Cambridge commentaries on writings of the Jewish and Christian world, 200 BC to AD 200. 1,1. Jews in the Hellenistic world : Josephus, Aristeas, the Sibylline oracles, EupolemusCUP Archive, 1985 |
Contents
THE LETTER OF ARISTEAS | 5 |
The purpose of the Letter | 11 |
The authors Preface 16 | 17 |
Jerusalem and Alexandria a comparison 10510 | 24 |
The high priests apologia for the Law 1349 | 30 |
The message of the Oracles | 37 |
Against Egypt and Alexandria v 73109 | 49 |
EUPOLEMUS | 56 |
The death of Ananus War Iv 5 2 31425 | 127 |
35 | 138 |
Abraham Ant 1 7 12 15460 | 144 |
Moses Ant II 16 45 3458 | 153 |
The Law of Moses and directions for the Temple | 161 |
38 | 162 |
Greek historians Apion 1 2 612 | 171 |
39 | 176 |
Preparation for building the Temple Euseb P E Ix 30 58 | 64 |
The text of Josephus writings | 76 |
Against Apion | 86 |
The Testimonium Flavianum | 92 |
Herods gifts abroad War 1 21 1112 4228 ΙΟΙ | 110 |
Roman discipline and organisation War III 5 12 7084 | 117 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham according Agrippa Agrippa II Alexander Alexandria altar Ananus Antiochus Antiquities Apion Aristotle army attack Augustus Babylonian Balaam Caesar Caesarea capture Chaldaeans Christian Clearchus command court Damascus Daniel death Demetrius demonstrate describes destruction Deut divine Egypt Egyptian Eleazar Emperor emphasises empire Eupolemus Eusebius Exod Gaius Galilee Gate gentile God's Greece Greek Hebrew Hecataeus Hecataeus of Abdera hellenistic world Herod high priest honour Idumaeans important Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews John of Gischala Josephus Josephus says Jotapata Judaea Judaism Justus king later laws leaders Letter of Aristeas Macc Macedonians metres Midianite Moses Nero originally Palestine passage perhaps Persian Philo philosophers Phoenicians Pilate present probably pronoia prophecies prophets Ptolemy reference reign Roman Rome sacrifices sanctuary scriptures second century BC Sibylline Oracles siege Simon Solomon Spartan story Syria Tacitus Temple third century Tiberias Titus tradition translation Tyre Vespasian wall worship writing wrote Zambrias Zealots