Selections From Josephus

Part 16

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(4) The canon here laid down has not governed the historian’s practice. He does not scruple to draw upon apocryphal books like 1 Maccabees, nor does he hint that the authorities used in the latter part of the _Antiquities_, for the period subsequent to “Artaxerxes,” are less trustworthy than the rest; he implies, on the contrary, that the whole work is in accordance with “the holy books” (cp. _Ant._ I. 17; XX. 261).

The reader may consult in particular the works on the _Canon of the O.T._ by Ryle (pp. 160-66) and Buhl and the article “Bible Canon” in the _Jewish Encylopædia_.

Footnote 434:

Fürst (_Kanon des A.T._), p. 4.

TABLE OF DATES

The figures in brackets refer to the numbered translations.

B.C. JUDÆA AND SYRIA. ROME.

135 JOHN HYRCANUS I (56)

104 ARISTOBULUS I

103 ALEXANDER JANNÆUS (57)

76 QUEEN ALEXANDRA (57) (58)

67 ARISTOBULUS II

63 Pompey takes Jerusalem and Syria becomes a Roman province (8)

63-40 HYRCANUS II a Roman vassal

_c._ 57 Gabinius divides Palestine into five districts (9)

48 Battle of Pharsalia. Defeat of Pompey by J. Cæsar

47 Palestinian settlement under J. Cæsar (10)

_c._ 46 Antipater and Herod in power.

Trial of Herod (12)

44 Death of J. Cæsar

_c._ 43 Cassius in Syria. Herod made governor of Cœle-Syria (13)

42 Battle of Philippi. Defeat of Brutus and Cassius by Antony and Octavian

41 Antony appoints Herod and Phasæl tetrarchs of Judæa (14)

40 Invasion of Palestine by the Parthians. Flight of Herod to Rome (15)

40-37 ANTIGONUS

37 Jerusalem captured by Herod and Sosius.

37-4 HEROD THE GREAT

31 Battle of Actium. Defeat of Antony by AUGUSTUS

30 Herod’s kingdom confirmed by Augustus (16)

29 Execution of Mariamne (17)

23 Trachonitis etc. added to Herod’s kingdom (18)

_c._ 7 Execution of Alexander and Aristobulus (20)

4 Death of Herod. His kingdom divided between ARCHELAUS (B.C. 4-A.D. 6), PHILIP (B.C. 4-A.D. 34) (22) and Antipas (B.C. 4-A.D. 39)

A.D.

6 Judaæa annexed to the province of Syria under procurators (23)

6/7 Census of Quirinius and revolt of Judas (24)

14 TIBERIUS

26-36 Pontius Pilate procurator (25) (28)

37 HEROD AGRIPPA I. (30) CALIGULA (31)

41 CLAUDIUS (32)

44 Death of Herod Agrippa I. (33)

Famine in Judæa (34)

_c._ 46 Crucifixion of sons of Judas (35)

50-100 HEROD AGRIPPA II. (3) (36)

54 NERO

Procurators—

52-60 Felix (36)

60-62 Festus (39)

62-64 Albinus (39)

64-66 Gessius Florus (39)

66 Outbreak of war with Rome

Cessation of daily offering for the Emperor (40)

66 Oct. Defeat of Cestius Gallus near Beth-Horon (41)

Josephus in command of Galilee

67 Advance of Vespasian from spring Antioch

July Capture of Jotapata (43)

67-68 Civil war in Jerusalem (45) winter

68 June Campaign interrupted through death of Nero

68-69 GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS

69 July VESPASIAN proclaimed Emperor

70 April Titus lays siege to Jerusalem

July Cessation of Temple sacrifices (48)

Aug. Capture and burning of Temple (49)

Sept. Capture of the whole city (51)

79 TITUS

81-96 DOMITIAN

INDEX

Abel, 195, 197

Abella, Abila, 88, 94, 102

Actium, battle of, 55, 73

_Acts_, 90, 107 _n._, 192 ff.

Ader = Ben-hadad, 42

Adiabene, 90, 99

Agrippa, M., 57 f., 60

—— son of Felix and Drusilla, 95

—— Herod Agrippa. _See_ Herod

Ahab, 42 ff.

Albinus, 96 f., 105, 144

Alexander the Alabarch, 93

—— brother-in-law of Herod, 54

—— Jannæus, 164

—— son of Herod, 58, 60

——, Tiberius, 93, 193

Alexandra, 164 ff.

