(56) Why John Hyrcanus went over from the
Pharisees to the Sadducees (A. XIII) 161 (57) "Conciliate the Pharisees"—Alexander's dying advice to Alexandra (A. XIII) 164 (58) How the Pharisees rose to power under Queen Alexandra (B. I) 166 (59) Herod exempts Pharisees and Essenes from the Oath of Allegiance. The Essene Prophet Menahem (A. XV) 167 (60) The Pharisees refuse to take the Oath of Allegiance (another account) (A. XVII) 168 IX. JEWISH THEOLOGY, SCRIPTURES AND CUSTOMS (61) Some Aspects of Jewish Theology. Moses as Religious Educator (Ap. II) 170 (62) A Future Life—for the Law-abiding (Ap. II) 173 (63) The Jewish Scriptures and their Preservation (Ap. I) 174 (64) Universal Imitation of our Laws the sincerest flattery (Ap. II) 177 (65) The Oath "Corban" (Ap. I) 179 Appendix of Additional Notes 180 Table of Dates 204 Index 207
ABBREVIATIONS
The Jewish Antiquities Ant. or A.
The Jewish War (Bellum Judaicum) B.J. or B.
The Treatise Against Apion Ap.
The Life Vita or V.
Schürer, Jewish People in the Time of } JPTC
Jesus Christ }
circa ("about" of dates) c.
References, e.g. Ant. XVII. 6.5 f. (171-181). The figures 6.5 f.
refer to the older division, found in all editions (Niese's
included), of the books into sections (6 or vi) and subsections
(5 and following subsection). The bracketed
figures (171-181) indicate the smaller divisions first
introduced by Niese.
