1. Antiochus Epiphanes 2. Antiochus’s Tyranny 3. Resistance of Mattathias 4. Chasidim and Zaddikim 5. The Success of Judas Maccabeus 6. Institution of Hanucah 7. Treaty with Rome CHAPTER V. PALESTINE UNDER NATIVE RULE. 1. Death of Judas Maccabeus 2. Jonathan the Maccabee 3. Simon, the First of the Priest-King Dynasty 4. The Sons of Simon 5. Reign of John Hyrcanus 6. His Last Years CHAPTER VI. JUDEA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE RULE OF THE ASMONEANS. 1. Rival Factions, Pharisees and Sadducees 2. How they got their Names 3. Their Tenets and Position, Religious and Political 4. State Quarrel with the Pharisees 5. The Essenes 6. Reign of Alexander Jannæus 7. After the Death of Alexander Jannæus CHAPTER VII. A NEW DYNASTY. 1. Antipater the Idumean 2. Rome arbitrates 3. Antipater’s plans 4. The Sanhedrin 5. The Fall of the Asmonean House CHAPTER VIII. REIGN OF HEROD. 1. Antipater’s ‘Desire’ fulfilled 2. How Herod strengthened his Position 3. Herod as Husband 4. Herod as Father 5. Herod as King 6. The End of Herod’s Reign 7. Hillel: a Contrast CHAPTER IX. JUDEA BEFORE THE WAR. 1. Herod’s Will 2. Judea sinks into a Roman Province 3. Jesus of Nazareth 4. Jews in Egypt and Syria 5. Birth of Christianity 6. Reign of Herod Agrippa 7. Caligula and the Jews CHAPTER X. THE WAR WITH ROME. 1. Agrippa II.; Roman Governors 2. Vespasian sent to Judea 3. Preparations for Defence 4. Josephus CHAPTER XI. THE END OF THE WAR. 1. The Defence of the Provinces 2. Affairs in Jerusalem 3. The War Party and the Peace Party: their Leaders 4. The Siege of Jerusalem 5. A Mediator sent: Terms proposed 6. The Destruction of the Temple _BOOK II._ A.C. 70 TO 1600. DARKNESS. CHAPTER XII. AFTER THE WAR. 1. Titus completes his Conquest 2. Masada 3. What became of the Chief Actors 4. What became of the Country and the People 5. Salvage 6. Jochanan ben Saccai; the Schools 7. An Unforeseen Result of the War: Jewish Christians CHAPTER XIII. THE REVOLT UNDER HADRIAN. 1. Conquered Jews in the West 2. Contemporary Jews in the East 3. Under Trajan 4. The Policy of Hadrian 5. The Jews in Revolt: their Leader 6. Akiba, the Romance of his Youth 7. Akiba, the Romance of his Age 8. Hadrian’s Resolve accomplished CHAPTER XIV.