Alexandria, 92, 97

Alexandrium, 60

Alexas, 63

Aliturus, 34

Alphabet, the Hebrew, and the books of Scripture, 201

Amathus, 47

Ananias, 91

—— high priest, 107

Ananus I, high priest, 73, 96

—— II, high priest, 96 f.

—— III, high priest, 118 f., 130 f., 184, 195

—— son of Jonathan, 113

Anaxagoras, 171

Antigonus, 53 f.

Antioch, 107, 110

Antiochus, 110

—— Epiphanes, 162

Antipas, 109

Antipater, father of Herod, 47 ff, 51 ff.

—— son of Herod, 62

—— nephew of Herod, 68

Antipatris, 111, 117

Anti-Semitism, 18 f.

Antonia, 84

—— Tower of, 135, 138, 145

Antony, 51 f., 55 f.

_Apion, Against_, 18 f.

Aqiba R., 148

Aqueduct, 75

Arabia, 80, 99

Arabians, 55

Aramaic original of _B. J._, 14, 98

—— speech in, 136

Archelaus, 16, 29, 66 ff., 140 n., 189

Arethusa, 46

_Aristeas, Letter of_, 17

Aristobulus II, 45 f., 165

—— son of Herod, 58, 60

—— brother of Herod Agrippa I, 85

Artaxerxes = Ahasuerus, 176, 198, 200

Artemisium, month of, 143

Ascalon, 71

Asphaltitis, Asphaltophorus (= Dead Sea), 63

Athenian laws, 172

Athens, plague of, 26

Atomos, 95

Atratinus, 53

Augustus (Octavius, Cæsar), 51, 53 f., 55 f., 57 f., 60, 68 ff.

Auranitis, 58, 70, 88 _n._, 110

Autocratoris (= Sepphoris), 74

Azizus, 94 f.

Azotus, 46, 70

Babylonians, 99; Babylonian and Roman destruction of Jerusalem confused, 199

Bagoas, 169

Bannus, 10, 33

Baptism, John’s, 80 f.

Barachiah, Berechiah, 195 ff.

Baris, Bariscæus, Baruch, 131, 195 ff.

Batanæa, 58, 70, 94, 102, 110

Berendts, A., 189f.

Berenice, 95

Berytus, 35

Betharamphtha, 74

Beth-Horon, 111, 116

Bethsaida, 74

Bezetha, 113

Blass, F., 193

Books (the) Sacred, 123, 145

Borcæus, 112

Brigands, 102, 104 f., 150

Burial, Jewish care for, 130

Burkitt, F. C., 183, 188, 193

Cæsar, Julius, 47

——, Sextus, 48, 50

Cæsarea (Strato’s Tower), 46, 57 _n._, 74 f., 88, 90, 104

—— Philippi, 74

Caligula (= Gaius), 16 f., 19, 27, 82-7, 90, 186

Callirrhoe, 63

Calvarius, Sextus, 120

Calvinus, 54

Candlestick, seven-branched, 45, 147

Captain of Temple. _See_ Temple

Carus, 169

Cassius, 51 f.

Catapult, 117, 144 _n._

Caudine Forks, 110

Census, periodic in Egypt, 181

Cerealius, 38

Cestius Gallus, 11, 15, 106 f., 110 ff.

Chalcis, 94, 102

Christians and Christianity, 10, 22 f., 76, 182 ff.

_Chronicles_, 195, 198 (as last book in the Heb. Bible)

Circumcision, 90 f., 95

“Civil List” of Vespasian, 13

Claudius, Emperor, 76, 88, 90, 102

Claudius Felix. _See_ Felix

Cleopatra, 52, 55f.

—— wife of Herod the Great, 192

Cluvius Rufus, 17, 27

Cœle-Syria, 46, 51

_Collaborateurs_ of Josephus, 14, 186

Coponius, 72.

Corban, an oath, 29, 179; sacred treasure, 75 _n._

Corrsen, P., 182, 200

Costobar, 109, 117

Crasis, 187

Crete, 39

Crucifixion, 38, 68, 102, 130, 185

_Custodia, libera_, 83 _n._

_Customs and Causes_, projected work, 19

Cyprus, 92, 95

Dacians, 160

Daphne, 52

Darius, 110

Demetrius of Gadara, 46

Demoniacal possession, 41f.

Destiny, 61. Cp. Fate

Dicæarchia (= Puteoli), 34

Didius, Quintus, 56

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 15, 26

Dium, 46

Dius, month of, 117

Domitia, 39

Domitian, 39

Domitius Sabinus, 120

Dora, 46

Drusilla, 29, 94f.

