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Flavius Josephus. Selections From Josephus
Selections From Josephus
Table of Contents
ABBREVIATIONS
SELECTIONS FROM JOSEPHUS. INTRODUCTION
Life
Works
The Man and the Historian. Importance of his Work[22]
Texts and Translations
I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
(1) The Boy among the Doctors. His Education
(2) A Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome. The Eve of the War
(3) The “Jewish War” and its Reception. Criticism of a rival Historian (Justus)
(4) After the War. Josephus as Roman Citizen
II. SPECIMENS OF AMPLIFICATION OF THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
(5) Moses, the Infant Prodigy, introduced to Pharaoh
(6) Exorcism in the name of Solomon
(7) Micaiah and Zedekiah prophesy before Ahab
III. THE COMING OF THE ROMANS
(8) Loss of Jewish Independence. Palestinian Settlement under Pompey
(9) Division of the Country into Five Districts by Gabinius
(10) Settlement under Julius Cæsar
IV. HEROD THE GREAT
(11) The Youth Herod frees Galilee from the Brigands
(12) Herod on his Trial before the Sanhedrin
(13) Herod and Cassius. Murder of Antipater, Herod’s Father
(14) Antony makes Herod and Phasael Tetrarchs of Judæa
(15) How Herod won his Kingdom
(16) How Herod made his peace with Augustus (after the Battle of Actium)
(17) Herod and Mariamne
(18) Extension of Herod’s Realm. His Popularity with Augustus and Agrippa
(19) The Historian’s Reading of Herod’s Character
(20) Reflections on the Tragic Fate of Herod’s Sons
(21) Herod’s Dying Provision for a National Mourning
V. ARCHELAUS AND PILATE
(22) Archelaus in Quest of a Kingdom
A Rival Claimant to the Kingdom
A Jewish Embassy to Rome asks for Autonomy
The Emperor’s Decision
(23) Archelaus Deposed and his Territory added to the Roman Province of Syria
(24) The Revolt of Judas “in the days of the enrolment” under Quirinius
(25) Pilate offends Jewish susceptibilities in the matter of (i) the Emperor’s busts, (ii) the Corban money
(26) Jesus Christ[174]
(27) Tiberius expels all Jews from Rome
(28) Pilate Sent to Rome for Trial
VI. THE LATER HERODS
(29) Herod the Tetrarch: his Marriage with Herodias and Murder of John the Baptist[179]
(30) How Herod Agrippa became King and Herod the Tetrarch lost his Tetrarchy
(31) Petronius and the Statue of Gaius
(32) Herod Agrippa’s Kingdom enlarged by Claudius
(33) Death of Herod Agrippa
(34) The Story of King Izates and his mother Helena
(35) The Fate of the Impostor Theudas, and of the Sons of Judas the Galilæan
(36) Agrippa II, Felix and Drusilla
(37) The Death of James, “the Lord’s Brother”
VII. SCENES FROM THE JEWISH WAR
(38) Introduction to “The Jewish War”
(39) Seeds of the War sown under the last of the Procurators. Rise of the Sicarii
Felix
Rise of the Sicarii
Troubled State of the Country
Festus
Albinus
Gessius Florus
(40) The Immediate Cause of the War—Abrogation of Sacrifices for the Emperor
(41) Initial Jewish success. Rout of a Roman Army in the Defiles of Beth-Horon
Cestius Advances from Antioch
A Jewish Successful Charge outside Jerusalem
Fruitless Attempt to Parley with the Jews
Cestius Occupies the Suburb Bezetha
Attack on Jerusalem
Unexpected Withdrawal of Cestius, Pursued by the Jews
Scene in the Pass of Beth-Horon
Flight of Cestius
Cestius Reports to Nero
Jewish Preparations for War
(42) Jerusalem before the Siege
(43) The Fall of Jotapata. Josephus taken Prisoner
Capture of the Town through Information of a Jewish Deserter
Josephus’s Hiding-place Discovered
Josephus Parleys with the Roman Officers
Josephus’s Life Threatened by his Men
The Drawing of the Lots
Josephus before the Romans
Josephus tells Vespasian’s Fortune
(44) Reception at Jerusalem of the News of the Fall of Jotapata
(45) Murder of the High Priest Ananus; also of Zacharias after a mock trial
The Mock Trial and Murder of Zacharias
(46) How Josephus was Liberated
(47) A Roman Reverse Inspires false Confidence
(48) Cessation of the Daily Sacrifice. Josephus appeals to the Jews
(49) Conflagration of the Temple
(50) Portents and Oracles[316]
(51) The Last Scene. Capture of the Upper City. Jerusalem in Flames
(52) The Spoils from the Temple in the Triumphal Procession in Rome
VIII. THE JEWISH SECTS
(53) The Three Sects and their Views on Fate and Free-Will
(54) The Essenes, with a note on Pharisees and Sadducees
The Essenes: their Asceticism, Simplicity of Life and Community of Goods
Their Prayers to the Sun. The Refectory
Their Studies
Admission to the Order. The Novice’s Probation and Oath
Expulsion from the Order
Their Law-courts, Reverence for Moses, Sabbatarianism, etc
The Four Grades of Essenes—their Endurance of Persecution
Their Belief in the Immortality of the Soul
Essene Prophets
Essene Schismatics who Allow Marriage
The Pharisees and Sadducees
(55) Another Account of the Three Sects—and a Fourth
The Pharisees
The Sadducees
The Essenes
The Zealots
(56) Why John Hyrcanus went over from the Pharisees to the Sadducees
(57) "Conciliate the Pharisees"—Alexander’s dying advice to Alexandra
(58) How the Pharisees rose to Power under Queen Alexandra
(59) Herod the Great exempts Pharisees and Essenes from the Oath of Allegiance. The Essene Prophet Menahem
(60) The Pharisees refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance (another account)
IX. JEWISH THEOLOGY, SCRIPTURES AND CUSTOMS
(61) Some Aspects of Jewish Theology. Moses as Religious Educator
Our Polity a Theocracy
A Religion for the Many, not (like Greek philosophy) for the Few
The Two Methods of Education Combined by Moses
All Jews Know their Law, which is Read Every Week
(62) A Future Life—for the Law-abiding
(63) The Jewish Scriptures and their Preservation
The Writers and Custodians of the Records
Selection of the Custodians. Scrutiny of Priestly Marriages and Genealogies
The Twenty-two Books of Scripture
Jewish Veneration of their Scriptures
(64) Universal Imitation of our Laws the sincerest flattery
(65) The Oath “Corban”
APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL NOTES
I. Note on § (24). Quirinius
II. Note on § (26). The alleged witness to Jesus Christ
External evidence
Internal evidence
III. Note on § (29). The First Husband of Herodias
IV. Note on § (35). Theudas and Judas
V. Note on § (45). The Blood of Zacharias
VI. Note on § (50). Portents and Oracles
VII. Note on § (63). The Twenty-two Books of Scripture
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INDEX
