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History of the Jews, Vol. 6 (of 6) / Containing a Memoir of the Author by Dr. Philip Bloch, a Chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the Whole Work

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The final volume closes the series by providing a biographical memoir of the historian by Philip Bloch, a detailed chronological table of Jewish history, and a comprehensive general index and subject guide intended for teachers and students. It explains indexing principles and name-arrangement conventions, groups persons by category, and supplies topical entries such as conversions, education, coins, and messianism, alongside study directions and cross-references to make the five-volume narrative easier to navigate and use for thematic or pedagogical research.

THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL.
(1067–586 B. C. E.)

  • Saul 1067
  • David 1055
  • Solomon 1015
Judah.   Israel.
Rehoboam —977— Jeroboam I
Abijam —960
Asa —957
  955— Nadab
  954— Baasha
  933— Elah
  932— Omri-Tibni
  928— Omri
  922— Ahab
Jehoshaphat —918
  901— Ahaziah
  899— Jehoram
Joram —894
Ahaziah —888
Athaliah —887— Jehu
Joash —881
  860— Jehoahaz
  845— Jehoash
Amaziah —843
  830— Jeroboam II
Period of Anarchy —815
Uzziah —805
  769— Zechariah
  768— Shallum
  768— Menahem
  757— Pekahiah
  755— Pekah
Jotham —754
Ahaz —739
  736— Period of Anarchy
  727— Hoshea
Hezekiah —724
  719— Samaria Destroyed
Manasseh —695
Amon —640
Josiah —638
Jehoahaz —608
Jehoiakim —607
Jehoiachin —596
Zedekiah —596
  586 Destruction of the First Temple.

THE HIGH PRIESTS.
(FROM THE CAPTIVITY TO THE DISPERSION.)

Period. High Priest. Civil Ruler.
VIII
586–516
B. C. E.
Jehozedek Babylonian Kings and Cyrus
  Joshua b. Jehozedek Zerubbabel (Cyrus and Darius I)
IX
516–332
B. C. E.
Jehoiakim Xerxes I
  Eliashib Nehemiah (Artaxerxes I)
  Joiada Nehemiah (Darius II)
  Johanan b. Joiada Artaxerxes III
  Jaddua Alexander the Great
X
332–175
B. C. E.
Onias I Ptolemy I Soter
  Simon I the Just (300–270) Ptolemy I Soter
  during the minority of Onias II
  Eleazar (br. of Simon I) Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  Manasseh (br. of Onias I) Ptolemy II Philadelphus
  Onias II (240) Ptolemy III Euergetes
  Simon II Ptolemy IV Philopator
  Onias III (Jason his deputy) Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Antiochus III
XI
175–140
B. C. E.
Jason (174) Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Menelaus (Onias IV, 172.
Lysimachus his deputy)
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Judas Maccabæus (163) Antiochus V Eupator
  Alcimus (162–159) appointed by Demetrius I Soter
  Jonathan Haphus (152–143) Alexander Balas
  Simon (III) Tharsi (143–135) Simon Tharsi
XII
140–37
B. C. E.
Hyrcanus I (135–106) Hyrcanus I
  Aristobulus I (106–105) Aristobulus I
  Alexander Jannæus (105–79) Alexander (I) Jannæus
  Hyrcanus II (79–40) Alexandra, Hyrcanus II,
Aristobulus II, and Roman
governors
  Antigonus (40–37) Antigonus
Period. High Priest. Appointee.
XIII
37 B. C. E.-
72 C. E.
Ananel (37–35) Herod I
  Aristobulus (III) (35) Herod I
  Ananel (34, second term) Herod I
  Joshua, of the family Phabi Herod I
  Simon (IV) b. Boëthus Herod I
  Matthias b. Theophilus
 
(Joseph b. Ellem his
deputy)
  Joaser b. Simon (b. Boëthus) Herod I
  Eleazar (brother of Joaser) Archelaus
  Joshua, of the family Sié Archelaus
  Joaser (second term) Archelaus
  Anan, of the family Seth Quirinius, governor of Syria
  Ishmael I Phabi Valerius Gratus, procurator
  Eleazar b. Anan Valerius Gratus, procurator
  Simon (V) b. Camyth Valerius Gratus, procurator
  Joseph Caiaphas (26–36) Valerius Gratus, procurator
  Jonathan b. Anan Vitellius, governor of Syria
  Theophilus b. Anan (brother
of preceding)
Vitellius, governor of Syria
  Simon (VI) b. Boëthus, of
the family Cantheras (41)
Agrippa I
  Matthias b. Anan (brother
of Jonathan)
Agrippa I
  Elionai b. Hakoph (44) Agrippa I
  Joseph b. Camyth (45) Herod II
  Ananias b. Nebedeus (48) Herod II
  Ishmael II Phabi (59–61) Agrippa II
  Joseph Cabi (61) Agrippa II
  Anan, of the family Anan Agrippa II
  Joshua b. Damnai Agrippa II
  Joshua b. Gamala Agrippa II
  Matthias b. Theophilus Agrippa II
  Phineas b. Samuel (67, 68) The People

