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ОглавлениеSELECTIONS FROM JOSEPHUS INTRODUCTION
The Man and the Historian. Importance of his Work
(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
(8) Loss of Jewish Independence. Palestinian Settlement under Pompey
(9) Division of the Country into Five Districts by Gabinius
(10) Settlement under Julius Cæsar
(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)
(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
(22) Archelaus in Quest of a Kingdom
(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
(27) Tiberius expels all Jews from Rome
(28) Pilate Sent to Rome for Trial
(29) Herod the Tetrarch: his Marriage with Herodias and Murder of John the Baptist
(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
(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
(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
(42) Jerusalem before the Siege
(43) The Fall of Jotapata. Josephus taken Prisoner.
(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
(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
(51) The Last Scene. Capture of the Upper City. Jerusalem in Flames
(52) The Spoils from the Temple in the Triumphal Procession in Rome
(53) The Three Sects and their Views on Fate and Free-Will
(55) Another Account of the Three Sects—and a Fourth
(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
(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
(62) A Future Life—for the Law-abiding
(63) The Jewish Scriptures and their Preservation
