Selections from Josephus

Flavius Josephus

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Introduction ...*.... 9
Selections 33
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I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The Boy the Doctors. His Educationamong(1)
(V.) 33
A Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome. Eve of(2)
the War (V.) 34
Thr its Reception. Criticisma/si/ War and(3) J/:
of a Rival Historian . .(Justus) (V.) 35
After theWar. asRoman Citizen
(4) Josephus (V.) 37
II. SPECIMENS OF AMPLIFICATION OF THE
BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
the Infant introduced toMoses, Prodigy,(5)
Pharaoh (^4. II) 40
Exorcism in the Name of Solomon .(A. 41(6) VIII)
MlCAIAH AND ZEDEKIAH PROPHESY BEFORE AHAB(7)
(,4. VIII) 42
III. THE COMING OF THE ROMANS
Loss of Independence. Palestinian(8) Jewish
Settlement under Pompey . .(A. XIV) 45
Division of the Country into Five Districts
(9)
by Gabinius (B.I) 47
Settlement under Oesar . 47(10) Julius (A. XIV)
IV. HEROD THE GREAT
The Youth Herod frees Galilee from the(11)
Brigands [A. XIV) 48
Herod on his Trial before the Sanhedrin(12)
{A. XIV) 48
Herod and Cassius. Murder of Antipater,(13)
Herod's Father ....(A. XIV) 51
1 alsoSee §§ (38), (43), (44), (46), (48).
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Antony makes Herod and Phasael Tetrarchs(14)
of (A.Judaea XIV) 52
How Herod won his Kingdom . . 53(15) (A. XIV)
How made his Peace with Augustus(16)
the Battle of(after Actium) (B. I) .55
Herod and Mariamne . .
. .(17) (B. I) 56
Extension of Herod's Realm. His Popularity(18)
with Augustus and Agrippa . .XV)(A. 57
The Historian's Reading ofHerod's Character(19)
(A. XVI) 58
Reflections on the Tragic Fate of Herod's(20)
Sons 60(A. XVI)
Herod's Dying Provision for a National(21)
Mourning . . .(A. XVII) .63
ARCHELAUS ANDV. PILATE
Archelaus in of a Kingdom 66Quest(22) (A. XVII) Deposed and his Territory added(23)
to the Roman Province of Syria (A. 71XVII)
The Revolt of "in the days of the(24) Judas
enrolment" under .Quirinius (A. XVIII) 72
Pilate offends susceptibilities in theJewish(25)
MATTER OF THE EMPEROR'S THE(i) BUSTS, (ii)
Corban money ....{A. XVIII) 74
Christ[(26) Jesus {A. XVIII)] 76
Tiberius expels all fromRome 76(27) Jews (A. XVIII)
Pilate to Romesent for Trial .(28) (A. XVIII) 77
VI. THE LATER HERODS
Herod the Tetrarch his
: Marriage with(29)
Herodias and Murder of the BaptistJohn
(A. XVIII) 79
How Herod Agrippa became and Herod(30) King,
the Tetrarch lost his Tetrarchy 81(A. XVIII)
Petronius and the Statue of Gaius XVI(31) (A. II) 84
Herod Agrippa's Kingdom enlarged by(32)
Claudius 88{A. XIX)
Death of Herod Agrippa ... 88(33) (A. XIX)
The Story of King Izates and his mother(34)
Helena 90(A. XX)