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Selections From Josephus

Chapter 142: INDEX
By Flavius Josephus
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This collection presents excerpts from an ancient historian that combine autobiographical reminiscences, narrative enlargements of biblical episodes, and detailed political history. It traces the erosion of local autonomy under Roman intervention and the administrative rearrangements imposed by imperial authorities. The selections profile Herodian rulers and provincial governors and record incidents involving Roman officials. Passages recount the origins and course of the Jewish War, including sieges and internal factional conflict, while closing reflections consider leadership, tragic outcomes, and the tensions between local traditions and imperial power.

INDEX

  • Abel, 195, 197
  • Abella, Abila, 88, 94, 102
  • Actium, battle of, 55, 73
  • Acts, 90, 107 n., 192 ff.
  • Ader = Ben-hadad, 42
  • Adiabene, 90, 99
  • Agrippa, M., 57 f., 60
  • —— son of Felix and Drusilla, 95
  • —— Herod Agrippa. See Herod
  • Ahab, 42 ff.
  • Albinus, 96 f., 105, 144
  • Alexander the Alabarch, 93
  • —— brother-in-law of Herod, 54
  • —— Jannæus, 164
  • —— son of Herod, 58, 60
  • ——, Tiberius, 93, 193
  • Alexandra, 164 ff.
  • Alexandria, 92, 97
  • Alexandrium, 60
  • Alexas, 63
  • Aliturus, 34
  • Alphabet, the Hebrew, and the books of Scripture, 201
  • Amathus, 47
  • Ananias, 91
  • —— high priest, 107
  • Ananus I, high priest, 73, 96
  • —— II, high priest, 96 f.
  • —— III, high priest, 118 f., 130 f., 184, 195
  • —— son of Jonathan, 113
  • Anaxagoras, 171
  • Antigonus, 53 f.
  • Antioch, 107, 110
  • Antiochus, 110
  • —— Epiphanes, 162
  • Antipas, 109
  • Antipater, father of Herod, 47 ff, 51 ff.
  • —— son of Herod, 62
  • —— nephew of Herod, 68
  • Antipatris, 111, 117
  • Anti-Semitism, 18 f.
  • Antonia, 84
  • —— Tower of, 135, 138, 145
  • Antony, 51 f., 55 f.
  • Apion, Against, 18 f.
  • Aqiba R., 148
  • Aqueduct, 75
  • Arabia, 80, 99
  • Arabians, 55
  • Aramaic original of B. J., 14, 98
  • —— speech in, 136
  • Archelaus, 16, 29, 66 ff., 140 n., 189
  • Arethusa, 46
  • Aristeas, Letter of, 17
  • Aristobulus II, 45 f., 165
  • —— son of Herod, 58, 60
  • —— brother of Herod Agrippa I, 85
  • Artaxerxes = Ahasuerus, 176, 198, 200
  • Artemisium, month of, 143
  • Ascalon, 71
  • Asphaltitis, Asphaltophorus (= Dead Sea), 63
  • Athenian laws, 172
  • Athens, plague of, 26
  • Atomos, 95
  • Atratinus, 53
  • Augustus (Octavius, Cæsar), 51, 53 f., 55 f., 57 f., 60, 68 ff.
  • Auranitis, 58, 70, 88 n., 110
  • Autocratoris (= Sepphoris), 74
  • Azizus, 94 f.
  • Azotus, 46, 70
  • Babylonians, 99;
    • Babylonian and Roman destruction of Jerusalem confused, 199
  • Bagoas, 169
  • Bannus, 10, 33
  • Baptism, John’s, 80 f.
  • Barachiah, Berechiah, 195 ff.
  • Baris, Bariscæus, Baruch, 131, 195 ff.
  • Batanæa, 58, 70, 94, 102, 110
  • Berendts, A., 189f.
  • Berenice, 95
  • Berytus, 35
  • Betharamphtha, 74
  • Beth-Horon, 111, 116
  • Bethsaida, 74
  • Bezetha, 113
  • Blass, F., 193
  • Books (the) Sacred, 123, 145
  • Borcæus, 112
  • Brigands, 102, 104 f., 150
  • Burial, Jewish care for, 130
  • Burkitt, F. C., 183, 188, 193
  • Cæsar, Julius, 47
  • ——, Sextus, 48, 50
  • Cæsarea (Strato’s Tower), 46, 57 n., 74 f., 88, 90, 104
  • —— Philippi, 74
  • Caligula (= Gaius), 16 f., 19, 27, 82-7, 90, 186
  • Callirrhoe, 63
  • Calvarius, Sextus, 120
  • Calvinus, 54
  • Candlestick, seven-branched, 45, 147
  • Captain of Temple. See Temple
  • Carus, 169
  • Cassius, 51 f.
