Nathan ben Isaac Kohen, [208], [242].
Nathan ben Yechiel of Rome, author of the Aruch, [290], [421].
Natronaï II, Gaon of Sora, [178].
Natronaï ben Chasdaï, [137].
Natronaï ben Nehemiah, principal of Pumbeditha, [121] f.
Nazareth, inhabited by Jews, [12].
Neapolis (Shechem), capital of the Samaritans, [12].
Nechunya ben ha-Kana, Kabbalistic manuscript attributed to him, [556].
Neo-Hebraic poetry, [112], [317] f.
artistic form of, [223].
compared with that of the Bible, [113].
decline of, [558] f.
didactic element of, [113].
effect of, on the divine service, [117] f.
introduction of rhyme into, [116].
last poets of, [559] f.
liturgical character of, [113].
meters employed in, [223].
subject matter of, [113].
Nestorian Christians, persecuted by the Sassanian princes, [89].