Drusus, 81

Education, the two systems of, 172

Egyptian false prophet, 103f.

Eleazar, 42, 91

—— the brigand, 102

—— Captain of the Temple, 107

—— a Pharisee, 162

—— son of Simon, 118

Elijah, 44

Elymas, 29, 94

Epaphroditus, 15, 17

_Esdras II_, 201

Essenes, 33, 148-60

_Esther_, 200

Eusebius, 89 _n._, 96, 183

Exorcism, 41 f.

Ezekias, 48 f.

Ezekiel, 42

Fadus, Cuspius, 93, 192

Famine at Jerusalem, 92 f.

Fasts, Jewish, observed by aliens, 178

Fate, 141, 145, 148, 157, 159. Cp. Destiny

Faustus, 45

Feast of Unleavened Bread, 106, 142

—— of Passover, 66, 189

—— of Pentecost, 68, 143

—— of Tabernacles, 111, 143

—— commemorating Herod’s death, 64 _n._

Felix, Claudius, 10, 29, 34, 94 f., 102 ff.

Festus, 29, 105

Florus, Gessius, 106 f., 109, 161

Flute players as mourners, 129

Fortune, 61, 126

Free-will, 61, 148, 159

Fulvia, 77

Future Life, 124, 159, 174. Cp. Immortality

Gabinius, 47, 53

Gadara, 46, 47, 70

Gaius. _See_ Caligula

Galilee, 11, 48 f., 70, 102

Gallicanus, 122

Gamala, 73, 80

Gamaliel, 28, 192 f.

Games: Isthmian, Nemean, Olympic, 174 _n._

Gaulanitis, 102

Gaza, 46, 70

Gennesaret, Lake of, 74

Gerizim, Mount, 77

Gibeon, 111, 115

Gorpiæus, month of, 146

Gospels, primitive error in, 192

Grätz, 202

Greek philosophy, 171

Hades, 125, 156, 158

Haggadah, Jewish, 196 ff.

Harnack, A., 183, 193, 196

Hegesippus, 95

Helena, 90ff.

Herod the Great, 16f., 28, 48-65, 66-71, 104, 167-9, 190

—— Antipas (the Tetrarch), 29, 67, 70, 73 f., 79 ff., 189

—— Philip. _See_ Philip

—— husband of Herodias, 79, 191 f.

—— Agrippa I, 17, 29, 79, 87, 88-90

—— Agrippa II, 13-15, 17, 25, 29, 36 f., 94, 96 f., 102, 109 f., 112

Herodias, 29, 79, 81 f., 189, 191 f.

Hiatus, avoidance of, 188

Hippos, 46, 70

Historians, ancient, contrasted with contemporary, 101

Hyperberetæus, month of, 113

Hyrcanus I, 161 ff., 166

—— II, 45-54

—— son of Josephus, 39

Idumæa, 70; Idumæans, 129ff.

Images, making of, 74

Immortality of Soul, 155-9

Innocents, murder of the, 28, 63

Inspiration, 176

Interpolation, Christian in Josephus, 182 ff.

Irenæus, 67

Islands of the Blessed, 156

Ixion, 156

Izates, 90 ff.

Jadaus (Jadon), 44

James, the brother of Jesus, 22, 29, 95 f.

Jamnia, 46, 70

Jeconiah, king, 136

Jehoiada, 195 ff.

Jehoshaphat, 43

Jeremiah, 42

Jericho, 47, 63, 66

Jeroboam, 44

Jerome, 24, 188, 201

Jesus Christ, 22, 76, 182 ff.

—— son of Ananias, 143 f.

—— son of Damnæus, high priest, 97, 130 f.

_Jewish Antiquities_, 15 ff., 24 f.; Books XVII-XIX, peculiarities of style in, 26, 186; Roman sources of, 186

_Jewish War_, 14 f., 25, 35 ff., 98 ff.; Aramaic original of, 14, 98, 190 f.; Slavonic version of, 183, 189 ff., 192

Jews in Rome, 69, 76 f.; in Egypt and Babylon, 175

——, persecution of, 177 f.

Joazar, high priest, 72

John the Baptist, 22, 80 f., 189

—— of Gischala, 11, 135 ff.

Jonathan, high priest, 103

—— a Sadducee, 162 f.

Joppa, 46, 111

Joseph, the patriarch, 123 f.

—— of Arimathæa, 191

—— brother-in-law of Herod, 56 f.