  • Catapult, 117, 144 n.
  • Caudine Forks, 110
  • Census, periodic in Egypt, 181
  • Cerealius, 38
  • Cestius Gallus, 11, 15, 106 f., 110 ff.
  • Chalcis, 94, 102
  • Christians and Christianity, 10, 22 f., 76, 182 ff.
  • Chronicles, 195, 198 (as last book in the Heb. Bible)
  • Circumcision, 90 f., 95
  • “Civil List” of Vespasian, 13
  • Claudius, Emperor, 76, 88, 90, 102
  • Claudius Felix. See Felix
  • Cleopatra, 52, 55f.
  • —— wife of Herod the Great, 192
  • Cluvius Rufus, 17, 27
  • Cœle-Syria, 46, 51
  • Collaborateurs of Josephus, 14, 186
  • Coponius, 72.
  • Corban, an oath, 29, 179;
    • sacred treasure, 75 n.
  • Corrsen, P., 182, 200
  • Costobar, 109, 117
  • Crasis, 187
  • Crete, 39
  • Crucifixion, 38, 68, 102, 130, 185
  • Custodia, libera, 83 n.
  • Customs and Causes, projected work, 19
  • Cyprus, 92, 95
  • Dacians, 160
  • Daphne, 52
  • Darius, 110
  • Demetrius of Gadara, 46
  • Demoniacal possession, 41f.
  • Destiny, 61. Cp. Fate
  • Dicæarchia (= Puteoli), 34
  • Didius, Quintus, 56
  • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 15, 26
  • Dium, 46
  • Dius, month of, 117
  • Domitia, 39
  • Domitian, 39
  • Domitius Sabinus, 120
  • Dora, 46
  • Drusilla, 29, 94f.
  • Drusus, 81
  • Education, the two systems of, 172
  • Egyptian false prophet, 103f.
  • Eleazar, 42, 91
  • —— the brigand, 102
  • —— Captain of the Temple, 107
  • —— a Pharisee, 162
  • —— son of Simon, 118
  • Elijah, 44
  • Elymas, 29, 94
  • Epaphroditus, 15, 17
  • Esdras II, 201
  • Essenes, 33, 148-60
  • Esther, 200
  • Eusebius, 89 n., 96, 183
  • Exorcism, 41 f.
  • Ezekias, 48 f.
  • Ezekiel, 42
  • Fadus, Cuspius, 93, 192
  • Famine at Jerusalem, 92 f.
  • Fasts, Jewish, observed by aliens, 178
  • Fate, 141, 145, 148, 157, 159.
    • Cp. Destiny
  • Faustus, 45
  • Feast of Unleavened Bread, 106, 142
  • —— of Passover, 66, 189
  • —— of Pentecost, 68, 143
  • —— of Tabernacles, 111, 143
  • —— commemorating Herod’s death, 64 n.
  • Felix, Claudius, 10, 29, 34, 94 f., 102 ff.
  • Festus, 29, 105
  • Florus, Gessius, 106 f., 109, 161
  • Flute players as mourners, 129
  • Fortune, 61, 126
  • Free-will, 61, 148, 159
  • Fulvia, 77
  • Future Life, 124, 159, 174.
    • Cp. Immortality
  • Gabinius, 47, 53
  • Gadara, 46, 47, 70
  • Gaius. See Caligula
  • Galilee, 11, 48 f., 70, 102
  • Gallicanus, 122
  • Gamala, 73, 80
  • Gamaliel, 28, 192 f.
  • Games: Isthmian, Nemean, Olympic, 174 n.
  • Gaulanitis, 102
  • Gaza, 46, 70
  • Gennesaret, Lake of, 74
  • Gerizim, Mount, 77
  • Gibeon, 111, 115
  • Gorpiæus, month of, 146
  • Gospels, primitive error in, 192
  • Grätz, 202
  • Greek philosophy, 171
  • Hades, 125, 156, 158
  • Haggadah, Jewish, 196 ff.
