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History Of The Jewish People Vol 2

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First published in 2007. This study, the companion to Volume I, continues the history of the Jewish people to the time when Christianity became independent of Judaism. The historical study of the life and times of Jesus has brought a clearer realisation of the importance of understanding postexilic Judaism. This volume is both a history of the Jewish people for two hundred and forty years of its... Read more

Part I The Maccabean Period of Jewish History; ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; ChapterII The Causes and Occasion of the Maccabean Uprising; ChapterIII The Successful Struggle for Religious Freedom; ChapterIV The Long Contest for Political Freedom; ChapterV The Attainment of Independence; ChapterVI Judaism in Syria and Egypt; ChapterVII The Happy Days of Simon’s Reign; ChapterVIII Territorial Expansion Under John Hyrcanus; ChapterIX Internal Divisions and the Growth of Part Ies; ChapterX The Revival of Hellenism and the Struggle of Part Ies; ChapterXI Fatal Dissensions, and the Coming of the Romans; Part II The Roman Period of Jewish History; Part 2ChapterI The Historical Sources and Literature of the Period; Part 2ChapterII The Troublous Times of Hyrcanus II; Part 2ChapterIII The Last of the Hasmoneans; Part 2ChapterIV Herod, the King of the Jews (37–4 B. C.); Part 2ChapterV Herod Under Augustus; Part 2ChapterVI In the Days of Herod The King; Part 2ChapterVII The Inner Life of the Nation; Part 2ChapterVIII Herod’s Sons and King Agrippa; Part 2ChapterIX In the Hands of Rome; Part 2ChapterX The Final Catastrophe; Part 2ChapterXI Glimpses of Judaism in Palestine After the War and of Judaism in the Dispersion;