WARDEN OF ST AUGUSTINE’S, CANTERBURY, AND LATE HEAD MASTER OF KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL, LONDON. _WITH MAPS._ London: MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK. 1890 [_The Right of Translation is reserved._] _First printed 1866._ _Reprinted 1867, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1885, 1888, 1890._ NOTICE. THE present Volume forms a sequel to the Author’s Class-Book of Old Testament History, continuing the Narrative from the point at which it there ends, and carrying it on to the close of St Paul’s second imprisonment at Rome. In its preparation, as in that of the former Volume, the most recent and trustworthy Authorities[1] have been consulted, notes subjoined, and references to larger Works added. It is thus hoped that it may prove at once a useful Class-Book and a convenient Companion to the study of the Greek Testament. All questions relating to the Canonicity of the several Books of the New Testament have been considered in another Volume of the _Cambridge School Class-Books_, viz. _The Bible in the Church_, by the Rev. B. F. Westcott. SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. BOOK I. _The connection between the Old and New Testaments._ PART I. _The Jews under the Persians, and the Kings of Egypt._ CHAP. I. High-Priesthood of Jaddua――Alexander at Jerusalem CHAP. II. Ptolemy Soter and Ptolemy Philadelphus CHAP. III. Ptolemy Euergetes and Ptolemy Philopator PART II. _The Jews under the Kings of Syria._ CHAP. I. Antiochus the Great――Seleucus Philopator CHAP. II. Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes CHAP. III. Persecution of the Jews under Epiphanes PART III. _Rise of the Asmonean Dynasty._ CHAP. I. Mattathias and Judas Maccabæus CHAP. II. Battle of Emmaus――Re-dedication of the Temple CHAP. III. Exploits and Death of Judas Maccabæus CHAP. IV. Jonathan Maccabæus CHAP. V. Exploits and Death of Jonathan CHAP. VI. Simon Maccabæus CHAP. VII. John Hyrcanus and Alexander Jannæus PART IV. _Decline of the Asmonean Dynasty; Interference of the Romans, and rise of the Herodian family._ CHAP. I. Hyrcanus II. and Aristobulus; Pompeius and Crassus CHAP. II. Antipater and Herod; Julius Cæsar and Antonius CHAP. III. Herod, King of Judæa CHAP. IV. Herod, King of Judæa CHAP. V. Herod, King of Judæa CHAP. VI. Herod, King of Judæa PART V. _Retrospect and Reflections._