INDEX
H. St. J. (Henry St. John) Thackeray translation
Abel, 195, 197
Abella, Abila, 88, 94, 102
Actium, battle of, 55, 73
Acts, 90, 107 n., 192 ff.
Ader = Ben-hadad, 42
Adiabene, 90, 99
Agrippa, M., 57 f., 60
—— son of Felix and Drusilla, 95
—— Herod Agrippa. See Herod
Ahab, 42 ff.
Albinus, 96 f., 105, 144
Alexander the Alabarch, 93
—— brother-in-law of Herod, 54
—— Jannæus, 164
—— son of Herod, 58, 60
——, Tiberius, 93, 193
Alexandra, 164 ff.
Alexandria, 92, 97
Alexandrium, 60
Alexas, 63
Aliturus, 34
Alphabet, the Hebrew, and the books of Scripture, 201
Amathus, 47
Ananias, 91
—— high priest, 107
Ananus I, high priest, 73, 96
—— II, high priest, 96 f.
—— III, high priest, 118 f., 130 f., 184, 195
—— son of Jonathan, 113
Anaxagoras, 171
Antigonus, 53 f.
Antioch, 107, 110
Antiochus, 110
—— Epiphanes, 162
Antipas, 109
Antipater, father of Herod, 47 ff, 51 ff.
—— son of Herod, 62
—— nephew of Herod, 68
Antipatris, 111, 117
Anti-Semitism, 18 f.
Antonia, 84
—— Tower of, 135, 138, 145
Antony, 51 f., 55 f.
Apion, Against, 18 f.
Aqiba R., 148
Aqueduct, 75
Arabia, 80, 99
Arabians, 55
Aramaic original of B. J., 14, 98
—— speech in, 136
Archelaus, 16, 29, 66 ff., 140 n., 189
Arethusa, 46
Aristeas, Letter of, 17
Aristobulus II, 45 f., 165
—— son of Herod, 58, 60
—— brother of Herod Agrippa I, 85
Artaxerxes = Ahasuerus, 176, 198, 200
Artemisium, month of, 143
Ascalon, 71
Asphaltitis, Asphaltophorus (= Dead Sea), 63
Athenian laws, 172
Athens, plague of, 26
Atomos, 95
Atratinus, 53
Augustus (Octavius, Cæsar), 51, 53 f., 55 f., 57 f., 60, 68 ff.
Auranitis, 58, 70, 88 n., 110
Autocratoris (= Sepphoris), 74
Azizus, 94 f.
Azotus, 46, 70
Babylonians, 99; Babylonian and Roman destruction of Jerusalem confused, 199
Bagoas, 169
Bannus, 10, 33
Baptism, John’s, 80 f.
Barachiah, Berechiah, 195 ff.
Baris, Bariscæus, Baruch, 131, 195 ff.
Batanæa, 58, 70, 94, 102, 110
Berendts, A., 189f.
Berenice, 95
Berytus, 35
Betharamphtha, 74
Beth-Horon, 111, 116
Bethsaida, 74
Bezetha, 113
Blass, F., 193
Books (the) Sacred, 123, 145
Borcæus, 112
Brigands, 102, 104 f., 150
Burial, Jewish care for, 130
Burkitt, F. C., 183, 188, 193
Cæsar, Julius, 47
——, Sextus, 48, 50
Cæsarea (Strato’s Tower), 46, 57 n., 74 f., 88, 90, 104
—— Philippi, 74
Caligula (= Gaius), 16 f., 19, 27, 82-7, 90, 186
Callirrhoe, 63
Calvarius, Sextus, 120
Calvinus, 54
Candlestick, seven-branched, 45, 147
Captain of Temple. See Temple
Carus, 169
Cassius, 51 f.
Catapult, 117, 144 n.
Caudine Forks, 110
Census, periodic in Egypt, 181
Cerealius, 38
Cestius Gallus, 11, 15, 106 f., 110 ff.
Chalcis, 94, 102
Christians and Christianity, 10, 22 f., 76, 182 ff.
Chronicles, 195, 198 (as last book in the Heb. Bible)
Circumcision, 90 f., 95
“Civil List” of Vespasian, 13
Claudius, Emperor, 76, 88, 90, 102
Claudius Felix. See Felix
Cleopatra, 52, 55f.
—— wife of Herod the Great, 192
Cluvius Rufus, 17, 27
Cœle-Syria, 46, 51
Collaborateurs of Josephus, 14, 186
Coponius, 72.
Corban, an oath, 29, 179; sacred treasure, 75 n.
Corrsen, P., 182, 200
Costobar, 109, 117
Crasis, 187
Crete, 39
Crucifixion, 38, 68, 102, 130, 185
Custodia, libera, 83 n.