THE HASMONÆAN DYNASTY (143–37 B.C.E.)


                         Simon Hasmonai
                               |
                            Johanan
                               |
                           Mattathias
                           (d. 167)
                               |
    +-------------+------------+------------+-------------+
    |             |            |            |             |
Johanan     I. SIMON        Judas       Eleazar      Jonathan      Simon
   Gadi        THARSI      Maccabæus     Hauran        Haphus      Psellus
(d. ab.      (143-135)    (d. 160)     (d. 163)      (d. 143)        |
   160)           |                                       |           |
                  |                                       |           |
      +-----------+------------+---------+------+       +-+-+       +-+-+
      |           |            |         |      |       |   |       |   |
  II. JOHN      Judah      Mattathias   Son  Daughter   Two |       | Eight
HYRCANUS I.   (d. 135)     (d. 135)            m.     sons |       |  sons
  (135-106)                                  Ptolemy        |       |
      |                                      b. Habub       |       |
      |                                                     |       |
      +-----------------------+                      Daughter m. Mattathias
                              |                                 |   Eplias
           +----------+-------+--------+----------+---+         |
           |          |                |          |   |     Mattathias
           |      Antigonus    IV. ALEXANDER (I)  |  Son      Curtus
           |      (d. 105)           JANNÆUS      |             |
           |                        (105-79)      |             |
  III. ARISTOBULUS I                    m.     Absalom        Joseph
      (106-105)                     V. SALOME                   |
           m.                      ALEXANDRA                    |
   Salome Alexandra                 (79-70)                 Mattathias
                                       |                        |
                      +----------------+                  FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
                      |                                     (d. ab. 95)
                      |                                         |
          +-----------+----------+                   +----------+--------+
          |                      |                   |          |        |
  VI. HYRCANUS II       VII. ARISTOBULUS II      Hyrcanus    Julius   Agrippa
     (70-40)                  (69-63)
     (d. 31)                  (d. 48)
       |                         |
       |           +-------------+-----+----------------+-----------+
       |           |                   |                |           |
Alexandra m. Alexander (II)      VIII. ANTIGONUS     Alexandra    daughter
           |  (d. ab. 52)           (40-37)             m.           |                                      1. Philippion
    +------+--------+                             2. Ptolemy of Chalcis
    |               |
Mariamne    Aristobulus (III)
(d. 29)          (d. 35)
    m.  HEROD

THE HERODIAN DYNASTY (37 B.C.E.–70 C.E.)


