The Golden Candlestick (on Arch of Titus depicting carrying the spoil of Judea) 169 Flavius Josephus 173 The Arch of Titus, raised to commemorate the overthrow of Judea 180 Brass Coin struck in Rome during reign of Vespasian, indicating Judea's overthrow 189 Brass Coin of Nerva, marking the withdrawal of certain abuses in connection with the Jewish Tax 205 Coin of the Second Revolt of Bar Cochba 216 Map, Palestine Before the War, 66 B.C.E. Front Map, The Diaspora Back CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES. PAGE Under Persian Sway 17 Greek and Jew 26 Greco-Syria and the Maccabees 33, 45 The Hasmonean House 73 Emperors and Procurators 120, 152 Rome and Jewry after Judea's overthrow 201 Emperors and Rabbis 229 The Talmud's compilation and Rome's fall 250 In Christian Europe and Moslem Arabia 281 Themes for Discussion CHAPTER PAGE I. Discuss the relations between _Judaism as law_ and Mendelssohn's statement that "Judaism is not a revealed religion but a revealed legislation." 25 II. What was the significance of the defeat of Persia by Greece for civilization in general and for the Jew in particular? 30 IV. Had the Hasmoneans the right to assume the office of High Priest? 51 V. Compare the treatment of wisdom in Proverbs (viii) and in Ecclesiasticus. 66 VI. Are there traces of Greek philosophy in the Septuagint? 71 VII. Compare modern with ancient parties in Israel. 84 VIII. Contrast the Wood Festival of ancient Judea with Arbor Day in modern America. 90 X. Single out great events in Israel influenced by, and influencing the Jews. 101 XI. Did Herod succeed or did he fail? 110 XII. Is it possible, as Hillel said, to evolve the whole law from the Golden Rule? 116 XIV. Does official Judaism discourage conversion? Why did the Jews oppose a census on religious grounds? 126 XV. Why cannot Jesus be accepted by the synagogue to-day? 135 XVI. Why did most heathen converts to Judaism ultimately become Christians? 140 XVII. Why did rabbinic Judaism neglect Philo? 146