—— son of Gorion, 118

—— high priest, 96

Josephus, life of, 9 ff.; works, 14 ff.; authorities, 16 f, 25 f.; character, 20 ff.; attitude to Judaism, 22; to Christianity, 22 f., 188 f.; as historian, 24 ff.; importance of, 27 f.; as illustrating N.T., 28 ff.; autobiography of, 33 ff.; style, 186 ff.

Jotapata, 12, 21, 35, 37, 119 ff., 128 f., 133

_Jubilees, Book of_, 40

Judæa, 70 ff., 78, 88, 90, 96, 102

Judas the Gaulanite or Galilæan, 72f., 161., 192 ff.; sons of, 94, 193 f.

Julias, 102.

Justus, historian, 13, 18, 35

—— son of Josephus, 390

Lacedæmonians, 172

Law, the Jewish, 61, 74 f., 77, 91, 147, 163, 174, 176 ff.

———— weekly reading of, 172 f.

Lebanon, 88

Liberalius, 140

_Life_, the, of Josephus, 17 f.

Lightfoot, Bishop, 152 _n._, 154 _n._ 156 _n._

———— John, 197 _n._

Lots, drawing of, 125 f.

Lous, month of, 138

Lugdunum (Lyons), 84

Luke, St., 30, 66, 85, 88, 180 f., 187, 191 f., 192 ff., 196 f.

Lydda, 111

Lysanias, 84, 88, 94, 102

_Maccabees, Fourth Book of_, 20

Machærus, 79 ff.

Malichus, 51 f.

Malthace, 68

“Man of Sin,” 85

Marcellus, 78

Mariamne, 56 f.

—— II, 192

Marisa, 46

Marsyas, 82

Masada, 107

Matthias, brother of Josephus, 33

—— father of Josephus, 98

Melito, 201

Menahem, the Essene, 167 f.

Messala, 52 f.

Messiah, reticence of Josephus on, 23

Micaiah, 42 ff.

Midrash on _Lamentations_, 198

Military Service, refusal of, 77

Miracles wrought by a word, 190 f.

Months, Artemisium, 143; Dius, 117; Gorpiæus, 146; Lous, 138; Panemus, 121, 135; Xanthicus, 142

Moore, G. F., 197 ff.

Moses, 40 f., 77, 153, 170 ff. Cp. Law

Mucianus, 133

Murcus, 51

Naber, S. A., 31

Nebuzaradan, 197

Nero, 34, 99, 102, 104, 127

New City, 113

Nicanor, 122 f., 126

Nicola(u)s of Damascus, 16 f., 66 _n._, 67 f.

Niese, B., 30 f.

Norden, E., 182-9, 200

Olivet, Mount, 103, 190

Omblaiah (Imlah), 43

Omens, 119, 133, 141 ff.

Oracles, 137, 145, 190, 199

Origen, 183 f., 201

Owl, bird of ill omen, 89

Pallas, 94, 102

Paneas, 58, 74

Panemus, month of, 121, 135

Parable of Nobleman, 29, 66

Parthians, 19, 53 f., 99

Passover. _See_ Feast

Patrician class, 82

Paul, St., 9 f., 20-2, 29, 34, 85, 90, 135 _n._; Pauline Epistles quoted, 153 _n._, 168 _n._, 172 _n._

Paulinus, 122

Pax, Temple of, 14

Pella, 46

Pentecost. _See_ Feast

Peræa, 70, 102

Periphrasis, 186 f.

Petronius, 28, 84 ff.

Pharaoh, 40 f.

Pharisees, 33 f., 108, 148, 157-9, 161-9

Phasael, 48, 52

Phasælis, 70

Pheroras, 71, 169

Philip the Tetrarch, 66, 69 f., 73 f., 80 f., 90, 189, 191 f.

—— son of Jacimus, 110, 117

Philippi, 52

Philo, 190; _De Vita Contemplativa_, 202

Phœbus, 112

Pilate, 28, 74-8, 185, 190 (bribery of), 191 (_Epistle of Tiberius to P._ and _Acts of P._)

Piso, 83

Placidus, 120

Plato, 171

Pollio, Gaius Asinius, 54

—— a Pharisee, 167

Pompey, 44-7, 175

Poppæa, 10, 34

Portents, 141 ff., 199

Procurators, last of the, 102 ff.

Prophecy, 127 f. (of Josephus); 156 (of Essenes); 167 f. (of Menahem)

Pro-Romans, 118

Ptolemais, 85, 110

Ptolemy, 66 f.

Ptolla, 66

Pythagoras, 171

Quirinius, 72 f., 94, 180 f.

