CONTENTS

[Introduction 9]

[Selections 33]

[I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY]

[(1) The Boy among the Doctors. His Education (V.) 33]

[(2) A Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome. Eve of the War (V.) 34]

[(3) The Jewish War and its Reception. Criticism of a Rival Historian (Justus) (V.) 35]

[(4) After the War. Josephus as Roman Citizen (V.) 37]

[II. SPECIMENS OF AMPLIFICATION OF THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE]

[(5) Moses, the Infant Prodigy, introduced to Pharaoh (A. II) 40]

[(6) Exorcism in the Name of Solomon (A. VIII) 41]

[(7) Micaiah and Zedekiah Prophesy before Ahab (A. VIII) 42]

[III. THE COMING OF THE ROMANS]

[(8) Loss of Jewish Independence. Palestinian Settlement under Pompey (A. XIV) 45]

[(9) Division of the Country into Five Districts by Gabinius (B. I) 47]

[(10) Settlement under Julius Cæsar (A. XIV) 47]

[IV. HEROD THE GREAT]

[(11) The Youth Herod frees Galilee from the Brigands (A. XIV) 48]

[(12) Herod on his Trial before the Sanhedrin (A. XIV) 48]

[(13) Herod and Cassius. Murder of Antipater, Herod’s Father (A. XIV) 51]

[(14) Antony makes Herod and Phasael Tetrarchs of Judæa (A. XIV) 52]

[(15) How Herod won his Kingdom (A. XIV) 53]

[(16) How Herod made his Peace with Augustus (after the Battle of Actium) (B. I) 55]

[(17) Herod and Mariamne (B. I) 56]

[(18) Extension of Herod’s Realm. His Popularity with Augustus and Agrippa (A. XV) 57]

[(19) The Historian’s Reading of Herod’s Character (A. XVI) 58]

[(20) Reflections on the Tragic Fate of Herod’s Sons (A. XVI) 60]

[(21) Herod’s Dying Provision for a National Mourning (A. XVII) 63]

[V. ARCHELAUS AND PILATE]

[(22) Archelaus in Quest of a Kingdom (A. XVII) 66]

[(23) Archelaus Deposed and his Territory added to the Roman Province of Syria (A. XVII) 71]

[(24) The Revolt of Judas “in the days of the enrolment” under Quirinius (A. XVIII) 72]

[(25) Pilate offends Jewish susceptibilities in the matter of (i) the Emperor’s busts, (ii) the Corban money (A. XVIII) 74]

[(26) Jesus Christ (A. XVIII) 76]

[(27) Tiberius expels all Jews from Rome (A. XVIII) 76]

[(28) Pilate sent to Rome for Trial (A. XVIII) 77]

[VI. THE LATER HERODS]

[(29) Herod the Tetrarch, his Marriage with Herodias and Murder of John the Baptist (A. XVIII) 79]

[(30) How Herod Agrippa became King, and Herod the Tetrarch lost his Tetrarchy (A. XVIII) 81]

[(31) Petronius and the Statue of Gaius (A. XVIII) 84]

[(32) Herod Agrippa’s Kingdom enlarged by Claudius (A. XIX) 88]

[(33) Death of Herod Agrippa (A. XIX) 88]

[(34) The Story of King Izates and his mother Helena (A. XX) 90]

[(35) The Fate of the Impostor Theudas and of the Sons of Judas the Galilæan (A. XX) 93]

[(36) Agrippa II, Felix, and Drusilla (A. XX) 94]

[(37) The Death of James, “the Lord’s Brother” (A. XX) 95]

[VII. SCENES FROM THE JEWISH WAR]

[(38) Introduction to the Jewish War (B. I) 98]

[(39) Seeds of the War sown under the last of the Procurators. Rise of the Sicarii (B. II) 102]

[(40) The Immediate Cause of the War. Abrogation of Sacrifices for the Emperor (B. II) 107]

[(41) Initial Jewish Success. Rout of a Roman Army in the Defiles of Beth-Horon (B. II) 110]

[(42) Jerusalem before the Siege (B. II) 118]

[(43) The Fall of Jotapata. Josephus taken Prisoner (B. III) 119]

[(44) Reception at Jerusalem of the News of the Fall of Jotapata (B. III) 128]

[(45) Murder of the High Priest Ananus; also of Zacharias after a mock trial (B. IV) 129]

[(46) How Josephus was Liberated (B. IV) 133]

[(47) A Roman Reverse inspires false Confidence (B. V) 134]

[(48) Cessation of the Daily Sacrifice. Josephus appeals to the Jews (B. VI) 135]

[(49) Conflagration of the Temple (B. VI) 137]

[(50) Portents and Oracles (B. VI) 141]

[(51) The Last Scene. Capture of the Upper City. Jerusalem in Flames (B. VI) 145]

[(52) The Spoils from the Temple in the Triumphal Procession in Rome (B. VII) 147]

[VIII. THE JEWISH SECTS]

[(53) The Three Sects and their Views on Fate and Free-Will (A. XIII) 148]

[(54) The Essenes, with a note on Pharisees and Sadducees (B. II) 148]

[(55) Another Account of the Three Sects—and a Fourth (A. XVIII) 158]

[(56) Why John Hyrcanus went over from the Pharisees to the Sadducees (A. XIII) 161]

[(57) “Conciliate the Pharisees”—Alexander’s dying advice to Alexandra (A. XIII) 164]

[(58) How the Pharisees rose to power under Queen Alexandra (B. I) 166]

[(59) Herod exempts Pharisees and Essenes from the Oath of Allegiance. The Essene Prophet Menahem (A. XV) 167]

[(60) The Pharisees refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance (another account) (A. XVII) 168]

[IX. JEWISH THEOLOGY, SCRIPTURES AND CUSTOMS]

[(61) Some Aspects of Jewish Theology. Moses as Religious Educator (Ap. II) 170]

[(62) A Future Life—for the Law-abiding (Ap. II) 173]

[(63) The Jewish Scriptures and their Preservation (Ap. I) 174]

[(64) Universal Imitation of our Laws the sincerest flattery (Ap. II) 177]

[(65) The Oath “Corban” (Ap. I) 179]

[Appendix of Additional Notes 180]

[Table of Dates 204]

[Index 207]