Customs and Causes, projected work, 19
Cyprus, 92, 95
Dacians, 160
Daphne, 52
Darius, 110
Demetrius of Gadara, 46
Demoniacal possession, 41f.
Destiny, 61. Cp. Fate
Dicæarchia (= Puteoli), 34
Didius, Quintus, 56
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 15, 26
Dium, 46
Dius, month of, 117
Domitia, 39
Domitian, 39
Domitius Sabinus, 120
Dora, 46
Drusilla, 29, 94f.
Drusus, 81
Education, the two systems of, 172
Egyptian false prophet, 103f.
Eleazar, 42, 91
—— the brigand, 102
—— Captain of the Temple, 107
—— a Pharisee, 162
—— son of Simon, 118
Elijah, 44
Elymas, 29, 94
Epaphroditus, 15, 17
Esdras II, 201
Essenes, 33, 148-60
Esther, 200
Eusebius, 89 n., 96, 183
Exorcism, 41 f.
Ezekias, 48 f.
Ezekiel, 42
Fadus, Cuspius, 93, 192
Famine at Jerusalem, 92 f.
Fasts, Jewish, observed by aliens, 178
Fate, 141, 145, 148, 157, 159. Cp. Destiny
Faustus, 45
Feast of Unleavened Bread, 106, 142
—— of Passover, 66, 189
—— of Pentecost, 68, 143
—— of Tabernacles, 111, 143
—— commemorating Herod’s death, 64 n.
Felix, Claudius, 10, 29, 34, 94 f., 102 ff.
Festus, 29, 105
Florus, Gessius, 106 f., 109, 161
Flute players as mourners, 129
Fortune, 61, 126
Free-will, 61, 148, 159
Fulvia, 77
Future Life, 124, 159, 174. Cp. Immortality
Gabinius, 47, 53
Gadara, 46, 47, 70
Gaius. See Caligula
Galilee, 11, 48 f., 70, 102
Gallicanus, 122
Gamala, 73, 80
Gamaliel, 28, 192 f.
Games: Isthmian, Nemean, Olympic, 174 n.
Gaulanitis, 102
Gaza, 46, 70
Gennesaret, Lake of, 74
Gerizim, Mount, 77
Gibeon, 111, 115
Gorpiæus, month of, 146
Gospels, primitive error in, 192
Grätz, 202
Greek philosophy, 171
Hades, 125, 156, 158
Haggadah, Jewish, 196 ff.
Harnack, A., 183, 193, 196
Hegesippus, 95
Helena, 90ff.
Herod the Great, 16f., 28, 48-65, 66-71, 104, 167-9, 190
—— Antipas (the Tetrarch), 29, 67, 70, 73 f., 79 ff., 189
—— Philip. See Philip
—— husband of Herodias, 79, 191 f.
—— Agrippa I, 17, 29, 79, 87, 88-90
—— Agrippa II, 13-15, 17, 25, 29, 36 f., 94, 96 f., 102, 109 f., 112
Herodias, 29, 79, 81 f., 189, 191 f.
Hiatus, avoidance of, 188
Hippos, 46, 70
Historians, ancient, contrasted with contemporary, 101
Hyperberetæus, month of, 113
Hyrcanus I, 161 ff., 166
—— II, 45-54
—— son of Josephus, 39
Idumæa, 70; Idumæans, 129ff.
Images, making of, 74
Immortality of Soul, 155-9
Innocents, murder of the, 28, 63
Inspiration, 176
Interpolation, Christian in Josephus, 182 ff.
Irenæus, 67
Islands of the Blessed, 156
Ixion, 156
Izates, 90 ff.
Jadaus (Jadon), 44
James, the brother of Jesus, 22, 29, 95 f.
Jamnia, 46, 70
Jeconiah, king, 136
Jehoiada, 195 ff.
Jehoshaphat, 43
Jeremiah, 42
Jericho, 47, 63, 66
Jeroboam, 44
Jerome, 24, 188, 201
Jesus Christ, 22, 76, 182 ff.
—— son of Ananias, 143 f.
—— son of Damnæus, high priest, 97, 130 f.
Jewish Antiquities, 15 ff., 24 f.; Books XVII-XIX, peculiarities of style in, 26, 186; Roman sources of, 186
Jewish War, 14 f., 25, 35 ff., 98 ff.; Aramaic original of, 14, 98, 190 f.; Slavonic version of, 183, 189 ff., 192
Jews in Rome, 69, 76 f.; in Egypt and Babylon, 175
——, persecution of, 177 f.
Joazar, high priest, 72
John the Baptist, 22, 80 f., 189
—— of Gischala, 11, 135 ff.
