INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS

Aaron 44, 60, 82, 135

Abel 95

Actium 23

Adam 34, 110, 112–13, 120–1

Aelia Capitolina 29

Africanus 101

Agrippa I 26, 32, 42, 48, 74

Agrippa II 32, 42, 48, 74

Akkadian 90

akra 15, 18, 50

Alexander 5–6, 19, 66, 69, 74, 85

Alexandra 19, 55, 57, 62

Alexandria 32, 131–2

altar 41–4, 69

Amariah 45

Ananus 75–6

angel 9, 104, 118–19

Antigonus 22, 69–70

Antiochus III 8–9, 49

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

Apollonius 7, 15–16, 28

archaeology 3, 5–6, 23, 30, 39, 60, 73

Archelaus 25, 42, 71

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

Augustine 109, 114

Augustus 24–5, 71

Babylonia 2–4, 10

bandit 69–70

Bar Kokhba 1, 28–9, 34, 78–9, 84, 86

Batanaea 45

Boethus 58

Boethusians 57–8, 62

brigands 69–71, 73, 75

Caesar 21

Caesarea 23

Cain 112–13, 121

Caligula 26, 33

Canaan 2

canon 33, 42, 58, 114, 131–2

Cassius 22, 28–9

census 25, 72

Chnum 5

circumcision 13

citadel see akra

Claudius 26, 74

Cleopatra 22–3

cleruchy 7

client king 23, 25

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

Cyrus 3, 35, 63, 80, 84, 125

Darius III 5–6, 66

David 2, 36, 44, 58, 63–4, 66, 81, 97, 123, 135

Demetrius II 17

Demetrius III 19

Deuteronomistic History 45

Diadochi 6

diaspora 1, 37, 40–1, 62, 132

Eden 116, 120

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

elder 19, 21, 59

Eleazar 73, 75–6

Elephantine 4–5

Elohim 112, 116

endtime 97–9, 102, 105, 108, 135–6

ephebate 11–12

Epiphanius 111

Essene 26, 54, 59–62, 130-1, 133–4

Euphrates 4, 66

Eve 34, 112–13, 116, 120–1

Ezechias 6, 71, 73, 77

Ezekias 70, 73

Ezra 3–4, 28, 30–1, 33–4, 44, 83, 88, 92, 97–9, 101, 104, 108, 129–30, 132, 137

festival 40, 43, 52–3, 56, 62

Fourth Philosophy 72, 76, 85, 134

Galilee 21, 25, 31, 70–1, 77, 85

Gamaliel 53, 133

Gaulanitis 45

Gaza 5

gerousia 14 see also Sanhedrin

Gnostic/Gnosticism 109–15, 117–22, 124–6, 129, 136–7

gospel 25, 51, 59, 80

governor 4, 6, 18, 20–1, 45–6, 70, 73

gymnasium 11–12

Hadrian 29, 35, 63, 84–5, 125

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

Hezekiah 6, 70

high priest 4–8, 11, 17–21, 42, 45–8, 58, 62–3, 72–4, 80, 102–3

Hillel 27, 129

Hyrcanus Tobiad 8–9

Hyrcanus I 18–19

Hyrcanus II 19–22, 68–9

Idumaea/Idumaeans 18, 20

immortality 93–5, 106, 108, 136

Iran 89, 115

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 Baptist 115, 117

John the Essene 134

John of Gischala 76–7

John Hyrcanus 18–20

Jonathan Maccabee 17–18, 68

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

Julius 21, 74, 101

Justus 32

Kosiba, Simon ben 29, 79 see also Bar Kokhba

Levite 42, 44–5, 49, 51

Logos 121

Lysimachus 14

Magnesia 9

Mandaeans 109–10, 115, 125–6

Mani 114–15, 125

Manichaeans 109–10, 114, 125–7

mantic 90–1

Mariamme 24

marriage 34, 52–3, 56

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

Murabba‘at 34, 79

Nabataea/Nabataeans 20, 23–4

Nabonidus 2

Nag Hammadi 110–11, 120, 124–6

Nebuchadnezzar 2, 23, 66, 102

Nehemiah 3–4, 30–1, 44, 129–30

Nicolaus 32

Norea 112–13

Octavian 22–3

Onias 7, 11, 47, 102

Parthia/Parthians 22, 29

Passover 5

Paul 52

Pentateuch 4–5, 40, 45, 132–3

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

Philip 25–6, 39, 45, 107

Pilate 25

polis 12

Pompey 20–1, 68–9

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

prophet 18, 45, 78, 82, 121

Ptolemy 9, 49

Ptolemy I 6

Ptolemy II 7

Ptolemy V 8

Ptolemy VI 14

purity 27, 52–3, 56, 62

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

revolution 73, 133, 137

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

Samael 113, 116, 121

Samaria 18, 23

Sanhedrin 64 see gerousia

Satan 104, 120–1

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

serpent 112–13, 116, 120–1

Seth 112–13, 120

Shammai 27

Shechem 18

Shemihazah 117–19

Sheol 87, 92, 135

Sicarii 72–4, 76, 85, 133–4

Simon 71, 76

Simon, captain of the temple 13

Simon II (high priest) 11, 47

Simon Maccabee 17–18, 68

Simon ben Gamaliel 53, 133

Simon ben Kosiba see Kosiba, Simon ben

Solomon 2, 21, 33–4, 44, 48, 66, 81, 95, 122–3

Son of Man 104

Sophia 111–13, 118–19, 121

synagogues 35, 40–1, 63, 132

Syrian Wars 7

Tartarus 118–19

tax 8–9, 23–5, 50

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

tithing 52, 56

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

Tyre 5, 13

Varus 71

Vespasian 31, 103

vision 28, 88, 92, 97, 105

wisdom 33, 43–4, 47–8, 50–1, 64, 81, 90–1, 95, 105, 111–12, 121, 131

Yahweh 112, 116

Yao 112–13, 116

Yavneh 27–8

Zadok 58–61

Zakkai, Johanan ben 27

Zealot 74–7, 84–5, 133

Zenon 6–7, 30

Zerubbabel 4, 46

Zion 77

Zoroaster 121

Zoroastrians 87