  • Harnack, A., 183, 193, 196
  • Hegesippus, 95
  • Helena, 90ff.
  • Herod the Great, 16f., 28, 48-65, 66-71, 104, 167-9, 190
  • —— Antipas (the Tetrarch), 29, 67, 70, 73 f., 79 ff., 189
  • —— Philip. See Philip
  • —— husband of Herodias, 79, 191 f.
  • —— Agrippa I, 17, 29, 79, 87, 88-90
  • —— Agrippa II, 13-15, 17, 25, 29, 36 f., 94, 96 f., 102, 109 f., 112
  • Herodias, 29, 79, 81 f., 189, 191 f.
  • Hiatus, avoidance of, 188
  • Hippos, 46, 70
  • Historians, ancient, contrasted with contemporary, 101
  • Hyperberetæus, month of, 113
  • Hyrcanus I, 161 ff., 166
  • —— II, 45-54
  • —— son of Josephus, 39
  • Idumæa, 70;
    • Idumæans, 129ff.
  • Images, making of, 74
  • Immortality of Soul, 155-9
  • Innocents, murder of the, 28, 63
  • Inspiration, 176
  • Interpolation, Christian in Josephus, 182 ff.
  • Irenæus, 67
  • Islands of the Blessed, 156
  • Ixion, 156
  • Izates, 90 ff.
  • Jadaus (Jadon), 44
  • James, the brother of Jesus, 22, 29, 95 f.
  • Jamnia, 46, 70
  • Jeconiah, king, 136
  • Jehoiada, 195 ff.
  • Jehoshaphat, 43
  • Jeremiah, 42
  • Jericho, 47, 63, 66
  • Jeroboam, 44
  • Jerome, 24, 188, 201
  • Jesus Christ, 22, 76, 182 ff.
  • —— son of Ananias, 143 f.
  • —— son of Damnæus, high priest, 97, 130 f.
  • Jewish Antiquities, 15 ff., 24 f.;
    • Books XVII-XIX, peculiarities of style in, 26, 186;
    • Roman sources of, 186
  • Jewish War, 14 f., 25, 35 ff., 98 ff.;
  • Jews in Rome, 69, 76 f.;
    • in Egypt and Babylon, 175
  • ——, persecution of, 177 f.
  • Joazar, high priest, 72
  • John the Baptist, 22, 80 f., 189
  • —— of Gischala, 11, 135 ff.
  • Jonathan, high priest, 103
  • —— a Sadducee, 162 f.
  • Joppa, 46, 111
  • Joseph, the patriarch, 123 f.
  • —— of Arimathæa, 191
  • —— brother-in-law of Herod, 56 f.
  • —— son of Gorion, 118
  • —— high priest, 96
  • Josephus, life of, 9 ff.;
    • works, 14 ff.;
    • authorities, 16 f, 25 f.;
    • character, 20 ff.;
    • attitude to Judaism, 22;
    • to Christianity, 22 f., 188 f.;
    • as historian, 24 ff.;
    • importance of, 27 f.;
    • as illustrating N.T., 28 ff.;
    • autobiography of, 33 ff.;
    • style, 186 ff.
  • Jotapata, 12, 21, 35, 37, 119 ff., 128 f., 133
  • Jubilees, Book of, 40
  • Judæa, 70 ff., 78, 88, 90, 96, 102
  • Judas the Gaulanite or Galilæan, 72f., 161., 192 ff.;
  • Julias, 102.
  • Justus, historian, 13, 18, 35
  • —— son of Josephus, 390
  • Lacedæmonians, 172
  • Law, the Jewish, 61, 74 f., 77, 91, 147, 163, 174, 176 ff.
  • ———— weekly reading of, 172 f.
  • Lebanon, 88
  • Liberalius, 140
  • Life, the, of Josephus, 17 f.
  • Lightfoot, Bishop, 152 n., 154 n. 156 n.
  • ———— John, 197 n.
  • Lots, drawing of, 125 f.
  • Lous, month of, 138
  • Lugdunum (Lyons), 84
  • Luke, St., 30, 66, 85, 88, 180 f., 187, 191 f., 192 ff., 196 f.
