See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

BEN YOHAI (2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.)  , a Galilean See also:

• RABBI

Rabbi, one of the most eminent disciples of Aqiba (q.v.) . His mastei was executed by See also:

• HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian, and See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon's See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• ROMAN

Roman sentiments led to his own condemnation by See also:

• VARNA

Varna c . 161 A.D . (according to See also:

• GRAETZ, HEINRICH (1817–1891)

Graetz) . He escaped this See also:

• DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

doom and dwelt for some years in a cavern . Emerging from concealment, Simon settled in See also:

• TIBERIAS

Tiberias and in other Galilean cities . He acquired a reputation as a worker of miracles, and on this ground was sent to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome as an See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy, where (See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend tells) he exorcised from the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor's daughter a demon who had obligingly entered the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady to enable Simon to effect his See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle . This Rabbi See also:

• BORE

bore a large See also:

• PART

part in the fixation of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and his decisions are frequently quoted . To him were attributed the important legal homilies called Sifre and Mekhilta (see MIDRASII), and above all the Zohar, the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible of the See also:

• KABBALAH (late Hebrew kabbalah, gabbalah)

Kabbalah (q.v.) . This latter ascription is altogether unfounded, the real author of this mystical commentary on the See also:

• PENTATEUCH

Pentateuch being See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon (q.v.) . The fullest See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Simon's teachings is to be found in W . Bacher's Agada der Tannaiten, ii. pp .

70-149 . (I .