The Jews under Roman rule: From Pompey to Diocletian (Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity)

The Jews Under Roman Rule: From Pompey to Diocletian / E. Mary Smallwood......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Abbreviations......Page 9
The Eastern Mediterranean......Page 15
Palestine......Page 16
Jerusalem......Page 17
The Herodian Family......Page 18
I. Introduction......Page 19
The Maccabaean Revolt......Page 20
The Treaty with Rome......Page 22
Territorial Expansion......Page 29
The Quarrel between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II......Page 34
Pompey's Settlement......Page 39
From Pompey to Julius Caesar......Page 48
Caesar's Settlement of Palestine......Page 56
III. Herod's rise to power......Page 62
The Years of Uncertainty......Page 78
The Years of Prosperity......Page 88
The Years of Decline......Page 114
The Struggle for the Succession......Page 123
The Revolt in Palestine......Page 128
The Sons of Herod......Page 132
VI. The Diaspora and Jewish religious liberty......Page 138
The Jews in Rome and the Charter of Jewish Rights......Page 146
The Protection of Jewish Rights......Page 156
The Organisation of the Province......Page 162
The Early Governors......Page 174
Pontius Pilatus, 26-36/37......Page 178
Gaius' Attack on the Temple......Page 192
Philip......Page 199
Antipas......Page 201
Agrippa I......Page 205
Tiberius......Page 219
Claudius......Page 228
Nero......Page 235
X. The Jews in Egypt and Alexandria......Page 238
The Situation in Alexandria......Page 242
The Riots of A.D. 38......Page 253
The Embassies to Rome and the Settlement......Page 260
The Trial of Isidorus and Lampo......Page 268
XI. The province of Judaea, A.D. 44-66......Page 274
Cuspius Fadus, 44-?46, and Tiberius Julius Alexander, ?46-48......Page 275
Ventidius Cumanus, 48-52......Page 281
The last four Procurators......Page 287
The Events of 52-66......Page 290
The Outbreak of the Revolt......Page 302
XII. The war of A.D. 66-70......Page 311
The Preliminary Campaign......Page 312
Jewish Preparations......Page 316
The Roman Offensive......Page 324
Events in Jerusalem, 68-9......Page 330
The Siege of Jerusalem......Page 334
After the Siege......Page 345
XIII. The new dispensation in Judaea......Page 349
The Reduction of the Fortresses......Page 352
The Internal Conditions of the Province......Page 357
Events in the Province of Judaea to 115......Page 369
XIV. The Diaspora A.D. 66-70 and later......Page 374
Antioch......Page 376
Alexandria......Page 382
Cyrenaica......Page 387
The Jewish Tax......Page 389
Domitian and the Jews in Italy......Page 394
Titus and Berenice......Page 403
The Embassies from Alexandria to Trajan......Page 407
The Revolt in Egypt and Cyrenaica......Page 411
Cyprus......Page 430
Mesopotamia......Page 433
Palestine......Page 439
The Causes of the Revolt......Page 446
The Course of the Revolt......Page 456
After the Revolt......Page 475
The Question of Circumcision......Page 485
The recovery of Judaism......Page 491
The Roman Administration......Page 496
XVIII. The Severan period......Page 505
XIX. The Diaspora in the second and third centuries A.D.......Page 525
Alexandria......Page 534
Rome......Page 537
XX. Palestine in the third century A.D......Page 544
XXI. Conclusion......Page 557
(a) The Praetorian Legates......Page 564
(b) The Consular Legates......Page 568
(c) Governors of Varying Rank......Page 571
2. The Procurators of Judaea and Syria Palaestina After A.D. 70......Page 573
Appendix B. The Documents Quoted by Josephus in Antiquities Judaicae......Page 576
Appendix C. The North Walls of Jerusalem Before A.D. 70......Page 579
Appendix D. The Precise Dates of the Fall of Jerusalem in 63 and 37 B.C.......Page 583
Appendix E. The Census at the Time of Christ's Nativity......Page 586
Appendix F. Chronological Problems Concerning Agrippa II......Page 590
Index......Page 593