Agada, narrative, 64; contrasted with Halacha, 187, 256; _note_, 277. Agrippa, last Jewish King, 147; kingdom vaster than Herod's, 150; father to his people, 150, 151; assassinated, 151; coin of, 148. Agrippa II., 152; coin of, 152. Akabiah b. Mehalalel, conscientiousness of, 191. Akiba, R., Tanna, 206; his wife's loyalty, 206, 207; classifies Halachoth, 207, 208; maxims, 208; supports Bar Cochba, 211; martyrdom, 215, 216. Alabarch or Arabarch, 120; Onias appointed, 71. Albinus, procurator, 156. Alexander the Great, 26, 27; his empire divided, 28; stories about, 28, 267. Alexander Janneus, reign of, 85-87; conflict with Pharisees, 86. Alexandria, capital of Greco-Egypt, 28; intellectual centre, 67, 68; Delta, Jewish quarter of, 68; school of, 136. Am-haaretz, the ignorant, 195. Amoraim, expounders of the law, 227. Antigonus, last Hasmonean ruler, 101; coin of, 101. Antiochus Epiphanes, 33; persecutes the Jews, 34-36; defeated by the Maccabees, 38; defeated in Parthia and Persia, 46; death of, 46; bust of, 42. Antipater, the Idumean, 91; made procurator of Judea, 99. Antipas, governor of Galilee, 117; beheads John the Baptist, 117. Antoninus Pius, 217; revokes Hadrian's laws against the practise of Judaism, 217. Antony, 103, 104. Apion, defamer of Israel, 177; "Contra Apion," 177. Apocalypse, prophetic vision, 53. Apocrypha, The, 52; contrasted with the Bible, 53. Apollonius attacks Jews on the Sabbath, 34, 35, 37. Aquila, proselyte, 202; translates Bible into Greek, 202. Arabia, Jews in, 294. Arabians, religion of, 295. Aramaic supersedes Hebrew, 69. Archelaus, tetrarch of Judea, 117, 118; deposed, 119. Arch of Titus, illustration, 180. Arians, Christian heretics, 284; tolerant to the Jews, 284. Aristobulus I., reign of, 85. Aristobulus II., 91-99. Aryans and Semites, _note_, 140. Ashi, R., begins compilation of the Talmud, 251. Assideans (Chassidim) 32. Augustus Caesar, well disposed towards Jews, 120; tetrarch, 120; bust of, 115. Avitus, Bishop, persecutes Jews, 289. Babylonia, geographical situation, 229; history of, 230; Jewish settlement in, 230, 231; schools of, 229; Jewish occupations in, 23; Babylonian Academies become independent of those of Palestine, 232, 236. Bar-Cochba, a Messiah, 211; leads insurrection against Rome, 211, 212; defeated at Bethar, 213; coin of second revolt, 216. Baruch, book of, 63. Battlement on house-top, illustration, 160. Bedouins, character of, 293. "Bel and the Dragon," 64. Ben Sirach, see Ecclesiasticus. Beruria wife of R. Mair, 218, 219. Beth Horon, battle of, 38. Bethar, battle of, 213. Bible Canon, 22; order of books, 23; _ditto_, _note_, 24.