A History of Israel from Alexander the Great to Bar Kochba = Geschiedenis van Israël van Alexander de Grote tot Bar Kochba (1985 Jagersma / Bowden), book (English ed.)

A History of Israel from Alexander the Great to Bar Kochba (1985) is the English edition of Geschiedenis van Israël van Alexander de Grote tot Bar Kochba (A History of Israel from Alexander the Great to Bar Kochba / 1985 Jagersma), book. Translated from the Dutch by John Bowden.

Editions

Published in London [England]: SCM, 1985.

Table of contents

The beginning of the Hellenistic period -- The period of the Diadochi (323-301 BC) -- The first half-century of Ptolemaic rule (301-246 BC) -- The second half-century of Ptolemaic rule (246-198 BC) -- The beginning of Seleucid Rule (198-175 BC) -- The prelude to the revolt -- The Maccabaean struggle -- The origin and development of some important groups -- The period of the Hasmonaean priest-rulers -- The reigns of the Hasmonaean priest-rulers -- The downfall of the Hasmonaean dynasty -- The reign of Herod the Great (37-4 BC) -- The period from the death of Herod the Great to Agrippa I (4 BC -- AD 41) -- The period from Agrippa I to the beginning of the first Jewish war (AD 41-66) -- The first Jewish war (66-74) -- The period between the two wars with Rome (74-132) -- The Bar Kochba revolt (132-135)