Solomon ben Yerucham, Karaite champion, [206].
opponent of Saadiah Gaon, [191].
Solomon Ibn-Gebirol. See [Gebirol].
Solomon Petit, Kabbalist and fanatical anti-Maimunist, [626].
in Accho, [627], [630] f.
Sophronius, bishop of Jerusalem, surrenders to Omar, [87].
Sora, academy of, [4] f., [92] f.
closed, [8], [202].
contest for the Gaonate, [156] f.
decline of, [183], [202].
extinction of, [253].
position of principal of, [93] ff.
regains its reputation, [186].
regeneration of, under Saadiah Gaon, [193].
revenues of, [97] f.
strife with Pumbeditha, [183] ff.
Spain, Christian, [34], [43] f., [291], [361], [507], [592], [615], [618].
Mahometan, [109] ff., [214] ff., [313] ff.
Spain, Jews of:
admitted to high offices, [234] f., [256] ff., [312] f., [383] f.
attain the highest development, [383] f.
characteristics of, [235] f.
center of Judaism, [42], [210], [228] f., [254], [618].
confer names upon localities, [42].
culture of, [234] f.
enjoy toleration, [44] f.
faithful to their religion, [236].
first persecution of, [278], [281].
first rabbinical epoch of, [273].
founders of culture of, [215].
friendly intercourse of, with Christians, [43] f.
importance of history of, [41].
impoverished, [121].
intermarriage of, with Christians, [44].
nobility of, [43], [235] f.
partisans, [317].
persecuted, [360].
prosperity of, [214], [229].
rabbis of, characterized, [609].
second rabbinical epoch of, [288].
settlement of, [34] f., [42] f.
support the Mahometan conquest, [109].
Speyer, Jews of, during the crusades, [301].
privileges of, [297] f.
Stamford, Jews of, maltreated, [412].
Stephanus, governor of Palestine, killed by the Samaritans, [16] f.