Ringelblum, Emanuel (1900–1944),
225–226
rivers, 1, 2, 9, 11, 14–16, 23, 26, 35, 37, 44,
48, 49, 60, 62–65, 67–68, 70–72,
75–83, 86–88, 90, 92, 99, 101–102,
104, 109–111, 113, 120, 122, 130, 131,
136–137, 142, 152, 154–155, 158, 165,
186, 202, 205–206, 211, 213, 214,
216, 217, 218, 223, 225.See also
individual river names
Robinson, Joseph Armitage (1858–1933),
63
Rocha, Diego Andre ́s (1607–1688), 3,
165–167, 224
Rodriguez, Joao ̃(1558–1633), 206
Roman Empire, 12, 65.See alsoRomans
Romania, 1, 2
Romans, 12, 18, 24, 29, 57–70, 72, 77, 80,
91
Rossi, Azariah dei, 133, 178
Rubeck, Olof Sr. (1630–1702), 190–191
Rudbeck Olof Jr. (1660–1740), 190–193,
194.See alsolinguistics
rumor, 12, 85–86, 106, 109, 120,
125–126, 128, 173, 176, 211, 219
Russia and Russians, 52, 145, 186, 189,
191, 214–215, 226
Samaria, 11, 31, 33–37, 48–49, 68, 116,
116, 205, 225
Samaritans, 4–5, 36–37, 153
Samarkand, 104, 213
Sambatyon, 1–2, 14, 16, 23, 24, 26, 57, 88,
92, 95–96, 99, 100, 108, 120, 122,
130, 154, 165, 180, 202, 214, 225
creation of, 77–82
in encyclopedias, 205–207, 253n 24
in John of Mandeville, 110
and messianism, 83–84, 110–111,
216–218
in the Talmud, 76–77
Sargon II (r. 722–705), 31–36, 45, 48–49,
86, 188, 194
Saturn (as Sambatyon), 80–81, 236n 72
schisms, 9, 146–147, 153, 171–173
sci-fi, 4, 12, 212
Scotland, 3, 5, 214
Scythian Sea (Ocean), 142–145, 148.See
alsoBlack Sea
Scythians, 6, 108, 145–146, 149, 153–154,
188–196.See alsoScythian Sea
Sebastian, King of Portugal (1557–1578),
176
Seljuks, 101, 103
Seneca the Younger (c. 4BCE–65CE), 65
Sennacherib (r. 705–681), 34, 36, 45, 49,
93
fictionalized 12
Septuagint, 59, 67
Serrarius, Peter (1600–1669), 173
Severus, Sulpitius (c. 360–420), 71, 199
Shahan, Avigdor, 1–3, 11, 12, 23, 77, 225
Shalmaneser V (r. 727–722), 33, 48, 62,
85, 104, 106, 154, 172, 191, 217
Shimon (tribe), 1
Siam, 144.See alsoThailand
Sichuan, 217
Simon, Barbara, 17, 22, 175, 183–184
Sinim(biblical), 89, 179–180, 215.See also
China
Smith, Joseph (1805–1844), 184, 186–187
Snow Mountains (Mountains of Salug),
73, 103
Solomon (king of Israel), 8, 113, 115, 210
Solomonic Dynasty, 121–126
Sons of Moses (Benei Moshe), 78, 81, 92
Southey, Robert (1774–1843), 210
Spain, 5, 29, 43, 85, 88–89, 94, 115–119,
158–159, 173, 179, 209
expulsion of jews, 117–118
“New Spain,” 158, 160, 164–165, 179
see alsoSpanish Empire
Spanish Empire, 139–140, 160–167
Stanley, Henry Morton (1841–1904),
211–212
Stempel, Rabbi Abraham, 217
Strabo (65BCE–24CE), 69