                             Antipater m. Cypros
                         (d. 43 B.C.E.) | (Arabian)
                                        |
                +-----------------------+-----+-------------+------+-------+
                |                             |             |      |       |
                |                             I.            |      |       |
             Phasael                       HEROD I        Joseph   |       |
                |                           (37-4)          |      |       |
                |                         (King of          |      |       |
                |                        Palestine)         |   Pheroras   |
             Phasael                          m.            |      |       |
                m.                +------1. Doris           |      |       |
            Salampsio             |+-----2. Mariamne I    Joseph   |       |
             (d. of               ||        (d. 29)         m.     |       |
           Mariamne I)            ||        (grandd.    Olympias   |       |
                |                 ||           of        (d. of    |       |
                |                 ||        Hyrcanus    Malthace)  |       |
    +--+--+-----+-----+----+      ||          II)           |      |       |
    |     |     |     |    |      ||+---3. Mariamne II      |   Daughter   |
Antipater | Alexander |  Cypros   |||      (d. of           |      m.      |
          |           |   m.      |||      Simon b.         |    Son of    |
          |           | Agrippa I |||      Boëthus)         |   Antipater  |
          |           |           |||+--4. Malthace         |            Salome
          |           |           ||||     (Samaritan)      |              m.          |           |           ||||+-5. Cleopatra        |    +----1. Joseph
        Herod     Alexandra       |||||      (of       Mariamne  |       (uncle                    m.            |||||    Jerusalem)     m.     |         of                   Timius         ||||| m. five other  Herod II  |        Herod                  of Cyprus       |||||     wives                |          I)
                                  |||||       |                  |+---2. Costobar
                                  |||||     three                ||+--3. Alexas
                                  |||||   children               |||
                                  |||||                          |||
                                  |||||      +-------------------+||
                                  |||||      |             +------+|
      +---------------------------+||||      |             |       +-----+
      |                            ||||      |             |             |
   Antipater                       ||||  Antipater      Berenice       Alexas
      m.                           ||||      m.            m.         Selsias
   Mariamne                        ||||   Cypros     1. Aristobulus      m.    (d. of                         ||||   (d. of        (s. of        Cypros
Aristobulus)                      |||| Mariamne I)     Mariamne I)   (d. of                                   ||||      |       2. Uncle of     Antipater)
                                   ||||      |          Antipater        |
                                   ||||      |                           |
+----------------------------------+|||   Cypros                         |
|                                   |||      m.                       Cypros
|       +---------------------------+||   Alexas
|       |                            ||   Selsias
|       |                            ||
|       |                            |+------------------+---------+
|       |                            |                   |         |
| Herod [Philip]       +-------------+------------+      |         |
|       m.             |             |            |      |         |
|   Herodias           |             |            |      |         |
|    (d. of           II.           III.       Olympias  |         |
| Aristobulus)    ARCHELAUS   HEROD ANTIPAS       m.     |         |
|       |          (2 B.C.E.      (4 B.C.E.     Joseph   |        IV.
|       |          -6 C.E.)       -40 C.E.)     (s. of   |  [HEROD] PHILIP
|       |         (Ethnarch       (Tetrarch     Joseph)  |     (4 B.C.E.
|       |             of             of                  |     -33 C.E.)
|       |         Judæa and        Galilee               |     (Tetrarch|       |          Samaria)       and Peræa)           Herod      of|       |             m.             m.                       Gaulanitis,|       |          Glaphyra    1. Daughter                      Batanæa,|       |          (wid. of       of Aretas                   Trachonitis,|     Salome      Alexander)   2. Herodias                    and Panias)
|       m.                        (d. of                           m.| 1. [Herod] Philip               Aristobolus)                   Salome
| 2. Aristobulus                                              (d. of Herod|    (s. of                                                     [Philip])
|    Herod II)
|
|
+------+---------------------------+---------------+-------------+
       |                           |               |             |
       |                           |               |             |
    Alexander                 Aristobulus      Salampsio       Cypros
(d. 6 B.C.E.)               (d. 6 B.C.E.)          m.            m.       m.                          m.           Phasael       Antipater
    Glaphyra                   Berenice       (nephew of   (s. of Salome)
(of Cappadocia)             (d. of Salome)      Herod I)
       |                           |
   +---+----------+                |
   |              |                |
Alexander      Tigranes            |
   |           (King of            |
Tigranes       Armenia)            |
   |                               |
Alexander                          |
   |                               |
Descendants                        |
not Jews            +--------------+--------+-----------------+-------+-----+
                    |                       |                 |       |     |
                    |                       |                 |       |     |
                    V.                     VI.                |       |     |
                AGRIPPA I               HEROD II         Aristobulus  | Mariamne
                 (41-44)                 (44-48)              m.      |    m.                (King of          (Prince of Chalcis        Jatape    | Antipater
               Palestine)          and Titular King      (of Emesa)   |  (s. of                    m.              of Palestine)             |       |  Doris)
                 Cypros                    m.                 |       |
                 (d. of           +-1. Mariamne               |       |
                Phasael)          |    (d. of Joseph)         |       |
                    |             | 2. Berenice             Jatape    |
  +------+------+---+---+--------+|    (d. of Agrippa I)              |
  |      |      |       |        ||            |                      |
  |      |      |       |        ||            |                      |
  |     VII.    |       |        ||      +-----------+             Herodias
  | AGRIPPA II  |    Mariamne    ||      |           |                m.  |   (49-70)   |       m.       || Bernicianus   Hyrcanus     1. Herod [Philip]
  | (Prince of  |+--1. Julius    ||                            2. Herod Antipas
  | Chalcis and ||     Archelaus |+------------+
  |Titular King ||  2. Demetrius |             |
  |  of Judæa)  ||               |         Aristobulus
  |             ||               |             m.  |             |+-------+       +--+        Salome
  |             |        |          |     (d. of Herod  |             |     Berenice      |       [Philip])
Drusus       Berenice           Drusilla        |
                m.                  m.       +--+-----+---------+
          1. Marcus            1. Aziz of    |        |         |
          2. Herod II             Emesa    Herod   Agrippa  Aristobulus
          3. Polemon of        2. Felix
             Cilicia                |
                                    |
                              Agrippa (III)

INDEX.

