Abel 95
Actium 23
Aelia Capitolina 29
Africanus 101
Akkadian 90
Alexander 5–6, 19, 66, 69, 74, 85
Amariah 45
Ananus 75–6
Antiochus IV 8, 10–11, 13-16, 67, 84, 96–7
Antiochus VII 18
Antipas, Herod 25–6
Antipater 20–2
Antony 21–3
apocalypse/apocalyptic 28, 34, 43–4, 78, 87–93, 96–7, 105, 107, 110, 120, 129–30, 134–5
archaeology 3, 5–6, 23, 30, 39, 60, 73
archon 112–13
Aretas 20
Aristobulus the Exegete 38
Aristobulus I 18–19
Aristobulus II 19–20, 22, 68–9
Asa 45
Asael 117–18
bandit 69–70
Bar Kokhba 1, 28–9, 34, 78–9, 84, 86
Batanaea 45
Boethus 58
Caesar 21
Caesarea 23
Canaan 2
Chnum 5
circumcision 13
citadel see akra
Cleopatra 22–3
cleruchy 7
cult 12–14, 16, 20, 26–7, 29, 35, 40–3, 45–6, 56–7, 62, 84, 106, 131–2, 137–8
Cypros 23
Cyprus 28–9
Cyrenaica 28–9
David 2, 36, 44, 58, 63–4, 66, 81, 97, 123, 135
Demetrius II 17
Demetrius III 19
Deuteronomistic History 45
Diadochi 6
education 10–11, 43–4, 48–50, 61, 64
Egypt 5–6, 9–10, 14–15, 21–3, 28–9, 39, 41, 66–7, 78, 110, 114
Elephantine 4–5
endtime 97–9, 102, 105, 108, 135–6
ephebate 11–12
Epiphanius 111
Essene 26, 54, 59–62, 130-1, 133–4
Ezra 3–4, 28, 30–1, 33–4, 44, 83, 88, 92, 97–9, 101, 104, 108, 129–30, 132, 137
Fourth Philosophy 72, 76, 85, 134
Galilee 21, 25, 31, 70–1, 77, 85
Gaulanitis 45
Gaza 5
gerousia 14 see also Sanhedrin
Gnostic/Gnosticism 109–15, 117–22, 124–6, 129, 136–7
governor 4, 6, 18, 20–1, 45–6, 70, 73
gymnasium 11–12
Hecateus 46
Hellenistic reform 8, 12, 14, 47
Herod 21–6, 32, 42, 47–8, 70–3, 84–5, 92, 129
Herodium 23
Herodotus 99
high priest 4–8, 11, 17–21, 42, 45–8, 58, 62–3, 72–4, 80, 102–3
Hyrcanus Tobiad 8–9
Hyrcanus I 18–19
immortality 93–5, 106, 108, 136
Irenaeus 111
Issus 5
Ituraea 18
Jannaeus 19
Jason 11–16
Jehohanan 4
Jehoshaphat 45
Jerusalem 1–6, 8–9, 11–16, 18, 20–2, 24, 26, 29, 33, 37, 39–40, 43, 45, 49, 66, 68, 70, 73, 75–9, 81, 85–6, 91, 102, 104, 123, 131–3, 137
Johanan ben Zakkai 27
John the Essene 134
John of Gischala 76–7
John Hyrcanus 18–20
Jordan 7
Joseph, son of Jacob 90
Joseph Tobiad 7
Joseph, uncle of Herod 24
Josephus 6–7, 19, 24, 31–2, 36, 38, 45, 49, 53–5, 57–61, 69–78, 101–2, 122, 130–1, 133
jubilee 104
Judas 16, 20, 67–8, 71–3, 75, 85
Justus 32
Kosiba, Simon ben 29, 79 see also Bar Kokhba
Logos 121
Lysimachus 14
Magnesia 9
Manichaeans 109–10, 114, 125–7
mantic 90–1
Mariamme 24
Masada 22–3, 31, 34, 59, 73, 76, 134
Melchizedek 103–4
Menahem 73
Menelaus 13–15
messiah 52, 79–83, 86, 97–8, 101–4, 135
Michael 37, 101, 104, 118, 125
millenarian/ millennium 84, 86, 89, 100, 106
Mizpah 2
Monad 111–13
Moses 4, 33–4, 46–7, 55, 60, 92, 96, 120, 135
Nabonidus 2
Nag Hammadi 110–11, 120, 124–6
Nehemiah 3–4, 30–1, 44, 129–30
Nicolaus 32
Norea 112–13
Octavian 22–3
Passover 5
Paul 52
Persia/ Persians 2–6, 23, 30–1, 35, 42, 45–6, 66–7, 80, 83, 87–9, 93, 114, 121, 129–30
Pharisees 19, 27, 43–4, 51–7, 61–2, 64, 72, 130–1, 133–4
Phasael 21–2
Pilate 25
polis 12
priest 4–8, 11, 17–21, 41–51, 55–8, 60–4, 69, 72–5, 80–2, 100, 102–4, 106–7, 115, 130
prophecy 45, 63, 88, 90–1, 98, 101, 103, 108, 130
Ptolemy I 6
Ptolemy II 7
Ptolemy V 8
Ptolemy VI 14
Pydna 15
Qumran 26, 34–5, 38–9, 58–60, 62–3, 82, 89, 91, 102–3, 105, 114–16, 126–7, 131–7
Raphia 9
resurrection 58, 93–6, 100, 106, 108, 136
ritual 27, 41, 52–3, 56, 59, 115
Sabaoth 112–13, 116, 118–19, 125
sabbath 4, 6, 52, 56, 79–80, 100
Sabinus 71
sacrifice 13, 16, 40–1, 43, 45–6, 75, 106
Saddok 72
Sanhedrin 64 see gerousia
scribes 4, 27, 44–5, 49–51, 54, 61, 63–4, 95
sects 26–7, 35, 43, 54, 56, 61, 63–4, 114–15, 129–31, 133, 137
Seleucids 7–9, 16–19, 42, 47, 49, 67–8, 85, 96–7
Seleucus I 6
Seleucus IV 9–10
Shammai 27
Shechem 18
Shemihazah 117–19
Simon, captain of the temple 13
Simon ben Kosiba see Kosiba, Simon ben
Solomon 2, 21, 33–4, 44, 48, 66, 81, 95, 122–3
Son of Man 104
Syrian Wars 7
Tartarus 118–19
Teacher of Righteousness 102
temple 1–5, 8–9, 12–16, 20, 23–4, 26–30, 33, 35–7, 40–7, 49–51, 53, 55–7, 61–3, 66, 68–9, 73, 75, 77–8, 80, 83, 85, 91–2, 102, 105, 107–8, 122–3, 125, 131–4, 137–8
Tennes 67
Tiberias 32
Tiberius 74
Tobiah 130
Tobiads 8, 47, 130 see also Joseph, Hyrcanus
Tobias 7
Torah 4, 27, 40, 42, 45, 56, 131, 138
Tosefta 53
Trachonitis 45
Trajan 28–9
Varus 71
wisdom 33, 43–4, 47–8, 50–1, 64, 81, 90–1, 95, 105, 111–12, 121, 131
Yavneh 27–8
Zadok 58–61
Zakkai, Johanan ben 27
Zion 77
Zoroaster 121
Zoroastrians 87