  • Lydda, 111
  • Lysanias, 84, 88, 94, 102
  • Maccabees, Fourth Book of, 20
  • Machærus, 79 ff.
  • Malichus, 51 f.
  • Malthace, 68
  • “Man of Sin,” 85
  • Marcellus, 78
  • Mariamne, 56 f.
  • —— II, 192
  • Marisa, 46
  • Marsyas, 82
  • Masada, 107
  • Matthias, brother of Josephus, 33
  • —— father of Josephus, 98
  • Melito, 201
  • Menahem, the Essene, 167 f.
  • Messala, 52 f.
  • Messiah, reticence of Josephus on, 23
  • Micaiah, 42 ff.
  • Midrash on Lamentations, 198
  • Military Service, refusal of, 77
  • Miracles wrought by a word, 190 f.
  • Months, Artemisium, 143;
  • Moore, G. F., 197 ff.
  • Moses, 40 f., 77, 153, 170 ff.
    • Cp. Law
  • Mucianus, 133
  • Murcus, 51
  • Naber, S. A., 31
  • Nebuzaradan, 197
  • Nero, 34, 99, 102, 104, 127
  • New City, 113
  • Nicanor, 122 f., 126
  • Nicola(u)s of Damascus, 16 f., 66 n., 67 f.
  • Niese, B., 30 f.
  • Norden, E., 182-9, 200
  • Olivet, Mount, 103, 190
  • Omblaiah (Imlah), 43
  • Omens, 119, 133, 141 ff.
  • Oracles, 137, 145, 190, 199
  • Origen, 183 f., 201
  • Owl, bird of ill omen, 89
  • Pallas, 94, 102
  • Paneas, 58, 74
  • Panemus, month of, 121, 135
  • Parable of Nobleman, 29, 66
  • Parthians, 19, 53 f., 99
  • Passover. See Feast
  • Patrician class, 82
  • Paul, St., 9 f., 20-2, 29, 34, 85, 90, 135 n.;
    • Pauline Epistles quoted, 153 n., 168 n., 172 n.
  • Paulinus, 122
  • Pax, Temple of, 14
  • Pella, 46
  • Pentecost. See Feast
  • Peræa, 70, 102
  • Periphrasis, 186 f.
  • Petronius, 28, 84 ff.
  • Pharaoh, 40 f.
  • Pharisees, 33 f., 108, 148, 157-9, 161-9
  • Phasael, 48, 52
  • Phasælis, 70
  • Pheroras, 71, 169
  • Philip the Tetrarch, 66, 69 f., 73 f., 80 f., 90, 189, 191 f.
  • —— son of Jacimus, 110, 117
  • Philippi, 52
  • Philo, 190;
    • De Vita Contemplativa, 202
  • Phœbus, 112
  • Pilate, 28, 74-8, 185, 190 (bribery of), 191 (Epistle of Tiberius to P. and Acts of P.)
  • Piso, 83
  • Placidus, 120
  • Plato, 171
  • Pollio, Gaius Asinius, 54
  • —— a Pharisee, 167
  • Pompey, 44-7, 175
  • Poppæa, 10, 34
  • Portents, 141 ff., 199
  • Procurators, last of the, 102 ff.
  • Prophecy, 127 f. (of Josephus);
    • 156 (of Essenes);
    • 167 f. (of Menahem)
  • Pro-Romans, 118
  • Ptolemais, 85, 110
  • Ptolemy, 66 f.
  • Ptolla, 66
  • Pythagoras, 171
  • Quirinius, 72 f., 94, 180 f.
  • Ragaba, 164
  • Rainfall, providential, 86
  • Ramsay, Sir W. M., 180
  • Rhodes, 55
  • Roman citizenship, 38, 47
  • Ryle, Dr., 202 f.
  • Sabbath, 111, 154, 178
  • Sabinus, 67 f.
  • Sacrifices for Emperor abrogated, 107 ff.;
    • daily, abandoned, 135
  • Sadducees, 33, 96, 148, 157-9, 161-63
  • Salome, sister of Herod, 57, 63 f., 66, 70, 169
  • —— daughter of Herodias, 81, 192
  • Samaria, city of (Sebaste), 46, 58, 60, 70
  • —— district of, 70 f., 88, 90, 102
  • Samaritans, 77 f.
