Ephraim ben Jacob of Bonn, Talmudist and poet, [419].
Erwig, king of the Visigoths, edict of, against the Jews and Jewish converts, [106] f.
Eugenius III, repudiates the debts to the Jews in the second crusade, [349].
Europe, becomes the chief seat of Judaism, [383].
Judaism of, compared with that of the East, [160].
Excommunication, as inflicted by Church and Synagogue, [99], [151], [177], [528].
degrees of, [99].
employment of, in the Middle Ages, [528].
Exeter, council of, [645].
Exilarch (Prince of the Captivity), authority of, lessened by the Karaite disturbances, [137].
ceremonies of installation of, [94] f.
functions of, [89] f., [428] f.
last, [201].
under Mahometan rule, [89] f.
Exilarchate, contest for, [155], [439].
corruption of, [194].
decline of, [177], [183] ff.
dependent on the Gaonate, [137].
disputes of, with the Gaonate, [184]–[6].
divested of its official character, [177].
elective, [137].
extinction of, [202].
in the 12th century, [439].
revival of, [428].
Ezekiel, the prophet, grave of, resort of pilgrims, [440] f.
Ezra, the scribe, grave of, resort of pilgrims, [441].