Joseph ben Matthia and
Flavius Josephus: the Jewish Prophet and Roman Historian
by Horst R. Moehring, Providence,
R. I.
Contents
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| I. Introduction |
865 |
| II. The Jews and the Hellenistic Powers |
871 |
1. The Jews and Alexander the Great |
872 |
2. The Jews and the Ptolemies |
874 |
a) Ptolemy the Son of Lagus |
874 |
b) Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The Septuagint
|
875 |
c) The Later Ptolemies |
876 |
3. The Jews and the Seleucids |
878 |
a) The Early Seleucids. Antiochus III |
879 |
b) The Later Seleucids. Antiochus IV Epiphanes
|
882 |
| III. The Hasmonaean Interlude |
886 |
| IV. The Jews and Rome |
889 |
1. General |
889 |
2. Pompey |
890 |
3. Gabinius and Crassus |
892 |
4. Iulius Caesar |
894 |
5. Josephus' View of the Relationship between
Rome and the Jews |
897 |
6. From Caesar to Nero |
899 |
7. The Events Leading to the War of A. D.
66 |
902 |
8. The Jewish Rebel Groups |
906 |
| V. Josephus and Vespasian |
907 |
| VI. The Destruction of the Temple |
914 |
| VII. Conclusion |
917 |
| Appendix |
917 |
| I. Introduction: the Problem |
917 |
| II. The Methodology of Apologetics |
919 |
1. Involved and Elaborate Scholarly Apparatus
|
920 |
2. History as It Must Have Been |
920 |
3. Unjustified Generalizations |
922 |
4. Partisan Interpretation of Data |
922 |
5. Misleading Quotation from an Ancient Source
|
923 |
6. Highly Selective Use of Modern Scholarly
Literature |
924 |
| III. Three Test Passages |
926 |
1. The Date of Josephus' Prophecy before
Vespasian |
926 |
2. The Council of War and the Destruction
of the Temple |
927 |
3. Yohanan ben Zakkai and Vespasian |
941 |
| IV. Conclusion |
943 |
