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Jewish Women in Greco‑ Roman Palestine (Peabody, Mass., 1995); eadem, Silenc‑
ing the Queen: The Literary Histories of Shelamzion and Other Jewish Women
(Tübingen, 2006); on relation to Pharisees and selection of Hyrcanus, see Jos. AJ
13.408. 15. ‘Philhellene’: Jos. AJ 13.318; Philo the epic poet in Eusebius, Praep.
evang. 9.20, 24, 37; Ezekiel the Tragedian in H. Jacobson, The Exagoge of Eze‑
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conceptions of the sage, see H. Najman et al., Tracing Sapiential Traditions in
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65 - 7. 20. For a detailed narrative of ensuing events, see Schürer, History, vol.
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Hyrcanus, see note 12 above. 22. On ‘the day of Herod’, see Persius, Sat. 5.180;
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of the Romans (Columbus, SC, 1996). 23. A fuller account of Jewish history in
this period in M. Goodman, Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civiliza‑
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Last King of Judaea (Tübingen, 1990); on Agrippa II, see M. Goodman, ‘The
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R. Smithuis, eds., Jewish Education from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Leiden,
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in C. Howgego, V. Heuchert and A. Burnett, eds., Coinage and Identity in the
Roman Provinces (Oxford, 2005), 163 - 6. 26. Jos. BJ 4. 155 - 7 (trans. Ham-
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revolt in general, see M. Goodman, The Ruling Class of Judaea (Cambridge,
1987). 28. On the Fourth Philosophy, see Jos. AJ. 18.11, 23 (and below, Chap-
ter 6); on the messianic oracle, see Jos. BJ 6.312 (and below, Chapter 8); on
Simon son of Gioras, see Jos. BJ 7.29. 29. On defeat of Cestius Gallus, see Jos.
BJ 2.499; for detailed accounts of the revolt, see J. Price, Jerusalem under Siege:
The Collapse of the Jewish State, 66‑ 70 c.e. (Leiden, 1992); S. Mason, A History
of the Jewish War: ad 66‑ 74 (Cambridge, 2016). 30. On Titus’ reluctance to
destroy the Temple, see Jos. BJ 6. 236 - 43, 256. 31. On the expectation that a
High Priest should consult a synhedrion, see Jos. AJ 20. 197- 203; on the trial of
Paul, see Acts 23: 1 - 9. 32. On Claudius’ edict, see Jos. AJ 19.288; for Philo’s
embassy, see Philo, Gaium. 33. On crowd problems at festivals, see Jos. BJ
6.422; on 66 ce, see Jos. BJ 2. 449 - 50. 34. On ‘peace and prosperity’ in 62 ce,
see Jos. BJ 6.300.
- Jos. AJ 14.403. On the conversion of the Idumaeans in the time of John