Explanatory Notes.

For the complete index of references to Jews, see under Israelites until 586 B. C. E. (the Babylonian Captivity) and under Judæans until 70 C. E. (the Dispersion), as well as under Jews and the Jews of and the Judæans of the various cities and countries.

Persons living before 1600 will be found under their forenames. The rule has been violated by indexing certain Spanish Rabbis and Marranos living before this date under their surnames, and certain Germans and Poles living after it under their forenames. In these cases cross-references have been made.

Persons with the same descriptive cognomen, as Gerundi, Ibn-Ezra, Abrabanel, Abulafia, are enumerated under it, but the references are indexed as above.

Persons bearing the same forename, as Abraham, Jacob, etc., are arranged in the order adopted by Joseph Zedner in his “Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum” (1867):

“1. Those distinguished by an epithet only, derived from their birthplace, rank, or occupation, arranged after the alphabetical order of the epithets.

“2. Those followed by the word ben (son of) [in our Index preceded by those with the Aramaic form bar, and followed by those with the Arabic form ibn and the English son of], arranged according to the name of the father.

“3. Compound names of first and family names, as Jacob Berab, or two first names, as Jacob Zeeb, [or of first name and birthplace when the latter follows without a preposition, or is modified to include of, as Jacob Tus, Abraham Bedaresi].

“4. Family names, as Jacob (Henry).”

This arrangement of Zedner’s is, however, subordinate to the class-divisions adopted by indexers and cataloguers in general, namely: 1. Popes, according to numbers; 2. Emperors; 3. Kings and Sovereign Princes, by countries and by number in each country; 4. Others by appellatives, neglecting prepositions and articles.

* * * * *

The subjoined Table will enable the student approximately to refer from the index of the American Edition of the “History” to the German, when it is desirable to consult the notes and other additional matter contained in the original.

American Edition.   German.
Volume I, P. 1–178 = Volume I.
Volume I, P. 179–487 = Volume II.
Volume I, P. 487–531 = Volume III.
Volume II, P. 1–320
Volume II, P. 321–635 = Volume IV.
Volume III, P. 1–250 = Volume V.
Volume III, P. 250–493 = Volume VI.
Volume III, P. 494–650 = Volume VII.
Volume IV, P. 1–126
Volume IV, P. 127–381 = Volume VIII.
Volume IV, P. 382–675 = Volume IX.
Volume IV, P. 676–708 = Volume X.
Volume V, P. 1–290
Volume V, P. 291–703 = Volume XI.

Lists of Names, etc., in the Index.

An almost complete biographical history of the Jews can be collated by following up through the Index the biographies of the persons grouped below. The column on the left consists of the class-names of the secular chiefs of the Jewish community; the column on the right, of those of the spiritual chiefs; the middle column, whether connecting the other two or replacing them, of those whose position, powers, and influence were, or were supposed to be, both spiritual and secular.

——     Patriarchs.   ——
Leaders   Moses
and
Joshua.
Moses.   High Priests.
Judges.     ——   High Priests.
Kings.     Prophets.   High Priests.
Leaders   Zerubbabel,
Ezra, and
Nehemiah.
Ezra
and
Prophets.
  High Priests.
——     High Priests.   ——
——     Hasmonæan Dynasty
(Princes and High Priests).
  ——
Herodian Dynasty.     ——   High Priests.
Roman Procurators
of Judæa.
  Presidents of the
Synhedrion.
Roman Governors
of Syria.
  Teachers of the
Law
(Tanaites).
——     Presidents of the Synhedrion
(under the titles Patriarch,
Nassi, Prince, and Rabban)
and
Teachers of the Law
(Tanaites and Amoraim).
  ——
Princes of the
Captivity.

(Exilarch,
Resh Galutha).
        Presidents of the
Babylonian
Academies, Geonim.
      Physicians and Philosophers.
Poets.
Talmudists and Rabbis.