Authors: John Haralson Hayes, Sara R. Mandell, Sara Mandell, Sara R. Mandall
ISBN-13: 9780664257279, ISBN-10: 0664257275
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing
Date Published: August 1998
Edition: 1st Edition
Hayes and Mandell provide a clear and engaging exposition of Jewish history from 333 B.C.E. to 135 C.E. A companion volume to A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, it picks up the historical account at the point where the earlier volume ended. Focusing on the Judean-Jerusalem community from a historical rather than ideological or theological perspective, The Jewish People in Classical Antiquity covers the period from the Hellenistic era to the conclusion of the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome. With the inclusion of charts, maps, and ancient texts, the authors have constructed a fascinating account that is sure to become a popular text for study of this crucial period.
List of Charts, Maps, and Texts | ||
Preface | ||
Abbreviations | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
1 | The Jewish Community under Ptolemaic and Seleucid Rule | 13 |
Alexander the Great, Hellenization, and Ultimately Rome | 13 | |
The Period of Ptolemaic Dominance | 28 | |
The Period of Seleucid Dominance | 38 | |
2 | The Hasmonaeans | 60 |
The Background of Judas Maccabeus and His Family | 60 | |
Antiochus IV and Life and Worship in Jerusalem | 63 | |
Hasmonaean Struggles against the Seleucids | 69 | |
Attempts to Settle the Conflict | 71 | |
The Political Ambitions of the Hasmonaeans | 74 | |
Judas's Last Days | 76 | |
The Rule of Jonathan | 78 | |
The Rule of Simon | 82 | |
Parties and Groups in Hasmonaean Times | 84 | |
The Hasmonaean Dynasty | 93 | |
3 | The Herodian Period | 101 |
Pompey's Conquest of Judea | 102 | |
Early Roman Rule in Palestine | 112 | |
The Rise of Herod | 118 | |
Herod Becomes King | 125 | |
Herod's Reign | 129 | |
From Kingdom to Province | 146 | |
Judea as a Roman Province (6-41 C.E.) | 153 | |
The Reign of Agrippa I | 160 | |
4 | The Jewish-Roman Wars | 164 |
The Road to Rebellion (44-66 C.E.) | 165 | |
Events Precipitating the War | 180 | |
The Opening Phase of the First Revolt | 186 | |
The Major Phase of the War | 188 | |
Some Retrospectives on the War | 204 | |
The Postwar Years | 207 | |
The Second Jewish Revolt | 213 | |
Bibliographical Abbreviations | 217 | |
Bibliography | 219 | |
Index of Scripture | 227 | |
Index of Subjects | 231 |