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BENEDICT DE SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise

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Index<br />

philosopher xlvi, 37, 110, 119, 120, 121, 128,<br />

147, 148, 149, 261, 265<br />

improvement of human life (by weakening<br />

‘superstition’) 185, 197--8, 255<br />

individual liberty xx, xxii, xxvii, xxix, xxx, 202,<br />

252, 258<br />

Inquisition xxxvii, 250--1<br />

intellectual knowledge of God 59--60, 61, 66--7,<br />

176, 177<br />

Isaiah18,23,24,28,31,32,34,35,38,50,68,70,94,<br />

145, 158, 167<br />

Islam xi, xix, xvii, xix, xxi, xxii, 5, 7, 78<br />

Israel, ancient state of the Hebrews 11<br />

Israelites 16, 37, 38, 43--56, 63, 87--8, 156--7, 179,<br />

184<br />

James the Apostle, disagrees with Paul 161, 180<br />

Japan 75, 207<br />

Jelles, Jarig (c. 1620^1683), Collegiant ally of<br />

Spinoza xx, 112<br />

Jeremiah 29, 31, 40, 50, 53, 71, 103, 145--6, 158,<br />

163, 166, 176, 190, 241, 243, 269<br />

Jesus, see Christ<br />

Jews, in post-biblical times 55, 71, 79, 106<br />

Job, book of 41, 49, 110, 147<br />

John the Apostle 176, 180--1<br />

Jonah xxx, 39, 49, 50, 147, 158<br />

Jonathan ben Uziel (¢rst-century ad), disciple<br />

of Hillel and translator of the prophets into<br />

Aramaic 123<br />

Joshua 18, 33, 34, 35, 123, 125, 129, 132, 133, 134,<br />

152, 216, 217, 273, 274<br />

Book of Joshua 125<br />

Josiah 145<br />

Joseph 18, 22, 131, 132, 264, 265<br />

Josephus, Flavius (¢rst-century ad) Jewish<br />

historian 40, 96, 133, 135, 142, 147, 149, 232,<br />

269<br />

Judaism xi, xxi, xxii, 7, 74--5<br />

justice and charity, as the essence of true religion<br />

and the Bible xviii, xxiv, 10, 11,<br />

58, 103, 104, 170, 174, 176, 177, 178, 181,<br />

182, 183, 184, 185, 192, 203, 239, 240, 253,<br />

259<br />

justi¢cation by works 64, 161, 180<br />

Kimchi, David (c. 1160^1235), Jewish<br />

grammarian 267<br />

Koerbagh, Adriaen (1632^69), Dutch radical<br />

thinker xv, xxvi, xxxvi<br />

Koran, see Islam<br />

Kuhnraht, Heinrich (1560^1605), German<br />

mystical writer 1<br />

La Court, Johan de (1622^80) Dutch republican<br />

writer xxxvi, 6<br />

La Court, Pieter de (1618^85) Dutch republican<br />

writer xxx<br />

La Peyrere, Isaac (1596^1676) French<br />

Millenarian and Bible critic xi<br />

LawofMosesxlv,9,15,17,21,23,29,39,60,70,71,<br />

103, 116, 128, 145, 275<br />

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646^1716)<br />

German philosopher xviii, xxxii, xxxvii,<br />

87<br />

Leicester, Robert Dudley, earl of (1533^88),<br />

governor-general of the United Provinces<br />

237<br />

Leiden University xxxvi, 260<br />

Levites, priestly tribe of the Hebrews 216, 226--7,<br />

228, 229, 231, 245, 248, 249<br />

liberty of the press, see freedom to publish<br />

literal sense (sensus literalis) 100--1, 113, 114, 115,<br />

177<br />

Locke, John (1632^1704) English philosopher<br />

xv, xvi, xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxvi, xxvii, xxix,<br />

xxxiii, 87<br />

Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469^1527) Florentine<br />

political thinker ix<br />

Maimonides, Moses (1135^1204)the<br />

pre-eminent medieval Jewish philosopher<br />

and rabbinic authority xlvi, 18, 79, 112, 113,<br />

114, 115, 147, 186, 187, 190, 269<br />

Malachi 48, 231, 270<br />

Marchand, Prosper (1675^1756), Huguenot<br />

editor and erudit 260<br />

Masoretes, (i.e. scribes involved in the early<br />

written transmission of the Old Testament<br />

Hebrew text) 140, 141, 170<br />

mathematical, as opposed to moral, certainty<br />

28, 29, 30, 191, 193<br />

Maurice of Nassau (1567^1625), Dutch<br />

Stadholder (1585^1625) xxvii, 258<br />

Meyer, Lodewijk (1629^81), intellectual ally and<br />

collaborator of Spinoza xl, xv, xvii, xxvi,<br />

xxxi, xxxvi, xxxvii, 271<br />

Micah 26<br />

Micaiah 29, 31, 41<br />

Miracles ix, xix, 9, 44, 46, 48, 81--96, 99, 104, 171,<br />

172, 205, 227<br />

monarchy xxiv,xxix,6,73,202,212,215,216,<br />

228--9,232,233,235,251,263<br />

Moses xi, xviii, 17, 18--19, 28, 31, 36--8, 39, 52, 63,<br />

69, 70, 74, 90, 100, 101, 103, 105, 112, 120,<br />

122, 123, 156, 157, 158, 163, 176, 179, 192,<br />

213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 227, 228, 240, 244,<br />

248, 273, 274<br />

278

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