Jerusalem. The Biography

336–9. Hurowitz,
Sacred Esplanade
15–35.
21 Fall: 2 K 24–5. Jeremiah 34.1–7, 37–9, 52. Depravity, hunger, cruelty, cannibalism, menstruous lamentation 1.17; cruelty of women 4.3; children meat 4.10. Psalms 74 and 137. Daniel 1.4 and 5; Desolation, Daniel 11.31. Lachish ostracon:
BM
87–8. Iron arrowheads, Bahat,
Atlas
28. Lavatory/sewer: Auld and Steiner,
Jerusalem
44. House of the Bullae:
Archaeological Park
52–4. Gemariah son of Shephan: Jeremiah 36.9–12. Ivory sceptre: Hoffmeier 98. The section on Babylon is based on I. L. Finkel and M. J. Seymour,
Babylon: Myth and Reality
; D. J. Wiseman,
Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon
; Finkelstein/Silberman 296–309; Wilkinson,
Egypt
441–4; Tom Holland,
Persian Fire
46–7. Lane Fox,
Unauthorized Version
69–71. Cogan,
Oxford History
262–8. Grabbe,
Ancient Israel
170–84. De Vaux 98. Hurowitz,
Sacred Esplanade
15–35.
22 Cyrus and the Persians: A. T. Olmstead,
History of the Persian Empire
(henceforth Olmstead) 34–66. Farrokh 37–51. Lane Fox,
Unauthorized Version
269–71. M. J.W. Leith, ‘Israel among the Nations: The Persian Period’, in
Oxford History
287–9. E. Stern, ‘Province of Yehud: Vision and Reality’ in Lee I. Levine (ed.)
Jerusalem Cathedra
(henceforth
Cathedra
) 1.9–21. Cogan,
Oxford History
274. Mythical stories of Cyrus and his rise: Herodotus,
Histories
84–96. Holland,
Persian Fire
8–22. On Cyrus Cylinder:
BM
92. Cyrus and President Truman: Michael B. Oren,
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East
501. Return: Isaiah 44.21–8, 45.1 and 52.1–2. Ezra 1.1–11 and 3–4. Josephus, ‘Against Apion’ 1.154. Leith,
Oxford History
276–302. First mention of Jew: Esther 2.5.
Archaeological Park
138.
23 Darius the Great: Ezra 4–6. Haggai 1–2. Zechariah 1.7–6.15. Isaiah 9.2–7. Olmstead, 86–93, 107–18, 135–43; Zerubabbel/Darius possibly in Jerusalem 136–144. The description of Darius is based closely on that of Olmstead 117. Mythical stories of Darius’ rise/the mare’s vagina: Herodotus 229–42. Farrokh 52–74. Lane Fox,
Unauthorized Version
78–85 and 271. Leith,
Oxford History
303–5. Holland,
Persian Fire
20–62. Joseph Patrich, ‘538 BCE–70 CE: The Temple (Beyt ha-Miqdash) and its Mount’, in
Sacred Esplanade
37–73. Miles,
Ancient Worlds
115–19.
24 Nehemiah 1–4, 6–7, 13.
Archeological Park
137. Leith,
Oxford History
276–311. Lane Fox,
Unauthorized Version
85 and 277–81. JA 11.159–82.
25 Fall of Darius III and rise of Alexander: Olmstead 486–508. Farrokh 96–111. JA 11.304–46. Schäfer 5–7. Gunther Holbl,
History of the Ptolemaic Empire
(henceforth Holbl) 10–46. Maurice Sartre,
The Middle East under Rome
(henceforth Sartre) 5–6, 20.
26 Ptolemy Soter and Wars of Successors: JA 2. Josephus, ‘Against Apion’ 1.183–92. Ptolemies, style, festival in 274, Wilkinson,
Egypt
469–30. Miles,
Ancient Worlds
158–70. Adrian Goldsworthy,
Antony and Cleopatra
(henceforth Goldsworthy) 37–41. On Aristeas: Goodman 117–19, quoting Aristeas. For full text see Aristeas,
Letter of Aristeas
. Schäfer 7–18 including Agatharchides on Ptolemy taking Jerusalem.
Cathedra
1.21. Ptolemy II/Aristeas: Holbl 191. Patrich,
Sacred Esplanade
37–73.
27 Simon the Just: Ecclesiasticus 50.1–14 and 4. JA 12.2 and 12.154–236. Tobiads: C. C. Ji, ‘A New Look at the Tobiads in Iraq al-Amir’,
Liber Annuus
48 (1998) 417–40. M. Stern, ‘Social and Political Realignments in Herodian Judinea’, in
Cathedra
2.40–5. Leith,
Oxford History
290–1. Schäfer 17–23. Holbl 35–71. Edwyn Bevan,
House of Seleucus
2.168–9. Patrich,
Sacred Esplanade
37–73.
28 Antiochus the Great and the Seleucids: Bevan,
Seleucus
1.300–18 and 2.32–3 and 51–94. Holbl 127–43 and 136–8. JA 3 and 12.129–54. Seleucid court/dress/army: Bevan,
Seleucus
2.269–92. Schäfer 29–39. New Greek Jerusalem: 2 Maccabees 3.1–4.12.
29 Ecclesiasticus 50. Schäfer 32–4. Henri Daniel-Rops,
Daily Life in Palestine at the Time of Christ –
theocracy 53–5; city life 95–7; punishments 175–8. Sabbath: de Vaux – sacrifices/holocaust 415–7; Sabbath 3482–3; festivals 468–500; high priest 397. Patrich,
Sacred Esplanade
37–73.
30 Antiochus IV Epiphanes: 1 Maccabees 1, 1 Maccabees 4. Jason/Menelaos/ Antiochus: 2 Maccabees 1 and 2 Maccabees 4–6, 2 Maccabees 8.7. JA 12.237–65. Antiochus enters temple: 2 Maccabees 5.15. Debauchery in the Temple: 2 Maccabees 6.2. Character: Polybius,
Histories
31