History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ

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Emil Schürer, Géza Vermès, Fergus Millar
A&C Black, Jan 1, 1973 - Religion - 320 pages
Critical presentation of the whole evidence concerning Jewish history, institutions, and literature from 175 BC to AD 135; with updated bibliographies.
 

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Contents

Scope and Purpose of the Work I
1
Auxiliary Sciences
6
B Geography
7
Chronology
8
Numismatics
9
E Epigraphy II
11
The Sources
17
B NonExtant Sources
19
THE FIRST PERIOD
125
Religious Crisis and Revolution 175164 B C
137
Judas Maccabaeus 164161 B C
164
6 Jonathan 1611432 B C
174
Simon 14321354 B C
189
John Hyrcanus I 1354104 B C
200
Aristobulus I 104103 B C
216
11 Alexandra 7667 B C
229

The History of Hyrcanus
20
Timagenes of Alexandria
22
Asinius Pollio
23
Hypsicrates
24
Strabo
25
Herods Memoirs
26
Ptolemaeus
27
Nicolaus of Damascus
28
Vespasians Commentarii
32
Antonius Julianus
33
Justus of Tiberias
34
Ariston of Pella
37
Papyrus Fragments
39
Teucer of Cyzicus
40
Various Works περί Ιουδαίων
41
The Chronographers
42
THE SECOND PERIOD
243
Hyrcanus II 6340 B C the Rise of Antipater and his Sons
267
Antigonus 4037 B C
281
Herod the Great 374 B C
287
Disturbances after Herods Death 4 B C
330
From the Death of Herod the Great to Agrippa I 4 B C
336
Agrippa I A D 37 40 4144
442
The Roman Procurators A D 4466
455
The Great War with Rome A D ?6674 484 1 The Outbreak and Triumph of the Revolution A D 66
485
21 From the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Downfall of
514
History of Chalcis Ituraea and Abilene
561
History of the Nabataean Kings
574
Principal Features of the Jewish Calendar
587
Hebrew Coins
602
The Seleucids 612
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About the author (1973)

Geza Vermes was Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, UK and was one of the world's greatest experts on the historical Jesus, Christian beginnings, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. With the publication of Jesus the Jew (1973) he introduced the idea of Jesus as a 1st century Jewish holy man to the general public. His book The Dead Sea Scrolls in English (1962) introduced the English reader to the Scrolls, going on to sell over half a million copies. Prof Sir Fergus Millar is Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, in the University of Oxford, UK.

Bibliographic information

TitleHistory of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ
175 B.C.-A.D. 135
Volume 1 of The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ
EditorsEmil Schürer, Géza Vermès, Fergus Millar
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherA&C Black, 1973
ISBN0567022420, 9780567022424
Length320 pages
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