Selections From Josephus

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Author

Josephus, Flavius, 38?-100?

Credits

Turgut Dincer, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Judaism

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64837

Release Date

March 16, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Selections From Josephus
2. 2.CONTENTS — ABBREVIATIONS
3. 3.SELECTIONS FROM JOSEPHUS INTRODUCTION — Life — Works — The Man and the Historian. Importance of his Work [22] — Texts and Translations
4. 4.I. AUTOBIOGRAPHY — (1) The Boy among the Doctors. His Education — (2) A Shipwreck on the Voyage to Rome. The Eve of the War — (3) The “Jewish War” and its Reception. Criticism of a rival Historian (Justus) — (4) After the War. Josephus as Roman Citizen
5. 5.II. SPECIMENS OF AMPLIFICATION OF THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE — (5) Moses, the Infant Prodigy, introduced to Pharaoh — (6) Exorcism in the name of Solomon — (7) Micaiah and Zedekiah prophesy before Ahab
6. 6.III. THE COMING OF THE ROMANS — (8) Loss of Jewish Independence. Palestinian Settlement under Pompey — (9) Division of the Country into Five Districts by Gabinius — (10) Settlement under Julius Cæsar
7. 7.IV. HEROD THE GREAT — (11) The Youth Herod frees Galilee from the Brigands — (12) Herod on his Trial before the Sanhedrin — (13) Herod and Cassius. Murder of Antipater, Herod’s Father — (14) Antony makes Herod and Phasael Tetrarchs of Judæa — (15) How Herod won his Kingdom — (16) How Herod made his peace with Augustus (after the Battle of Actium) — (17) Herod and Mariamne — (18) Extension of Herod’s Realm. His Popularity with Augustus and Agrippa — (19) The Historian’s Reading of Herod’s Character — (20) Reflections on the Tragic Fate of Herod’s Sons — (21) Herod’s Dying Provision for a National Mourning
8. 8.V. ARCHELAUS AND PILATE — (22) Archelaus in Quest of a Kingdom — A Rival Claimant to the Kingdom — A Jewish Embassy to Rome asks for Autonomy — The Emperor’s Decision — (23) Archelaus Deposed and his Territory added to the Roman Province of Syria — (24) The Revolt of Judas “in the days of the enrolment” under Quirinius — (25) Pilate offends Jewish susceptibilities in the matter of (i) the Emperor’s busts, (ii) the Corban money — (26) Jesus Christ [174] — (27) Tiberius expels all Jews from Rome — (28) Pilate Sent to Rome for Trial
9. 9.VI. THE LATER HERODS — (29) Herod the Tetrarch: his Marriage with Herodias and Murder of John the Baptist [179] — (30) How Herod Agrippa became King and Herod the Tetrarch lost his Tetrarchy — (31) Petronius and the Statue of Gaius — (32) Herod Agrippa’s Kingdom enlarged by Claudius — (33) Death of Herod Agrippa — (34) The Story of King Izates and his mother Helena — (35) The Fate of the Impostor Theudas, and of the Sons of Judas the Galilæan — (36) Agrippa II, Felix and Drusilla — (37) The Death of James, “the Lord’s Brother”
10. 10.VII. SCENES FROM THE JEWISH WAR — (38) Introduction to “The Jewish War” — (39) Seeds of the War sown under the last of the Procurators. Rise of the Sicarii — Felix — Rise of the Sicarii — Troubled State of the Country — Festus — Albinus — Gessius Florus — (40) The Immediate Cause of the War—Abrogation of Sacrifices for the Emperor — (41) Initial Jewish success. Rout of a Roman Army in the Defiles of Beth-Horon — Cestius Advances from Antioch — A Jewish Successful Charge outside Jerusalem — Fruitless Attempt to Parley with the Jews — Cestius Occupies the Suburb Bezetha — Attack on Jerusalem — Unexpected Withdrawal of Cestius, Pursued by the Jews — Scene in the Pass of Beth-Horon — Flight of Cestius — Cestius Reports to Nero — Jewish Preparations for War — (42) Jerusalem before the Siege — (43) The Fall of Jotapata. Josephus taken Prisoner. — Capture of the Town through Information of a Jewish Deserter — Josephus’s Hiding-place Discovered — Josephus Parleys with the Roman Officers — Josephus’s Life Threatened by his Men — The Drawing of the Lots — Josephus before the Romans — Josephus tells Vespasian’s Fortune — (44) Reception at Jerusalem of the News of the Fall of Jotapata — (45) Murder of the High Priest Ananus; also of Zacharias after a mock trial — The Mock Trial and Murder of Zacharias — (46) How Josephus was Liberated — (47) A Roman Reverse Inspires false Confidence — (48) Cessation of the Daily Sacrifice. Josephus appeals to the Jews — (49) Conflagration of the Temple — (50) Portents and Oracles [316] — (51) The Last Scene. Capture of the Upper City. Jerusalem in Flames — (52) The Spoils from the Temple in the Triumphal Procession in Rome
11. 11.VIII. THE JEWISH SECTS — (53) The Three Sects and their Views on Fate and Free-Will — (54) The Essenes, with a note on Pharisees and Sadducees — The Essenes: their Asceticism, Simplicity of Life and Community of Goods — Their Prayers to the Sun. The Refectory — Their Studies — Admission to the Order. The Novice’s Probation and Oath — Expulsion from the Order — Their Law-courts, Reverence for Moses, Sabbatarianism, etc. — The Four Grades of Essenes—their Endurance of Persecution — Their Belief in the Immortality of the Soul — Essene Prophets — Essene Schismatics who Allow Marriage — The Pharisees and Sadducees — (55) Another Account of the Three Sects—and a Fourth — The Pharisees — The Sadducees — The Essenes — The Zealots — (56) Why John Hyrcanus went over from the Pharisees to the Sadducees — (57) "Conciliate the Pharisees"—Alexander’s dying advice to Alexandra — (58) How the Pharisees rose to Power under Queen Alexandra — (59) Herod the Great exempts Pharisees and Essenes from the Oath of Allegiance. The Essene Prophet Menahem — (60) The Pharisees refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance (another account).
12. 12.IX. JEWISH THEOLOGY, SCRIPTURES AND CUSTOMS — (61) Some Aspects of Jewish Theology. Moses as Religious Educator — Our Polity a Theocracy — A Religion for the Many, not (like Greek philosophy) for the Few — The Two Methods of Education Combined by Moses — All Jews Know their Law, which is Read Every Week — (62) A Future Life—for the Law-abiding — (63) The Jewish Scriptures and their Preservation — The Writers and Custodians of the Records — Selection of the Custodians. Scrutiny of Priestly Marriages and Genealogies — The Twenty-two Books of Scripture — Jewish Veneration of their Scriptures — (64) Universal Imitation of our Laws the sincerest flattery — (65) The Oath “Corban”
13. 13.APPENDIX OF ADDITIONAL NOTES — I. Note on § ( 24 ). Quirinius — II. Note on § ( 26 ). The alleged witness to Jesus Christ — External evidence — Internal evidence — III. Note on § ( 29 ). The First Husband of Herodias — IV. Note on § ( 35 ). Theudas and Judas — V. Note on § ( 45 ). The Blood of Zacharias — VI. Note on § ( 50 ). Portents and Oracles — VII. Note on § ( 63 ). The Twenty-two Books of Scripture
14. 14.TABLE OF DATES
15. 15.INDEX

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