Jonathan, high priest, 103
—— a Sadducee, 162 f.
Joppa, 46, 111
Joseph, the patriarch, 123 f.
—— of Arimathæa, 191
—— brother-in-law of Herod, 56 f.
—— son of Gorion, 118
—— high priest, 96
Josephus, life of, 9 ff.; works, 14 ff.; authorities, 16 f, 25 f.; character, 20 ff.; attitude to Judaism, 22; to Christianity, 22 f., 188 f.; as historian, 24 ff.; importance of, 27 f.; as illustrating N.T., 28 ff.; autobiography of, 33 ff.; style, 186 ff.
Jotapata, 12, 21, 35, 37, 119 ff., 128 f., 133
Jubilees, Book of, 40
Judæa, 70 ff., 78, 88, 90, 96, 102
Judas the Gaulanite or Galilæan, 72f., 161., 192 ff.; sons of, 94, 193 f.
Julias, 102.
Justus, historian, 13, 18, 35
—— son of Josephus, 390
Lacedæmonians, 172
Law, the Jewish, 61, 74 f., 77, 91, 147, 163, 174, 176 ff.
———— weekly reading of, 172 f.
Lebanon, 88
Liberalius, 140
Life, the, of Josephus, 17 f.
Lightfoot, Bishop, 152 n., 154 n. 156 n.
———— John, 197 n.
Lots, drawing of, 125 f.
Lous, month of, 138
Lugdunum (Lyons), 84
Luke, St., 30, 66, 85, 88, 180 f., 187, 191 f., 192 ff., 196 f.
Lydda, 111
Lysanias, 84, 88, 94, 102
Maccabees, Fourth Book of, 20
Machærus, 79 ff.
Malichus, 51 f.
Malthace, 68
“Man of Sin,” 85
Marcellus, 78
Mariamne, 56 f.
—— II, 192
Marisa, 46
Marsyas, 82
Masada, 107
Matthias, brother of Josephus, 33
—— father of Josephus, 98
Melito, 201
Menahem, the Essene, 167 f.
Messala, 52 f.
Messiah, reticence of Josephus on, 23
Micaiah, 42 ff.
Midrash on Lamentations, 198
Military Service, refusal of, 77
Miracles wrought by a word, 190 f.
Months, Artemisium, 143; Dius, 117; Gorpiæus, 146; Lous, 138; Panemus, 121, 135; Xanthicus, 142
Moore, G. F., 197 ff.
Moses, 40 f., 77, 153, 170 ff. Cp. Law
Mucianus, 133
Murcus, 51
Naber, S. A., 31
Nebuzaradan, 197
Nero, 34, 99, 102, 104, 127
New City, 113
Nicanor, 122 f., 126
Nicola(u)s of Damascus, 16 f., 66 n., 67 f.
Niese, B., 30 f.
Norden, E., 182-9, 200
Olivet, Mount, 103, 190
Omblaiah (Imlah), 43
Omens, 119, 133, 141 ff.
Oracles, 137, 145, 190, 199
Origen, 183 f., 201
Owl, bird of ill omen, 89
Pallas, 94, 102
Paneas, 58, 74
Panemus, month of, 121, 135
Parable of Nobleman, 29, 66
Parthians, 19, 53 f., 99
Passover. See Feast
Patrician class, 82
Paul, St., 9 f., 20-2, 29, 34, 85, 90, 135 n.; Pauline Epistles quoted, 153 n., 168 n., 172 n.
Paulinus, 122
Pax, Temple of, 14
Pella, 46
Pentecost. See Feast
Peræa, 70, 102
Periphrasis, 186 f.
Petronius, 28, 84 ff.
Pharaoh, 40 f.
Pharisees, 33 f., 108, 148, 157-9, 161-9
Phasael, 48, 52
Phasælis, 70
Pheroras, 71, 169
Philip the Tetrarch, 66, 69 f., 73 f., 80 f., 90, 189, 191 f.
—— son of Jacimus, 110, 117
Philippi, 52
Philo, 190; De Vita Contemplativa, 202
Phœbus, 112
Pilate, 28, 74-8, 185, 190 (bribery of), 191 (Epistle of Tiberius to P. and Acts of P.)
Piso, 83
Placidus, 120
Plato, 171
Pollio, Gaius Asinius, 54
—— a Pharisee, 167
Pompey, 44-7, 175
Poppæa, 10, 34
Portents, 141 ff., 199
Procurators, last of the, 102 ff.
Prophecy, 127 f. (of Josephus); 156 (of Essenes); 167 f. (of Menahem)
Pro-Romans, 118
Ptolemais, 85, 110
Ptolemy, 66 f.
