Selections From Josephus

by Flavius Josephus

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., [189]f.
• 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], [55]f.
• —— 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, [41]f.
• 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], [94]f.
• Drusus, [81]
• Education, the two systems of, [172]
• Egyptian false prophet, [103]f.
• 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, [90]ff.
• Herod the Great, [16]f., [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, [129]ff.
• 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, [72]f., [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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Footnotes

[1]. Dated variously as A.D. 30 (Harnack), 33 (Ramsay), 34 (Lightfoot), and 35-6 (C. H. Turner, Hastings’ D.B., art. “Chronology”).

[2]. §§ ([1]) and ([2]).

[3]. § ([54]).