  • Sameas, 50 f., 167
  • Sanhedrin, 48 ff., 95 ff.
  • Sardinia, 77
  • Saturninus, 77
  • Saul, relative of Herod Agrippa II, 109, 117
  • Sayings of Jesus, 196
  • Scaurus, 46
  • Schmiedel, P. W., 193
  • Schürer, E., 180, 193
  • Scopus, Mount, 112, 115
  • Scriptures, the Jewish, 174 ff.;
    • the number of books, 176, 200 ff.
    • Cp. Books, the Sacred
  • Scythopolis, 46
  • Sebaste. See Samaria
  • Sects, Jewish, 148 ff.
  • Selucid Dynasty, 19
  • Sepphoris, 47, 74
  • Sergius Paulus, 29, 94
  • Shewbread, table of, 45, 147
  • Sicarii, 102 f.
  • Simon, son of Ananias, 109
  • —— son of Gioras, 111
  • —— the Essene, 189
  • —— the high priest, 79, 81
  • Simonides Agrippa, son of Josephus, 39
  • Socrates, 171 n.
  • Sohemus, 110
  • Solomon, 41 f.;
    • Solomonian books, 152 n.
  • Sossius, 51
  • Speeches in B.J., 100
  • Stanton, V. H., 193
  • Stoics, 34, 171
  • Strabo, 17
  • Strato’s Tower (= Cæsarea), 46, 70, 88
  • Suetonius, 76, 200
  • Suicide, 121, 124 f.
  • Sulpicius Severus, 25
  • Tabernacle, symbol of universe, 131 n.
  • Tacitus, 27, 143 n., 199 f.
  • Tantalus, 156
  • Tarichæa, 102
  • Targum on Lamentations, 198
  • Taxation, exemption from, 39, 47
  • Tekoa, 38
  • Temple 38, 45, 47, 49, 68, 77, 85, 92, 95, 110, 113 f., 118, 132 f., 135-45, 196 ff.;
    • Babylonian destruction of, 138, 141;
    • captain of, 107 f., 142;
    • gate of, 142;
    • gifts from foreigners to, 107 f.;
    • Holy Place(s) of, 45, 140 f.;
    • inscription in, 190;
    • veil of, 190
  • Testudo, 114 n.
  • Theocracy, 170
  • Theology, Jewish, 170 ff.
  • Theophrastus, 179
  • Therapeutæ, sacred books of the, 202
  • Thermuthis, 40 f.
  • Theudas, 93, 103 n., 192 ff.
  • Thucydides, imitation of, 24, 26 f., 32, 73 n., 86 n., 186
  • Tiberias, 85, 102
  • Tiberius, 29, 76 f., 80, 82
  • —— Alexander. See Alexander
  • Timber Market, 113
  • Tirathana, 77 f.
  • Titus, 13 ff., 25, 36 ff., 100, 120, 126 ff., 133, 135, 138 ff., 146
  • —— Arch of, 147
  • Tityus, 156
  • Torrey, C. C., 193 f.
  • Towers of Jerusalem, 146 f.
  • Trachonitis, 58, 70, 88 n., 94, 102, 110
  • Traill, Dr. R., 20 n., 23, 24, 31
  • Tyrannius Priscus, 113
  • Tyrians, Laws of the, 179
  • Ulatha, 58
  • Uriah, 198
  • Varus, Quintilius, Governor of Syria, 68 f., 175, 181
  • —— tetrarchy of, 102
  • Vespasian, 12-15, 25, 36-9, 42, 119-28, 133 f., 145, 190
  • Vestments, high priest’s, 78 n., 131
  • Vienne, 71
  • Virgil, 122 n., 128 n., 199 n.
  • Virtues, four cardinal, 171 n.
  • Vitellius, Governor of Syria, 78, 80, 85
  • Wellhausen, J., 194 ff.
  • Whiston, W., 31
  • Wisdom book, apocryphal, 196
  • Xanthicus, month of, 142
  • Xerxes, 176
  • Zacharias, son of Baris(cæus), 29 f., 131 f., 194 ff.
  • Zacharias or Zechariah (various), 194 ff.
  • Zadok, 73
  • Zealots, sect of, 73, 118 f., 131 f., 161
  • Zedekiah, king, 42
  • —— false prophet, 44
  • Zenodorus, 58, 70