Ptolla, 66
Pythagoras, 171
Quirinius, 72 f., 94, 180 f.
Ragaba, 164
Rainfall, providential, 86
Ramsay, Sir W. M., 180
Rhodes, 55
Roman citizenship, 38, 47
Ryle, Dr., 202 f.
Sabbath, 111, 154, 178
Sabinus, 67 f.
Sacrifices for Emperor abrogated, 107 ff.; daily, abandoned, 135
Sadducees, 33, 96, 148, 157-9, 161-63
Salome, sister of Herod, 57, 63 f., 66, 70, 169
—— daughter of Herodias, 81, 192
Samaria, city of (Sebaste), 46, 58, 60, 70
—— district of, 70 f., 88, 90, 102
Samaritans, 77 f.
Sameas, 50 f., 167
Sanhedrin, 48 ff., 95 ff.
Sardinia, 77
Saturninus, 77
Saul, relative of Herod Agrippa II, 109, 117
Sayings of Jesus, 196
Scaurus, 46
Schmiedel, P. W., 193
Schürer, E., 180, 193
Scopus, Mount, 112, 115
Scriptures, the Jewish, 174 ff.; the number of books, 176, 200 ff. Cp. Books, the Sacred
Scythopolis, 46
Sebaste. See Samaria
Sects, Jewish, 148 ff.
Selucid Dynasty, 19
Sepphoris, 47, 74
Sergius Paulus, 29, 94
Shewbread, table of, 45, 147
Sicarii, 102 f.
Simon, son of Ananias, 109
—— son of Gioras, 111
—— the Essene, 189
—— the high priest, 79, 81
Simonides Agrippa, son of Josephus, 39
Socrates, 171 n.
Sohemus, 110
Solomon, 41 f.; Solomonian books, 152 n.
Sossius, 51
Speeches in B.J., 100
Stanton, V. H., 193
Stoics, 34, 171
Strabo, 17
Strato’s Tower (= Cæsarea), 46, 70, 88
Suetonius, 76, 200
Suicide, 121, 124 f.
Sulpicius Severus, 25
Tabernacle, symbol of universe, 131 n.
Tacitus, 27, 143 n., 199 f.
Tantalus, 156
Tarichæa, 102
Targum on Lamentations, 198
Taxation, exemption from, 39, 47
Tekoa, 38
Temple 38, 45, 47, 49, 68, 77, 85, 92, 95, 110, 113 f., 118, 132 f., 135-45, 196 ff.; Babylonian destruction of, 138, 141; captain of, 107 f., 142; gate of, 142; gifts from foreigners to, 107 f.; Holy Place(s) of, 45, 140 f.; inscription in, 190; veil of, 190
Testudo, 114 n.
Theocracy, 170
Theology, Jewish, 170 ff.
Theophrastus, 179
Therapeutæ, sacred books of the, 202
Thermuthis, 40 f.
Theudas, 93, 103 n., 192 ff.
Thucydides, imitation of, 24, 26 f., 32, 73 n., 86 n., 186
Tiberias, 85, 102
Tiberius, 29, 76 f., 80, 82
—— Alexander. See Alexander
Timber Market, 113
Tirathana, 77 f.
Titus, 13 ff., 25, 36 ff., 100, 120, 126 ff., 133, 135, 138 ff., 146
—— Arch of, 147
Tityus, 156
Torrey, C. C., 193 f.
Towers of Jerusalem, 146 f.
Trachonitis, 58, 70, 88 n., 94, 102, 110
Traill, Dr. R., 20 n., 23, 24, 31
Tyrannius Priscus, 113
Tyrians, Laws of the, 179
Ulatha, 58
Uriah, 198
Varus, Quintilius, Governor of Syria, 68 f., 175, 181
—— tetrarchy of, 102
Vespasian, 12-15, 25, 36-9, 42, 119-28, 133 f., 145, 190
Vestments, high priest’s, 78 n., 131
Vienne, 71
Virgil, 122 n., 128 n., 199 n.
Virtues, four cardinal, 171 n.
Vitellius, Governor of Syria, 78, 80, 85
Wellhausen, J., 194 ff.
Whiston, W., 31
Wisdom book, apocryphal, 196
Xanthicus, month of, 142
Xerxes, 176
Zacharias, son of Baris(cæus), 29 f., 131 f., 194 ff.
Zacharias or Zechariah (various), 194 ff.
Zadok, 73
Zealots, sect of, 73, 118 f., 131 f., 161
Zedekiah, king, 42
—— false prophet, 44
Zenodorus, 58, 70
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Footnotes
Transcriber’s Notes: The author’s archaic punctuation, spellings, and capitalization have been retained. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference.