Phineas ben Samuel, made high priest by the Zealots, [294] f.

Pilate, Pontius, procurator of Judæa, [138] ff.
cruelty, [171].
introduces Roman emblems and insignia into Jerusalem, [139].
possesses himself of the treasury of the Temple, [140].

Pinchas ben Jaïr, [459] f.

Pirke Aboth, [478].

Poetry, why not produced under the Maccabees, [15].

Pompey in Judæa, [63][7].
enters the Holy of Holies, [66].

Poppea Sabina, favors Judaism, [248].

Porphyry on the book of Daniel, [502].

Posidonius, Stoic, slanders Judaism, [178].

Possession by evil spirits, belief in, [29].