Contents.
| I. | THE RETURN FROM BABYLON, | [13] |
| II. | THE HISTORY OF ESTHER, | [26] |
| III. | CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF ESTHER, | [37] |
| IV. | THE JEWS UNDER NEHEMIAH, | [44] |
| V. | ALEXANDER THE GREAT, | [54] |
| VI. | JUDEA UNDER THE YOKE OF EGYPT, | [65] |
| VII. | JUDEA UNDER THE YOKE OF SYRIA, | [76] |
| VIII. | VICTORIES OF JUDAS MACCABEUS, | [86] |
| IX. | THE DEATH OF JUDAS MACCABEUS, | [99] |
| X. | REIGNS OF JONATHAN, SIMON, AND JOHN HYRCANUS, | [104] |
| XI. | STRIFE BETWEEN THE ASMONEAN PRINCES, | [115] |
| XII. | REIGN OF HEROD THE GREAT, | [128] |
| XIII. | THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH, | [139] |
| XIV. | DEATH OF HEROD, | [148] |
| XV. | THE DEATH OF THE MESSIAH, | [157] |
| XVI. | HEROD AGRIPPA, | [161] |
| XVII. | COMMENCEMENT OF WAR, | [168] |
| XVIII. | SIEGE OF JOTAPATA.—FALL OF JERUSALEM, | [177] |
| XIX. | CONCLUSION, | [190] |
STORIES FROM
JEWISH HISTORY.