited by, during the war of revolution, [271].
Synhedrion of Usha, [405].
dissolved by persecutions, [448].
Syria, anarchy in, [6].
Syrian habits adopted by Rome, [468].
Tabernacles, feast of, ceremony of libation of water, [43], [51].