Ragaba, 164

Rainfall, providential, 86

Ramsay, Sir W. M., 180

Rhodes, 55

Roman citizenship, 38, 47

Ryle, Dr., 202 f.

Sabbath, 111, 154, 178

Sabinus, 67 f.

Sacrifices for Emperor abrogated, 107 ff.; daily, abandoned, 135

Sadducees, 33, 96, 148, 157-9, 161-63

Salome, sister of Herod, 57, 63 f., 66, 70, 169

—— daughter of Herodias, 81, 192

Samaria, city of (Sebaste), 46, 58, 60, 70

—— district of, 70 f., 88, 90, 102

Samaritans, 77 f.

Sameas, 50 f., 167

Sanhedrin, 48 ff., 95 ff.

Sardinia, 77

Saturninus, 77

Saul, relative of Herod Agrippa II, 109, 117

_Sayings of Jesus_, 196

Scaurus, 46

Schmiedel, P. W., 193

Schürer, E., 180, 193

Scopus, Mount, 112, 115

Scriptures, the Jewish, 174 ff.; the number of books, 176, 200 ff. Cp. Books, the Sacred

Scythopolis, 46

Sebaste. _See_ Samaria

Sects, Jewish, 148 ff.

Selucid Dynasty, 19

Sepphoris, 47, 74

Sergius Paulus, 29, 94

Shewbread, table of, 45, 147

_Sicarii_, 102 f.

Simon, son of Ananias, 109

—— son of Gioras, 111

—— the Essene, 189

—— the high priest, 79, 81

Simonides Agrippa, son of Josephus, 39

Socrates, 171 _n._

Sohemus, 110

Solomon, 41 f.; Solomonian books, 152 _n._

Sossius, 51

Speeches in _B.J._, 100

Stanton, V. H., 193

Stoics, 34, 171

Strabo, 17

Strato’s Tower (= Cæsarea), 46, 70, 88

Suetonius, 76, 200

Suicide, 121, 124 f.

Sulpicius Severus, 25

Tabernacle, symbol of universe, 131 _n._

Tacitus, 27, 143 _n._, 199 f.

Tantalus, 156

Tarichæa, 102

Targum on _Lamentations_, 198

Taxation, exemption from, 39, 47

Tekoa, 38

Temple 38, 45, 47, 49, 68, 77, 85, 92, 95, 110, 113 f., 118, 132 f., 135-45, 196 ff.; Babylonian destruction of, 138, 141; captain of, 107 f., 142; gate of, 142; gifts from foreigners to, 107 f.; Holy Place(s) of, 45, 140 f.; inscription in, 190; veil of, 190

_Testudo_, 114 _n._

Theocracy, 170

Theology, Jewish, 170 ff.

Theophrastus, 179

Therapeutæ, sacred books of the, 202

Thermuthis, 40 f.

Theudas, 93, 103 _n._, 192 ff.

Thucydides, imitation of, 24, 26 f., 32, 73 _n._, 86 _n._, 186

Tiberias, 85, 102

Tiberius, 29, 76 f., 80, 82

—— Alexander. _See_ Alexander

Timber Market, 113

Tirathana, 77 f.

Titus, 13 ff., 25, 36 ff., 100, 120, 126 ff., 133, 135, 138 ff., 146

—— Arch of, 147

Tityus, 156

Torrey, C. C., 193 f.

Towers of Jerusalem, 146 f.

Trachonitis, 58, 70, 88 _n._, 94, 102, 110

Traill, Dr. R., 20 _n._, 23, 24, 31

Tyrannius Priscus, 113

Tyrians, Laws of the, 179

Ulatha, 58

Uriah, 198

Varus, Quintilius, Governor of Syria, 68 f., 175, 181

—— tetrarchy of, 102

Vespasian, 12-15, 25, 36-9, 42, 119-28, 133 f., 145, 190

Vestments, high priest’s, 78 _n._, 131

Vienne, 71

Virgil, 122 _n._, 128 _n._, 199 _n._

Virtues, four cardinal, 171 _n._

Vitellius, Governor of Syria, 78, 80, 85

Wellhausen, J., 194 ff.

Whiston, W., 31

Wisdom book, apocryphal, 196

Xanthicus, month of, 142

Xerxes, 176

Zacharias, son of Baris(cæus), 29 f., 131 f., 194 ff.

Zacharias or Zechariah (various), 194 ff.

Zadok, 73

Zealots, sect of, 73, 118 f., 131 f., 161

Zedekiah, king, 42

—— false prophet, 44

Zenodorus, 58, 70

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