Inconsistent use of periods after Regnal numbers not changed.

Footnotes moved from bottoms of pages to the end of the text, just before the Index.

The Index was not checked for correct page references.

Cover created by Transcriber and placed in the Public Domain.

Pages [v], [231]: Chapter summaries refer to "Samuel bar Chofni," but all occurrences in the body of the text and in the Index are to "Samuel ben Chofni".

Page [146]: "His son Abu-Sahal Ali (835–853)" date range seems to be too short.

Page [648]: Missing closing quotation mark added after 'and to sustain our hope.'

Page [654]: Alphabetization sequence error corrected.

Page [664]: "Judaism: d philosophy" was printed that way in the original.